Mountain Laurel

With its distinctive and engaging blend of traditional and contemporary bluegrass classics, hard-driving instrumentals and strong original material, Mountain Laurel, a five-piece bluegrass band based in the Grass Valley-Nevada City, California area, has played at most of the major festivals in the state and has shared the stage with such acts as the Del McCoury Band, Ralph Stanley, Country Current, Lou Reid & Carolina, and the All Girl Boys. Their second CD, Trouble at the Mine, was released in September 2003.