Pharis and Jason Romero are a

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duo, most noted as three-time

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winners for Traditional Roots Album of the Year. They won the award at the

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for their album ''Bet On Love'', the

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for their album ''A Wanderer I'll Stay'', and at the

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for ''Sweet Old Religion''. A husband and wife duo from

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,"Musical duo plucks an idyllic life; Romero crafts instruments and plays old-time music with his wife". ''

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'', April 5, 2013. they write, record and perform

. They also build handcrafted banjos under the business name J. Romero Banjos.Roger Levesque
"Contemporary musicians have folk-roots tuned to nature, jazz roots tuned to 1920s"
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'', October 16, 2018.

History

The pair met at an old-time fiddle jam and later married.Anna Borowiecki
"Chatter celebrates Pharis and Jason Romero, Bridget Ryan and Maggie Tree"
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'', October 16, 2018. They have released five albums as a duo, one with the short-lived project Haints Oldtime String Band, and one collaborative album with guest fiddlers."Duo enjoys a marriage of minds and music". ''

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'', August 8, 2014. Their duo records, and live band shows, have included guest musicians John Reischman, Marc Jenkins, Patrick Metzger, and others. Pharis and Jason have performed and taught across Canada, the US and Europe, often touring with their two children. Performance highlights include

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, two appearances on

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, and a tour with Stuart MacLean's

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. Their first record, ''A Passing Glimpse'', won a

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for New/Emerging Artist of the Year at the

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in 2012. ''Long Gone Out West Blues'' was a shortlisted nominee for Traditional Album of the Year, and Pharis Romero won the award for Traditional Singer of the Year at the

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in 2013. ''A Wanderer I'll Stay'' was recorded at the couple's banjo workshop, in Horsefly, BC, with engineer David Travers-Smith. At the

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in 2015 they garnered four nominations for ''Wanderer'', including Traditional Album of the Year, Traditional Singer of the Year, Vocal Group of the Year and Producer of the Year. They won the

for Traditional Roots Album of the Year at the 2016 Juno Awards, and Songwriter of the Year at the 2016

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. In 2016 the couple's workshop caught fire, destroying the entire banjo business and many of their musical instruments. The workshop was rebuilt, and used as a studio for the recording of their 2018 album, ''Sweet Old Religion'', and 2020 album, ''Bet On Love''. Both combine folk, blues and country.Kristin Cavoukian
"Pharis and Jason Romero Sweet Old Religion"
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'', May 17, 2018. ''Sweet Old Religion,'' released in 2018, received two Canadian Folk Music Awards at the

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for Traditional Roots Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2019. ''Bet On Love,'' released in 2020, received three Canadian Folk Music Awards at the

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for Traditional Roots Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2021.

Discography

*''Shout Monah'' (2009, with Haints Oldtime String Band) *''Back Up and Push'' (2010, as Jason & Pharis Romero and Friends) *''A Passing Glimpse'' (2011) *''Long Gone Out West Blues'' (2013) *''A Wanderer I'll Stay'' (2015) *''Sweet Old Religion'' (2018) *''Bet on Love'' (2020) *''Tell ’em You Were Gold'' (2022)

References

External links

*{{official website, http://pharisandjason.com/ Canadian bluegrass music groups Canadian musical duos Musical groups from British Columbia

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Juno Award for Traditional Roots Album of the Year winners Canadian Folk Music Award winners