Jayme Stone

Jayme Stone has garnered another Juno nomination for his experimental banjo music - his third in as many album releases. As Jayme mentioned in a recent communication, "Does this mean the banjo is back?" The Junos are Canada-specific music awards, set

Award-winning Canadian banjoist Jayme Stone has a new CD, Room of Wonders, which features his take on traditional dance music from all across the globe. He is assisted by Casey Driessen on fiddle, Grant Gordy on guitar and Greg Garrison on

It was almost 35 years ago that the debut album from The David Grisman Quintet was released. It hit the bluegrass and acoustic music world like a sledgehammer, and opened a window of opportunity for an entire generation of pickers

It was almost 35 years ago that the debut album from The David Grisman Quintet was released. It hit the bluegrass and acoustic music world like a sledgehammer, and opened a window of opportunity for an entire generation of pickers

Jayme Stone has also been in the studio of late, working on a new album. The award-winning Canadian banjoist tells us that the music is loosely based on folk dances from around the world: Norway, Sweden, Italy, Bulgaria, Brazil, Tunisia

Jayme Stone picked up another trophy last Saturday (11/21) at the Canadian Folk Music Awards in Ottawa to add to his two previous Juno Awards. Not bad for a banjo player. He won for World Group of the Year for Africa

Audio from the most recent edition of Mountain Stage, featuring music from Jerry Douglas and Jayme Stone can be found at NPR.org. Douglas performs a set of music from his latest CD, Glide, along with his band: Luke Bulla on fiddle,

About a month ago, banjoist Jayme Stone put together a special concert tribute to John Hartford, held at the Little Schoolhouse in the Pines in Salina, CO. Hartford, of course, was both a celebrated songwriter and a genre-shattering live performer who

Our beloved five string banjo is getting its props this week from the jazz world, with both the venerable Down Beat magazine and AllAboutJazz.com giving space to prominent banjo jazzers. Down Beat has Béla Fleck on the cover of its June

Jayme Stone is two-for-two at the Juno Awards, honoring the best of Canadian music each year. Last night (3/29), he picked up his second award for the Best World Music Album of 2009 for his Africa To Appalachia project with Mansa