Oliver Craven: Mandolin, Fiddle, Guitar, Vocals
Nick DiSebastian: Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
Kyle Tuttle: Banjo, Vocals
Charles Muench: Bass, Vocals
Influences
Tim O'Brien, Darrell Scott, Tony Rice, Norman Blake, Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Gillian Welch, Hank Williams, Hot Rize, Rust Farm, John Hartford, Clarence White and the Kentucky Colonels, The Allman Brothers Band, The Stanley Brothers, Blue Highway, and many more...
In the early days of 2010, three Pennsylvania natives and a banjo-wielding Georgia boy took to a Lancaster County kitchen to throw down a sound it wouldn’t soon forget. River Wheel emerged in a week’s time with a full-length album and with formidable energy and aspirations to wind their sound around minds across the country.
Holding a deep reverence for the roots of bluegrass music, River Wheel turns out a sound that is both honest and innovative. They ride a tide running higher and higher with original material, which they perform with a striking collective exuberance.
Guitarist and mandolinist Nick DiSebastian is a current student of Berklee College of Music, as is Kyle Tuttle on the 5-string banjo. Songwriting talent Oliver Craven performs on mandolin, fiddle, and guitar, while Charlie Muench, a current music student of West Chester University, holds down the low end of the 4-piece outfit with a strong hand on the upright bass. Complementing their individual instrumental talents, the four gentlemen of River Wheel soar together in seamless vocal harmony.
“The Sound We Made” is now available.
For booking, please e-mail riverwheelmusic@gmail.com
