Alison Brown (born August 7, 1962) is an American banjo player and guitarist known for a soft nylon-string banjo sound. She has won and has been nominated on several Grammy awards and is often compared to another banjo prodigy, Béla Fleck for her unique style of playing. In her music, she blends jazz, bluegrass, rock, blues as well as other styles of music.
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Links & Information
Links
- Official homepage at alisonbrown.net
- MySpace at myspace.com/abonbanjo
- Wikipedia article on Alison Brown
- Last.fm page on Alison Brown
- Discogs at discogs.com/artist/Alison Brown
- MusicBrainz entry on Alison Brown
Labels
- Founded Compass Records
Personal Relationships
- Married to Garry West
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BBC Reviews
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Stolen Moments 2005
Reviewed by Peter Marsh
Banjo virtuoso Brown returns with some good ol' fashioned Celtic bluegrass jazz fusion...
