Red River Valley video from Tony Trischka, with Molly Tuttle
On his Earl Jam album, and its upcoming follow-up, Earl Jam 2, banjo ace Tony Trischka not only stands in the footsteps of the great Earl Scruggs, he also puts together studio sessions with seasoned masters like himself alongside the best young artists in bluegrass. The theme behind both projects is a set of amateur […]
Earl Experience returns to revamped Earl Scruggs Center
The people involved in creating the very first Earl Experience Banjo Camp at the Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby, NC believe that they learned a great deal in their inaugural year, and will be back this March with an extra half day, more sessions, and a guided tour of the museum during the camp. The […]
Gentle On My Mind video from Earl Jam 2 – Tony Trischka and Billy Strings
Down The Road Records has announced a March 13 release date for Tony Trischka’s Earl Jam 2, a second set of new recordings where contemporary banjo master Trischka offers solos once played by the great Earl Scruggs at jam sessions. lDuring the pandemic shutdowns, Tony was given a thumb drive containing hours of audio files […]
Lost John video from Tony Trischka and The Steeldrivers
Tony Trischka – photo © Gregory Heisler Down The Road Records has a new single for veteran banjo trendsetter Tony Trischka, recorded with The Steeldrivers. As you might guess from the choice of the ‘Drivers to accompany him, Tony has picked out something of a bluesy number from the old time music catalog, Lost John. […]
Maple on the Hill from Tony Trischka and Sister Sadie
Down The Road Records has released a taste of banjo hero Tony Trischka’s next project, continuing with the Earl Scruggs tribute theme of his current album, Earl Jam. That record found Tony alongside some of the top performers in bluegrass, with Trischka playing transcriptions of Scruggs solos he had transcribed from live jam tapes. Here […]
Earl Experience Banjo Camp at the Earl Scruggs Center
The Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby, NC will be hosting a very special workshop next March, billed as the Earl Experience Banjo Camp. Scheduled for March 7-8, 2025, the Experience will feature two days of instruction in the banjo playing and music of the one-and-only Earl Scruggs, taught by Tony Trischka, Kristin Scott Benson, and […]
Tony Trischka – Earl Jam
In 2020 at the height of the COVID pandemic, master banjoist Tony Trischka spent his time studying rare recordings of his hero Earl Scruggs informally jamming with the great John Hartford in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Though Trischka has been listening to Earl for many decades, these tapes revealed another side to Scruggs’ […]
Vince Gill sings Bury Me Beneath the Willow on new Tony Trischka single
The latest single from Tony Trischka’s upcoming Earl Jam: A Tribute To Earl Scruggs project, a star-studded recording featuring his transcriptions of Scruggs’ solos from jams with John Hartford, is an arrangement of the timeless mountain folk song, Bury Me Beneath the Willow, with Vince Gill singing the lead. We’ve described this unique album previously […]
Tony Trischka Earl Jam video for Dooley
Down The Road Records, the new business venture from the founders of Rounder Records, has released another live studio video of a track from their upcoming project with Tony Trischka, called Earl Jam. The focus of this unique tribute album is a set of audio recordings Trischka obtained of jam sessions with the great Earl […]
Photos from Remembering Earl in Shelby, NC
Tony Trischka’s Earl Jam band in Shelby, NC (1/13/24) – photo © Bryce LaFoon Bryce LaFoon was on hand with his camera this past Saturday for The Earl Scruggs Center’s Remembering Earl concert, benefitting the Center, and celebrating both their 10th anniversary and the 100th birthday of the great Earl Scruggs. He shared this gallery […]
