Congratulations to Greg Blake
for his 2026 IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year Award

special consensus 50th anniversary mini-documentary

“One of the longest-running and best-respected outfits in bluegrass history.”

— Chicago Reader

“Special Consensus is a superb bluegrass outfit in a classic vein…the vocals are spotless, the playing as shiny as a newly minted penny, and music like this is the reason people come to love bluegrass.”

— Folk & Music Exchange

“Music like this is the reason people come to love bluegrass.”

Special Consensus approaches this hallowed American musical art form with boundless energy and an aesthetic reverence that tickles the ribs, tugs at the heart, and puts a restless two-step into boots and bare feet.