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Following the pointed, foreboding mood and expansive instrumentation of his take on John Hiatt’s “Lift Up Every Stone,” Mountain Home Music Company’s Tray Wellington returns to the newgrass instrumental side of the street with his latest single, “Blue Collared Dog and His Green Eyed Friend” — and if the title seems idiosyncratic, the explanation for it reveals something about the banjo player’s creative process:

For his first release of 2024, Mountain Home Music Company’s Tray Wellington has chosen once again to challenge assumptions by applying his unique artistic perspective to a song from beyond the musical realm in which his instrument — the 5-string banjo — is usually found.

Following last year’s album, Black Banjo, and this spring’s inspired cover of Kid Cudi’s massive hip-hop hit, “Pursuit of Happiness,” Tray Wellington returns with “Moon in Motion 1,” an original instrumental that solidifies his reputation as not just a masterful banjo player, but as a composer—and as the leader of a band capable of making their own contributions to a unique sound.

Already well into a busy touring season that includes high-profile performances from Tahoe’s Winter Wondergrass to upstate New York’s Grey Fox festival, banjo phenom Tray Wellington is back with his first new music since last summer’s acclaimed Black Banjo (Mountain Home Music Company) — and for the first time, he’s got his band with him.