Alison Brown Musical artist

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.

Personal facts

Alison Brown
Birth dateAugust 07, 1962
Hometown
Hartford Connecticut
United States

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Musical artist

Career started1978
associated musical artist
David Grisman
Alison Krauss
Béla Fleck
Stuart Duncan
Sam Bush
Northern Lights (bluegrass band)
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Jazz
Bluegrass music
Americana (music)
instrument
Banjo
Guitar
record label
Compass Records
Vanguard Records

Alison Brown on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.alisonbrown.net
  2. http://www.compassrecords.com/alison-brown