Today, the lauded Americana quintet Fruition releases their eye-opening and inspirational new song, “Whole World of Trouble.” This track questions the state of society and whether our social constructs unify or divide the majority of people.

This year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival (“HSBG”) in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park was—as usual, and as expected—a joyous and magical celebration for young and old, family and friends, musicians and music fans.

Fruition, the dynamic five-piece American Roots band from Portland, Oregon, is gearing up for an exciting chapter. With their new album How to Make Mistakes on the horizon, an extensive American tour, and a special appearance at the Musical Sojourn in Buenos Aires—all kicking off in August—the band is poised for a busy and exhilarating stretch ahead. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Mimi Naja, the band's co-founder, singer, and songwriter, to discuss the new record and the upcoming tour.

Folk Blues Bands are hard to place. Acoustic guitars backed by sensitive rhythm players hold the framework together. A voice like an old friend starts to weave a tale you feel could be your own when the steel guitar cuts into your mind, sending you to a happy place where the world makes sense.

Eclectic folk/roots/rock band Fruition returns on August 23rd with their long-awaited studio album How To Make Mistakes and new fall tour dates (see below). For their first offering in four years, the acclaimed Portland, OR quintet took a fresh new approach to recording by producing the album themselves and recording all tracks live off the floor.

Fruition is releasing their 2nd new single of the year today with “Feeling Weird,” following up the February track “Hard To Make Money.” The Hard To Make Money Tour kicks off next week with the band visiting venues in Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Minnesota, After a short break for a festival in Mexico in April, the band will return to the road in May to visit Oregon, California, and Arizona, which now includes a newly announced show in Mariposa, CA.  The band has been hard at work writing and recordin

After ringing in a new year with a 4 show run in Washington State and Portland, OR, Fruition is pleased to announce their first headline shows of 2024. The Hard To Make Money Tour will see the band visit venues in Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Oregon, California and Arizona.  The band has been hard at work writing and recording new music for future release, with some of those new songs finding their way into setlists for these newly announced shows.

The Sea of Cortez, aka “the aquarium of the world,” will provide the perfect setting for the second annual BajaWonderGrass, an intimate gathering of WinterWonderGrass family and friends taking place April 24-26, 2024, at La Tuna, a beach bar in El Sargento, Baja California Sur. Tickets go on sale today for the festival, featuring several WonderGrass favorites: Fruition, The Lil Smokies, WinterWonderWomen, Pickin’ on the Dead and Bonfire Dub, with special guest artist-at-large, Mark Morris.

On the heels of performing at Cascade Equinox Festival in Bend, OR this past September, Fruition has announced their first full band shows in Portland and Seattle since August of 2022.

I just returned from a Musical Sojourn in Porto, Portugal, a weeklong musical experience featuring ALO’s Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz, Natalie Cressman and Jennifer Hartswick (Trey Anastasio Band and multiple other projects), Nikki Bluhm, members of Greensky Bluegrass, Fruition and Railroad Earth, and many other artists from the extended jam and bluegrass world. This was a unique and intimate event with six days and nights of musical tourism in one of Europe’s most beautiful cities. (The entire musician list is at the end of this article.)