Banjo-playing composer Jayme Stone follows whimsy rigorously. He picked up a passion for music from an eccentric uncle who listened to records endlessly, placing his ashtray on the speaker so Stone ...

Artists who think outside the box advance and change the sound of music. But what do you do with someone who was never stuck in the box in the first place? You listen! “I just love music and am fired ...

Jayme Stone, banjo player and composer from Canada, recently won the 2009 Juno Award for Best Music Album of the Year for Africa to Appalachia (Self Published, 2008), a collaboration with musicians ...

Boulder musician Jayme Stone is known for his progressive approach to playing the banjo — a unique style that bridges the space between traditional bluegrass and contemporary jazz. Tonight he ...

Jayme Stone journeyed to Africa to find the roots of his instrument — the banjo. His music is without creative or geographic boundaries. “The banjo came from West Africa on slave ships in the 1700s ...

A chance meeting in California with Indian musician Ali Akbar Khan launched the endless musical education of banjo player Jayme Stone. His earliest teachers were recordings of banjo greats such as ...

CARBONDALE At the age of 16, just when he was becoming serious about playing music, Jayme Stone discovered what he thought of as “roots” music: “Everything from Pete Seeger to Earl Scruggs to Bla ...

Those dueling banjoists in Georgia in the movie “Deliverance” might not have cared where their instruments were born. But Jayme Stone did. Which is why the Canadian banjo star went to West Africa.

Award-winning banjoist Jayme Stone is touring California with his latest release “Room of Wonders.” Pop this record on the CD player and the magic carpet ride is immediate. One swirls through the ...