The Adelaide-based Lofty Mountain Band brings to the stage an exhilarating mix of strings, blending traditional folk, bluegrass, country and pop music in a miraculous cacophony of banjo, guitar, mandolin and fiddle. Combining tight vocal harmonies, virtuosic playing, yearning, wit and melancholy, their music is ethereal yet grounded, often devastating and occasionally transcendent. Formed in 2020, at the height of the pandemic, and fronted by dynamic local music legend Max Savage, the band are Django Rowe, Tom Kneebone, Chelsea McGuinness, Chelsea Lee, Julian Ferraretto, Dylan Paul and Tom Boehm. The Celtic/folk/bluegrass vibe that drives the music runs in the blood of everyone in the band.