Widely known in the New York tri-state area for his outstanding, driving Bluegrass bass playing, Ethan Kende has been playing Bluegrass music in the New York area most of his life. Mentored with Roger Sprung, one of the driving forces in progressive bluegrass banjo music, Ethan has performed with Roger Sprung and the Progressive Bluegrassers, the John Herald Band, Mike Burns and North Country, and Orrin Star and the Sultans of String, among others. He's performed at The White House, Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, and Ralph Stanley's Hills of Home Bluegrass Festival in