From a purely geographical perspective, it was all but certain that Boulder, Colorado natives Chris and Oliver Wood would start a jam band. Their father, who played alongside artists like Joan ...

Two decades ago, brothers Oliver and Chris Wood got to share a stage when Oliver’s band, the Atlanta-based King Johnson, opened a show for Chris’ acclaimed jazz-rooted group, Medeski Martin & Wood.

At last month’s Earl Scruggs Music Festival, the Wood Brothers might have seemed a tad out of left field for a gathering dedicated to the late bluegrass picker. And yet, the same could be said ...