Pharis and Jason Romero Interview: June 11 and 14

There are certain artists that when you interview them, you have such a comfortable experience that you just smile from ear to ear. Well, that's my experience. This week's show includes an interview with two folks who enter that category for me: Pharis & Jason Romero.

Nestled up in Horsefly, BC, Canada, this husband and wife team make amazing custom banjos--mostly open-back--and terrific traditional country music. If you missed the interview on Monday, catch the repeat on Thursday evening. You can find information about their banjos at romerobanjos.com and find info about their music at www.jasonandpharis.com. Check out the detailed pics of their banjos.

You can also find a great video interview on their property up in Horsefly at the Fretboard Journal website.

Thanks for your support of WNHU and of bluegrass and traditional country music.

• Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date(s) / Notes
• Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme
• Bill Monroe & Doc Watson / Where is my Sailor Boy? / Off the Record, Volume 2, Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980 / Smithsonian Folkways / c. 1968, 1993
• Rafe & Clelia Stfanini / Shove the Pig Foot a Little Bit Further into the Fire / Lady on the Green / Old Willow Tree / 2012
• Hank Williams / Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain / Unreleased Recordings / Time-Life / 1949, 2008
• Larry Stephenson with Ricky Skaggs / My Old Kentucky and You / 20th Anniversary / Pinecastle / 2010
• Akira Otsuka / Line Drive / First Tear / Patuxnet Music / 2012
• Rhonda Vincent / Silent Partner / Sunday Mornin’ Singin’ / Upper Management Music / 2012 (upcoming)
• Hank Thompson / Too in Love / Vintage Collections / EMI / 1963, 1996
• Acoustic Blue / Heel Toe the Mark / Bein’ Country / Bishop Hill / 2012
• Pharis & Jason Romero / Hillbilly Blues / A Passing Glimpse / self / 2011
• Pharis & Jason Romero / Interview / Black Diamond Show / WNHU / 2012
• Pharis & Jason Romero / Wild Bill Jones / Soundtrack from video at romerobanjos.com / Fretless Journal / 2011
• Ivan Rosenberg / Soda Springs / Back to the Pasture / Slosh Tone / 2002
• Pharis & Jason Romero / My Flowers, My Companion, and Me (Reprise) / A Passing Glimpse / self / 2011
• The Haints / Tupelo Blues / Shout Monah / self / 2009
• Pharis & Jason Romero / A Passing Glimpse / A Passing Glimpse / self / 2011
• Pharis & Jason Romero / My Flowers, My Companions, and Me / A Passing Glimpse / self / 2011
• April Verch / Guide Me Home / That’s How We Run / Slab Town / 2011
• The Delmore Brothers / You Can’t Do Wrong and Get By / Sand Mountain Blues / County / 1947, 1995
• Terry McGill / Bunker Hill / Straight Drive / Cabinwood Music / 2001
• Darrin & Brooke Aldridge / Lonely Ends Where Love Begins / So Much In Between / Mountina Home, Crossroads / 2011
• Cahalen Morrison & Eli West / Over There / The Holy Coming of the Storm / self / 2011
• Detour / I’ll Go Stepping, Too / A Better Place / Bluegrass Ahead / 2012
• Flatt & Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys / ‘Til the End of the World Rolls Round / The Golden Era / Rounder / 1954, 1977
• Larry Sparks / Just Lovin’ You / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel / 1972, 1988
• The O’Kanes / Daddies Need to Grow Up, Too / The O’Kanes / Columbia / 1986
• Joe Newberry / I Know Whose Tears / Two Hands / 5-String Productions / 2005
• Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press / New Bluegrass and Old Heartaches / Heartache Looking For a Home / Rural Rhythm / 2012
• The Hillbenders / Red Stains / Down to my Last Dollar / self / 2010
• Warrior River Boys / Fireball Mail / Freight Trains Ride Again/ Wango / 2000
• Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme