Joey Wright
Biography
Ask Joey Wright to describe the music on his new album Jalopy, and he'll tell you "cinematic quasi bluegrass jazz compositions". That description is hard to argue with. The follow up to 2003’s “Camp” Joey’s Black Hen Music debut is indeed a collection of gorgeous acoustic instrumentals that draw on bluegrass, jazz, blues and world music to create something beautifully unique yet wonderfully familiar. A warm and captivating ambience that closes your eyes as you breathe a little more deeply.
Joey is also dad and a husband and lives in small town southern Ontario and as a long-time member of the Toronto bluegrass mafia, he is helping to define a new era of roots music in this country, and beyond.
Discography
- Jalopy (2007)
- Camp (2003)
Performance Highlights
Besides accompanying Sarah Harmer and co-writing and playing songs with his Juno Award winning wife Jenny Whiteley and playing in the now legendary Toronto bluegrass ensemble, “Crazy Strings”, Joey has appeared as a studio musician on recordings by Amy Millan, Oh Susanna, Pierre Schryer, The Banjo Special, Ron Hynes and John Southworth to name a few as well as composing for television and film.
Joey Wright web site
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