​Press Kit

The Rosa Lees hail from the hills of sunny Southern Oregon and bring fresh perspective to the bluegrass genre as a group of women navigating the world as mothers, workers, and musicians. They aim from the heart and bring energy to every stage they play, singing from experience and playing like their hair is on fire, writing songs that will gut punch you with their honesty, and reframing old tunes in ways you've never thought about hearing them. 

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As one of the up-and-coming bluegrass bands in the Northwest, The Rosa Lees have begun to tally up a significant list of performances at premier festivals and venues, including Big Ponderoo in Sisters, OR, Vancouver Waterfront Bluegrass Festival, Wheeler County Bluegrass Festival, Columbia Gorge Bluegrass Festival, The Ashland Folk Collective, The Holly Theater in Medford, OR, Tsunami Books in Eugene, OR, McCloud Mountain Music Series, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Britt Festival, to name a few. They've shared line-ups with Bronwyn, Big Richard, The California Honey Drops, Steep Canyon Rangers, Fruition, Never Come Down, Jason Carter, Special Consensus, Missy Raines and Allegheny, The Western Flyers, Whiskey Deaf, and bluegrass songsmith Kristen Grainger.

At the forefront of The Rosa Lees' music lies an emphasis on closely blended harmonies, hard-charging rhythms, and lyrically potent songs. Their repertoire mingles elements of traditional bluegrass with traces of old-time fiddle and banjo tunes, classic country, old-world Celtic music, and gospel. Prioritizing songs with meaning and a strong turn of phrase, they work to fuse all these ingredients into the original songs that punctuate their sets. Audiences consistently rave about the distinct blend of their vocal harmonies and instrumental acuity, not to mention their playful on-stage demeanor. 

The Rosa Lees are Rachel Buklad on banjo, Jessie Monter on fiddle, Holly Hurley on bass, and Bekkah McAlvage on guitar.