MATT FLINNER TRIO ON COLORADO'S NEWS9... if the link doesn't work go to www.9News.com, click on the video tab, and select the video titled "House concerts"...
MATT FLINNER TRIO MUSIC DU JOUR TOUR 2009
MATT W/ FRANK VIGNOLA
MATT W/ LEFTOVER SALMON with DREW EMMITT & VINCE HERMAN
Matt Flinner has made a career out of playing acoustic music in new ways. Starting out as a banjo prodigy who was playing bluegrass festivals before he entered his teens, Flinner later took up the mandolin, won the National Banjo Competition in Winfield, KS in 1990, and won the mandolin award there the following year.
He moved to Nashville in 1999 and is now widely considered one of the hottest and most creative mandolin players on the acoustic scene. His two solo albums for Compass Records, The View from Here and Latitude, both featured bluegrass stalwarts Todd Phillips, David Grier, Stuart Duncan, Jerry Douglas and Darol Anger, and received high critical acclaim. Flinner actively tours with Phillips and Grier (in Phillips, Grier and Flinner) and the Modern Mandolin Quartet, as well as with his own Matt Flinner Acoustic Trio and Matt Flinner Quartet, which released its Walking on the Moon CD on Compass in 2002.
He tours actively with the Matt Flinner Trio, as a member of the 'new acoustic' trio Phillips, Grier & Flinner, as a member of Darrell Scott's band, and with guitarist Frank Vignola (David Grisman Quintet). Flinner also special guests on banjo with Leftover Salmon and in the fall of 2008 was a featured soloist with Trey Anastasio and Carlo Aonzo during Orchestra Nashville's performance of "Concertino" (Don Hart). He most recently appeared on comedian Steve Martin's new recording The Crow and the Vignola Collectives' March 09 release, Gypsy Grass .
“Flinner provides the next logical evolutionary step to David Grisman's unique dawg style, and does it with a nod to the past and a vision of the future." ~Bluegrass Now
Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too! Ruby Jane
Hello from France! Thank you very much for the invitation! Great playing as always , I really like what you do with your different bands and musical adventures!! Beth.
Congrats on the new CD release! Can't wait to hear the final mixes. Thorin played me some roughs and I have to say that it is the best new acoustic music I have heard in a long time. Bravo!
Hey Matt - Love the new photo's. I got the recordings from the Atlas tracked. They are really pretty good (The engineering could have been a little better). Anyway, I'll send copies to you when my life slows down a little bit (which should be purdy soon).
Hey guys, I have photos of the sweet baby for you,where do you want them sent ? Sheila says hi and she has Lucas's pic on her cell phone. Sheila said come back for a show in the Pacific N.W. It was great to meet you three ! Cute baby !
It is my pleasure and priviledge to be added. Thanks very much. I want to get more familiar with all your stuff - but if I could only listen to Lattitudes the rest of my life, I think I'd die happy. Keep on keepin' on, Randy
Matt Flinner, Ross Martin & Eric Thorin play original acoustic, bluegrass, jazz, and celtic music tonight at 7 PM at First English Lutheran Church, 726 - 2nd Avenue North in Great Falls, MT. The Flinner Trio is touring in support of their new CD "Music du Jour," and they'll be performing music composed today -- that's right, TODAY! -- as a part of this evening's show. Tickets are $10 and are available at Penny's Gourmet, Planet Earth, Vintage Sellers, the church office, and at the door. Great music in Great Falls -- see you at the show!
