Folk Blues Bands are hard to place. Acoustic guitars backed by sensitive rhythm players hold the framework together. A voice like an old friend starts to weave a tale you feel could be your own when the steel guitar cuts into your mind, sending you to a happy place where the world makes sense.

Eclectic folk/roots/rock band Fruition returns on August 23rd with their long-awaited studio album How To Make Mistakes and new fall tour dates (see below). For their first offering in four years, the acclaimed Portland, OR quintet took a fresh new approach to recording by producing the album themselves and recording all tracks live off the floor.

Fruition is releasing their 2nd new single of the year today with “Feeling Weird,” following up the February track “Hard To Make Money.” The Hard To Make Money Tour kicks off next week with the band visiting venues in Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Minnesota, After a short break for a festival in Mexico in April, the band will return to the road in May to visit Oregon, California, and Arizona, which now includes a newly announced show in Mariposa, CA.  The band has been hard at work writing and recordin

After ringing in a new year with a 4 show run in Washington State and Portland, OR, Fruition is pleased to announce their first headline shows of 2024. The Hard To Make Money Tour will see the band visit venues in Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Oregon, California and Arizona.  The band has been hard at work writing and recording new music for future release, with some of those new songs finding their way into setlists for these newly announced shows.

The Sea of Cortez, aka “the aquarium of the world,” will provide the perfect setting for the second annual BajaWonderGrass, an intimate gathering of WinterWonderGrass family and friends taking place April 24-26, 2024, at La Tuna, a beach bar in El Sargento, Baja California Sur. Tickets go on sale today for the festival, featuring several WonderGrass favorites: Fruition, The Lil Smokies, WinterWonderWomen, Pickin’ on the Dead and Bonfire Dub, with special guest artist-at-large, Mark Morris.

On the heels of performing at Cascade Equinox Festival in Bend, OR this past September, Fruition has announced their first full band shows in Portland and Seattle since August of 2022.

I just returned from a Musical Sojourn in Porto, Portugal, a weeklong musical experience featuring ALO’s Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz, Natalie Cressman and Jennifer Hartswick (Trey Anastasio Band and multiple other projects), Nikki Bluhm, members of Greensky Bluegrass, Fruition and Railroad Earth, and many other artists from the extended jam and bluegrass world. This was a unique and intimate event with six days and nights of musical tourism in one of Europe’s most beautiful cities. (The entire musician list is at the end of this article.)

Upon arriving at the Cascade Equinox grounds in Redmond, Oregon, just outside of Bend, attendees were welcomed by an atmosphere pulsating with anticipation. Festival-goers filled the air with tunes from the featured artists on the lineup, soaking in the majestic mountainous surroundings, and forming caravans as they made their way into the fairgrounds for a weekend brimming with live music, autumnal festivities, and communal camping.

Come jam with us for the inauguration of Cascade Equinox, a brand-new three-day event coming to Central Oregon on September 22 - 24, 2023, held at Deschutes County Fairgrounds.

This enticing first-time festival announcement brings a unique opportunity for the music festival subculture to converge at the nexus of diverse genres, fostering a vibrant celebration within our tight-knit community amidst the beauty of nature.

South Main announces the uniquely soulful American roots and rock band Fruition will make their debut performance on The LAWN on July 19th at the Surf Hotel in Buena Vista, Colorado.