Artist Description
“Clay Ross demonstrated that not all Americans who have the will to be Brazilian are boring… His sound mixes the old west and the sertão in a stylized way, but it’s all so much fun that it doesn’t sound artificial.”-Recife Rock (Rec Beat Festival in Recife, Brazil)
South Carolina native Clay Ross has become an in-demand guitarist on the NYC jazz, world, and roots music scenes. In the last four years, Ross has submerged himself in Brazilian music as a Member of Cyro Baptista's world renowned percussion ensemble "Beat the Donkey." He has completed four international tours as a U.S. Jazz Ambassador and currently performs at Bluegrass Festivals across North America with rising folk star April Verch. On his new album, Ross combines the influences of his diverse musical background to create an organic and animated style all his own. Matuto is Brazilian slang for "country bumpkin." By mixing Brazilian Percussion with American Bluegrass, Ross realizes the imagined sound of a Carnaval in the Appalachian Mountains.
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