Perfect Strangers, a unique and vital force in bluegrass and roots music, are thrilling audiences coast to coast with their goose bump harmonies, inventive and emotive picking, high spirits, and exceptional repertoire.

These five outstanding musicians - a veteran of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys, a National Flatpicking Champion, a Grammy Nominee, an inspired songwriter, and a powerful bassist - have a sound and spirit that binds them together and sets them apart from typical generic bluegrass.

A perceptive reviewer wrote that Perfect Strangers may have created a niche of their own by combining the best elements of traditional bluegrass with contemporary sensibilities. Indeed, Perfect Strangers, comfortably at ease with themselves on stage, are now in their presentation and then in their musical preferences and sensibilities, which they embody with enormous skill and maturity. The effect is contemporary bluegrass as it might be in an alternate universe, the old style brought forward and enlivened instead of the old style warped, discarded or cloned.

Their strong, appealing, and readily identifiable style, deeply steeped in classic bluegrass, also reflects the influence of the musical streams that flowed into and formed bluegrass: fiddle tunes, gospel music, blues, swing, the music of the banjo, and mountain music sweet and wild. Perfect Strangers appeal to the audiences for these diverse genres as well as satisfying the discerning, diehard bluegrass fan.

All the band members sing and all are songwriters. Their instrumental work is brilliant and surprising, their singing soulful, tuneful, and uncannily moving and haunting. Perfect Strangers' warm, relaxed, and confident stagecraft makes them one of the most entertaining bands in bluegrass today. Perfect Strangers' first CD on Rebel Records received considerable critical acclaim and the band is preparing to record a second volume.