RUSS BARENBERG
- From southeast Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. Moved to Nashville in 1986.
- Guitarist who plays bluegrass laced with jazz, folk, cajun, celtic, carribean and latin elements.
- He is also a renowned guitar instructor, with many instruction videos and DVD’s to his credit.
- As a session musician, he has recorded with such artists as Randy Travis, Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs, Tim O’Brien, Sam Bush and many others.
- 1970, joined Peter Wernick and Tony Trischka in the New York-based group Country Cooking.
- 1977, formed a new band called Heartlands.
- 1979, released solo project, “Cowboy Calypso.”
- 1979, formed Fiddle Fever with Matt Glaser and Jay Ungar. They performed in the Ken Burns TV series “The Civil War.”
- 1982, performed on Jerry Douglas’ “Fluxedo” album.
- 1992, toured with Irish folk-singer Maura O’Connell.
- 1988, released Moving Pictures
album (Rounder Records).
- 1989-2001, performed in a trio with Jerry Douglas and Edgar Meyer and recorded the album Skip Hop & Wobble
(Sugar Hill Records).
- 2007, formed the Russ Barenberg Quartet and released When at Last
album (Compass Records.)