“Dierks Bentley’s heavily bluegrass-influenced 2010 album Up On the Ridge was a gamble, and it continues to pay off. The native Arizonan’s fifth studio full-length had more guest appearances by bluegrass big-timers like Vince Gill, Chris Thile, Alison Krauss than it had big hits, but that’s OK. Because Up On the Ridge also established Bentley as a bankable country star willing to push himself artis”
