Yungest Moonstar Feat. Thasup Sfaciolate Mixtape

Carl Jackson, an accomplished bluegrass instrumentalist and songwriter, was born September 18, 1953, in Louisville, MS. While playing in his father's bluegrass band at the age of 14, he was approached by Jim & Jesse to join their backing group, the Virginia Boys. He accepted and spent most of his teenage years playing banjo for Jim & Jesse and other groups at the Grand Ole Opry…

Jazz bassist Michel Benita was born in Algiers and has lived in France for the majority of his life, which would lead you to think folk and country-pop music would be far removed from his concept. Under the pretext that Miles Davis wrote a piece dedicated to Willie Nelson, and that jazz essentially is folk music, Benita and electric/acoustic guitarist Manu Codjia have crystallized these idioms to create a world fusion of European and American roots. The sound of the music is unmistakably parallel to that of Bill Frisell courtesy of Codjia's amplified instrument, minus any Asian or African elements, while source material comes from well known singer/songwriters and the creative minds of the participants.