contemporary bluegrass made in bern & beyond

Nickels & Rhymes is an acoustic String Band from Bern / Switzerland.

Combining hard-driving bluegrass with their respective jazz and chamber music backgrounds, Nickels & Rhymes play modern string band music inspired by players like Béla Fleck, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer or John Reischman, among many others.

Their repertory includes a variety of fiddle tunes and traditionals, peppered with the occasional american folk song.

Nickels & Rhymes is comprised of:

Youssry Taha – Banjo & Vocals

Marcel Zimmerman – Fiddle & Vocals

Jonas Simonis – Guitar & Vocals

Martin Küchler – Double Bass & Vocals