TIM O’BRIEN From Wheeling, West Virginia. Lives in Nashville. A singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (primarily mandolin and fiddle) who rose to prominence with the Colorado-based group…
TIM AND MOLLIE O’BRIEN From Wheeling, West Virginia. Brother and sister duo; have sung together since childhood. 1967, won a talent contest in Wheeling performing…
ALAN O’BRYANT From Reidsville, North Carolina. Lives in Pegram, Tennessee (near Nashville). Grew up with cousins Billy and Terry Smith who also lived in Reidsville.…
MARK O’CONNOR From Seattle, Washington. Has lived in Nashville and San Diego, California. Currently lives in New York City. He was a child prodigy. He…
OFF THE RAILS From Nashville, Tennessee. Formed in 2023 by Cory Chubb (guitar), Ben Hill (mandolin), Taylor Gerber (bass), Lucas White (guitar), Cody Bauer (fiddle),…
TOM OHMSEN From Salem, Virginia. A recording engineer/producer by occupation and owner of Flat Five Studios. He is also an accomplished mandolin player. Has worked…
OLD AND IN THE WAY From San Francisco, California. Formed in 1973 featuring featuring Jerry Garcia (of the Grateful Dead) on banjo, David Grisman on…
OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW Began in Ithica, New York. 1998, began as buskers (street musicians) playing “pre-war jug band music.” The busked their way west…
OLD GROWTH QUARTET From the Pacific Northwest (Seattle, Washington and Sisters, Oregon). Formed in 2017 by Dale Adkins (guitar, banjo, mandolin), Paul Elliott (fiddle), Don…
OLD SALT UNION From Belleville, IL (a suburb of St. Louis, MO). Formed in 2012 by Ryan Murphey (banjo) and Dustin Eiskant (guitar). Other members:…
OLD SCHOOL FREIGHT TRAIN From Richmond, Virginia. Formed in 2001 at the College of William and Mary (Williamsburg). Played a mix of bluegrass, jazz, Americana…
OLIVIA JO From Stuart, Virginia. Began singing as a youngster and released her first two bluegrass albums before the age of 12. At age 16,…
OPEN ROAD From Longmont, Colorado. Call themselves “young traditionalists.” Formed in 1999 by guitarist Brad Folk and mandolinist Caleb Roberts. Banjo player Jim Rummels joined…
LAURA ORSHAW From northeastern Pennsylvania. Now lives in Nashville. Grew up in a musical family. Her father Mark Orshaw played guitar in a bluegrass band…
BOBBY OSBORNE AND THE ROCKY TOP XPRESS From Hyden, Kentucky (Lives in Portland, Tennessee) The elder of the Osborne Brothers, he formed his own band…
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS From Hyden, Kentucky but lived most of their career in Nashville. Bobby played mandolin; Sonny played banjo. Bobby was six years older…
DEAN OSBORNE From Lexington, Kentucky. Sonny and Bobby Osborne are cousins. His grandfather is their uncle. Besides music, his passion is training and showing Tennessee…
WYNN OSBORNE From Nashville, Tennessee. Lives in Ocala, Florida. He is the son of Bobby Osborne (of the Osborne Brothers). Learned banjo from Earl Scruggs…
PETER OSTROUSHKO From Minneapolis, Minnesota. Best known as an accomplished mandolin and fiddle player. His family is from the Ukraine. Has toured regularly with Robin…
AKIRA OTSUKA From Japan; lives in the Washington DC area. Best known as the impressive mandolin player with The Bluegrass 45, a legendary bluegrass band…
THE OVERALL BROTHERS From Nashville. Formed in 2004 by Danny Barnes, Elmer Burchett, Jr., Kevin Harper, Wesley Probst and Kim Gardner. Barnes (mandolin) is from…
ANDY OWENS Born in Louisville, Kentucky. For many years lived in Dallas, Texas. Now living in North Carolina. Sings, writes songs and plays all the…
CAROLINE OWENS (AND NEW COMPANY) From Denton, North Carolina. Began singing at the age of 2. Decided to become a bluegrass singer at age 13.…