Press/Reviews
Orange Coast Magazine
“The Wimberleys trace their love of the genre to hearing “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” as kids in 2006 and getting traditional bluegrass instruments for Christmas that year. They debuted as a band two years later and haven’t stopped since, performing about 50 shows a year...See more” - Valerie Takahama
Bluegrass Standard
“The Wimberley siblings took to music at a very early age by listening to vintage country and bluegrass, listening to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band repeatedly as wee ones. "The first thing that made us consider playing bluegrass was their first Will the Circle Be Unbroken album"...See More” - Stephen Pitalo
Old Towne Orange Plaza Review
“The family that plays together stays together. That saying certainly describes the Wimberley Bluegrass Band, made up of four siblings—Danielle, 23, James and Mark, 22, and Michael, 19. A rising talent on the music scene, they’re building a career that started with Christmas gifts. “We begged our parents for instruments, and we ended up getting a banjo, mandolin and a guitar,” recalls Michael. “We already had a violin, so we started playing together.” That was 2006. See more...” - Andrew Jordan
Bluegrass Today
“The Wimberley Bluegrass Band is a group of four siblings from Orange County, California who play and sing bluegrass music. While all are still young, they are already experienced performers, having worked festivals and shows all over their state and the southwestern US. See more...” - John Lawless
Orange County Register
“Life is full of infinite possibilities and choices, but for better or worse, we enter the world with at least one thing predetermined for us: our family members. Those innate bonds have an especially powerful meaning for one Chapman graduate, Michael Wimberley, who last week graduated alongside his three siblings. His family isn’t the only thing drawing attention to Wimberley’s graduation, however. At 17, Wimberley received his bachelor of arts in strategic and corporate communications, with a political science minor – making him the youngest graduate in Chapman’s history.See more...” - Jonathan Winslow