HogMaw formed in 2008 when
fiddler Ryann Lynch met guitarist Matt Baldwin and
banjo and
mandolin player Colin Reeves at a folk music festival in rural
New Jersey. HogMaw has appeared as a featured group on Philadelphia-area public radio station
WXPN's Folk Show. In June 2011, the band entered a band competition sponsored by the
Philadelphia Folksong Society, which invited campground musicians from its annual music festival to compete for a chance to perform on stage. HogMaw was one of two bands who won, and later that August they opened on the main stage of the annual 50th
Philadelphia Folk Festival, one of the largest in North America. Hogmaw performed at the
Bucks County Bluegrass Festival in 2011. HogMaw is also featured in the independent film
At Fest. The music and members of HogMaw are included in the 2013 trailer for the feature-length documentary. HogMaw released its first album,
Wake, in July 2012. To raise money for the project, they used crowdfunding website Kickstarter In 2014, Hogmaw performed at the Little Buffalo Festival and the Spring Pickin' Bluegrass Festival in Pennsylvania. In 2015 they performed at the Camp Jam in the Pines Music Festival in New Jersey. == Members ==