About | Frank Evans

Frank Evans fell in love with banjo at age 10 and quickly developed a passion for Old Time Appalachian music. He won the youth banjo contest at the Clifftop Appalachian String Band Festival when he was 13 and later placed second over all. In 2010 Evans joined the bluegrass outfit the Slocan Ramblers and recorded their first album Shaking Down the Acorns produced by Juno award winner Andrew Collins. The album gained attention world wide and led them to open for Steve Martin at the Toronto Jazz festival in 2013. In 2011 Evans became the first banjo player to attend Humber College of Music where he studied Jazz. Currently Evans tours extensively year round throughout the world and has played at Rockygrass, Merlefest, and Jacobs Ladder Festival in Isreal. He has taught at the Rockygrass Academy, Nimble Fingers Bluegrass Camp and has played, recorded and taught alongside Old Crow Medicine Show, Natalie MacMaster, Tony Trischka, Peter Rowan, John Reischman and Ken Whiteley. The Slocan Ramlers released their most recent album, Queen City Jubilee in June 2019 which was nominated for a Juno. Evans is based in Nashville TN.

Selected Discography

Canvas, Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy (2023)

Up The Hill And Through The Fog, The Slocan Ramblers (2022)

Into The Wild Mystic Mountain, Charlie Treat (2022)

Hair & Hide, George Jackson (2021)

Sketches, Natalie MacMaster (2019)

Queen City Jubilee, Slocan Ramblers (2018)

The Forgotten, Joe Jencks (2018)

End Zone, Anne Lou (2017)

Littlest Dobro, Ivan Rosenberg (2016)

Coffee Creek, Slocan Ramblers (2015)

Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band, Ken Whiteley and the Beulah Band (2015)