The Dead South is a Canadian folk bluegrass musical ensemble formed in 2012.  Nate Hilts and Danny Kenyon came up with the idea for a "rockin' stompin' bluegrass band" while playing together in a short-lived alternative grunge band. After the grunge band dissolved, they started playing as a quartet with Nate Hilts (vocals, guitar, mandolin), Scott Pringle (guitar, mandolin, vocals), Danny Kenyon (cello, vocals) and Colton Crawford (banjo). 

The release in 2017 of the You Tube music video for "In Hell I'll Be In Good Company" retroactively fueled interest in the band's earlier debut album Good Company as well, which, though released in 2015 recently appeared in the Top 50 on the Billboard music charts and on the Top 20 on US iTunes overall chart.

The Dead South's latest album Sugar & Joy (2019) continues to excite fans with intriguing stories.  The song "Diamond Ring" doesn’t end well for one of the characters. It’s a story of a man who’s trying to appease his partner. She finds that a diamond ring would make her happy and so he is going to do whatever he can to make sure that he gets that diamond ring for her. And it turns out to be a tragic ending, of course.

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