Pert Near Sandstone, Dead Horses

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Minnesota bluegrass alchemists Pert Near Sandstone are as at home on stage at Telluride as they are at a house show. Discovery of Honey, their eighth record, reunites them with founding member Ryan Young, who left to play fiddle for Trampled by Turtles seven years ago. Young engineered the new project, an earthy blend ranging from jug music to glossy folk numbers. Milwaukee's Dead Horses keep it simple and scaled down; a signature country-grass sound built around Sarah Vos' classic, up-in-the-hills vocals. These are two of the Midwest's very best in one show.