Sonically founded in bluegrass, jazz and American acoustic music, the virtuosic collaboration between esteemed mandolinist Matt Flinner, guitarist Ross Martin and bassist Eric Thorin is a finely tuned compositional machine.  Over the last 15 years, the trio has been writing new music the day of any given show and performing it as part of that night’s concert.  The resulting push to constantly create new material and challenge themselves to find new sounds and textures has led the trio to a unique sound all their own, and has also stretched the boundaries of what a bluegrass trio can do.  Now with over four hundred tunes in their repertoire, the trio released Traveling Roots on Compass Records in 2016, a road-crafted sequel to their 2012 release, Winter Harvest. Led by Grammy-nominated mandolinist Matt Flinner, the Matt Flinner Trio has established itself as of the most creative and virtuosic groups on the bluegrass and modern acoustic music scenes.