I got this note from Eli Smith, who hosts the show listed down there in his sig-file. This is a 1946 film (despite the citation of 1947!) with Alan Lomax...
I have downloaded that film from Google videos and now I can wach it on my IPod (in the doctor's waiting room or in the subway), very nice!!! paolo ... ...
If anyone is interested, there's an article on my and my Gourd Banjos in the June issue of Fretboard Journal. There's a little bit of historical information...
Hello, I will introduce myself to the group. I play a few different string instruments but my favorite is fretless banjo. I am very interested in acoustic ...
I've just been asked to call some "southern squares" for the Drops at their appearance at the Great Lakes Folk Festival in August (also for the Dirk Powell...
'Pocket Full Of Soul: The Harmonica Documentary,' Announces A Song Contest For Its Film Soundtrack The producers of the independent film, "Pocket Full of Soul:...
... Which brings up the ... bringing material goods ... or walking distance of a ... In his book on Piedmont Blues, Bruce Bastin provides precise figures on...
... advent of ... for musical ... Organic sources, sheep (so- ... been more readily ... Instrumental combinations are much ... plantations. In general, even ...
... there ... 1947!) ... clips ... Sonny ... dance ... film ... fast ... of ... As I have noted on previous mentions of this video film, Pete Seeger's banjo...
Hi thought i'd introduce myself..I'm aj from the uk..I'm a beginner on banjo, i play a august pollman banjola..I love various banjo players,in particular David...
It seems after all that the Sweeney Symposium scheduled for October 2007 will NOT happen at this time after all. Should another program occur in the future I...
Oi! Im in Brazil now. The banjo down here Ive seen has been a cuavaqinho--precursor to the ukulele--with a resonator banjo body. The cuavaquinho has four...
Check in your local library, under Grove Dictionary 3. Bowed and plucked string instruments. The most common materials used for strings for bowed and plucked...
And, oh yes, re Diddley Bow. Berimbau [berimbau de barriga, urucungu]. A Brazilian musical bow of African origin, brought to Brazil by Bantu slaves from...
... So, if the people had not been enslaved and came over of their own free will, they never would have introduced musical bows... If they would have, why is...
While on the topic of of the One String Guitar, I again ask about the "Bass Cano" that was listed in discographies for some 1930s blues recordings - does...
The South African native culture has a bowed tradition. (their close harmony singing that we recognize immediately reflects that sound). ... would have...
Interesting point, Sule. If the original text (I assume this was a printed source rather than the poster's words) used "slaves," it should have been aiming to...
I recently had the great honor and pleasure of meeting and playing music with the august (and it was only June) Tony, himself, Thomas! I enjoyed myself ...
Hi i was wondering what connection the Kibangala had with the banjo..I play the oud a bit,and once saw this picture of a Kibangala..I never found out much...
Good article, that. It gets back to the urban/rural thing. It has been a few years, but Greenville and Clarksdale seem to keep up. Why a guy like Super Chikan...
There were many different kinds of spiked lutes that are played by people in West, North, Central, and Southern Africa now and were played then. However, as...
... Slayden- African-American Banjo Song From West Tennessee" (I'm not sure the availability of this one but it is a wonderful album, especiallyfor Henry...
Hi thank you both for some great information.I asked on a oud forum about the Kibangala a while back,but drew a blank.. I'm reminded of the gentlemen who...
I replayed this album two weeks ago just before I left for North Carolina because George Gibson had been asking about it (I noted when I got to Kentucky at the...
... (snip) Shlomo, Later in this piece you refer to the qanbus. Is that anything like the Turkish Cumbus (pronounced, as far as I k now, 'choomboosh', with...
5th Annual Midwest Fiddle Championship July 12th (first round) & 15th (finals) At the 10th Annual Chicago Folk & Roots Festival Welles Park - Lincoln and...
The event was filmed and as we got up from picking to go our separate ways, a more esteemed,adult, and dignified represented of this groups, and a friend to us...
