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HIGHLAND FESTIVAL GROUNDS | SEPTEMBER 14 - 17, 2023

The Arcadian Wild

The Arcadian Wild is a four-piece indie folk/pop group from Nashville, TN. Led by songwriters Isaac Horn and Lincoln Mick and Bailey Warren on fiddle, The Arcadian Wild confidently inhabits and explores an intersection of genre, blending the traditional with the contemporary. Combining elements of progressive bluegrass, folk, and formal vocal music, The Arcadian Wild offer up songs of invitation; calls to come and see, to find refuge and rest, to journey and wonder, to laugh and cry, to share joy and community and sing along. The band’s 2023 album Welcome marks the start of a captivating new
chapter for the genre-bending trio, who returned to the studio with renewed
purpose and insight after devoting the last few years to a series of critically
acclaimed singles and EPs. Like much of the band’s catalog, the album blurs
the lines between chamber folk and progressive bluegrass, drawing on
everything from country and classical to pop and choral music with lush
harmonies and dazzling fretwork, but this time around there’s a rawness to
the writing, an embrace of candor and simplicity that cuts straight to the
heart of things like never before. The result is perhaps the most arresting
collection yet from a band known for its ability to stop listeners dead in their
tracks, an exquisitely beautiful celebration of community, connection, and
the power of belonging that feels tailor-made for these challenging times.