While it seems that most people in the under-30 generation are filling their IPods with rap, hip hop and synth pop, there is a contingent who prefer a different style of music; one their grandparents may have listened to. Ask 20-year-old Wes Corbett of Bainbridge Island what he listens to and you’ll hear names like Earl Scruggs, David Grisman and J.D. Crowe.

That’s right — we’re talking bluegrass. Or in Corbett’s case “newgrass.”

The banjo pickin’ Corbett and his musical partner Simon Chrisman, on hammered dulcimer, have taken traditional bluegrass tunes and kicked them up a notch.

“We’ve developed our own style, and we’re trying to make it fit in with old time bluegrass, jazz, Latin and new acoustic,” Chrisman, 25, explained.

Corbett’s banjo style ranges from traditional tunes by Scruggs to the modern sounds of banjo player Bela Fleck. Chrisman elicits sounds on the hammered dulcimer that go far beyond standard folk fare. His playing style is a reminder that the hammered dulcimer is really a percussion instrument.

Corbett got his musical start with Suzuki method piano lessons at age 4. He continued with piano until he was 15.

The turning point came when he found an original copy of the ground-breaking 1977 album “The David Grisman Quintet.”

“It was really scratched up — only about half the tracks played,” Corbett said of the record. But what he heard was enough to get him hooked and he took up the banjo.

The mandolin-playing Grisman pioneered a jazzy bluegrass style that he dubbed “Dawg” music, after his initials, D.A.G. Corbett was further influenced by Fleck, who has taken banjo into a realm previously occupied only by electric guitars. This is not your Hee Haw variety music.

Chrisman has been playing hammered dulcimer since he discovered the instrument at Folklife when he was 10 years old. He has studied locally with Rick Fogel and Tania Opland.

Tonight, May 24, the pair will join forces with several other Young Turks of bluegrass/newgrass in a concert at Island Music Guild Hall, kicking off a two-week tour as New Old Stock.

Appearing with them will be fiddler Nate Leath and the brother-sister duo of Tashina Clarridge on fiddle and Tristan Clarridge on cello.

Leath has studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and is currently a member of the band Old School Freight Train.

“Nate’s an amazing musician,” Corbett said. “He’s won a million contests, and he’s a concise and aggressive player.”

The “Dawg” himself had high praise for Leath, calling him “one of the new bright lights illuminating the contemporary fiddle universe. He’s a fiddle player who’s got something to say and I for one will be listening.”

The talented Clarridge siblings have also won somewhere around “a million” contests. Tristan is the youngest person ever to win the Grand National Fiddle Championships, holding onto the title for three straight years. He currently tours with Darol Anger’s Republic of Strings, and has had fiddle lessons from Mark O’Connor, who also achieved champion status at a young age.

O’Connor has said of Tristan’s music: “It would be very difficult to detect Tristan’s youth because of his mature phrasing and old time flair.”

Tashina is the current Grand National Fiddle Champion, a six-time Grand National finalist and five-time California State Fiddle Champion.

Corbett said the five performers have never played all together before, but they’ve been practicing via MP-3 swapping, and have a shared knowledge of many old time tunes. Corbett said he is looking forward to hearing Leath and Tashina on the same stage.

“Nate and Tashina are on opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of tone,” he said. You could call them the yin and yang of fiddling: Nate’s playing is forceful while Tashina’s is more delicate, but both are masters of their instruments.

After the two week tour the New Old Stock band members will go their separate ways, with Corbett and Simon playing a number of festivals and concerts over the summer before heading to Boston to take up residence, and continue playing.

New Old Stock performs at 8 p.m. May 24 at Island Music Guild, 10598 NE Valley Rd., Bainbridge Island. Tickets are $10 adults, $5 students.