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NOAH ADLER: The band's youngest member is a compulsively-exploratory mandolinist, who grew up listening to many types and genres of music.
Also adept on guitar and vocals, Noah has been a key member of many central-Kentucky groups playing jazz and world-beat music. His fresh approach to bluegrass mandolin amazes all who hear him play, and his vocals -- whether solos or harmony parts sung with his father (Tom) and other members of the group -- add a thrilling sound to the BLUE EAGLE BAND's shows.
TERRI POWELL: Terri is a self-described, aging hippie chick, a lover of all music.
She played Ukulele (Hawaiian music) at 6; Viola (Classical) at 12, and Guitar (Folk and Flower Child, The Beatles) at 13. She picked up a bass over 20 years ago, and she fell in love all over again. Terri plays for the joy of it, performing in local/regional bands for almost 20 years, always keeping her day job. She is glad to be playing with such a talented group as these guys in the Blue Eagle Band.
JESSE PEÑA: Born in the Panama Canal Zone, Jesse grew up playing different styles of music: blues, R&B, jazz, country, bluegrass, classical and Latin. He traveled extensively before moving to Tennessee to play guitar and mandolin for various country, rock, blues and gospel artists. During his time in Nashville, Jesse worked as a studio musician/arranger on demo and custom recordings. He also has performed at the Grand Ole Opry as a band leader and backup musician. He is now a studio musician and teacher in the Lexington area. Jesse teaches guitar, mandolin and bass in addition to composing music and performing.
TOM ADLER: A versatile bluegrass banjoist and singer, Tom Adler grew up in Chicago and has been a key member of many bluegrass and other string bands in Indiana and Kentucky since the 1970s. He is also a Ph.D. folklorist, trained at Indiana University’s Folklore Institute, with extensive academic knowledge of American folk music, including Appalachian string bands, bluegrass, blues, regional and ethnic musics, and more. Likewise, Adler is known widely as a bluegrass music historian: his book-length history of Bill Monroe’s music park in Indiana was published in 2011 in the University of Illinois’ prestigious “Music in American Life” series. He has taught classes in folklore and in bluegrass music at the University of Kentucky, and served for a time as the first Executive Director of the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro. As a musician and singer living in Lexington, Kentucky, he is now retired from the University, but still performs frequently in the central Kentucky region with a variety of other musicians, as both a regular band member and as a “go-to” musician playing improvisationally with other string musicians in public performances featuring bluegrass, old-time music, blues, and swing. He knows hundreds of traditional and progressive bluegrass songs, and is always delighted to play for audiences small or large.
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