Daniel Ullom & Alex Genova

Hometown: Puyallup, WA

My name is Daniel Ullom and I’m a musician based out Puyallup, WA. I play mandolin in addition to guitar and bass. I mostly focus on bluegrass and old-time music, but as any musician will say, that’s not all I do.

I’ve been performing professionally for over a decade and toured all over the United States. You can check out my sound on the video and projects pages. I just released my debut solo album The Swanannoa Sessions featuring master fiddlers Tatiana Hargreaves, Rob Fong, John Duncan and Lindsay Pruett. You can check that out on my projects page.

I grew up in the Yakima Valley in central Washington state surrounded by dry foothills and apple orchards. Some of my earliest memories involve playing back-up mandolin for my dad during family sing-a-longs. At the age 11, I started taking mandolin lessons from a local musician, who introduced me to the world of fiddle tunes and folk songs. When I was 16, a neighbor discovered that I played mandolin and invited me over to my first bluegrass party. It was a potluck-style picking party, the first of many to come. The inclusive and empowering culture surrounding the music instantly hooked me, and I was soon obsessively learning about the history and tradition surrounding bluegrass and old-time music.

I moved to Seattle to attend the University of Washington, which placed me in the middle of a bustling music scene. I quickly began building a repertoire in American roots music and eventually found myself playing full-time and teaching lessons.

After a few amazing years in the Seattle scene, I decided to pack up and fly across the US to Asheville, North Carolina to join a vibrant scene surrounding a long tradition of old-time and bluegrass music. In 2021, I recorded an album with some of my favorite fiddlers and released it as The Swannanoa Sessions.

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