Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia
produced by Cecilia Conway and Scott Odell (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1998), 1 hour 4 mins
Details
- Field of Interest
- American Music
- Description
- The sounds and social history of African American banjo playing32 superb instrumentals and vocals, recorded between 1974 and 1997. Extensively annotated with performer's life histories, tunings, lyrics, bibliography, and discography. The banjo's gourd ancestors came to the Americas with enslaved Africans, forging the link between West African griots and performers of 20th-century blues and string-band music. 64 minutes.
- Content Type
- Music recording
- Duration
- 1 hour 4 mins
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Folk Song, Country/Rural Blues, Instrumental
- Label
- Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
- Producer
- Cecilia Conway, Scott Odell
- Release Date
- 1998
- Subject
- American Music, World Music, Music & Performing Arts, American Studies, Folk Music, United States and Canada, Música Folk, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá, United States
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Música Folk, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá