Todd Grebe & Cold Country

   Angela grew up in Anchorage, Alaska with a family of musicians. She was influenced to sing and play music by going to church, music festivals, and even singing along with the radio on long road trips. She learned to play the fiddle and guitar by taking lessons, attending acoustic music camps for kids, listening to CDs, and watching her family and friends play. Some early influences also included close family friends Frank Solivan II ("Navy Bluegrass Band/Country Current" and "Frank Solivan and Ditry Kitchen") and bluegrass music innovator Ginger Boatwright ("Red, White and Bluegrass" and "Doug Dillard Band.")
   Angela was in many childhood bluegrass and folk bands that performed all over Alaska. When she was 16, she cofounded the successful Americana band Bearfoot and began to get more serious about playing bluegrass fiddle. After graduating high school, she decided to attend East Tennessee State University and their Bluegrass and Country Music Program where she learned from Jim and Jesse band member Raymond McLain and Bill Monroe band member Tater Tate. After winning the Telluride Band Competition in 2001, her band Bearfoot decided to tour full time in the summer season when the members weren’t attending college, having performed at many popular festivals across the country including Wintergrass, Rockygrass, Grey Fox, Floydfest, ROMP and many more.
  While in Johnson City, Angela played fiddle with the ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band, and a prominent local group called the Everybodyfields and played fiddle on their CD entitled "Plague of Dreams" (2006). She also played fiddle on Warner Bros. recording artist Megan McCormick's first solo CD ("Runaway") 2005, and received an IBMA award for Recorded Event of the Year for her work on Daughter's of Bluegrass's "Back to the Well" project in 2006. In the spring of 2006 she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Sociology, and became one of the first people in the world to receive a minor in bluegrass. When she returned to Alaska after college for a couple of years to visit her family and friends, she was honored to be featured on Alaska music legend Joe Page's solo mandolin album entitled "Alaska Mando" (2007) and then also record with popular Alaska performing and songwriting artist Todd Grebe on their original honky tonk album entitled "Cold Country" (2008), and then later on his sophomore effort, “Until Tomorrow” (2011) alongside such greats as Mike Bub (18 South), David Long (The Sidemen), Rob McCoury (Del McCoury Band), and Larry Atamanuik (Alison Krauss).
  Over the years Angela’s fiddling, singing and management skills continued to be a powerful and essential part of Bearfoot for their incredible 14 year run. With them, she achieved such honors as being #1 on the Billboard Bluegrass Charts, having the #2 music video 3 weeks in a row on CMT Pure music video channel, reaching #16 on the Americana radio charts, and having the #7 most aired bluegrass album of 2012. They recorded a total of 5 full-length albums, 2 of which were with Nashville indie record label Compass Records.
  Songwriting is one of her hobbies when she gets some extra time and energy. Bearfoot has recorded two of her originals; the title track from their second release "Back Home," and "Time is No Medicine" from their first Compass Records Release Doors and Windows.
  Angela has had many opportunities to play with great musicians and friends, but one of her personal highlights is when she performed with Jesse McReynolds band at Rockygrass 2008.