“Hard Times” and “Camptown Hornpipe” from the Briggs Banjo Instructor (1855), performed on the banjo by Rhi
Allison Russell "Quasheba" Bang on a Can LIVE Online Marathon of Song, June 6, 2021
The full build of my 18th gourd banjo. This was a commissioned build.
From 1953, Akron, Ohio resident George Gilmore plays the bones on the weekly TV show Amateur Hour.
Dom Flemons gives a demonstration on how to play bones using “The American Songster” Jamaican Wood Bones ma
Introduction to Early Banjo History: a survey of the gourd banjo in colonial America
A Great American Tapestry, The Many Strands of Mountain Music is a new documentary on the blended musical t
Dom Flemons is a Grammy-award-winning banjo player and co-founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops who discu
How did the banjo, which has roots in West Africa, become a symbol of rural white America?
Rhiannon Giddens is a Grammy-award-winning musician and co-founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops who disc
Go behind the scenes with Our Native Daughters as they discuss the origins of their debut album and explore
To celebrate Black History Month, we take a look back at the pioneers of music in the Appalachian Mountains
