Tray Wellington - "Spiral Staircase"

Tray Wellington - Detour to the Moon

“Spiral Staircase” brings a smooth jazz flavor to acoustic and roots music tones. On this original instrumental track, the traditional acoustic is swapped for an electric guitar. Says Wellington, “As I look at my music, I often view it…
Tray Wellington - "Blue Collared Dog and His Green Eyed Friend"

Tray Wellington - "Blue Collared Dog and His Green Eyed Friend"

“Blue Collared Dog and His Green Eyed Friend” reveals something about Tray Wellington's creative process. After a night of painting, he picked up his banjo and began to express what he painted. The song follows the friendship of the cat…
Tray Wellington & Tray Wellington Band - "Lift Up Every Stone"

Tray Wellington & Tray Wellington Band - "Lift Up Every Stone"

Tray Wellington's take on John Hiatt’s “Lift Up Every Stone” reveals an artist who is confident that he can disregard musical boundaries. And he has every reason to trust his instincts. This soul-stirring track delves into the complexities…
Tray Wellington & Tray Wellington Band - "Moon in Motion 1"

Tray Wellington & Tray Wellington Band - "Moon in Motion 1"

“Moon In Motion 1” is an instrumental inspired by music and nature as entities that are in constant motion through time, like the moon around the Earth. “I often equate music and nature as one in one,” says Wellington, “as music is…
Tray Wellington & Tray Wellington Band - "Pursuit of Happiness"

Tray Wellington & Tray Wellington Band - "Pursuit of Happiness"

The new single “Pursuit of Happiness" is a bold bluegrass cover of the Kid Cudi hit. The creative arrangement engineered by the band offers a startling revision of the original. "In the past couple years the importance of hip hop as the poetic…
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Circus No. 9 - Circus No. 9

ABOUT Focus Track, "Headphones" | You can't find a funkier acoustic outfit on the scene right now than Circus No. 9. A group of sensational musicians that expertly blend the worlds of folk, Americana, bluegrass, and jazz so well it naturally…
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Circus No. 9 - "The Place that I Call Home"

They say that, "You can never go home..." But that doesn't mean that there isn't a real place called "home." The boys from Circus No. 9, in their second Bonfire Recording Co. single, "The Place that I Call Home," recounts those supposed re-visits—conjuring…
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Circus No. 9 feat. Jeff Sipe - "Steampipe Coffee"

What's the first thing you think of when you hear the word, "circus" (besides the candy apples and the freaks)? Variety! The circus—it has everything: wholesome family fun, thrills, animals, the curiously (at times) delicious smells, and oddities…
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Tray Wellington - Black Banjo

Young banjo player Tray Wellington has been coming on strong with some high profile, and in-the-spotlight career moves as of late. Hosting the International Bluegrass Music Association’s (IBMA) Momentum Awards ceremony at its annual convention,…
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Tray Wellington - "Strasbourg / St. Denis"

For his third Mountain Home Music Company release, Tray Wellington returns to the jazz songbook that he first explored on his self-released 2020 EP, Uncaged Thoughts, with a cover of Charlie “Bird” Parker’s bebop classic, “Ornithology.”…