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Banjo : an illustrated history
\"The banjo is emblematic of American country music, and it is at the core of other important musical movements, including jazz and ragtime. The instrument has been adopted by many cultures and has been ingrained into many musical traditions, from Mento music in the Caribbean and dance music in Ireland. Virtuosos such as Bمaela Fleck have played Bach, African music, and Christmas tunes on the five-string banjo, and the instrument has had a resurgence in pop music with such acts a Mumford and Sons and the Avett Brothers. This book offers the first comprehensive, illustrated history of the banjo in its many forms. It traces the story of the instrument from its roots in West Africa to its birth in the Americas, through its coming of age in the Industrial Revolution and beyond. The book profiles the most important players and spotlights key luthiers and manufacturers. It features 100 \"milestone instruments\" with in-depth coverage, including model details and beautiful photos. It offers historical context surrounding the banjo through the ages, from its place in Victorian parlors and speakeasies through its role in the folk boom of the 1950s and 1960s to its place in the hands of songwriter John Hartford and comedian Steve Martin. Folk, jazz, bluegrass, country, and rock - the banjo has played an important part in all of these genres. Lavishly illustrated, and thoughtfully written by author, broadcaster, and acclaimed banjoist Bob Carlin, this is a must-have for lovers of fretted instruments, aficionados of roots music, and music history buffs.\"--Hal Leonard website.
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Banjo Boy
Dickey's narrator Ed calls Oree a \"sleepy, hookwormy, ugly, and inconsequential\" rural county seat, and yet it offers the modern necessities the adventurers require: fossil fuel and paid labor. An old man, described as looking \"like a hillbilly in some badly cast movie,\" approaches, chats, pumps gas, and then, spying the gentle guitarist Drew's \"old Martin\" in the car, asks, \"Whose guitar is that-there yonder?\" When Drew pulls out the guitar, the \"Texaco man\" smiles and calls forth his son Lonnie, saying, \"Git yer banjo,\" adding \"Lonnie don't know nuthin' but banjopickin . .
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Ashley Banjo : Britain in black and white
Ashley Banjo explores the negative reaction to his dance on Britain's Got Talent and meets supporters like actor David Harewood and critics like Jim Davidson.
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Banjo roots and branches
\"The story of the banjo's journey from Africa to the western hemisphere blends music, history, and a union of cultures. In 'Banjo Roots and Branches', Robert B. Winans presents cutting-edge scholarship that covers the instrument's West African origins and its adaptations and circulation in the Caribbean and United States. The contributors provide detailed ethnographic and technical research on gourd lutes and ekonting in Africa and the banza in Haiti while also investigating tuning practices and regional playing styles. Other essays place the instrument within the context of slavery, tell the stories of black banjoists, and shed light on the banjo's introduction into the African- and Anglo-American folk milieus. Wide-ranging and illustrated with twenty color images, 'Banjo Roots and Branches' offers a wealth of new information to scholars of African American and folk musics as well as the worldwide community of banjo aficionados.\"--Publisher's description.
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Dwight Diller’s Documentation of the West Virginia Hammons Family
While many individuals discovered folklore in the undergraduate classroom, others entered the field through the portal of music (though, of course, the two groups are not mutually exclusive). Although the relationship between the folk revival and the professional field of folklore has often been noted, typically it is with a broad brush, looking at national trends rather than specific instances. In this essay, Lewis Stern examines in detail a narrow slice of this history. His is the story of a remarkable West Virginia family, the excitement they generated among a group of musicians (several of them nascent folklorists), and the relationships that developed between amateur and professional documentarians of folklife. The ensuing collaborations were both productive, resulting in recordings that are still influential in old-time music and chaotic in their archival results. With the patience of a detective, Stern teases out the many manifestations of Dwight Diller’s original recordings of the Hammons family and discusses the ultimate fate of the recordings.
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Bluegrass Generation
Neil V. Rosenberg met the legendary Bill Monroe at the Brown County Jamboree. Rosenberg's subsequent experiences in Bean Blossom put his feet on the intertwined musical and scholarly paths that made him a preeminent scholar of bluegrass music.
Rosenberg's memoir shines a light on the changing bluegrass scene of the early 1960s. Already a fan and aspiring musician, his appetite for banjo music quickly put him on the Jamboree stage. Rosenberg eventually played with Monroe and spent four months managing the Jamboree. Those heights gave him an eyewitness view of nothing less than bluegrass's emergence from the shadow of country music into its own distinct art form. As the likes of Bill Keith and Del McCoury played, Rosenberg watched Monroe begin to share a personal link to the music that tied audiences to its history and his life--and helped turn him into bluegrass's foundational figure.
An intimate look at a transformative time, Bluegrass Generation tells the inside story of how an American musical tradition came to be.
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