| 单词 | banjo |
| 例句 | It sounds more like a banjo than a fiddle.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “It’s poor Miss Annie next door. This morning she took a little fainting spell in the alley. Nerves, babe. She says you woke her up this morning playing on your banjo.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He drove downtown in the old Franklin his father had left behind and parked on Washington Street, where he sat on the hood and played his banjo and sang, hoping for spare change. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I hear voices in the living room—a chorus of them, in fact, joined by occasional bursts of laughter and a faint melody plucked on an instrument, a banjo or a guitar. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Inside was a cracked ukulele strung with two violin strings, a guitar string, and a banjo string. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Locked glass display cases held rings and necklaces and brooches, and a few guitars and banjos hung on the pine-board-paneled walls to diversify the merchandise. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I'd like to say that the room was too hot or that Madame Haberman distracted me with her incessant banjo picking, but none of this is true. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z They threw a little bit of everything from the dwindling food stores into the hoosh pot for dinner and had a round of singing to Hussey’s banjo. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The line was taut as a banjo string, and the merest tug would snap it on and blind the shivering quarry in a blaze of light. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Maybe they are playing the harmonica and banjo, laughing and singing loud. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “We’re going to sing a few folk songs,” he said, picking his banjo. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Hello, Susana. Don’t you cry for me. The doctors say they can easily remove the banjo on my knee.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The laughing banjo player, the superb leader of cavalry who has ridden rings around the Union Army. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He tuned the banjo carefully, fiddling with knobs and plucking at steel strings. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Hussey kept his toothbrush, and Shackleton ordered him to keep the banjo, because they would need the comfort of music in the hard months ahead. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Through barter and the generosity of a few friends, he soon owned a ragged collection of old stringed instruments—a mandolin, several guitars, an old ukulele, and two banjos. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The moon had risen higher, and floating in the Sound was a triangle of silver scales, trembling a little to the stiff, tinny drip of the banjoes on the lawn. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “I thought you’d be along once that banjo got on,” he said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He was smiling and watching the slaves do a bowing, partner-changing dance to the music of a banjo. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The fiddler came from this or that plantation, the banjo man from another state: Every day the musicians in the dormitories shared the melodies from their regions and the body of music grew. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z We were dancing to the accordion and some one was playing the banjo. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Tell me man in dat show kin play a tune on a handsaw. Pick hit like a banjo.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He started out too high, and Hussey, who was accompanying him on the banjo, kept hissing, “Lower! Lower!” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “But I would rather not. You can see for yourself. I may be crazy. Of course Mr. Adam is strung so tight he may snap like a banjo string.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z While white albatrosses escorted Endurance through the ice on their magnificent, motionless wings, Leonard Hussey, the meteorologist, serenaded the passing wildlife with his banjo. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The banjo man displayed some talent, the horn player and fiddler less so. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A girl in the back has a banjo on her lap. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She even had a track of fast banjo music that she played on her iPod for these getaways. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She starts to strum it as Robert hoists himself inside, and the truck starts forward, carrying the banjo sounds and her warbling voice away from us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z McNeish remarked that the penguins were particularly attracted to the banjo music. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z She is so careful in her movements, so precise— it reminds me of the Amity musicians plucking at banjo strings. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z And another came during the evening, so that they were compelled to study with their nerves being plucked like banjo strings. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Got a man in it can play a tune on a saw. Play it like a banjo.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat on the front steps and played his banjo and sang quietly to himself. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Cara is surprisingly nimble—she moves over the rungs like she’s plucking banjo strings, touching each one only briefly before she moves to the next one. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z A banjo clock that would never again keep time but had a tiny cupboard where I kept the other trinkets I’d found. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “That is a lute, not a banjo,” Ignatius thundered. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At the far end of the last aisle was a man playing a banjo. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z So it was when George and Wesley picked up their fiddle and banjo on days of carousing. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z And almost always Joe got out his banjo or his guitar and joined in as well. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Sure, it works for the Amity. But what happens when not everyone wants to strum banjos and grow crops? What happens when someone does something terrible and talking about it can’t solve the problem?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z When he returned to the warm cave his father had constructed, Joe toweled his hair dry, unpacked his banjo, and pulled a chair up in front of the woodstove. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Necklaces, brooches, banjos—none of them did anything for me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “He’d been wanting to write for a string quartet plus banjo for years. We got excited and said, yeah, let’s do this. He’s incredible, a hero.” Béla Fleck and Brooklyn Rider join for Seattle concert Feb. 4 2014-01-30T20:25:30Z It doesn’t matter if it’s played on an 808 or a banjo. The Airborne Toxic Event renovates, recharges on 'Dope Machines' 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Live, the song expands from the album version, with a banjo and female backing vocals floating to the fore. Tom Jones 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z After Mr. Seeger was blacklisted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, he continued to tour the country with his banjo and play impromptu concerts. ‘Loud, Strong, Committed, and Always in Search of America’ 2014-01-29T23:32:51Z To wit: For all the banjos and mandolins of their early works, the Mumfords’ initial Grammy and Billboard award nominations came in rock and roll categories. Review | The Mumfords rock out at Capital One Arena 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z He was already winning bluegrass competitions, playing the instrument with a remarkable precision and speed usually matched only by banjo pluckers and bluegrass guitarists. The Endless Curiosity of Chris Thile 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Eldridge grew up within the context of bluegrass. His father played banjo in a respected band, the Seldom Scene. Listening to Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z This delightful North Carolina group explores African-American fiddle and folk traditions — including banjo, bones and quills — with verve and élan. 15 top Northwest entertainment picks, March 25-31 2012-03-21T22:59:04Z Dressed in paint-spattered pants and button-down shirt, Young sits alone onstage encircled by guitars and banjos, flanked by a baby grand piano. 