First up is the Dan Tyminski Band on Friday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m., sponsored by Kwik Fill Red Apple and Country Fair. Tyminski’s voice accompanies George Clooney’s performance of the Stanley Brothers’ classic song, “I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow,” in the film, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? and his vocal collaboration with Swedish DJ Avicii on the song “Hey Brother” has been streamed more than a billion times to date. In recent years Tyminski has worked with Alison Krauss and Union Station while his live shows with the Dan Tyminski Band are regularly packed.

Tyminski’s latest album release – the Grammy-nominated 2024 concert album Dan Tyminski: Live From The Ryman – captures those live shows.

Tyminski’s earliest touring and recording work was as a part of the band, Green Mountain Bluegrass. He later joined the Lonesome River Band, before embarking on his three decades of work with Alison Krauss and Union Station. The first album Tyminski recorded as a solo artist was the soul-stirring Carry Me Across the Mountain (2000), followed by the Grammy-nominated Wheels (2008) which was named the 2009 Album of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association. His work with the EDM artist, Avicii, inspired Tyminski to create the Southern Gothic album, released in 2017. Tyminski would then showcase again his heart for bluegrass with the 2022 EP tribute to Tony Rice, One More Time Before You Go, which included guest performances by Molly Tuttle, Sam Bush, Dailey & Vincent, and Billy Strings. The following year saw the release of the full-length bluegrass album, God Fearing Heathen, which quickly hit #1 on Billboard’s Bluegrass Albums chart.

Over the course of his career, Tyminski has also evolved into a songwriter, penning songs with Monty Criswell, Phillip Lammonds, Kristian Bush, Ashley Monroe, Chris Stapleton and many others.

Photo submitted to the Times Observer Sam Grisman, leader of the Sam Grisman Project, is pictured.

Tyminski has been honored with 14 Grammy Awards and is a four-time Male Vocalist of the Year honoree by the International Bluegrass Music Association. He has also recorded instrumental or vocal harmony contributions for projects by Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Brad Paisley, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Joan Osborne, Charlie Daniels, Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes, Rob Thomas, and Charlie Haden, to name a few.

Tyminski’s performance will be followed a week later by a performance by the Sam Grisman Project at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, as part of the Roots Rising Concert Series. The Sam Grisman Project’s performance is sponsored by the Warren Concert Association and the Community Foundation of Warren County.

Grisman is a bass player, music appreciator, and bandleader who grew up in Mill Valley, Calif.. Grisman’s father, David Grisman, is a mandolin player, composer, and producer, whose home hosted recording sessions and rehearsals for performers including Doc Watson, Jerry Garcia, John Hartford, Mike Seeger and Tony Rice.

On his website, Grisman singles out his father’s collaborations with Garcia as a particular inspiration for the Sam Grisman Project.

“My goal in starting Sam Grisman Project is to build a platform for my friends and me to showcase our genuine passion and appreciation for the legacy of Dawg and Jerry’s music,” Grisman said. “By playing some of their beloved repertoire and sharing the original music that our own collective has to offer, we will also show the impact that this music has had on our own individual musical voices. Ultimately, there is nothing that makes me happier than playing great songs with my best friends and my hope is to share that happiness with audiences all over.”

Photo submitted to the Times Observer Dan Tyminski, who will perform Friday at the Struthers Library Theatre, is pictured during a performance.

The Sam Grisman Project was created to shed light on the music that the younger Grisman grew up around, and highlight that music’s influence on the members of the collective and in the greater music community.

To preserve the sonic integrity of their instruments and voices, the Sam Grisman Project plays acoustic music into condenser microphones. The sound on stage is fully acoustic and sensitive, so those attending are asked to save conversations for before and after the show or during the set break.