Steam Machine

old time and bluegrass music

CALENDAR

find out where to catch team Steam next

ABOUT

Steam Machine is the ever evolving musical home of fiddler AJ Srubas and guitar player Rina Rossi. Originally formed in Minneapolis in 2018, the early iteration of this project brought to the national stage a midwest influenced string band aesthetic that didn’t draw such hard lines between old time and bluegrass music. over time it has evolved to encompass something wider than that. what are they up to now? each show is a little bit different so you might just have to come on down and find out

BOOKING

booking information

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 | Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival, NJ | 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 many more.

LINER NOTES

album liner notes HERE