Excellent musicianship, quirky compositions and arrangements, and a warm fusion of bluegrass, folk, blues, jazz, and pop characterize Lyquid Amber, a quartet from Fresno. The band's sound is centered around the masterful banjo and fiddle of Evo Bluestein (son of the famed folklorist, performer, and professor, Gene Bluestein, and veteran of many a roots band, including The Bluestein Family) and the genre-blending guitar of Hans York, the innovative German-born multi-instrumentalist last seen at the Freight performing with Scots fiddle champ Jamie Laval.

Drawing on deep folk roots to create new musical landscapes, the quartet achieves a satisfying balance between smooth airiness and aggressive funk, in concert as well as on CDs like their most recent, Drops of Rain. Lyquid Amber also features bass player Kevin Hill and fiddler Eva Scow

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