Just trying to be helpful. If the link didn't come through in blue, it's not clickable. Copy and paste it into your browser and it should work fine. Paul...
A letter from Ulf Papa Dee, with a father from Ghana and a Swedish mother, is on of the most famous rap singer in Sweden. He is making a tour around the world ...
Just found this bit of Akonting playing on Youtube by Bill Evans, a a very good bluegrass banjo player Nice to see a bluegrasser expanding his technique to a...
Yep, I made that one. Craig and Seth Swingle brought it over about a year ago. It was supposed to be placed in a museum in Mali, but there have been some...
"Papa Dee", eh? I guess that refers back to the percussionist in the funk/fusion band, War, whose name was Papa Dee Allen! That group featured another...
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One schema, and more of a schema than a reality, is that since the civil war we have had successive waves of Black music which one can arrange in an order like...
I am having a difficult time finding any biographical information about a late 19th-early 20th century minstrel performer named Harry C. Browne. He recorded a...
... about a late 19th-early 20th century minstrel performer named Harry C. Browne. He recorded a number of 78rpm records for at least two different record...
Tony, I can't say for certain, but based on the titles of some of his songs, I think it would be safe to assume for now that he is E-A. Please pass my request...
Try this weblink - the British Archives of Country Music - and search for Browne. BACM reissued a CD's worth of his early recordings. The cover photo strongly...
Hello, folks. I finally took the plunge and posted on YouTube a clip of me playing banjo. I"m thumpin' the old favorite "Jump Jim Crow" on my open-back,...
Hello, folks. I posted another banjo tune, this one played in a two-finger style taken after what I heard "Big Sweet" play. I know there's flubs; hope it's...
Here is some information our friend Shlomo passed on. The AIM For Africa Akonting/Banjo Symposium & Suwannee Banjo Camp African Roots Program Come join us for...
Sorry I have been completely out of it the past two weeks. I have been in bed and in the hospital for the past week with a bronchial infection that seems to be...
Tony, Sorry you got hit with that nasty bug that hit Chicago hard as well. I got as far as the living room couch for the better part of the week. Stayed out...
Tony, that sounds AWFUL. Have you totally recovered? I got the not-flu, which made me sick and then I got better and then was sick again and after 2 weeks went...
... flu, ... and after 2 ... The music ... is ... (admittedly ... Asian- the ... subtle ... a ... all heard ... bits of ... Hilary neglects to mention that...
yeah; sorry you were sick/ something attacked my throat and lungs something fierce. I love the way that Mande and Yoruba (and I assume other African) melodies,...
yeah; sorry you were sick/ something attacked my throat and lungs something fierce. I love the way that Mande and Yoruba (and I assume other African) melodies,...
There has been little discussion on Recapturing the Banjo here. However, I believe it is the most important statement about the banjo in years. I think it...
http://www.fabchannel.com/carolina_chocolate_drops_concert From their recent European tour. Remarkably good quality footage and a genuinely appreciative crowd ...
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On Sunday at 5pm, WUFT, 89.1 presents a one hour special on the African Origins of the banjo. Donna Green-Townsend just finished a one hour special derived...
I just got done reading an amazing and eye-opening interview with Cooper-Moore, who is, among other things, a black banjo player. The interview is in issue #2...
... guitars. ... Are any of the CD's offered on that site traditional cigar box guitars/banjo recording? If one were looking for a starter cigar box...
IIRC, Masters of the CBG Vol 1 starts out with a traditional one string CBG player - the song is "Beans" (and I think the player is named Beans too - I'm...
