Hank and Pattie take bluegrass instrumentation and draw from a melting pot of styles including Classical, Blues and Jazz, which adds up to an authentic and unique reflection of American music. Both Hank and Pattie are music educators, passionate for sharing their love for American music with future generations. Hank and Pattie are enthusiastic about teaching their students the mechanics of music, but also the feeling and emotion that must go into it as well.

Hard-hitting bluegrass pickers who moonlight as symphonic classical musicians, Hank, Pattie, and the Current have forged their unique sound by approaching their string band much as they would a string quartet.  The four-piece group based in Raleigh, North Carolina is led by banjo player Hank Smith and fiddle player and vocalist Pattie Kinlaw.  On their new album, Letters, they present a collection of intricately crafted messages to their lovers, friends, and children.