Jayme Stone: World-Spanning Banjo

Soundcheck | Aug 12, 2013

While banjo player and composer Jayme Stone is from Canada, his music is inspired by folk traditions from around the globe. Stone's just-released album The Other Side Of The Air features songs inspired by areas far and wide, from Appalachia to Africa. Hear Stone bring his genre-bending banjo music to the Soundcheck studio.

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