Bluegrass Headquarters CD

Jussi Syren & The Groundbreakers
Bluegrass Headquarters CD

Jussi Syren and the Groundbreakers have been playing their hard driving style of bluegrass since 1995.
Besides their native Finland, they have been performed across Europe and in the USA.
Their albums have received great reviews in music media such as Bluegrass Unlimited and Country Music People.
The Groundbreakers' style is a little different from other current day bluegrass groups, born in smoky honky tonks and crowded bar rooms where you have play hard and holler loud, comparible to the bluegrass groups who worked in Baltimore and Detroit bars.
Even today most of the venues they play are like that kind.
Mandolin playing lead/tenor singer Jussi Syren has been in bluegrass circles since early 1980s.
His "close to the bridge picking" and rough hewn Ralph Stanley type vocals have become his trademarks.
He is also a profilic songwriter.
Banjo player/harmony singer Tauri Oksala's solid picking has been compared to J.D. Crowe and Earl Scruggs, but still having his own bluesy licks to throw in.
On their new album Bluegrass Headquarters, already their 10th long-player, Jussi Syren and the Groundbreakers and joined by Grammy Award nominee bluegrass fiddle player Michael Cleveland on two tracks.