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Pharis and Jason Romero

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Genres
  
folk, bluegrass

Website
  
Official website

Years active
  
2007 (2007)–present

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Origin
  
Horsefly, British Columbia, Canada

Members
  
Pharis Romero Jason Romero

Albums
  
A Wanderer I'll Stay, Long Gone Out West Blues, A Passing Glimpse

Profiles

Pharis and Jason Romero are a Canadian folk music duo, who won the Juno Award for Traditional Roots Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2016 for their album A Wanderer I'll Stay. A husband and wife duo from Horsefly, British Columbia, they record and perform traditional bluegrass music on both guitars and banjos handcrafted by their own banjo-making business.

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They have released three albums as a duo, one with the short-lived project Haints Oldtime String Band, and one collaborative album with guest fiddlers. They won a Canadian Folk Music Award for New/Emerging Artist of the Year at the 8th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2012 for A Passing Glimpse. At the 9th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2013, their album Long Gone Out West Blues was a shortlisted nominee for Traditional Album of the Year, and Pharis Romero won the award for Traditional Singer of the Year, and at the 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2015 they garnered four nominations for A Wanderer I'll Stay, including Traditional Album of the Year, Traditional Singer of the Year, Vocal Group of the Year and Producer of the Year.

Discography

  • Shout Monah (2009, with Haints Oldtime String Band)
  • Back Up and Push (2010, as Jason & Pharis Romero and Friends)
  • A Passing Glimpse (2011)
  • Long Gone Out West Blues (2013)
  • A Wanderer I'll Stay (2015)
  • Songs

    Ballad of Old BillA Wanderer I'll Stay · 2015
    Lost LulaLong Gone Out West Blues · 2013
    Lonesome & I'm Going Back HomeA Wanderer I'll Stay · 2015

    References

    Pharis and Jason Romero Wikipedia