Today comes the announcement of the winners of the 2024 Steve Martin Banjo Prize, given to recognize excellence across the spectrum of banjo styles. This year's Prize highlights a pair of young banjoists, one each from the three finger and clawhammer
Tray Wellington
Tray Wellington — Detour to the Moon
Tray Wellington has made quite an impact in a relatively short time. Following the release of his first three LPs in 2019, he was tapped to lead workshops at both MerleFest and Grey Fox, chosen to contribute to Béla Fleck's
Tray Wellington releases Blue Collared Dog and His Green Eyed Friend
Mountain Home Music has a new single from North Carolina banjoist Tray Wellington, an instrumental he wrote called Blue Collared Dog and His Green Eyed Friend. Tray gets to show off his prodigious chops on this newgrassy banjo tune, with support
Lift Up Every Stone from Tray Wellington Band
Mountain Home Music has another new track to highlight this week, a cut from the Tray Wellington Band that features the North Carolina banjoist on both five string and lead vocals. It's his reimagined cover of John Hiatt's Lift Up Ever
Moon in Motion 1 video from Tray Wellington Band
Mountain Home Music has released a debut single for their second album with North Carolina banjo player Tray Wellington and his band. From a start as five string man with Cane Mill Road while still in high school, Tray has developed
Pursuit of Happiness from Tray Wellington Band
Banjo man Tray Wellington is back with a first look at his new music since last year's Black Banjo album, and the first release from his touring group, the Tray Wellington Band. It's a very interesting track, a synthesis of a
Black Banjo – Tray Wellington
Sometimes you can look at the name of an artist or a producer and be pretty sure what's coming. Song after song in the same style, often at similar tempos and mostly in one or two keys. Needless to say,
Tray Wellington accepts position with Pinecone
Tray Wellington, innovative young North Carolina banjoist and band leader, has accepted a position as Communications Manager with Pinecone in Raleigh, NC. Pinecone, which is also known as the Piedmont Council of Traditional Music, is a non-profit agency dedicated to preserving,
Honest Lies video from Tray Wellington Band
Things are moving fast in young banjo player Tray Wellington's career. A recent graduate of the Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Music Studies program at ETSU, he already has a record deal with Mountain Home Music, and a new album
Track Premiere: Strasbourg / St. Denis from Tray Wellington
Mountain Home Music has dropped a third single for banjoist Tray Wellington, an ambitious cover of a jazz standard by a five stringer. A good many bluegrass instrumentalists are drawn to jazz sounds, as that genre is where the most fearless