Modern Hicks is a contemporary bluegrass band composed of five veterans of the Sonoma County music scene--Kevin Russell, Layne Bowen, Gina Blaber, Tom Sours, and Craig Anderson. Using traditional bluegrass instruments, the band draws on a variety of sources, including country, rock, jazz, and folk. From Bill Monroe to Irving Berlin, from the Beatles to Hank Williams, this band creates a unique and fresh sound. Modern Hicks, whose latest album is Out Among the Stars, were featured at last year's Kate Wolf Music Festival. The Bay Area trio known as The Warblers features the lead singing and guitar playing of Yvonne Walbroehl, known to readers of Bluegrass By the Bay as the author of the "Parking Lot Picker" column. California bluegrass festival goers may also recognize Yvonne, a ubiquitous presence at the best of the late night campfire jams, for her powerful voice and soulful picking. Claudia Hampe and Larry Carlin, of the groups Keystone Crossing and Keystone Station, join Yvonne in haunting two and three-part harmonies.