Greenwood Rye - Nashville, TN
March 7th 2026 - Louisville
November 20th 2025 - Indianapolis
Greenwood Rye is a modern jam-grass band, formed in Nashville during pandemic-times as the house band for the award-winning bluegrass supper club, Jane's Hideaway. The band, led by Shawn Spencer on Guitar and Vocals, and a main cast of Cat McDonald (Fiddle, Vox), David Freeman (Mandolin, Vox), Taylor Shuck (Banjo), & Andy Brown(Upright Bass), where they play every week for locals and tourist from accross the country who come to Nashville looking for a great, authentic music experience.
The group writes fun, modern songs that are rooted in bluegrass, throwing in some jam-band tendencies, and an occasional kick-drum or delay pedal. And they love performing fresh renditions of eclectic covers of all genres done with the beautiful sounds of acoustic bluegrass instruments.
Their latest album, "Hideaway" had a single, "Down to the River" debuted by Bluegrass Situation and two singles placed on Spotify's Official Editorial "New Grass" Playlist. The album that was released just last August already has over 300k Spotify streams.
Recently they have been venturing further and further from Nashville, playing on festivals such as ROMP, Americanafest, Official IBMA Showcase, Albino Skunk and a slew of other small festivals, clubs, events and house concerts.
“We are excited to introduce Greenwood Rye to our Sustain Community. Their musicianship is very tight but as a group they seem very loose and relaxed…just having fun playing progressive bluegrass!”