ALISON BROWN (Asheville)
Schedule
Sat Oct 26 2024 at 08:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
18 Biltmore Ave Asheville NC 28801 | Asheville, NC
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ALISON BROWNBluegrass / Americana / Jazz
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One of the most multi-faceted minds in roots music, Alison Brown is a GRAMMY-winning musician, GRAMMY-nominated producer, former investment banker (with an AB from Harvard and an MBA from UCLA), and co-founder of The Compass Records Group which is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2023.
Although Alison began her musical career as a teenager in the Southern California bluegrass scene, she has built a reputation as one of today’s most forward thinking and innovative banjo players. She is known for taking the instrument far beyond its Appalachian roots by blending bluegrass and jazz influences into a sonic tapestry that has earned praise and recognition from a variety of national tastemakers including The Wall Street Journal, CBS Sunday Morning, NPR, and USA Today.
On her new release, aptly titled On Banjo, Alison continues her musical explorations on a set of original compositions that explore the range of the banjo. The album features an eclectic cast of collaborators including Steve Martin, Kronos Quartet, Sharon Isbin, Anat Cohen, Sierra Hull, Stuart Duncan and members of the Alison Brown Quintet.
Alison is the recipient of the USA Artists Fellowship in Music and the Distinguished Achievement Award from the International Bluegrass Music Association. In 2019, she was inducted into the American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame. Alison serves on the Board of Governors of the Recording Academy and as co-chair of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize.
"Like James Taylor’s voice or B.B. King’sguitar, Alison Brown’s banjo is an instrument possessed of a unique sonicsignature and an inescapable beauty....an artist who never ceases todelight." —BILLBOARD MAGAZINE
“Alison Brown is simply one of the most inventive banjo players playing today and an ingenious tunesmith, pushing the limits of her instrument into territories of jazz and classical.” —NO DEPRESSION
“How sweetly she has taught her banjo to sing, whether humming winkingly behind the melody or delivering it with a breathy humanness that is as technically awesome as it is melodically seductive.” —THE BOSTON GLOBE
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18 Biltmore Ave Asheville NC 28801, 18 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC 28801-3604, United States,Asheville, North CarolinaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
