Steam Machine

Steam Machine is an old time/bluegrass project fronted by award-winning Minneapolis fiddler AJ Srubas and Twin Cities old-time music & dance instigator Rina Rossi on guitar. A shortlist of spectacular musicians perform with the band on banjo and bass. Originally formed in Minneapolis in 2018, Steam Machine brought to the national stage a Midwest-influenced string band sound that didn’t draw such hard lines between bluegrass and old time music. While not purists, they do listen closely to the old stuff and try to capture what makes it special, as they hear it. In 2018, they released their first album, self-titled Steam Machine. Since then they have kept busy performing and teaching across the country, collecting a few contest ribbons along the way.