New music from a roots instrumental master

Tony Furtado's banjo and slide guitar range over the entire landscape of American roots music. He puts together traditional string styles, blues, and rock into fusions that have a haunting quality yet seem perfectly natural. Equally at home as a solo act or as a collaborator, Tony has played with musicians as diverse as Alison Krauss, David Grisman, Galactic, Leftover Salmon, and Widespread Panic. Lately he has focused his energy on songwriting. Says Paste: "He mixes bluegrass roots with a mainstream pop streak, easily holding the spotlight, thanks to his restrained virtuosity on acoustic and slide guitar and a warmly engaging voice reminiscent of T Bone Burnett, sans preachiness." All the music of America is in Tony Furtado's music, and Relix hit the nail on the head when writing of Tony: “True talent doesn’t need categories." Tony comes to town with a new release, "Decembering,” and it’s been too long since we’ve heard what he’s been up to creatively!



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