Just nominated for "Best Traditional Album of the Year," Juno Awards 2016. In concert at Pleasanton's Firehouse Arts Center. Multiple award-winning Canadian banjoist, composer, and producer Jayme Stone brings together some of North America's most distinctive and creative roots musicians to revive, recycle and re-imagine traditional music. Focusing on songs collected by folklorist and field recording pioneer Alan Lomax, the repertoire includes Bahamian sea shanties, African-American a cappella singing from the Georgia Sea Islands, ancient Appalachian ballads, fiddle tunes, prison songs, and more...experience this incredible music live!
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Just nominated for "Best Traditional Album of the Year," Juno Awards 2016. In concert at Pleasanton's Firehouse Arts Center. Multiple award-winning Canadian banjoist, composer, and producer Jayme Stone brings together some of North America's most distinctive and creative roots musicians to revive, recycle and re-imagine traditional music. Focusing on songs collected by folklorist and field recording pioneer Alan Lomax, the repertoire includes Bahamian sea shanties, African-American a cappella singing from the Georgia Sea Islands, ancient Appalachian ballads, fiddle tunes, prison songs, and more...experience this incredible music live!
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