Press Kit

Bonfire Music Group recording artists the Roe Family Singers are a veteran hard-core old-time band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

Led by wife and husband duo Kim and Quillan Roe, the band marries old-time sounds from barn-dances, fiddle pulls, and county fairs with a punk-rock sensibility and delivery.

For over 20 years they’ve been mixing their original music with contemporary takes on old-time and traditional tunes into one rolling and rollicking river of fresh yet familiar American music. Every performance raises a ruckus.

Featuring banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, Appalachian clogging and more, the band and their family of fans have been regularly filling Minneapolis’ 331 Club every Monday night since 2005.

They’ve shared the stage with Doc Watson, Ralph Stanley, Mike Seeger, Del McCoury, Jesse McReynolds, the Grascals, Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur, Junior Brown, Asleep at the Wheel, and John McEuen & John Carter Cash.

They’ve won a long list of acclaim and honors:

  • McKnight Fellowship for Performing Musicians (2011)
  • “World’s Best Jug Band” (2010 and again in 2012) at the annual Battle of the Jug Bands
  • First place in the Minnesota Duet Contest at the Minnesota State Fair (2012)
  • Entertainers of the Year from the Bluegrass Music Association of Iowa (BMAI) (2016)
  • Kim took first in the clogging competition at the Old-Time Music and Ozark Heritage Festival in West Plains, Missouri (2017)
  • Entertainers of the Year and Album of the Year (BMAI) (2018)
  • Best Band, Best Band Overall and Entertainers of the Year (BMAI) (2019)
  • Single “Don’t Worry About the Rich Man” took No. 10 overall on the Bluegrass Grassicana charts (2020)

Kim and Quillan started performing as a duo, but they’ve pulled together a large crew of talented, veteran Twin Cities musicians over the past couple of decades. 

The full roster includes David Robinson (Robinson Roundup, High 48s, Steam Machine) on guitar, Jake Johnson (Woodzen) on fiddle, Rich Rue (Nikki and the RueMates) on electric slide guitar, Brody Kucera (Woodzen) on drums, Erik Brandt (Urban Hillbilly Quartet) on accordion, Pat Loftus (No Man’s String Band) on bass, Adam Wirtzfeld on musical saw, and David Gustafson on mandolin.

Kim and Quillan Roe at Pachyderm Studios in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, November 2025. Photo: Mary Comfort.

The Roe Family Singers perform at the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis for their release party for “Sisters and Brothers.” Photo: Hannah Lynch.

The Roe Family Singers at Pachyderm Studios in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, in November 2025. Top row from left: Pat Loftus, Jake Johnson, Adam Wirtzfeld, Quillan Roe, David Robinson, Brody Kucera. Bottom row from left: Steve Kaul (producer), David Gustafson, Kim Roe, Erik Brandt, Rich Rue. Photo: Mary Comfort.

The Roe Family Singers at the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis for their album release party for “Sisters and Brothers.” Photo: Hannah Lynch.

Kim and Quillan Roe perform at the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis for their “Sisters and Brothers” album release. Photo: Hannah Lynch.

A few members of the band made an expedition from Pachyderm Studios outside Cannon Falls to capture the brilliant Northern Lights while the band was working on their upcoming album. From left: David Robinson, David Gustafson, Jake Johnson, Adam Wirtzfeld. Photo: Brody Kucera.