MP3 Richie Stearns - Missing

An eclectic collection of originals and covers by the famed neo-Primitive banjo player. Guests include Carrie Rodriguez and Dirk Powell.

14 MP3 Songs in this album (64:41) !
Related styles: World: World Traditions, Folk: String Band, Mood: Quirky

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Richie Stearns has been influenced by just about anything that can be heard and understood as music. He is steeped in the traditions of American old-time music, Appalachian folk, blues, jazz, African, rock, and country music. He has led numerous bands, including The Horse Flies, and Donna the Buffalo. He has played with countless others, and tours with Natalie Merchant. He is a musician's musician.

"Anyone who has played with Richie Stearns will tell you how kind and joyful and honest he is, as a musician and human being. His love for music is infectious," wrote David Gura, an associate editor of Talk of the Nation on National Public Radio. Banjo guru Tony Trischka said that Stearns is "a transcendentally clawhammering force of nature. Richie's music is ladled from deep wells of spirit."

Natalie Merchant wrote, "I have been amazed by Richie Stearn's musicianship. He is so effortlessly able to blend his knowledge of traditional technique and repertoire with contemporary and original material. He explores the versatility of his instrument without fear; the banjo in his hands can become either a hypnotic weapon of propulsion or the source of some of the most soulful and plaintive sounds I have ever heard."