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Recognition for The Beautiful Music All Around Us has continued, and in November 2016, Wade became the first-ever individual to receive the Judith McCulloh Public Sector Award [6] from the Society for Ethnomusicology. Wade released Banjo Diary: Lessons from Tradition [7] in September 2012.
Banjo music originated informally as a form of African folk music over a hundred years ago probably in the sub-Saharan region.When the Americans forced African slaves to work on the plantations, banjo music followed them, and stayed primarily a form of African folk music, up to the 1800s.
Chet Williamson of Rambles.net writes "The music is great, from the blazing hot opener, "Late on Arrival," to "Sweet Thing," the banjo solo that wraps things up. There are a lot of highlights in between. The title track is a Vince Gill showcase, proving that he can still play mighty fine lead guitar as well as sing magnificently." [3]
Happy Traum has described Jens Kruger as "one of the world's most musically sophisticated and technically accomplished five-string banjo players." [7] The recording that cemented the Kruger Brothers' sound and song writing, Up 18 North, was released in 2002 on the Double Time Inc. label.
Ron Stewart is an American multi-instrumentalist in the bluegrass tradition. He plays fiddle, guitar, banjo, and mandolin, and has won the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) award for Fiddle Player of the Year in 2000 and Banjo Player of the Year in 2011.
Jayme Stone is a Canadian banjoist, composer and producer who makes music inspired by sounds from around the world. His solo album The Utmost won the 2008 Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year. [1] Stone has studied with Béla Fleck's teacher, Tony Trischka, among others. [2] Stone traveled to Mali in 2007 to learn about the banjo's ...
Across his career, Fred J. Bacon played a variety of musical styles on the five-string banjo and snare drum. His performances included his own compositions such as The Fascinator and The Conqueror march, classical compositions such as Minuette a l'Antique by Paderewski, and arrangements of folk music or minstrel songs, including Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground.
A composer, he arranged classical music for the 5-string banjo. [3] He taught the banjo as a music teacher and wrote a musical method, Practical Fingering for the Banjo, originally published in serial. [4] For about two years he was part of the Gregory Trio, consisting of himself, W. B. Farmer and Charles Van Baar. [5] Gregory arranged European ...
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