'Neil Young Trunk Show': At 64, he's even better 2010-03-18T20:54:00Z Martin has been playing a banjo since he was a teenager, and it can no longer be surprising to anyone that the comedian is an accomplished musical performer. Steve Martin brings banjo and laughs to the Hollywood Bowl 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z As a sideman, he enjoys getting to play everything from banjo to steel guitar. Nils Lofgren, guitarman to the stars, also shines solo 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z There were also performers on guitar, banjo, mandolin and pennywhistle, and many orchestral string, woodwind and brass players. Music Review: Mighty CCi House Band Plays ?In C? at the Cornelia Street Caf? 2010-06-22T21:32:00Z Bela Fleck – Maura On a Bicycle, Stout and Mollasses, Way Back When A concerto for banjo, fiddle and bottleneck guitar, this summons mental images of Paul Newman careening around New Mexico. Readers recommend: hunting songs 2010-07-29T23:03:00Z And somewhere along the way, she found time to explore Native American powwow singing and to visit Gambia to study the akonting, a three-stringed, centuries-old West African ancestor of the banjo. A Solo Spotlight for a Powerful Voice 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Prior to the banjo’s association with bluegrass, when it used to be a pop-music instrument, amplification wasn’t common; the banjo is loud, so it was a good choice for public performance. The Banjo-ification of Pop: Why the Instrument Is Everywhere 2013-04-05T09:45:05Z I'm doing live performing now, too, because of the banjo shows. Steve Martin novel probes New York art world 2010-11-24T13:35:00Z "I think Tucker thought, 'Oh, it's just a little banjo girl, it shouldn't be too difficult' – until I showed up with two dozen musicians, a huge cello banjo and a 15-piece choir." Abigail Washburn: fingerpicking good bluegrass with Chinese flavouring 2011-01-20T23:08:01Z Martin, now 76, is a cultural eclecticist whose output includes cartoons, Broadway shows and banjo music. Why Are Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and Martin Short Working Together? It’s a Mystery. 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The very idea of modern banjo is so weird that we shall probably never get used to it, but that's what Béla Fleck plays. Bela Fleck and the Marcus Roberts Trio: Across the Imaginary Divide – review 2012-08-04T23:05:23Z Playfully joining in at times is Joe Jung on banjo and mandolin. Review: When Jules Verne Met Nellie Bly 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z As condos rise around this banjo haven, it stays pure: Bud Light, baskets of popcorn, and Ralph Stanley acolytes, every night of the year. Nashville's New Flavor 2012-11-15T22:20:04.597Z Off the page he cultivated swaggering hobbies: archery, fishing, guitar, the banjo. Books: ?Deliverance?: A Dark Heart Still Beating 2010-08-24T22:27:00Z The two hosted their own radio show in Norton before being hired away by a larger, more powerful station in nearby Bristol, Tenn. It was then that Mr. Stanley developed his rolling three-finger banjo style. Ralph Stanley, Whose Mountain Music Gave Rise to Bluegrass, Dies at 89 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z He is also an accomplished pianist and banjo player, winning five Grammy awards for the comedy and bluegrass categories. Steve Martin honored with AFI's Lifetime Achievement award 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z The guitar in bluegrass is traditionally a part of the rhythm section, partly because it is more difficult to play fast on a guitar than on a banjo or a mandolin or a fiddle. Listening to Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Crammed into a space the size of a lift and surrounded by curiosity-shop detritus, the sextet paw and file not only at guitars and banjos but also various found items: suitcases, bellows, spaghetti. L'Orchestre d'Hommes-Orchestres performs Tom Waits – review 2013-07-03T17:45:00Z Martin is also an accomplished musician and regularly performs the banjo at live concerts. Steve Martin, Edie Brickell aiming to take 'Bright Star' to Broadway 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z “My friends thought banjo was dumb, boring music for old people,” he says. Steve Martin gave this banjo prodigy from Northern Virginia a $50,000 prize 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Behind her were crowded bookshelves, her clarinet and banjo, a sign reading “When Women March, Stuff Gets Done” and propped up, an LP by the redoubtable African-American folk singer Odetta. Allison Russell Faces Her Past in Song 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Certainly Sophocles and Euripides never found room for a banjo. Desire Under the Elms 2010-09-29T21:15:00Z In 2007, Mr. Edenton, who played mandolin, ukulele and banjo as well as guitar, was inducted with the rest of the A-Team into the Musicians Hall of Fame. Ray Edenton, ‘A-Team’ Studio Guitarist in Nashville, Dies at 95 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z They evolved from African gourd-based instruments brought to the U.S. by slaves and began to approach their current form by the 1840s, says Robert Lloyd Webb, author of the banjo history Ring the Banjar! The Banjo-ification of Pop: Why the Instrument Is Everywhere 2013-04-05T09:45:05Z Morat was invited to Europe to produce more music — and the banjo came along. How the Colombian Band Morat Is Winning Over a Global Audience 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z And whatever happened to last year’s profusion of banjos and military drums? ArtsBeat: Popcast: The Year in Pop 2013-12-27T15:00:32Z Mumford & Sons routinely drew 10,000 and more fans on their Gentleman of the Road tour across the U.S. this summer, almost all of them dancing along to Marshall's banjo. Emmylou, Mumford & Sons team for 'CMT Crossroads' 2012-09-26T21:50:09Z He learned to play guitar in his teens, and learned banjo from the instructional book written by Pete Seeger. Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane Dies at 74 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Although Noel sang and played the banjo at fairs as a child, she had planned to follow in her father’s footsteps as a journalist. Noel Neill, the Lois Lane to George Reeves’s ‘Superman,’ Dies at 95 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z The music is an amalgamation of Shakespearean-era Renaissance and early American — banjo, blues and work songs — joined occasionally by Ms. Williams’s poetry. What if Shakespeare’s Dark Lady Told Their Love Story? What if It Were a Ballet? 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z But the banjo soon fell out of fashion in favor of the guitar. | Westchester: The New York Banjo Summit Is at Tarrytown Music Hall This Week 2013-01-12T02:55:29Z Next bearded banjo player Winston Marshall, his blue flannel shirt hanging loose, and pianist Ben Lovett, wrapped in a woollen coat. How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world 2012-11-15T16:50:01Z He graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, then roamed the country with his banjo, working on farms along the way. Oscar Brand, Folk Singer Whose Radio Show Twanged for Decades, Dies at 96 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z So: We’re somewhere outside the one-stoplight town of Franklin, above a bucolic valley west of the Shenandoah Mountains where hills choked with oak and hickory trees rise and fall like banjo rolls. Under the Shenandoah Mountains, a West Virginia caving adventure 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z He played banjo on John Denver’s 1971 Top 10 pop hit, “Take Me Home, Country Roads.” Eric Weissberg, ‘Dueling Banjos’ Musician, Dies at 80 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Maybe tonight's supermoon is to blame, or maybe it's the presence of the man in the pub who's making a banjo out of an old box of Coco Pops while dressed as Jack Sparrow. Outfit try stardom on for size 2012-06-15T23:03:00Z In this way, I've seen Ben Townsend, a banjo player from West Virginia, tell stories about the musicians who taught him some of his repertoire. Old-time music in a citrus grove: Santa Paula's Deep End Sessions on Sunday 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Well, Johan learned to play the banjo for the play, and by now he’s an O.K. musician. The Carpetbagger: A Belgian’s American-Seeming Film 2013-12-31T14:00:04Z I want to look like I play the banjo.” Will.i.amsburg 2013-05-01T22:16:49Z Disguised as Leopold, the great conductor, Bugs exacts operatic revenge, then plays a victory tune on his banjo. Wuvwy Music 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z During concerts, they move from instrument to instrument, with Scott concentrating on the banjo and playing the drums when necessary, while Seth plays guitar and piano. Avett Brothers' success brings distance from fans 2010-05-05T15:14:00Z Eisenberg boasts a wide expressive range on guitar and banjo, sometimes playing in lonely, resounding single notes, elsewhere in convexly shaped chords. