About the Artist

The Special Consensus is a bluegrass band that has achieved a contemporary sound in over four decades of performing. Band leader and founder Greg Cahill is a recipient of the prestigious Distinguished Achievement Award from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) and was inducted into the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America (SPBGMA) Hall of Greats. Special Consensus has received seven awards from IBMA and two Grammy nominations.

These musicians – Greg Cahill (banjo), Greg Blake (guitar and 2023 IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year), Dan Eubanks (bass) and Brian McCarty (mandolin) maintain their bluegrass center.

Rivers and Roads was nominated for a 2018 Grammy and was awarded 2018 IBMA Album of the Year. “Squirrel Hunters” from that recording received the Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year award.

The band records for Compass Records and proudly celebrated its 45th anniversary in 2020 with the release of Chicago Barn Dance. The title song “Chicago Barn Dance” received the 2020 IBMA Song of the Year Award.

Great Blue North, the 21st Special C recording, was released in May of 2023. The Gordon Lightfoot song “Alberta Bound” received the 2023 IBMA Collaborative Recording of the Year award and the 2024 Music Video of the Year.