Rita Bliss
@ritablissbanjo.bsky.social
Banjo playing singer-songwriter based in TX
Debut album “Peaches and Apple Pies” streaming.
https://ritabliss.com
Debut album “Peaches and Apple Pies” streaming.
https://ritabliss.com
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Rita Bliss
@ritablissbanjo.bsky.social
· Mar 31
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.
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
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...
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September 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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
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@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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August 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
@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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Pride Season 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💛🤍💜🖤🩶
15/20 "We Will Sing"
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Written by @ritablissbanjo.bsky.social
#MusicSky #folkmusic 🎶
15/20 "We Will Sing"
ritabliss.bandcamp.com/track/we-wil...
Written by @ritablissbanjo.bsky.social
#MusicSky #folkmusic 🎶
![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
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July 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Pride Season 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💛🤍💜🖤🩶
15/20 "We Will Sing"
ritabliss.bandcamp.com/track/we-wil...
Written by @ritablissbanjo.bsky.social
#MusicSky #folkmusic 🎶
15/20 "We Will Sing"
ritabliss.bandcamp.com/track/we-wil...
Written by @ritablissbanjo.bsky.social
#MusicSky #folkmusic 🎶
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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:
The Battle Over Public Broadcasting | On the Media | WNYC Studios
President Trump is asking lawmakers to claw back over a billion dollars in federal funds for public broadcasting. On this week’s On the Media, the long history of efforts to save—and ...
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July 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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!
#banjo #wewillsing #banjotune #folkmusic #newmusic #folk
#banjo #wewillsing #banjotune #folkmusic #newmusic #folk
July 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A little collection of some videos of “We Will Sing” - it’s out streaming now!
#banjo #wewillsing #banjotune #folkmusic #newmusic #folk
#banjo #wewillsing #banjotune #folkmusic #newmusic #folk
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Few figures in American music can match the mix of musical brilliance, trailblazing tenacity, and unforgettable personality that defines Roni Stoneman. #bluegrass #banjo
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…
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July 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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” is out now!
We Will Sing
Rita Bliss · Single · 2025 · 1 songs
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July 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
“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.
June 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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.
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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June 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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:
ffm.to/wewillsing
ffm.to/wewillsing
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
May 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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
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More People Really Should Know About: Rita Bliss @ritablissbanjo
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.
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May 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
More People Really Should Know About: Rita Bliss @ritablissbanjo
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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-...
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.
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April 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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-...
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“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.
April 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“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.
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.
April 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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.
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.
April 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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.
March 31, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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.
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Old time women banjo players. Learn the history of the banjo (and other bluegrass instruments): www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgiF... #bluegrass #banjo #popupvideo
March 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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.
March 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Austin, 3/12/25, 7-10 PM at Batch Craft Beer and Kolaches.