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Ms. Lorson’s gentle voice, and the ghostly soprano harmonies of the Soubrettes, are usually backed by just a handful of instruments: her piano, a banjo, a pedal steel guitar, rarely drums. Music: Listening to Sia Tolno, Wye Oak, Etta James and Givers 2011-12-30T17:00:00Z Osborne has also been credited as an innovator in the genre, using double banjos and six-string banjos on stage and in recordings. Sonny Osborne, bluegrass banjoist behind ‘Rocky Top,’ dies 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Ms. Collins progressed from Denver to Chicago, where she saw the singer Bob Gibson and his banjo “charm the birds out of the trees” and took his advice to lighten up. Books of The Times: Judy Collins?s Memoir ?Sweet Judy Blue Eyes? - Review 2011-11-13T22:52:02Z Barney McKenna, whose racing, raucous and often lyrically haunting banjo playing helped propel the Irish folk band the Dubliners to fame, died on Thursday at his home in Dublin. Barney McKenna, Banjo Player in the Dubliners, Dies at 72 2012-04-09T23:01:58Z Photograph: Gems/Redferns If Bill Monroe was the architect of bluegrass music, the banjo player Earl Scruggs, who has died aged 88, was his chief construction worker. 2012 review: notable deaths in music 2012-12-24T09:00:08Z I got into bluegrass and banjo in particular thanks to Pete Seeger and the folk-music revival. | Westchester: The New York Banjo Summit Is at Tarrytown Music Hall This Week 2013-01-12T02:55:29Z They played in a series of teenage rock bands, but took a turn toward rootsier music a few years later when Lansing acquired a banjo. Okee Dokee Brothers ride the river to a Grammy nod 2012-12-07T23:18:09Z “I co-founded a band called the Carolina Chocolate Drops—yes, we were a black string band, we played banjos, we won a Grammy, it was cool,” she says. “Aria Code,” an Effortlessly Listenable Opera Podcast 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z A superb musician, Mr. Moloney sang and played the guitar, the mandolin and the banjo, with the tenor banjo his primary instrument. Mick Moloney, Musician and Champion of Irish Culture, Dies at 77 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z With the rise of jazz, the banjo briefly gained employment: when strummed with a pick, it could compete with a trumpet and drum kit. | Westchester: The New York Banjo Summit Is at Tarrytown Music Hall This Week 2013-01-12T02:55:29Z They recorded a 12-string guitar and a mandolin, then someone spotted a banjo hanging on the wall. How the Colombian Band Morat Is Winning Over a Global Audience 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z “He had a gift,” Moye, a banjo player himself, said before the service. Earl Scruggs Remembered for Banjo Excellence 2012-04-01T22:16:12Z There were many appealing moments in this song cycle, which featured Mr. Kahane singing; playing banjo and electric guitar; and narrating the spoken excerpts. Music Review: ‘Gabriel’s Guide to the 48 States,’ at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-28T21:06:11Z The gallery is an interactive telling of the Bristol Sessions through images and artifacts, including relevant instruments like the fiddle, banjo, harp guitar, guitar, kazoo and jaw harp, as well as film and music. In Southern Appalachia, Searching for the ‘Big Bang’ of Country Music 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Bob Siggins was playing banjo, and when I got done, everyone just looked at each other, and Bob said, ‘That’s a nice song, but I won’t be able to sing it.’ Hazel Dickens, Folk Singer, Dies at 75 2011-04-23T01:56:56Z The instrument would remain the province of slaves until the Civil War, when it was taken up by white musicians in the rural South, who discovered the banjo through black musicians and via minstrel shows. | Westchester: The New York Banjo Summit Is at Tarrytown Music Hall This Week 2013-01-12T02:55:29Z “She didn’t sing much, but she was one of 12 children and they all played the banjo some,” he told The Washington Post. Ralph Stanley, bluegrass master, dies at 89 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z As the performers deliver this labyrinthine plot — playing guitar, accordion, banjo, saw and violin all the while — they move purposefully among the audience, gently displacing those who happen to be in their way. Review: Sailing on Silly Seas With ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The curtain-raising title track takes flight with Queen-ish blasts of a cappella harmony, then follows acoustic guitars and banjos as they run from a tidal wave of artificial bass. Review | New name. New sound. But the Chicks still sound like the truth. 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z There's also a banjo and a tambourine on stage, which means Hunter of Stars wouldn't be a bad song to crack out at a barn dance. Eurovision 2014: Reporter's diary 2014-05-11T11:21:17Z Riley Baugus, an old-time banjo player and singer from North Carolina, kicks off the festival with a Friday square dance, then tops the bill Saturday at Columbia City Theater. Carolinian banjo man Riley Baugus tops folk fest 2011-12-08T21:43:03Z His voice cracking with emotion against a mournful banjo melody, it's a performance full of potential, and justly rewarded by rapt attention from the audience. Dylan LeBlanc 2010-09-17T20:47:00Z Some tracks feature a banjo, a flute and hand percussion, but no bassist or drummer. Cécile McLorin Salvant’s Album Tackles a Newer Archive: Her Own 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z They used an electronic keyboard known as a Mellotron, distorted guitars, hip-hop-style percussion and de-tuned instruments — including banjos and bass harmonicas — to give a modern effect to sounds from the period. What’s a Kanye West song doing in a TV show about slavery? 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z A cross between an early synth and a banjo, it produces a limited range of twee electronic sounds, and it's the weapon of choice for low-key but extremely talented young comic Gareth Richards. This week's new live comedy 2011-04-01T23:06:01Z Fleck and Washburn employed seven instruments, from a tiny ukulele banjo to the standard five-string versions both usually play up to larger baritone and bass banjos, creating an orchestral-like dimension to the songs. Béla Fleck, Abigail Washburn combine much more than dueling banjos 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Instead, Washburn formed the Sparrow Quartet, a chamber ensemble featuring the highly unusual combination of violin, cello and two banjos. Abigail Washburn: fingerpicking good bluegrass with Chinese flavouring 2011-01-20T23:08:01Z Mr. Seeger’s discography runs to dozens of albums: topical songs, Mother Goose rhymes, banjo instruction, African songs, lullabies, blues, Civil War songs, Spanish Civil War songs and far more. Pete Seeger, 1919-2014: A Folk Revivalist Who Used His Voice to Bring Out a Nation’s 2014-01-29T02:31:11Z His father, a farmhand, played banjo, and Mr. Mack began performing guitar in the family bluegrass band at 7. Lonnie Mack, guitarist and singer who influenced blues and rock acts, dies at 74 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z “Bluegrass was traditionally a male genre, but now you hear banjo in classical, pop, country rock, everywhere,” she said. COUNTRY TIMES: Banjo is cool again 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Although Mr. Campbell never learned to read music, he was at ease not just on guitar but also on banjo, mandolin and bass. Glen Campbell, Whose Hit Songs Bridged Country and Pop, Dies at 81 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Hers is loose and genial: besides the standard old-time lineup, which she described as “banjo, guitar, fiddle, bass, feet!,” she’s seen “clarinet, saxophone, Baskin Robbins spoons and interpretive singing” worked into the scrum. From City Folk, Toe-Tapping Country Sounds 2011-02-24T21:28:59Z Bonnie Lou, a talented banjo and guitar player who sang and yodeled from beneath a dense blond coif, began working on country radio as a teenager. Bonnie Lou, Country and Rockabilly Star of the 1950s, Dies at 91 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The program featured vocal groups and instrumentalists performing the composer’s works on instruments including pipe organs and banjos. In the Shenandoah Valley, Blackburn Inn gives new life to a site with a dark past 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z The EP is "built around" two versions of the title track, including a "classic rock version" with banjo, trombone and, yes, a little classic rock guitar. Sufjan