Eli Wildman - guitar, mandolin and vocals 

Eli Wildman is from South West Virginia, in the Appalachian mountains, growing up immersed in the tradition of sharing old-time and bluegrass music.  Playing guitar and mandolin since the age of 7, Eli now attends Berklee College of Music where he studies a wide range of genres.  Since 2018, Eli Wildman has placed first in Appalachian State Old Time Fiddlers, Surrey County, Mount Airy Fiddler's (first place mandolin 2017 & 2018 & 2019), topped off with first place mandolin at the famed Galax Old Fiddler's Convention 2018 & 2019.  Playing gigs with his sister since they were little, they continue to play together as the brother sister led band The Wildmans along with friend and brother in music, Victor Furtado.

Eli is the recipient of the first Steve Sorensen mandolin scholarship - a new custom built Sorensen Stratus mandolin, and has also been awarded the Bill Vernon Memorial Scholarship through the Grey Fox Music Festival. 

Eli has performed extensively throughout the region and nationally at many public and private events, festivals, and competitions.  While keeping the roots feel in his music, Eli’s wide range of genres make him a very unique player in this region of Appalachian old time and bluegrass music.

Victor Furtado - Banjo, vocals

Victor Furtado is the youngest of 9 homeschooled musician siblings whom studied classical music alongside having a family bluegrass band when they were kids. Victor took to teaching himself clawhammer banjo at age 9, and with a wide array of musical influences and being mainly self taught he came to creating his own unique styles of banjo playing which earned him lots of attention in the banjo community. by age 12 Victor had appeared on the Grand Ole Opry, Woodsongs Oldtime Radio Hour, won many banjo competitions, and self recorded his first solo banjo album. Around age 13 Victor met the Wildmans at Galax fiddlers convention, and after so many visits with them it only made sense for him to move in to their home and join the band. Victor recored his third studio album with Eli and Aila Widman, along with our mentors Danny Knicely, and Nate Leath. in 2018 Victor and Eli Wildman went to Boston MA to study at Berklee College of music, and a year later were joined by Eli's sister Aila Wildman. in 2019 Victor received the Steve Martin prize for excellence in banjo and bluegrass, and soon thereafter Victor and The Wildmans recorded their Debut album with Travianna Records.

In Bluegrass Today's words "a young man with an absurdly precocious talent, and a depth of understanding of old time music that is at odds with his age.” 

Aila Wildman  - lead vocals and fiddle

At age 15, Aila Wildman was among the youngest players ever to win the Best All Around Performer award at the famed Galax Old Fiddler's Convention (2018), also winning first place in the Old Time Fiddle category.  Aila is now touring with The Wildmans and attending Berklee College of Music along side Eli and Victor.

Aila's love of music is spread in equal measures over singing, violin, and fiddle in many genres spanning from Jazz/Americana, Classical, Appalachian Old Time and beyond.  She began studying violin/fiddle with a Classical foundation at the age of five, performing bluegrass gigs at the age of seven, and joined the Roanoke Youth Symphony at eleven.  Through the Virginia Folklife Apprentice Program, Aila had the opportunity to work with Master Fiddlers Buddy Pendleton in 2012 and Nate Leath in 2018.