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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.
He specializes in the traditional music of African Americans, [2] and his work has been described as "Afrofuturist folklore." [3] Blount, while initially recognized for his skill as an old-time banjo player and fiddler, [4] [5] is a versatile multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who has described his music as "genrequeer."
Tim Weed (born April 11, 1959) is a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter known for virtuosity on the banjo. [1] Raised a Southern California surfer, Weed learned the banjo at age 17 and played professionally at 18.
James V. "Jimmy" Henley (September 2, 1963 – March 22, 2020) was an American banjo player who played bluegrass music.He won several banjo contests as a young boy. As a young boy he met country music star Roy Clark at the New Mexico State Fair and Clark invited him to perform on National television.
Dueling Banjos is a 1973 soundtrack album to the film Deliverance by American banjoists Marshall Brickman, Steve Mandell, and Eric Weissberg released by Warner Bros. Records and made up of the title track by Mandell and Weissberg and a repackaged version of the 1963 album New Dimensions in Banjo and Bluegrass by Brickman and Weissberg.
Rhiannon Giddens Announces Biscuits & Banjos, a Black Roots Music Festival Set for Durham in 2025. Chris Willman. October 22, 2024 at 6:41 AM. ... free banjo lessons and square dances.
The Infamous Stringdusters won three awards at the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards Ceremony in October 2007: Emerging Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for Fork in the Road (in a tie with J.D. Crowe & the New South's album Lefty's Old Guitar), and Song of the Year for the album's title cut. [4]
Campbell also released a music video for the song. [6] The song debuted at No. 56 on the Country Airplay chart dated for the week ending December 5, 2015. [7] In 2016, Campbell was selected as one of the artists to appear at the Country to Country festival in the UK. She performed sets on several of the pop-up stages across the weekend ...