JAKE SCHEPPS
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Just over 3 years ago I was in a serious car accident driving home from the RockyGrass festival. I have not publicly spoken much about the accident, yet not a day has gone by that I don't think about it. I wrote this article about that night and the tragic impact it had. Please read and share widely, as we all get behind the wheel when fatigued.
Banjo renaissance man Jake Schepps is an artist with not only an adroit touch on his instrument but an intrepid, imaginative vision for contemporary string band music.
Round Window Radio is an innovative music subscription series seen through the prism of the 5-string banjo, with new monthly downloads (or streams) of adventurous string band music.
A new monthly adventruous track lots of musical territory (think bluegrass, newgrass, Brazilian choro, jazz, or classical) with the sheet music, banjo tablature, and detailed liner notes
Matt Flinner, Grant Gordy, Eric Thorin, Enion Pelta-Tiller, Andy Hall, Scott Nygaard, Noam Pikelny, Bill Kopper, Ross Martin, Tony Trischka, Darol Anger, and many, many more.
Give up $4 (just one latte or one half of a craft beer) and find out.
– Henry James
The music on Entwined represents some of the first ever long-form works written by classical composers for the traditional 5-piece bluegrass string band. These pieces offer a fresh perspective on this iconic instrumental combination, and a prismatic view into four fascinating compositional worlds.
An Evening in the Village: The Music of Béla Bartók finds common ground between the piquant beauty of Bartók's take on Eastern European folk melodies and the big-sky vibrancy of new American acoustic music. Watch our NPR Tiny Desk Concert playing this music.
This 2007 release (produced by Matt Flinner), features a series of jazz-inflected originals, an Astor Piazzolla tango, and a 3-movement through-composed suite entitled “In the American West,” inspired by Richard Avedon's photos.