JANET BEAZLEY 5 South Backcountry Music BY DAVE BAGDADE Janet Beazley is best known as the banjoist for Chris Stuart and Backcountry, and she also produces the band's records. 5 South is theoretically her solo debut, but it's actually a somewhat expanded Backcountry album featuring Beazley's banjo and clear pleasant voice in the lead role. The 12 tracks are divided evenly between originals (three each by Beazley and Stuart) and public domain material, much of it hundred years old. Essentially, this is a bluegrass record with occasional diversions into much older music… read more
JANET BEAZLEY 5 South Backcountry Music BY DAVE BAGDADE Janet Beazley is best known as the banjoist for Chris Stuart and Backcountry, and she also pr… read more
JANET BEAZLEY 5 South Backcountry Music BY DAVE BAGDADE Janet Beazley is best known as the banjoist for Chris Stuart and Backcountry, and she also produces the band's records. 5 Sou… read more
Janet Beazley, (banjo and lead/harmony singer,) is a true westerner. She spent her early years in Bakersfield, California, as well as Alaska and New Mexico. She is an accomplished banjo player, teacher, songwriter, and singer, and has taught banjo and music theory classes at the British Columbia Bluegrass Workshop, the American Banjo Camp, and the California Bluegrass Association music camp. She taught banjo at the August Heritage camp and at the Sorefingers camp in the UK in 2007 and was recently featured in Banjo Newsletter. Janet holds a doctorate in early music and teaches at th… read more
Janet Beazley, (banjo and lead/harmony singer,) is a true westerner. She spent her early years in Bakersfield, California, as well as Alaska and New Mexico. She is an accomplished banjo pla… read more
Janet Beazley, (banjo and lead/harmony singer,) is a true westerner. She spent her early years in Bakersfield, California, as well as Alaska and New Mexico. She is an accomplished banjo player, teacher, songwriter, and singer, and has … read more