THE TELEGRASSERS

The Telegrassers are an energetic Central Pennsylvania band who mine their original music from the depths of traditional bluegrass and classic country, featuring acoustic styling and a tasteful electric edge. 

Members of the Telegrassers include: Stephen “Buckey” Buckalew on fiddle and mandolin, John “JK” Kennedy on bass guitar, Dave “Doc” Mudgett on the Telecaster and steel guitars, and Jordan Keith Robb on acoustic guitar and vocals.

Everyone in the band brings tremendous experience playing in bluegrass, country, and Americana genres and contributes to the nuances that make their live shows so irresistible. Soulful vocals, tight harmonies, bright rhythms, and a consistent focus on instrumental styling gild their upbeat selection of original songs and classic covers. Their music contemplates rusty dreams of American dissonance and contemporary ideals that invite listeners to identify with landscapes of nostalgia and emotion.

NATE CUTSHALL

Nate Cutshall is a harmonica-slinger, guitar-picker, and songsmith from central Pennsylvania. He has been racking up miles on the odometer chasing the next gig as an independent musician for more than a decade with nothing more than a do-it-yourself ethos and a stubbornly optimistic outlook. This perspective informs his stories of struggle, failure, love, redemption, triumph, and an ever-present sense of good humor—lit at the core by a glimmer of hope that can be found even in life’s bleakest moments.

He has been a longtime member of the country-junk supergiant Ma’aM, and the leader of the homespun alt-folk band The Scrapplers. As a hired gun harmonica player, he has played and toured nationally with folks like Olivia-Ellen Lloyd and Red McAdam. He also builds and repairs harmonicas in his downtime, informed by an apprenticeship with global harmonica tech legend Richard Sleigh.