Singer/songwriter Peter Rowan and guitar ace Tony Rice are two of the towering figures of modern bluegrass. In what Relix magazine calls “a musical marriage made in heaven,” the veterans have joined forces in one of the most popular new bands in bluegrass. Since starting his career as one of Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys, Rowan has played in such groups as Earth Opera, Old and In the Way and the Rowan Brothers and released several great albums as a solo artist. Hailed as the most influential bluegrass guitarist of his generation, Rice was a key member of J.D. Crowe and the New South, the David Grisman Quintet and the Bluegrass Album Band. The Rowan and Rice quartet—which includes the superb instrumentalists Bryn Davies (bass) and Sharon Gilchrist (mandolin)—has just released its debut on Rounder, Quartet. Rowan and Rice previously collaborated on You Were There for Me (2004).