Big Chimney Barn Dance specializes in a unique style of North Country Americana dance music. Steeped in songs and the fiddle tradition of the hills of Southern Appalachia, the band honed their sound in the cabins found at the foot of the Chugach Mountains in Alaska. Big Chimney features fiddlers Danny Consenstein and Carter Bancroft, guitarist Nate Williamson, Jay Marvin on banjo, and Rachel Overby on bass. They are often joined by Peter Hamre (mandolin) and Scotty Meyer (fiddle), and other very cherished members Garren Volper (bass), Jason Norris(fiddle), and Natalie Padilla (fiddle). Big Chimney is an accomplished touring act with a history of touring throughout Ireland, Wales, and England, as well as playing extensively around Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, and at festivals like the Austin Stringband Festival in Austin, Texas and Dare to Be Square West in Portland and Boise. With a potent combination of driving dance tunes and memorable songs, Big Chimney is just as at home playing a square dance as they are a listening room concert or a raucous pub gig.