Tricycle has "succcesfully incorporated old-time bluegrass and folk into a free-jazz construct that works wonders" according to NOW magazine in a 4 star review, emerge and see will "have jam band fans doing cartwheels in the street and hardcore jazz [+]Tricycle has "succcesfully incorporated old-time bluegrass and folk into a free-jazz construct that works wonders" according to NOW magazine in a 4 star review, emerge and see will "have jam band fans doing cartwheels in the street and hardcore jazz fans reexamining their priorities."
"Four guys, three wheels, and one 'glory-beaming' banjo. Tricycle is a band that bridges jazz and bluegrass - and everything in between - with smart compositions, playful jams, and a great sense of purpose. It's music that's difficult to describe, but easy to love."
Andy Sheppard, host of CBC radio's 'afterhours'
"Inhabiting a no-man's land somewhere between the land of jazz and the land of folk, Tricycle prove that musical intelligence and good clean fun need not be mutually exclusive concepts."
Duck Baker, legendary fingerstyle guitarist, columnist at Jazztimes
Tricycle began with Jayme Stone and Kevin Manaugh writing music for banjo and guitar that, while grounded in roots, old-time and bluegrass music, was open to a much wider palette of sound, emotion and influence. The two have since embarked on a musical friendship that from afar might sound like Steve Reich spinning an old jazz record in the backwoods. Out of this approach grew a body of music, a gathering of musicians, an eager audience, and now a debut recording, emerge and see, to connect them all. Tricycle's vision is to play music that is composed with elegance, steeped in and yet free from tradition, and always expressed anew.
Jayme Stone composes music and plays the banjo with an earthiness, quirkiness and vibrancy that'll leave you with ears wide open, thinking, "that's a banjo?" Jayme began playing eight years ago, learning the repertoire, technique and lore of old-time and bluegrass music. He has studied with banjo elders Tony Trischka, Alan Munde, and most recently, Béla Fleck. Jayme has received grants from the Toronto and Canada Councils for the Arts for study, composition and travel. He has played folk, jazz, african, classical and free-improvised music with the likes of Tim Posgate, Nick Fraser, Jean Martin, Oliver Schroer, Gordon Allen, Lori Cullen, Jennifer Gilmor, Mansa Sissoko and Andrew Downing.
Kevin Manaugh is a guitarist and composer steeped in jazz, roots, african
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