The Steep Canyon Rangers

The Steep Canyon Rangers love what they do and would have happily carried on in the underappreciated world of a touring bluegrass band. Read More

Songwriter and banjo player Steve Martin will take the stage with Asheville, N.C.-based bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers Friday night at American Music Theatre in Lancaster. Read More

Steep Canyon Rangers have always been a much-loved bluegrass band, but this past year has taken it to new heights. Read More

The recent Stagecoach Country Music Festival held just outside Palm Springs in Indio, Calif. brought together, as it always does, a galaxy of country stars for three days in the desert sun. Brad Paisley , Miranda Lambert , Blake Shelton and many other giants of the genre held forth on the main stage. Read More

TV's Hee-Haw may have put the phrase "pickin' and grinnin on the map in the 1960s, but Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers have embraced it like none other. Read More

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New listeners may recognize the band's name as Steve Martin's touring bluegrass band, who also recorded with him on his latest album, Rare Bird Alert. Read More

Having hooked up with Steve Martin in 2009, this quintet gained mainstream attention that mirrored the renown they'd built in bluegrass circles over the previous decade. Read More

For anyone who thinks bluegrass is nothing more than a bunch of hillbillies making a terrible racket on washtubs and whiskey jugs, Steep Canyon Rangers are here to knock some cotton-pickin' sense into ya. Read More

Steep Canyon Rangers certainly grabbed a lot of attention when they collaborated with Steve Martin on projects including the GRAMMY Award-nominated "Rare Bird Alert", but they're much more than those collaborations. Read More