Brown’s Ferry Blues video from Tony Trischka, with Billy Strings
Banjo master Tony Trischka is marking the 100th anniversary year of Earl Scruggs’ birth with a new album in his honor. Entitled Earl Jam: A Tribute To Earl Scruggs, and expected later this spring from the new Down The Road label, and includes 15 new recordings consisting mostly of songs and tunes that Scruggs never […]
Tony Trischka: A Tribute to Earl Scruggs
Legendary banjo player, composer, and instructor, Tony Trischka, has announced a new performance vehicle called A Tribute To Earl Scruggs. Though Tony has been know primarily as an innovator in the banjo and bluegrass world, this new show focuses on Trischka's admiration for the man who started it all. He says that a return to [...] Applications open for Béla Fleck’s 2022 Blue Ridge Banjo Camp
Applications are now being accepted to attend the 2022 Blue Ridge Banjo Camp, founded and curated by Béla Fleck. This year's camp will be held August 17-21 in Brevard, NC. Fleck will be teaching during the camp, alongside his hand-picked faculty consisting of Tony Trischka, Kristin Scott Benson, and Ryan Cavanaugh. Unlike most other weekend [...] A pair of Christmas songs from Tony Trischka
Banjo maestro Tony Trischka has a special gift for everyone this Christmas, a pair of new recordings in the holiday spirit which he is sharing at no charge ahead of his annual tour, Of A Winter's Night - A Holiday Celebration. Known for decades for both his masterful banjo playing and his ongoing creation of [...] Country Cooking – a look back 50 years hence
Every so often a group of musicians is assembled that presage something important, perhaps stellar careers in the making, a new sound for an established form, or even a radical restructuring of how we interpret a genre. As bluegrass lovers, we all agree that Bill Monroe built such an ensemble in 1945 when he added [...] Shall We Hope – Tony Trischka
The impact of Tony Trischka on the world of bluegrass banjo is undeniable. With over years in the acoustic music scene, he has released 20 plus albums to date, and that's not even counting the various number of recordings he has guested on over the years. My first real intro to Tony’s playing was listening [...] Shall We Hope – reliving the past with Tony Trischka
Have you ever had the desire to simply step back in time? To tread the paths that our forefathers did, to experience the life that our ancestors endured? Unfortunately, there is no time capsule that can take us back in time, but fortunately, for fellow banjo lovers, Tony Trischka has invited us all to travel [...] Bearded Banjo Santas live on Facebook December 23
Here's a Christmas treat for banjo lovers everywhere. Three of your favorite pickers will be doing a livestream concert tomorrow night (12/23) on Facebook, billed as the Bearded Banjo Santas Holiday Hang with Alan Munde, Béla Fleck, and Tony Trischka. It will be broadcast via Facebook Live starting at 7:00 p.m. (EST) Wednesday evening. The [...] Christmas Cheer (This Weary Year) video from Tony Trischka
Tony Trischka, like most other professional musicians, has felt the impact of COVID-19 in their lives, with increased show cancellations and uncertainty about the future. But as he said, fortunately, "My online banjo school has kept my family fed." As Tony was driving recently to his son's home, the opportunity arose for us to have [...] Carry Me Over the Sea – first single from Tony Trischka’s Civil War epic
Even in a time when so much in life is debatable, one thing on which most of us can agree is that war is a terrible thing, greatly to be avoided. It is perhaps the worst conceivable scenario for human beings, especially as it is practiced in the modern world. And in degrees of horribleness, civil [...] 