Stevens Delights People with surprise EP 2010-08-23T11:12:00Z Q: Is it true that when you got out of college after studying opera at Oberlin, you didn't know how to play the banjo? Q&A with Rhiannon Giddens: The power of failure, the genius of Geeshie Wiley and why she’s ‘not just a banjo player’ 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Giddens, who plays a replica of a banjo from 1858, said that the sound she favors “accompanies a large portion of history that we don’t want to talk about,” but still merits exploration. Rhiannon Giddens Brings Diversity to Banjo Award 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z There are other forces sustaining Mr. White: his wife, the graphic novelist Mimi Pond, and their children; his banjo and harmonica; and his connections to the South. Movie Review: ‘Beauty Is Embarrassing,’ Directed by Neil Berkeley 2012-09-06T23:20:20Z “I wouldn’t make it a career, but playing a banjo is real enjoyment,” he said, adding, “As Kay Starr said, ‘It’s hard to play a sad song on a banjo.’” Roger Sprung, Banjo Virtuoso of N.Y.C. Folk Scene, Dies at 92 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z One band sounds “like lawn mowers ridden by nymphets playing banjos.” With ‘Doxology,’ Nell Zink Delivers Her Most Ambitious and Expansive Novel Yet 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Daniels made his first mark as a session musician in the late 1960s and early ’70s, playing guitar, bass, fiddle and banjo on Nashville recordings by Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr and Leonard Cohen. Charlie Daniels, Fiddling Force in Country and Rock, Dies at 83 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z The song, which Urban produced with Nathan Chapman, who helped shepherd Taylor Swift's career from country into mainstream pop, begins with a traditional picked banjo but quickly turns into a soaring pop-rock song. Singer Keith Urban navigates 'uncharted waters' on new album 2013-09-11T00:32:56Z He adapted the texts for the five songs from hymns, Romantic lieder and blues songs, woven through with dulcimer, banjo, strings, winds, percussion and electronics. James Baker Leads the Talea Ensemble at Roulette 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, there's fine, no-nonsense singing from Wallace, who appears both by herself and accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Steel, who demonstrates his stomping banjo work, delicate ukulele playing and spirited ragtime guitar on his solo tracks. Various artists: The Inner Octave ? review 2011-08-18T21:34:00Z The crowd soon split evenly into musicians — fiddlers, banjo, guitar and bass players sitting in a rough circle — and spectators, most of whom played cards and gossiped rather than spectating. Frugal Traveler: Music and Moonshine in the Mellow Ozarks 2013-08-01T17:02:55Z By this time he was playing the banjo and guitar, in addition to the ukulele, and was moving between Hawaii and the mainland. Bill Tapia, Ukulele Virtuoso, Dies at 103 2011-12-12T05:57:16Z “As for the learning process, I would say mainly YouTube,” Villamil added, “because there’s not a lot of banjo teachers in Colombia.” How the Colombian Band Morat Is Winning Over a Global Audience 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z “I am an urban Black country woman playing the banjo.” Our Native Daughters bring Black women’s voices to forefront 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Though he had made his living off the banjo, Mr. Sprung said later in life that he would not advise younger players to follow in his footsteps. Roger Sprung, Banjo Virtuoso of N.Y.C. Folk Scene, Dies at 92 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z His use of three fingers rather than the clawhammer style elevated the banjo from a part of the rhythm section - or a comedian's prop - to a lead instrument. Bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs dies at age 88 2012-03-29T00:37:20Z In the last frame, the musician has been replaced by a Black Liberation fighter, the banjo by a rifle. MOMA’s Heady Introduction to Betye Saar, “The Conscience of the Art World” 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z It arrived from Madrid a half-century before, just one of countless acoustic guitars, African drums, flutes, banjos, sitars and other instruments collected, bought and sold at the store since his grandparents founded it in 1958. Ben Harper and his mom roam the store that was a childhood home 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z As a teenager, he picked up a five-string banjo, but just couldn't get his head around the sound — he didn't know anything about bluegrass music. Jason Verlinde celebrates seven years of Fretboard Journal 2012-10-21T19:02:04Z Here, Getman’s Colonel — a self-deluding plantation owner who wears moral blindness as a medal — picks at a banjo, taunts the wounded Smith and in one amazingly outrageous speech, congratulates himself on his whiteness. Suzan-Lori Parks examines notions of freedom in ‘Father Comes Home’ 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z For his first three albums, starting in 2008, he was largely a solo act, accompanied by only his own guitar or banjo. Review: The Tallest Man on Earth’s Solo Act Gets a Backing Band 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z String-band music, which combines fiddle, banjo and sometimes other instruments, owes much to African-American traditions. Joe Thompson Dies at 93; Fiddler of String Band Legacy 2012-03-02T03:08:25Z In our first year I had our composer do a version of “Ode to Joy,” Beethoven’s Ninth, that in “Raising Arizona” was done with yodeling and banjo. Noah Hawley on ‘Fargo,’ Comic Haircuts and Living in the Coen Universe 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Mr. Martin has won a Grammy for best bluegrass recording, and established a bluegrass and banjo prize in his name. ‘Bright Star’ Is Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s New Show 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z The record opens with “Master’s Hands,” a ballad full of tense guitar and banjo picking, clattering percussion and strings that dart and swoop. 2010-01-23T15:48:00Z It was in North Carolina, for example, where in 1936 he first heard the five-string banjo, which would become his instrument of choice, at a square dance festival. Pete Seeger’s New York Roots 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z "They're making the banjo respectable, which is not an easy feat, and I'm so glad it's finally happening," Harris joked. Emmylou, Mumford & Sons team for 'CMT Crossroads' 2012-09-26T21:50:09Z But Scalzi and his metaphorical bluegrass banjo may be about to cross into the mainstream. John Scalzi conquers the publishing universe 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Giddens, a crack banjo player and penetrating storyteller, opened the evening with a few of her own songs before joining three other singers for the main event. Review: Songs That Defy the ‘Quotidian Nature of Evil’ 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z “They set up an expectation with, say, a banjo, and you think, ‘rootsy American song,’ but then there will be a theremin and a pump organ. Music: Echoes of Another Time and Place 2011-02-18T20:45:34Z "It's sitting and telling stories and just playing tunes," says West Virginia banjo player Ben Townsend, who rode his bicycle across the country for a stay at Deep End late last year. Old-time music at a ranch? It's an American idyll 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z His father, an accomplished banjo player, was a sharecropper and welder who eventually moved the family to Portland, Me., where he worked for many years at a shipyard. Johnny Smith, Venerable Jazz Guitarist, Dies at 90 2013-06-18T14:13:23Z His banjo features included “The Maid Behind the Bar,” “The High Reel” and “The Mason’ s Apron.” Barney McKenna, Banjo Player in the Dubliners, Dies at 72 2012-04-09T23:01:58Z As he bit into a piece — barely edible, passably accurate — the sound of a banjo and fiddle wafted over. The Decline of the Civil War Re-enactor 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z I counted two upright basses, three guitars, two mandolins and one banjo — common instruments for both. Travel: Mountain View, Ark., Folk Music Capital of the World Along the way, Mr. Sprung was a sought-after banjo instructor. Roger Sprung, Banjo Virtuoso of N.Y.C. Folk Scene, Dies at 92 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z I mean, what’s rock and who cares, but I’m talking about materials: electric guitars and digital distortion and drums, rather than the untreated sounds of mandolin, fiddle, banjo, acoustic guitar and double bass. Music Review: Chris Thile and His Bluegrass Quintet at Caramoor 2010-07-05T21:56:00Z Tuneful Rooms of Their Own in Brooklyn When Carson McCullers