September 29, 2021 • 44 mins
In this week’s episode of the ArtistWorks Music Series podcast, our co-founder Patricia Butler sits down with legendary banjoist and ArtistWorks bluegrass banjo instructor, Tony Trischka, for the latest installment of our new Artist Bio Series.
In the “Bio Series” episodes of our podcast, Patricia will be chatting with members of our world-renowned faculty about their lives, careers, and experiences that led them to become the master musicians that they are today.
This week, Patricia and Tony Trischka discuss Tony’s musical family and upbringing, his love of folk music, and what drew him to learn the Earl Scruggs style of banjo playing. They also detail Tony’s experiences sharing the stage with musical icons like Steve Martin, Stevie Nicks, and Lindsey Buckingham, his legacy as a teacher instructing some of the modern banjo greats like Béla Fleck and Noam Pikelny, and more.
In the “Bio Series” episodes of our podcast, Patricia will be chatting with members of our world-renowned faculty about their lives, careers, and experiences that led them to become the master musicians that they are today.
This week, Patricia and Tony Trischka discuss Tony’s musical family and upbringing, his love of folk music, and what drew him to learn the Earl Scruggs style of banjo playing. They also detail Tony’s experiences sharing the stage with musical icons like Steve Martin, Stevie Nicks, and Lindsey Buckingham, his legacy as a teacher instructing some of the modern banjo greats like Béla Fleck and Noam Pikelny, and more.
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