Renegade Stringband

Music – Portland

Renegade Stringband is a Northwest Bluegrass band dedicated to turning hard times into good times. The band’s hard-driving, new old time sound fuses the banjo, mandolin, bass, and guitar into a finely tuned engine, atop which 3-part vocal harmonies soar. Lead vocal lines are tossed between Jessica Jariss, mandolinist Ben Larsen, and banjo frailer Joe Seamons. Upright bassist Max Kutzman slaps, thrums, and bows his instrument with wild abandon, at once driving and anchoring the band’s live performances. On the guitar, Austin Moore solos with a focused fury, and playfully trading with Ben’s mandolin. The band features original songs, and also covering tunes like the Black Keys, Woody Guthrie, Tom Waits, and Ella Fitzgerald. We are incredibly passionate about our music and try to play around town as much as we can!