Gangstagrass Pocket Full of Fire: Gangstagrass Live

To many people country music and hip-hop have nothing in common, and mixing them is an outlandish idea, but to the mastermind behind Gangstagrass it just makes sense. "There aer a lot more people out there with Jay-Z and Johnny Cash on their playlists than you think." says Rench, who had previously made a name for himself as an in-demand Brooklyn country and hip-hop producer and singer/songwriter. After the 2009 release of a proof-of-concept album called Gangstagrass, a buzz built, and FX Network came to Rench looking for the Gangstagrass sound for the theme song to their new series "Justified." The result was "Long Hard Times To Come," the song that opened every episode of six seasons of the hit series, nominated for an Emmy Award in 2010. The same formula of authentic bluegrass players and real hip-hop emcees was used to produce four studio albums, most recently 2015's "American Music" which debuted at #5 on the Billboard bluegrass charts. Gangstagrass has toured internationally, blowing minds on main stages from SXSW to Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, with a live stage act taking full advantage of the improvisational aspects of both hip-hop and bluegrass. The Gangstagrass live show has garnered a reputation among fans for its dynamism and spontaneity. February of 2019 will see the release of Pocket Full Of Fire: Gangstagrass Live which showcases the utterly unique Gangstagrass stage performance, in which songs are transformed and radically different from the studio recordings. Rench sees this as a chance to share that live spirit with the world - "Fans who have not been able to see Gangstagrass perfrom in person will finally get a taste of what it's like when you have hip-hop emcees and bluegrass players engage each other's talents on stage.