With inventive vocal harmonies and song-writing, Passerine offers a genre-bending take on traditional folk and bluegrass, as well as a repertoire of original songs that range from sweet ballads to the edgier side of contemporary Americana.

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“Passerine’s songs can effortlessly transition from knee-slappin’ bluegrass to soulful ballads, all held together by descriptive storytelling and the instrumental cohesion of a band that’s been playing together their whole lives.”

–Alex Robinson, in Edible Sarasota (Jan 2024)

What's in a name?

People often ask us where we got our name.  “Passerine” (pronounced “passer-een”) is the common name for the order of birds capable of perching– members of the order of Passeriformes.  60% of all birds are passerines, which the scientists tell us suggests the great success of this evolutionary development among bird species.   

The order of passerines includes not only songbirds known for the sweetness of their songs but the raven, a bird known in myth as the companion of deities, as a courier who inspires laughter and reveals truth, and as a trickster whose appetite for life brings wisdom, healing and great acts of creativity.  We named our band in honor of our aspiration to make sweet music but also to be like the ravens of myth– harbingers of wisdom and healing.


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Grant Peeples has organized a birthday party for one of the great singer/songwriters-- John Prine.  It will be all Prine songs, all night, featuring Grant Peeples, Avis Berry, Danny Goddard, John Butler, and Passerine. The…
Fri, 11 Oct,  07:30 PM
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Grant Peeples has organized a group of Florida musicians for a music series honoring John Prine's birthday.  It will be all Prine, all night.  This edition features Grant Peeples, Passerine, Josh Reilly, and the Reckless…
Sat, 12 Oct,  07:30 PM
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This celebration of John Prine's birthday will be the third one in a series in which Passerine is participating-- one in Tallahassee, one in Safety Harbor, and the last one at Sarasota's Fogartyville Community Media…
Sun, 13 Oct,  07:00 PM
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