Northern Lights
Championing the traditions of bluegrass and American folk, Northern Lights were
a hard-twanging, heavy-jigging force on the New England music scene for over 30
years and helped kick-start the careers of Alison Krauss and Alison Brown.
Originally formed in Boston, mandolin player Taylor Armerding and
guitarist/bassist Bob Emery led the band as they recorded their self-titled
debut album in 1976, but they went their separate ways soon after.
After a five year break it took young banjo picker Alison Brown to cajole the
band back into action, and she toured and played on their sec...