Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen

With their last album earning Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen a 2015 GRAMMY Nomination for Best Bluegrass Album, the eagerly anticipated Family, Friends & Heroes release is sure to impress. Come March 4th audiences are invited to catch a generous glimpse into Solivan???s work that pays homage to his family members and features the pristine playing of his closest musical heroes, including Del McCoury, Rob Ickes, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Ronnie McCoury, John Cowan, Mike Bub, Shawn Camp and Megan McCormick.

Since Frank Solivan left the cold climes of Alaska for the bluegrass hotbed of Washington, D.C., he???s built a reputation as a monster mandolinist ??? and become a major festival attraction with his band, Dirty Kitchen. Solivan, with banjoist Mike Munford, 2013 IBMA Banjo Player of the Year, award winning guitarist Chris Luquette and bassist Jeremy Middleton, simmer a bluegrass/newgrass stew from instrumental, vocal and songwriting skills so hot, they were named IBMA???s 2014 Instrumental Group of the Year.

"Family made Frank???s passion for and career in music possible. Friends have come easily as he???s taken his open-hearted way with bluegrass on the road, and heroes have guided his journey and, in many cases, have become like family. Family, Friends & Heroes is a toast to things that matter in life and a testimony to how good music can feel when talent is fused with soul and sincerity." - Craig Havighurst, Music City Roots

"Frank Solivan just keeps getting better, as a songwriter, arranger, singer and, not the least, instrumentalist. But don???t take my word for it. Check out his new project for Compass Records, Family, Friends & Heroes." - David Morris, Bluegrass Today
"For those of you who???ve been spending time under a bluegrass rock lately, Solivan and his bandmates are one of the hottest acts around." ??? Shawn Underwood, Twangville

"If Tim O???Brien and Alison Brown ever had a love child, it might just be Frank Solivan. This newgrass/bluegrass foursome spirals through skin-tight banjo picking, razor-sharp mandolin and jazz-tinged concentric circles ??? all with a degree of control that balances technical precision and improvisational virtuosity." - Siobhan Long, Irish Times

"Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen are what bluegrass music needs these days. They are master musicians who fully understand the history and tradition but aren???t afraid to explore new sounds and concepts." - Brian Paul Swenk, Bluegrass Today