explores her own mind these days on a stage at the Public Theater, the sound of a banjo goes with her. Theater Review: ‘February House,’ at the Public Theater 2012-05-23T02:00:01Z He plays old-fashioned "hillbilly" music on fiddle, banjo and guitar; he wears tweeds, grandad shirts and hair oil. Frank Fairfield: Sorting the funky from the fogeys 2010-07-22T22:21:00Z Amid breakneck banjo and fiddle romps such as Mississippi Saturday Night are less expected, reflective pieces such as Ain't It Enough, with its utopian sentiment that "there's a place for us all here". Old Crow Medicine Show: Carry Me Back – review 2012-11-18T00:05:56Z “I’m that girl at the party that you back away from, because she’s going to talk about either banjos or slavery, or maybe both.” Rhiannon Giddens Is a Songwriter, Too 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Together they began performing locally, with Mr. Abrahams on guitar and Mr. Rinzler on banjo. Roger D. Abrahams, Folklorist Who Studied African-American Language, Dies at 84 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Earl Scruggs was an innovator who pioneered the modern banjo sound. Bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs dies at age 88 2012-03-29T00:37:20Z Mr. Amidon performed four selections, including the earthy, raucous “As I Roved Out,” accompanying himself on banjo. Music Review: Nico Muhly Previews His ‘Two Boys’ at Le Poisson Rouge 2013-05-15T20:05:23Z He found it in a National resonator guitar, a brand of dobro that has the hard, tinny sound of a banjo. Ray Davies on 50 Years of ‘Lola’ 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Seeger -- with his a lanky frame, banjo and full white beard -- was an iconic figure in folk music. Folk singer, activist Pete Seeger dies in NY 2014-01-28T07:32:53Z The group plays fiddle and banjo music from the piedmont region of the Carolinas. Spoleto enters closing weekend with strong sales 2010-06-11T14:26:00Z It’s in every folk song, gospel song, the sound of the banjo and the sound of the guitar. Wynton Marsalis Finds Solace in the Optimism of the Blues 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z She learned to become a contra dance caller and took up the banjo and fiddle she would play in the Carolina Chocolate Drops. A Solo Spotlight for a Powerful Voice 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Obama said country music tied together many threads of the nation's immigrant heritage, from the Irish fiddle, the German dulcimer, the Italian mandolin, the Spanish guitar and the West African banjo. Obama pays tribute to country music 2011-11-22T02:31:14Z Green is a multi-instrumentalist, playing anything from guitars to keyboards, cello, harp, banjo, percussion and zither, while his colleagues add bass, synth or viola. The Big Eyes Family Players & Friends: Folk Songs II – review 2012-08-02T20:45:01Z The banjo player turned actor who was nominated for an Oscar for 1966′s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and worked into his late 80s on the ABC sitcom “The Goldbergs.” Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z The Match.com banjos seem to have a new owner: Taylor Swift. This week's new tracks 2012-07-20T23:05:00Z But in 1940 Mr. Seeger was still an amateur banjo player who had just returned to New York after a stint cataloging and transcribing folk music at the Library of Congress. Pete Seeger’s New York Roots 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z At intervals, O'Neill, Joseph O'Farrell and Glen Walton man banjo, drums and double bass to pass Nick Cave-style sepulchral comment on the action. The Ballad of Backbone Joe 2010-08-13T21:01:00Z The mid-afternoon bands seem to be picked to mix with real ale and sunshine, sharing beards, banjos and at least some of their sound with Mumford & Sons. Deer Shed festival ? review 2011-07-25T17:01:00Z A banjo player and bluegrass fan for nearly five decades, Martin said he loves the camaraderie of making music. Steve Martin writes, plays on 2nd bluegrass album 2011-01-06T13:08:12Z Tuttle played acoustic guitar and banjo in the family’s bluegrass band, but she plugged in with pickup rock groups. Molly Tuttle Is a Top Bluegrass Guitarist. She’s Also a Lot More. 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z In a new song of his own, “The Fireman’s Talkin’ ” — which turned toward Appalachia with banjo and fiddle — he warned about global warming. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band Roar Into the Garden 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z Instruction in strumming on the old banjo and making pop-up puppets was also available at nearby craft booths. Lots to catch the eye at opening day of Folklife Festival 2011-05-28T02:46:41Z The ensemble incorporates the signature sounds of the era, right down to the clarinets, bass saxophones, banjos and ukuleles. Album review: Bryan Ferry Orchestra, 'The Jazz Age' 2013-02-12T16:15:00Z There are banjos and fiddles, as well as guitars, and some beautiful old mountain ballads are performed on camera. | 'Winter?s Bone': Jennifer Lawrence in Debra Granik?s Bleak Ozarks Film 2010-06-10T21:59:00Z “These tunes set a whole new standard for what could be done with the banjo. All that, plus a generous dose of the early melodic style.” Eric Weissberg, ‘Dueling Banjos’ Musician, Dies at 80 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z The Olney incarnation of “The Mikado” will feature actors playing guitar, ukulele, mandolin, banjo, violin, flute, accordion, harmonica, percussion and toy piano. A ‘Mikado’ for a modern age — minus Japan, but complete with a bar 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Kind of like a log cabin, where she likes to sit and see the elks and play the banjo. Andrea Riseborough: 'Acting is a very strange life' 2013-02-07T15:20:19Z When Kurt turned 14, his dad gave him a banjo, which replaced skateboarding as an obsession. Kurt Vile, Indie Rock’s Charming Riddle 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Matthew Blake has plaid trews and a banjo. The House Where Winter Lives; Hansel and Gretel; Pinocchio – review 2012-12-30T00:06:25Z “I don’t think the banjo has ever been at more of a pinnacle,” he said. | Westchester: The New York Banjo Summit Is at Tarrytown Music Hall This Week 2013-01-12T02:55:29Z But it’s operetta played with guitars and banjos and in a fun way, with the Hypocrites theater company. Can this man save the Pasadena Playhouse? 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Each song got a mento treatment, with its own swaying, ambling beat and prickly banjo counterpoint. Music Review: With Island Spice, and Years of Seasoning, Old is New Again 2011-02-25T23:54:45Z We needed someone who looked inbred for the banjo player. How we made Deliverance 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z As well as playing guitar for the Pogues, he turned his hand to banjo and mandolin and occasionally took lead vocals. Pogues' guitarist Phil Chevron dies at 56 from cancer 2013-10-08T20:38:40Z Welch joked about her "old-timey" banjo before "No One Knows My Name," and how it was "cranky." Gillian Welch ? simple, spare, stunning 2011-07-14T21:09:04Z The stage is filled with instruments — piano, guitar, ukulele, banjo and more — but from the start you hear far more instruments than you see. Review | ‘The Choir of Man’ invites you into a pub for a sticky singalong 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Fiddles, guitars and banjos even accompanied the routine of haircuts at the Star Barber Shop in downtown Bristol, where the main street defines the Tennessee-Virginia line. Where the Hills and Hollows Are Alive With Music 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z I played guitar as much as I did the banjo, but for everyday picking I'd go back to the banjo. Bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs dies at age 88 2012-03-29T00:37:20Z Today the banjo can be found in almost any genre, largely due to the way he freed its players to experiment and find new space. Bluegrass pioneer Earl Scruggs dies at age 88 2012-03-29T12:12:14Z Douglas leans into rockabilly with “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” and banjo with “Hark the Herald Angels Sing.” Get in the holiday mood with Carrie Underwood, Dolly Parton 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Scruggs’ closed casket sat just below the famous stage, with a banjo just behind it. Earl Scruggs Remembered for Banjo Excellence 2012-04-01T22:16:12Z I really didn’t start playing fiddle or banjo till I was 23, 24. Q&A with Rhiannon Giddens: The power of failure, the genius of Geeshie Wiley and why she’s ‘not just a banjo player’ 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z The plaque identifies the venue as "The Seeger Theatre" and is adorned with an engraving of a banjo, Seeger's signature instrument. NY school names theater after singer