Steam Machine
old time and bluegrass music
CALENDAR
where to catch team Steam next
ABOUT
originally formed in Minneapolis in 2018, Steam Machine brought to the national stage a midwest influenced string band aesthetic that didn’t draw such hard lines between old time and bluegrass. smooth, powerful fiddling, driving three finger banjo, front-of-the-beat rhythm backup combined into a ‘suspiciously entertaining’ sound. learn more
Accolades & Past Performances
1st place - Mt. Airy Fiddlers Convention - Bluegrass Fiddle (AJ) - 2025
1st place - Clifftop/Appalachian String Band Festival - Old Time Fiddle (AJ) - 2023
2nd place- Mt. Airy Fiddlers Convention - Bluegrass Fiddle (AJ) - 2023
3rd place - Galax Old Fiddlers Convention - Bluegrass Fiddle (AJ) - 2025
MPR Class Notes Roster Artists - ‘24-’25, ‘25-’26, 26’-27’
Folk Alliance Midwest Official Showcase Artists - 2022
Appalachian String Band Festival (Clifftop) Fiddle contest (AJ - 3rd place) - 2019
Appalachian String Band Festival (Clifftop) Traditional Band Contest finalist - 2018, 2017 (2nd place)
Camps & Workshop Instruction:
Augusta Heritage Center, WV | Ashokan Center, NY | Earful of Fiddle, MI| Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, WA | Grassroots Culture Camp, NY | Montana Fiddle Camp, MT | Kaufman Kamp, TN| Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Festival, MN | Swannanoa Gathering, NC | Minnesota State Fiddlers Association, MN | John C Campbell Folk School, NC |
Examples of past appearances:
Austin String Band Festival, TX | Blue Ox Music Festival, MN | Boats and Bluegrass, MN | Indiana Fiddlers Gathering, IN | Larryfest, WI | Lotus World Music Festival, IN | Ozark Folk Center, AR | Portland Old Time Gathering, OR | Sugar Maple Festival, WI | Wheatland Music Festival - MI | University of Chicago Folk Festival, IL, and more.
BOOKING
LINER NOTES
album liner notes HERE