Joe Newberry is a Missouri native and North Carolina transplant who has played music most of his life. Known far and wide for his powerful banjo playing, he is also a prize-winning guitarist, fiddler, and singer. Joe plays in a duo with mandolin icon Mike Compton, and also performs with the dynamic fiddler and step-dancer April Verch. A longtime and frequent guest on A Prairie Home Companion, he was a featured singer on the Transatlantic Sessions in the U.K. and the U.S. The recipient of the songwriting prize for Gospel Recorded Performance at the 2012 IBMA Awards for his song “Singing As We Rise,” and co-writer of the 2013 IBMA Song of the Year, "They Called It Music," Joe writes songs that consistently show up on the Bluegrass charts. He also does solo and studio work, and teaches and performs at festivals at home and abroad.
Joe Newberry