Pete Seeger 2013-02-13T13:01:12Z Do you want to hear Rascal Flatts remove the naughty words from “Kickstart My Heart” and throw in some banjo sprinkles? Country-music fans get what they want. Even if what they want is Motley Crue While Orpheus plays his score, Mr. Kahane will sing and recite excerpts from the guides, accompanying himself on banjo and electric guitar. Orpheus to Play Kahane’s ‘Gabriel’s Guide to 48 States’ 2013-04-19T18:57:59Z Made by Lurie alone, the album’s 24 short songs are funny, scary and hopeful, and Lurie’s performance on guitar, banjo and vocals is full of life. Cult favorite John Lurie is back, with an old alter ego 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Scruggs, who had played banjo since the age of 4, got his big break when he joined Monroe’s band, the Blue Grass Boys, in 1945. Earl Scruggs, Bluegrass Banjo Player, Dies at 88; 2012-03-29T05:13:11Z Near the end of their set, the foursome played tennis onstage - using a racket at times and a guitar and banjo at others. Mumford & Sons perform at Forest Hills reopening 2013-08-29T14:13:45Z “We’re talking happiness here,” banjo wiz Critter Fuqua says as an aside a few minutes into “Remedy,” which neatly sums up the latest album from Old Crow Medicine Show. Review: ‘Remedy’ offers 7-part harmony and more 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Ashley graduated in drama and has played banjo with her father's band for the past two years. Glen Campbell: One last love song 2011-08-26T22:01:04Z But I don’t have the high tenor voice and we don’t have three-part harmony or consistent banjo. Bob Dylan Has a Lot on His Mind 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Charlie’s first instrument was a banjo, but, baffled by the fingerings required to play it, he removed the neck and converted its body into a snare drum. Charlie Watts, Bedrock Drummer for the Rolling Stones, Dies at 80 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z And, as per tradition, there will be a banjo toss contest, which in past years has seen one unlucky instrument repeatedly flung into the Gowanus Canal. Brooklyn Folk Festival Will Expand 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z I love to record, and get my chance to play a little banjo here and a little keyboard there and sing a little, and write a little song and sing another little song. “The Monkees songbook is maybe the third-best”: Peter Tork claims the bronze—right after the Beatles and the Stones 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Last week Washburn performed in Australia and New Zealand, where she fielded some questions by email, starting with a query about her first banjo encounter. ‘Banj-O-Rama’ brings a global twang to Town Hall Seattle 2013-03-20T22:32:32Z Reflecting their hardly strictly professional status, the Wronglers proved thoroughly competent but unexceptional accompanists, as the fiddles shimmied over the fleet, loping blend of acoustic guitars, banjo, mandolin and bass. Jimmie Dale Gilmore takes another unusual turn 2011-06-26T14:59:00Z He is also a banjo designer and studio engineer. Scott Vestal Wins Steve Martin Banjo Prize 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z I mean, even the new Robin Thicke video’s got a naked gal bouncing around with a banjo pretending to play one. Music Premiere: A Brewing Banjo Backlash 2013-08-27T13:00:54Z It was the pluck of a lone banjo. Robert Plant shifts shape in Palladium concert 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z You don't often see a banjo and mandolin, let alone a ten-gallon hat, at Lollapalooza. Lollapalooza Day 3: Jack White, Florence + the Machine, At the Drive-In and the amazing Amadou and Mariam 2012-08-06T06:00:00Z The Brothers Four sang and played guitar, upright bass and banjo, and performed informally on campus. Mike Kirkland of the Brothers Four dies at 82 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Even the rock anthems temper electric-guitar buildups with banjo and mandolin. Playlist: New Music From Smashing Pumpkins and Neil Young 2012-06-29T20:01:40Z A young Steve Martin is shown playing the banjo, and Mr. Kristofferson recalls his initial impression of Ms. Mitchell as “Shakespeare reincarnated.” | 'Troubadours': Recalling the Reign of Taylor and King 2011-02-01T23:08:01Z The music harks back to deep Appalachian roots: a country waltz with fiddle and banjo, sung with raw backwoods gusto. Best Songs of 2020 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z I just jumped over the desk and grabbed the phone: ‘Look, there’s an old man there, and he’s got a banjo, and he’s never travelled before and he’s expecting me. It’s been many hours.’ The Discovery of Roscoe Holcomb and the “High Lonesome Sound” 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z There were also more acoustic strings, whether guitars or cellos or banjos or Wu Man’s lute-like pipa, on which she played traditional Chinese music like a fingerpicking bluegrass shredder. Big Ears Festival Stars the Avant-Garde 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z “I wrote a lot of it on banjo, but nobody’s playing banjo in it,” Giddens said. With Her First Opera, Rhiannon Giddens Returns to Her Roots 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z The production is set in the 19th-century American South, the better to accommodate the wonderful bluegrass-flavored score — dominated by the jovial twang of a banjo — composed by Steve Martin. Theater Review: ‘As You Like It,’ With Lily Rabe in Central Park 2012-06-22T02:00:14Z If he’s not retired, can’t they just book that chap who played the banjo in Deliverance? The stars won’t do the presidential inauguration? Hand it to the family Von Trump 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z That adaptation set the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic in a kind of community party room, with streamers and banjos and chili at intermission. Review: ‘The Most Happy Fella,’ Sliced, Diced and None Too Pleased 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z As she sings about finding a love that turns “shades of gray” into “a new Technicolor world,” the song explodes out of her string-band foundations — banjo and fiddle — into full-tilt rock choruses, bursting with euphoria. Dolly Parton Goes Arena Rock, and 9 More New Songs 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Known simply as Dillard and Clark, their group, with Mr. Dillard playing guitar and fiddle as well as banjo, recorded two albums for A&M before disbanding. Doug Dillard, Banjo Virtuoso, Dies at 75 2012-05-28T02:03:08Z Six banjo styles will be on display Thursday, from the more traditional to the more avant-garde, with musicality doubtless reigning over all. | Westchester: The New York Banjo Summit Is at Tarrytown Music Hall This Week 2013-01-12T02:55:29Z Though banjos and mandolins had defined the band for years, the electric guitars and synthesizers suited large amphitheaters and big crowds. Mumford & Sons to open for U2 at CenturyLink Field 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z The death of Earl Scruggs, the virtuoso banjo player, in Nashville on Wednesday was mourned throughout the tight-knit bluegrass music world. ArtsBeat: Video: A Bluegrass Tribute to Earl Scruggs 2012-03-30T16:11:43Z Smith almost always does Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” here, and it was beautiful, with a banjo in the arrangement. Patti Smith bares her rebel soul at the Moore | Concert review 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z “While his contemporaries in bluegrass were experimenting in swing in the 1940s and ’50s, Sprung was expanding the acceptable banjo repertoire to include — in addition to swing — ragtime, pop and classical styles as well.” Roger Sprung, Banjo Virtuoso of N.Y.C. Folk Scene, Dies at 92 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Most of the tracks are dominated by guitar or violin, but he also adds banjo, mandolin, lap steel, organ, oud, bouzouki, whistle and flute. Matheu Watson: Dunrobin Place – review 2012-11-22T22:30:01Z The five-piece band — a wrecking crew of young talent in traditional formation: mandolin, banjo, fiddle, guitar and bass — could nimbly handle Thile’s jump cuts between sections and his layering of harmonic modes. The Endless Curiosity of Chris Thile 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z All of them play the banjo and have worked primarily in acoustical, roots music. Our Native Daughters bring Black women’s voices to forefront 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Hypnotic world-music grooves mesh with blues and country, as loops and programming mingle with banjo, electric guitars, synthesizers and a one-stringed West African fiddle. Robert Plant Releases ‘lullaby and The Ceaseless Roar’ 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Pop sits on a hay bale with his autoharp, flanked by his kids, including daughters Roni on banjo and Donna on mandolin; the family beagle is at Donna’s feet. Ken Burns’s ‘Country Music’ shines a spotlight on an unsung Washingtonian 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z I loved the harmonies, the banjo and guitar interplay. The Byrds' Roger McGuinn on His Special Bond With Pete Seeger 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z I half expected to find one with a trombone, and one with a banjo, like those charming pictures she used to post. Modern Love: Downloadable. Unsustainable, Too. 2011-08-11T18:57:16Z “But nowadays,” Mr. Fleck, 54, said, “it’s, ‘Wow, is that a banjo? | Westchester: The New York Banjo Summit Is at Tarrytown Music Hall This Week 2013-01-12T02:55:29Z The result emphasizes the rustic edges of Seger's sound, with lots of fiddle, banjo and mandolin. Bob Seger turns a page with a Nashville sound and liberal lyrics 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z The show will offer a musical history of the waterway, performed on period instruments, including a hammered dulcimer, a banjo, a hurdy-gurdy and a squeeze box. