This is an excerpt of the full length interview with KRISTIN SCOTT BENSON. To watch the full interview please click here [ Ссылка ]

KRISTIN SCOTT BENSON is the five-time International Bluegrass Music Association’s Banjo Player of the Year and recipient of the 2018 Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. Since 2008, she has been a member of Grammy-nominated and two-time IBMA Entertainers of the Year, The Grascals. Kristin is one of the nation's top bluegrass banjo players, exhibiting impeccable taste, timing, and tone. With an attentive ear to back-up, she is known and respected as a true team player among her peers. Many consider her to be one of the first females to successfully be a side-musician in a top-tiered bluegrass band. Kristin’s latest solo album, entitled "Stringworks," was released in July of 2016. It debuted in the top-ten on Billboard’s Bluegrass album chart and the self-penned opening track, 'Great Waterton,' was nominated for IBMA’s Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year. Kristin plays a 1930 Gibson TB-3 banjo.

In the "A Place in the Band: Women in Bluegrass and American Roots Music" discussion series, North Carolina singer-songwriter and social activist, Laurelyn Dossett, speaks with women in the music business, including musicians and others involved behind the scenes in the music industry. During these conversations, the women share behind the scenes stories, talk about their role models and mentors, discuss issues they've encountered specific to women in the industry, and highlight changes they've seen over the years. The individual stories show the collective strength and possibilities for women in bluegrass and American roots music.

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