Take A Drink
2024Single
Banjo · Country · Storyteller
Michael
Rix
An American banjo country artist out of Nashville, Tennessee. Songwriter. Author of From Cult to Country. A voice you haven't heard before, on an instrument long overdue for the spotlight.
- Years in Nashville
- 10+
- Records Played
- 42
- Stages
- 120+
Now Playing
Take A Drink
Banjo Country✦Cult Survivor✦Songwriter✦Author✦Nashville, TN✦Actor✦
Banjo Country✦Cult Survivor✦Songwriter✦Author✦Nashville, TN✦Actor✦
As Seen In
- People
- Rolling Stone
- Ken Burns · PBS
- FAME Studios
- Pilgrimage Fest
Spend five minutes with Michael Rix and two things become clear: he is no stranger to hardship and hard work — and he is the most unique banjo player in country music today.
Country songwriter. Gifted vocalist. Multi-instrumentalist. Cult survivor. Actor. Author. Mentor. He has become well known in Nashville music circles since arriving a little over ten years ago, occasionally drawing quizzical looks from listeners who aren't accustomed to seeing a Black banjo player out front.
“I knew I was different when I arrived in town.” Lots of prayer and gut instinct told him he was home — and that it was time to bring the banjo out of the shadows and into center stage.
Music — New & Featured
Records out of the studio.
Shadows on the Strings
2023EP
Pilgrim Road
2022Album
On the Road
Upcoming shows.
A new run of dates across the South and Midwest. Doors open early — you'll want to get there for the opener.
Full schedule- May 18Nashville, TNThe Basement EastFew Left →
- May 24Asheville, NCThe Grey EagleTickets →
- Jun 02Birmingham, ALSaturnTickets →
- Jun 14Austin, TXThe Continental ClubSold Out →
- Jun 28Memphis, TNHi-Tone CafeTickets →
The Memoir — Out Now
From Cult
to Country.
An asthmatic's journey to find more air. In 1990, a teenaged Michael Rix watched in silent horror as his baby brother was allowed to die by cult-member parents who believed modern medicine was of the devil. This is the story of stepping out on faith — and never looking back.
Press & Features
In the papers.
People·Sept 30, 2024
Pilgrimage 2024: Hats Off to All the Best Portraits from the Annual Festival
FAME Recording Studios·Jan 9, 2024
The War And Treaty Collaborate on New Album With Michael Rix on Banjo
Bank of America × PBS·2023