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Instructors from the Dusty Strings Music School in Fremont offered free lessons in acoustic guitar and banjo. Young bands breathe new life into acoustic roots music at Northwest Folklife Festival 2010-05-29T03:55:00Z "It turns out that the banjo," she announced with deadpan panache, "is a real chick magnet." k.d. lang a treat to hear, a hoot to behold at ZooTunes 2011-08-11T20:59:05Z What if it had been “George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware”? In Mr. Colescott’s work, it was – and the guy in the back of the boat was playing a banjo. From 12th Century B.C. to 2017, Art in Startling Variety 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z His string-bending and lead runs became known worldwide as "the Scruggs picking style" and the versatility it allowed has helped popularize the banjo beyond the traditional bluegrass and country forms. Bluegrass pioneer Earl Scruggs dies at age 88 2012-03-29T12:12:14Z There's some hilarious twangy banjo music, and it retains some of O'Connor's absurd jokes and funny stuff with a gorilla costume. Reading group: John Huston's Wise Blood is an unlikely cinematic feat 2012-12-21T15:10:19Z She wielded her banjo in “Workin’ Woman Blues” — more a modal Appalachian tune than a blues — as her band was joined by a trumpeter from Budapest, playing lines that shifted the hoedown toward funk. Music Review: Valerie June at the Highline Ballroom 2013-12-31T19:30:43Z What became known as the syncopated Scruggs picking style helped popularize the banjo in almost every genre of music. Earl Scruggs, Bluegrass Banjo Player, Dies at 88; 2012-03-29T05:13:11Z Mr. Keith, 72, is credited with developing a ringing, melodic style of banjo playing. | Westchester: The New York Banjo Summit Is at Tarrytown Music Hall This Week 2013-01-12T02:55:29Z But its centerpiece is “Colfax/Step in Time,” which starts like a talking blues set against laconic guitar and plunking banjo and builds toward a finale that’s part marching band and part gospel choir. Kevin Gordon Releases ?Gloryland,? His First Album Since 2005 2012-02-21T17:04:15Z You would never expect to find a banjo in a hip-hop band, but “The Room Where it Happens” just cried for it. The man behind the “Hamilton” sound: Hidden Beatles references, the “hip-hop horse” sample and why if “it’s all computerized, there’s no heart to it” 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Playing guitar or banjo as he sings, he transforms all of them, changing their colors and loading them with trapdoors. Critics' Choice: New albums by Dr. Dog, Sam Amidon, Laura Bell Bundy and Aaron Goldberg. 2010-04-11T21:37:00Z When the Smithsonian Institution held its first Folklife Festival, on the Mall in 1967, it celebrated traditional American arts and crafts with banjo pickers and lion dancers, sand painters and basket weavers. Coming soon to the Mall: A circus, and a chance to learn how it’s done 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z But as she continued her self-education and learned from musicians like the fiddle player Joe Thompson, Ms. Giddens also discovered more about the history of the contemporary banjo. Rhiannon Giddens Brings Diversity to Banjo Award 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z College campuses were full of acoustic guitars, fiddles and banjos; record companies saw commercial potential. Review: ‘Folk City’ at the Museum of the City of New York 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z This year will be the first since the death of folk singer and banjo player Pete Seeger, who helped start the festival 55 years ago. Newport Folk Festival celebrates 55th anniversary 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Some were inspired to think about the nature of the instruments they played, and for banjo players in particular, he was a role model and a master teacher. ‘Loud, Strong, Committed, and Always in Search of America’ 2014-01-29T23:32:51Z But getting the banjo back on television in some form was crucial to the prize, Mr. Martin said. Steve Martin’s Prize for Bluegrass Goes to Jens Kruger 2013-09-11T17:14:32Z Essentially an American civil war re-enactment society with banjos, it seems bizarre that the Decemberists' last album went to No 1 in the US. This week's new singles 2011-03-26T00:07:05Z He also was hospitalized late last year, but seemed in good health during a few appearances with his sons in 2010 and 2011, though he had given up the banjo for the guitar by then. Bluegrass pioneer Earl Scruggs dies at age 88 2012-03-29T12:12:14Z She plays cello, and for one song, a banjo. Cuddly ‘Monster Songs’ from married musicians at Fringe For years, the foot-stomping banjo and fiddle song “Wagon Wheel” was popular on the live circuits. Darius Rucker’s “Wagon Wheel” keeps rolling 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Perhaps the most complicated I ever mechanised was the Indian banjo, a long box with two sets of strings, some for melody, some for a drone. Pierre Bastien: the man who makes Meccano sing 2010-10-18T22:13:00Z “My dad was a banjo player,” Davies said. Ray Davies on 50 Years of ‘Lola’ 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Sebastian Schwab’s reduction for an eclectic variety of instruments — including banjo, violin, saxophone, vibraphone and, briefly, steel guitar — was skillful, even if the opulence of Abraham’s original orchestrations was lost. Wagner in the Parking Lot as Opera Returns to Germany 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z To the left of them, Black people play a guitar, harmonica and banjo for dancing white men and women. Students’ Calls to Remove a Mural Were Answered. Now Comes a Lawsuit. 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Both musicians, scholarly and tricksterish, are in their early 20s and from Southern California; both work in old-time music — Appalachian and Cajun and blues — playing guitar, banjo and fiddle. Music Review: Frank Fairfield and Blind Boy Paxton at Jalopy 2010-07-21T22:41:00Z Switching between playing a replica of an 1858 minstrel banjo and a fiddle, Ms. Giddens filled the room with her soaring soprano. Rhiannon Giddens Celebrates ‘Freedom Highway’ in the Big House 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Their common language of casual virtuosity — on fiddle, mandolin, banjo and guitar — found traction in a repertory suitable for the Grand Ole Opry. Review: Ry Cooder, Ricky Skaggs and the Whites, a Roots-Music Celebration 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z On the Internet, actor and accomplished banjo player Steve Martin called Scruggs, with whom he collaborated in 2001 on "Earl Scruggs and Friends," "the most important banjo player who ever lived." Bluegrass pioneer Earl Scruggs dies at age 88 2012-03-29T12:12:14Z Mr. Johnson said he and Mr. Martin met about five years ago through the International Bluegrass Music Awards, "and we just became banjo buds." ArtsBeat: Steve Martin Awards Third Annual Bluegrass Prize 2012-09-20T12:55:20Z The Daily Telegraph of London called Mr. McKenna “a dazzling instrumentalist” whose playing “invariably lifted the roof at concerts,” and who “inspired a new generation of banjo players in Ireland.” Barney McKenna, Banjo Player in the Dubliners, Dies at 72 2012-04-09T23:01:58Z Like McCartney on “FourFiveSeconds,” Wonder and West contribute only instrumentals to the track, with Wonder on harmonica and Urban on guitar and, presumably, banjo. Jason Derulo Gets a Hand From Stevie Wonder and Keith Urban on 'Broke' 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z They also like the sound of those banjos and acoustic guitars, but they’re not purist anymore. The Year in Pop: Viral Stardom and Martial Dance Music 2012-12-28T17:07:10Z