FreshGrass Foundation

FreshGrass Foundation, we are a non-profitable organization helping artists through our various commission programs to discover the best through the power of making music.

FreshGrass album fund provides financial support to musicians in any need. The aim of album fund is to provide the independent musicians with funding.

The FreshGrass Foundation is working closely with music. The FreshGrass composition commission program is dedicated to providing commission artists with opportunities to create new work. Visit us online and know more about our composition commission program.

Welcome to the home of FreshGrass awards. The FreshGrass Foundation celebrate the new talents of roots music every year in summer. Don't miss the FreshGrass awards.

FreshGrass Music Festival, the popular North Adams music festival, the annual three-day music festival in Mass Moca, North Adams, has been partnering with the FreshGrass Foundation. Visit our festival website for more information.

From the pool of submissions, No Depression invites three finalists to compete for the NoDepression Singer Songwriter in conjuction with FreshGrass Festival.

Folk Alley produced by FreshGrass Foundation presents a public service that strives to bring folk, roots, and Americana music to the world. The main aim is to provide global exposure for an art form with long-standing tradition and a loyal fan community.

Bill Frisell is the most innovative guitarist in the world and our first Composition Commission recipient, and a relentless explorer of American roots traditions, from jazz to blues to folk and beyond.

Sarah Jarosz is an American singer-songwriter from Texas. Sarah Jarosz, the second recipient of the FreshGrass Composition Commission, premiered Blue Heron Suite at the 2017 FreshGrass Festival.

Rhiannon Giddens is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and co-founder of the GRAMMY award-winning string band Carolina Chocolate Drops. Her Composition Commission performance was a revelation.