Hailing from British Columbia, Canada, Jackson Hollow has a timeless sound and authentic appeal that has connected with a growing audience across generations and beyond borders. 

Described as having a voice that “stops traffic”, the group’s co-founder is lead vocalist Tianna Lefebvre, a 4-time BC Country Music Association Award winner who has performed with renowned artists such as Shania Twain, Michelle Wright, and Russell deCarle. 

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The band’s fiddle and mandolin player – and co-founder of this husband and wife-led band – is Mike Sanyshyn, who holds four Provincial Fiddle Champion titles and placed in the top 3 at the prestigious Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Championship. The CCMA and BCCMA Award winner has toured with Grammy-nominated artist Deric Ruttan, and worked with legendary artists Ian Tyson, The Good Brothers, Lucille Starr, and Randy Bachman. 

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Rounding out the band are two more shining talents and its newest members: BCCMA Award winner and JUNO nominee Charlie Frie’s upright bass and vocals lay a soulful foundation for the band’s effortless harmonies, while JUNO nominee and Canadian Folk Music award winner Eric Reed (guitar/banjo) adds a traditional sound through his seasoned background as a multi-instrumentalist and producer/recording engineer. 

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After winning the BCCMA Gaylord Wood Traditional Country Award four times, Jackson Hollow experienced a breakthrough year in 2021. First chosen for an IBMA International Showcase in June, their performance garnered the interest of Mountain Fever Records, a Virginia-based bluegrass label, who signed them shortly after. With a complete album produced by Tom McKillip (Aaron Pritchett, Lisa Brokop), the group released their debut single, “Travelin’ Heart”, which reached #10 on the US Bluegrass Today Charts and was September’s 2nd most played bluegrass song on SiriusXM’s Bluegrass Junction. Their next single, “Shallow Rivers”, released in November, became a fan favourite, reaching #6 on the Roots Music Report, #12 on the US Bluegrass Today chart, and rising to #3 among SiriusXM’s Bluegrass Junction’s most-played singles that month. 

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Following a similarly successful 2022 – including the US Bluegrass Today charting single “Look Who’s Talking Now” and a Josie Award nomination – Jackson Hollow released “I’m All the Way Gone”, which reached #1 on the Cashbox Music Charts and #16 on the US Bluegrass Today charts. The positive reception to the group’s subsequent debut album release, “Roses”, brought forward a 2023 IBMA Momentum Award nomination for Vocalist of the Year for Tianna and culminated in a 2024 JUNO Award nomination for Traditional Roots Album of the Year to go along with further recognition for the group, thanks to a 2024 IBMA Momentum Award nomination, two 2024 Canadian Folk Music Awards nominations. as well as four more Josie Award nominations. 

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On the heels of a Canadian Folk Music Awards Tradworks Showcase and two 2024 singles, “Nothing but Sky” and “Light in My Life”, Jackson Hollow is set to play the stage of the 2024 IBMA Momentum Awards, along with a slate of showcases during the IBMA World of Bluegrass festival. 

With pristine musical offerings complemented by a finely tuned live show, Jackson Hollow will only continue to stand out as a steadfast international bluegrass presence. 

 

"Jackson Hollow continues to impress my ears. This band is exemplary in every category. Vocals, musicianship, arrangements, material and performance. The sound is pure bluegrass but with a freshness and vibrancy that seems to be missing in today’s more traditional groups. The vocal blend is as perfect as I have heard. Led by a dynamic female singer, this band is on their own unique trajectory, and that trajectory is simply out of this world!"

 

- Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame Artist- Wendell Ferguson