New Dangerfield

bluegrass

New Dangerfield is a Black string band assembled by banjoist Tray Wellington and rounded out by fiddler Jake Blount, multi-instrumentalist Kaia Kater and bassist Nelson Williams. The quartet draws on old-time and bluegrass traditions and records for Free Dirt Records, releasing its debut single, Dangerfield Newby, in April 2024. Its name honors Dangerfield Newby, a free Black abolitionist who took part in John Brown's 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry.