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Jayme Stone (Uncredited)

Jayme Stone

Jayme Stone keeps an ear to the ground. His curiosity and unlikely set of reference points started early with the quirky physics of the banjo, led to a mysterious librarian who stocked his local public library with a vast trove of banjo recordings, and landed him long-lasting lessons with a series of maestros—from Tony Trischka to Bill Frisell. Influenced by Japanese poetry and Brazilian literature and featuring what he calls a “tiny symphony that takes place inside an imaginary light bulb,” Stone’s album The Utmost won the 2008 Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year. The most recent chapter in Stone’s musical travelogue takes place in Africa. He went knowing what’s still news to most: that the hide-covered instrument with an “extra” drone string we call the banjo actually comes from West Africa.

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Dubbed “the Yo-Yo Ma of the banjo,” the Juno Award winner is influenced by Japanese poetry, Brazilian literature, the music of West Africa, and folk dances from around the world.

Jayme Stone

Dubbed “the Yo-Yo Ma of the banjo,” the Juno Award winner is influenced by Japanese poetry, Brazilian literature, the music of West Africa, and folk dances from around the world.

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