Two-time Juno-winning banjoist Jayme Stone brings his latest musical exploration – The Lomax Project – to Walla Walla at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28.
Jayme Stone makes music inspired by sounds from around the world, bridging folk, jazz and chamber music. His award-winning albums both defy and honor the banjo’s long role in the world’s music, turning historical connections into compelling music.
The concert will be held at the Gesa Power House Theatre.
In Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project, he and his collaborators perform original arrangements of nineteen of the folk songs collected and recorded by Alan Lomax over his remarkable career.
“I’m not a preservationist,” Stone says, “We’re here to renew this material.”
Collaborators on the project include Grammy-winning songsmith and American roots legend Tim O’Brien, Appalachian music expert Bruce Molsky, singer-songwriter Margaret Glaspy, a cappella composer and body percussion powerhouse Moira Smiley, Brittany Haas, and Julian Lage.
The Lomax Project collaborators tap into the full range of the Alan and John Lomax’s huge collection, embracing commercial releases and two-inch tape archives, gems and rarities, while highlighting some of the collectors’ less familiar, non-US-based recordings. Classics like “Shenandoah” and “Now Your Man Done Gone” sit comfortably beside unknown songs like “T-I-M-O-T-H-Y,” from the Caribbean island of St. Eustatius.
Reserved seating ($28-$23) tickets are available now.
For more information, visit the Gesa Power House Theatre website.
