Daves, Michael

From Atlanta, Georgia. Lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Pronounced DAVE’S (not Davis or Davies).
Grew up in a musical family with bluegrass and country roots. Also studied music at Hampshire College (Western Massachusetts) and played there with a number of jazz, rock and Americana groups. His primary instrument is guitar.
2002, formed an old-time string band called Underbelly, opening for Bob Dylan in ’03.
2003, moved to Brooklyn, New York and began playing with several bluegrass bands including his own group The Bluegrass Mob.
He is a music teacher (private lessons) and also has a recording studio. He performs weekly at New York’s Rockwood Music Hall as a solo artist and also hosts a monthly bluegrass jam there.
2007, released a solo project, Live at the Rockwood (no label).
2011, recorded an album of duets with Chris Thile called Sleep With One Eye Open (Nonesuch Records).
2013, formed a duo with fiddler Brittany Haas.
Has performed with Steve Martin, Tony Trischka, Rosanne Cash, Bruce Molsky, Sara Jarosz, many others.
2016, released Orchids and Violence album (Nonesuch), a two-CD set featuring the same songs on each CD, but performed in two different styles: bluegrass and alternative-rock.