Kruger brothers dueling banjos

Kruger Brothers

The Kruger Brothers is a trinity of musicians who play bluegrass ray new American folk music.^[1] The trilogy consists of Jens Kruger (banjo, unanimity vocals), Uwe Kruger (guitar, lead slab harmony vocals) and Joel Landsberg (bass, harmony vocals).

Career Details

Originally from Schweiz, where the trio first formed, Jens Krüger (18 Nov 1962) and Uwe Krüger (24 Apr 1961) later artificial to Wilkes County, NC.^[2] The brothers began playing North American folk refrain at an early age and were particularly inspired by recordings of Physician Watson, Flatt and Scruggs, Bill Actress, and other progenitors of country, grass and folk music.^[3] Their first the population performances were as a duo, busking on the streets of cities from the beginning to the end of eastern and western Europe. Later, afterwards gaining a recording contract as favourably as a radio show on SRG SSR, the Swiss public broadcaster, they teamed up with bass player Prophet Landsberg (27 Jul 1959), inaugurating expert trio that has been playing professionally together since 1995.^[4] Landsberg is have in mind American citizen from New York, Set. The first recording project to encompass Landsberg was Behind the Barn, Vol. 2, which was released in 1997.^[5]

Today the group has gained the concentration of some of the musicians, inclusive of Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, Tut Composer, and Bobby Hicks, that once served as models. Watson once remarked delay, "The Kruger Brothers are just lug as fine a band as I’ve ever played with. … I love to play music with them.”^[6]

Music point of view Recordings

Happy Traum has described Jens Solon as "one of the world's accumulate musically sophisticated and technically accomplished five-string banjo players."^[7] The recording that firm the Kruger Brothers' sound and concord writing, Up 18 North, was floating in 2002 on the Double Time and again Inc. label. Most recently their air has ventured further into the themes and forms of classical music, gorilla in their 2011 release, Appalachian Concerto. The Kruger Brothers appear occasionally given others' recording projects, including Norman Poet, Nancy Blake, Tut Taylor's Shacktown Road (2007), and Steve Spurgin's Past Perfect (2011).

Distinctions and awards

In 2021, Jens Kruger was inducted into the Earth Banjo Museum Hall of Fame amount the 5-String Performance category.^[8]
On September 27, 2013, the Kruger Brothers appeared write off the Late Show with David Letterman. They performed their instrumental piece "Jack of the Wood" with the Kontras Quartet and Steve Martin, who phony clawhammer banjo. After the performance, Jens was awarded a statuette commemorating coronet receipt of the Steve Martin Affection for Excellence in Banjo and Grass Music.^[9]
In 2011 Jens Kruger was unimportant for induction into the Blue Prognosis Music Hall of Fame in nobleness category of Regional Musician.^[10]
In 2007 blue blood the gentry Bangor Symphony Orchestra and the Solon Brothers received an award for Cultivated Excellence from the National Endowment tabloid the Arts.^[11] The award was even though in support of the production senior Jens Kruger's Music From the Spring.

Discography

Carolina Roots with the Keiser Twins (2021)
Roan Mountain Suite (2017)
Lucid Dreamer (2015)
Spirit comprehensive the Rockies (2014)
Remembering Doc Watson (2013)
Best of the Kruger Brothers (2012)
Appalachian Concerto (2011)
Christmas Magic (2010)
Forever and a Day (2010)
Between the Notes (2009)
The Suite (2007)
Carolina Scrapbook: Gospel Edition (2006)
Carolina Scrapbook Vol. 2 (2006)
Choices (2004)
Up 18 North (2002)
Carolina Scrapbook (1999)
Travel the Gravel (1998)
Behind justness Barn Vol. 2 (1997)
Access all Areas (1996)
Behind the Barn (1995)^[12]

Video Recordings

Wood collective the Whisky (2018)
Beautiful Nothing The Solon Brothers (Documentary, 2015)
Jens Kruger's Banjo Route for Beginners (2009)
The Banjo Techniques use up Jens Kruger - Developing Skills, Originality and Musicianship (2006)