Nick Dumas & Branchline
Wisconsin bluegrass band led by Washington-raised mandolinist and singer Nick Dumas, formerly of Special Consensus, with his wife Hana on fiddle.
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About Nick Dumas & Branchline
Nick Dumas & Branchline is the touring band of mandolinist and lead singer Nick Dumas. He and his wife Hana, who plays fiddle in the band, live in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Daniel Thrailkill plays guitar, Andrew Knapp bass and Will McSeveney banjo. McSeveney also founded Skyline Records, the label Dumas records for.
Dumas grew up in Brier, Washington, where his grandfather, a dobro player, brought him into bluegrass. He started on fiddle and later added mandolin, guitar and banjo. In the Northwest he co-founded the bands Northern Departure and North Country Bluegrass.
He then joined Special Consensus as its mandolinist and one of its lead singers. His first record with the band, Long I Ride in 2016, won an IBMA award for the instrumental "Fireball". Rivers and Roads in 2018 won two more, Album of the Year among them, and was nominated for a Grammy.
After settling in Wisconsin he released his first solo album, Story of a Beautiful Life, in 2019, then Details on Skyline in 2022. The single "Afraid To Say Goodbye", written with Zach Top and McSeveney when Dumas and Top played bluegrass together in the Northwest, came out in January 2026.
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Nick Dumas & Branchline has played World of Bluegrass 2026.