Rita Bliss

New tune out today! #banjo

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Rita Bliss Home page of Rita Bliss, a folk artist from Austin, TX. Rita Bliss is a folk musician based in Austin Texas. Her music is rooted in familiar old-time banjo sounds that evoke travels along the backroad...

Excited to be releasing a song on 10/10 to all of the evil streaming places! Pre-save link available if you feel inclined. Live shows are too, if you’re in or around austin. Next is 9/29 at HITW, 6pm and 10/08 at Batch. All the info you could want is at ritabliss.com

A white woman with short black hair and glasses stands in a wheat field. She holds a banjo upright vertically. She wears a white, flowing shirt and khaki pants.

@ritablissbanjo.bsky.social offers up hopeful resistance with her soaring protest anthems. In our interview, she explains how she makes that particular magic happen on her new song "We Will Sing."

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Find the truth And get ready to defend it Make it known To all the people in your life That you see What is really going on here You will speak out, you are ready We will fight Oh we will sing, we will dance We will laugh while we take our stance We will stand, we will say "They can't take that away" Rita Bliss [Image: dark blue font on background of sky blue that fades to pale yellow near the bottom]

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15/20 "We Will Sing"
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This week we’re rerunning an episode we’re super proud of — our deep dive on the threats to public media and what would be lost, particularly for local stations, if the Trump administration succeeds on defunding them. Listen:

A little collection of some videos of “We Will Sing” - it’s out streaming now!

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Roni Stoneman: The First Lady of Banjo Few figures in American music can match the mix of musical brilliance, trailblazing tenacity, and unforgettable personality that defines Roni Stoneman. As a core member of the legendary Stoneman Fa…

Few figures in American music can match the mix of musical brilliance, trailblazing tenacity, and unforgettable personality that defines Roni Stoneman. #bluegrass #banjo

We Will Sing Rita Bliss · Single · 2025 · 1 songs

“We Will Sing” is out now!

A misheard lyric that I won’t correct myself on: Nanci Griffith’s cover of Gordan Lightfoot’s “Ten Degrees and Getting Colder”(hers is the version I learned from) “down by boulder DOWN that night”. I happen to like the idea of time having an up or a down.

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Hey y’all, I’ve got a new release on the way! “We Will Sing” will be out on 7/4! Pre-save it here:

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Happy Birthday to “Drive You to Kentucky”, it’s been out for one year now, and what a year it’s been #banjo #clawhammerbanjo #vwbeetle #kentucky

More People Really Should Know About: Rita Bliss In the summer of 2024, AUK writer Paul Kerr reviewed an album that whetted his appetite from a talented banjo player based in Texas. The album “Peaches and Apple Pies” was highly recommended. This coincided with a message I received from an old friend. Way back in the late eighties, I worked with a young apprentice, let's call him JJ, for that was what we all affectionately knew him as.

More People Really Should Know About: Rita Bliss @ritablissbanjo

Thanks so much for writing and sharing this!

I’m shocked that they aren’t still popular today

Trans Musicians Are Canceling US Tour Dates Due to Trump’s Gender ID Rules Trans artists from Canada are pulling out of US tour dates as Donald Trump continues to crack down on immigration at the border.

Trans artists from Canada are pulling out of US tour dates as Donald Trump continues to crack down on immigration at the border. www.wired.com/story/trans-...

“What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow,' is out this Friday on Nonesuch Records! To celebrate, Justin Robinson and I are sharing a new tune from the album each day this week, along with a video captured by Alexei Mejouev at the recording.

I saw a sudden, random, inexplicable spike in the radio statistics for “Side by Side”. Why? How? It wasn’t a single, it’s been 8 months since the album release.

Dave Higgs of the radio show Bluegrass Breakdown gave it a spin - my first play on a syndicated show!

Warmed my little banjo heart today.

An interview on Sisters in Song podcast is out! Link in bio for the full story

#banjo #nostalgia

Still getting oriented to the platform over here, thought I should put some music up. Here is a little bit of a video from my Chill Country session last summer.

Old time women banjo players. Learn the history of the banjo (and other bluegrass instruments): www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgiF... #bluegrass #banjo #popupvideo

Austin, 3/12/25, 7-10 PM at Batch Craft Beer and Kolaches.