Jayme Stone

Canadian banjoist, composer and producer

Jayme Stone is a Canadian banjoist, composer and producer who makes music inspired by sounds from around the world. His solo album The Utmost won the 2008 Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year.^[1]

Stone has studied with Béla Fleck's teacher, Tony Trischka, among others.^[2]

Stone traveled to Mali in 2007 to learn about the banjo's African roots,^[3]

Discography

2007: The Utmost
2008: Africa to Appalachia (with Mansa Sissoko)
2010: Room of Wonders
2013: The Other Side of the Air
2015: Jayme Stone's Lomax Project (collaborative project with Tim O'Brien, Bruce Molsky, Margaret Glaspy, Moira Smiley, Brittany Haas, Julian Lage and others)
2017: Jayme Stone's Folklife
2020: AWake

Awards

2008 Juno Award for The Utmost
2009 Juno Award for Africa to Appalachia
2009 Canadian Folk Music Award for Africa to Appalachia
2011 Canadian Folk Music Award for Room of Wonders
2014 Canadian Folk Music Award for The Other Side of the Air

Producing

2010 Grant Gordy—Grant Gordy
2011 Kyle James Hauser—Oh Oh
2011 Jake Schepps—An Evening in the Village: The Music of Béla Bartok
2013 Kyle James Hauser—You A Thousand Times
2015 John Bullard—The Perfect Southern Art
2016 Carrie Newcomer—The Beautiful Not Yet
2019 Sumaia Jackson—Möbius:Trip

References

^ Canadian Press (2008-04-06). "Early Juno winners". Jam!.
^ Quill, Greg (2007-05-03). "African roots of bluegrass". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
^ Goldberg, Brianna (2007-08-01). "Musician follows banjo's roots right to Africa". National Post. Retrieved 2008-07-24.