A huge American flag adorned the center of the stage, in front of which sat around 15 to 20 banjo players. Built on Steel, Pittsburgh Now Thrives on Culture 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z "Yes, I bestowed on them the gift of a solo banjo album," he laughs. Ready to be heard 2012-02-12T00:05:15Z In 1996, Mr. Vestal was named the International Bluegrass Music Association’s banjo player of the year. Scott Vestal Wins Steve Martin Banjo Prize 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z Among his talents for creating comedy, writing literature and playing the banjo, Steve Martin also possesses an eye for art. ArtsBeat: Forged Painting Was Once in Collection of Steve Martin, German Police Say 2011-05-31T15:24:54Z His remarkable solo set included excerpts from a banjo concerto "that I just wrote" and a thoughtful, then a rapid-fire progressive bluegrass workout in honour of his early banjo hero Earl Scruggs. Oumou Sangaré and Bela Fleck – review 2012-07-19T17:00:01Z “My family was like a family band. We sang and harmonized, and Dad played banjo. We were playing mostly gospel, bluegrass, and old-style country.” Lonnie Mack, Singer and Guitarist Who Pioneered Blues-Rock, Dies at 74 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Even if you don’t seek them out, you encounter them at the park, in outdoor trios and roaming banjo players like Parker Collins, a 15-year-old with a deep Southern twang and a virtuosic pluck. Christmas at Dollywood, With Streetmosphere and a Chicken Lady 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Buck adds texture with mandolin and banjo, but his guitar rhythms don't quite fit. Tired Pony 2010-07-18T21:01:00Z His mother, the former Lucy Rakes, taught him to play the banjo in the claw-hammer, or two-finger, style of the day. Ralph Stanley, Whose Mountain Music Gave Rise to Bluegrass, Dies at 89 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z They also make banjos, mandolins and dobros, as well as pianos under the Baldwin name and less expensive guitars under the Epiphone brand. ArtsBeat Blog: Famed Guitar Maker Raided by Federal Agents 2011-08-31T16:52:11Z But he also helped shape the “high, lonesome sound” of Bill Monroe, often called the father of bluegrass, and pioneered the modern banjo sound. Earl Scruggs, Bluegrass Banjo Player, Dies at 88; 2012-03-29T05:13:11Z After a year he got out and bought a banjo. He Won’t Stop Taking Pictures Until He’s Partying on the Other Side 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z It's about time America made its own Mumford & Sons, that banjo business being nicked from them in the first place, after all. Foxygen, Bastille, Misty Miller: this week's new tracks 2013-06-01T05:00:00Z “This Is What You Did” tops her banjo with startling interjections: a hopscotching electric guitar, trilling and discursive saxophones, aggressive bits of drumming, vocal harmonies. Kanye West Dips a Toe in the Moment, and 10 More New Songs 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z A Grammy is the easiest, he said, simply because there are more available categories: “You could be the best banjo player in Latin America.” On the Origin of EGOTs 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z He first displayed his banjo skills on "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" with Earl Scruggs. Steve Martin writes, plays on 2nd bluegrass album 2011-01-06T13:08:12Z Mumford & Sons’ new single, “Lover of the Light,” may well be on the way to the Top 20 despite the presence of a banjo. The Lumineers’ Strange Road to the Top 10 2013-02-06T13:01:48Z Their hometown is recognised in dashes of country colour – the weeping pedal steel on both Roxy and Wolfie, the banjo on the glorious ballad As the Crow Flies – added since their last album, Chateau Revenge. The Silver Seas: Alaska – review 2013-07-04T19:30:01Z The score — incorporating banjo, guitar, drums, accordion and a synthesizer — begins with a war march before shooting into different genres, from bluegrass to ’80s synth pop and garage rock. ‘Mother Courage’ Review: Selling Her Wares Amid the Havoc of War 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z A Swiss trio, specialising in an unlikely blend of American Cajun, zydeco, blues and rock, they played melodeon, electric guitar, banjo, harmonica, washboard and drums, and mixed easygoing, rough-and-ready punk energy with impressive musicianship. Bellowhead/Mama Rosin – review 2012-11-08T12:06:44Z “Love Spent” – the rare disco track to prominently feature a banjo -- addresses the divorce: “Love me like your money … I want you to take me like you took your money.” Album review: Madonna, 'MDNA' 2012-03-24T23:24:00Z His one-man concert, in which he accompanied himself on guitar, banjo and occasionally piano, covered the arc of his career, from his beginnings as a preppy prodigy to the present. Review: Loudon Wainwright III Offers Tart Folk-Song Sentiments at Appel Room 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Sarah Jarosz, sharing the bill, plays banjo, mandolin and guitar, among other instruments; she is building her own intelligent, and sometimes spooky, acoustic Americana. Pop Picks for New Year’s Eve in New York 2013-12-26T23:11:43Z "It's like our own little piece of Louisiana in the mountains" says guitar and banjo player Robin Girod. Mama Rosin: Some like it hot 2011-01-06T22:29:00Z "I can't possibly express how excited I am tonight because the Botox is fresh," joked Martin, 68, best known for his offbeat comedy, banjo playing and films like "The Jerk." Angelina Jolie receives humanitarian award from Academy 2013-11-17T09:49:44Z Playing guitar and banjo, her voice small and silvery, she sings them straight, no messing. Kacey Musgraves – review 2013-04-16T16:26:58Z And I’m going to tell all my friends how much hearing an actual banjo as opposed to a synthesizer moved me.” The Year in Pop: Viral Stardom and Martial Dance Music 2012-12-28T17:07:10Z But he is taking the opportunity to shine light on another New Orleanian, too: the banjo player, guitarist and vocalist Don Vappie. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z This banjo/octave mandolin/guitar/piano-playing songbird is being hailed the next Patty Griffin. Best New Southern Musicians 2011-01-27T21:20:03.957Z Mr. Stanley sang high tenor and played banjo in the group. Ralph Stanley, Whose Mountain Music Gave Rise to Bluegrass, Dies at 89 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Director Anthony Page cast him in Absolution alongside Richard Burton "because he wanted a hippy who could play a banjo and ride a motorbike". Connolly's work marked with Bafta 2012-12-11T07:02:41Z “That wouldn’t happen to be a banjo by some remote chance, would it?” she inquires. Review | What happened to the film career of Preston Sturges? His son investigates. 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Otis Taylor – Five Hundred Roses I suspect this was to my own ears only, but I perceived a Middle Eastern tinge to this piece of banjo blues, one I found quite intriguing. Readers recommend: Songs about the weekend 2010-06-10T23:01:00Z At the Mercury Lounge, the Latin Alternative Music Conference presented the first United States performance by the Mexican band Furland, which may well be the only Latin alternative band to include a banjo. Music Review: Latin Alternative Music Conference: Politics and Hybrids 2010-07-08T22:15:00Z The McReynolds brothers sometimes incorporated electric and steel guitar into their performances in lieu of bluegrass’s customary banjo and fiddle. Jesse McReynolds, Lead Singer in Long-Running Bluegrass Duo, Dies at 93 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Blitzen Trapper This Portland, Ore., indie band has always had use for throwback rock rusticity, along with its various trappings: harmonicas, banjos, rickety pianos, Dylanesque vocals. Playlist: A Confection of Pop, and Newport Chops 2011-08-20T19:45:06Z Now he mostly stayed at home, fixing things, taking intermittent construction gigs, and picking a banjo from time to time. The Discovery of Roscoe Holcomb and the “High Lonesome Sound” 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Neither image suits Ms. Spiegel, who grew up playing banjo music and singing folk songs in three-part harmony with her sisters in rural Illinois. Rediscovering the Electronic Music Godmothers 2012-11-25T00:50:05Z I feel like playing the old banjo, I feel like playing some religious songs. The Discovery of Roscoe Holcomb and the “High Lonesome Sound” 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Last year Washburn acquired a cello banjo: a rare, low-pitched instrument originally manufactured in the early 20th century during the short-lived craze for banjo orchestras. Abigail Washburn: fingerpicking good bluegrass with Chinese flavouring 2011-01-20T23:08:01Z Martin, the comedian, broke new ground in the 1970s when he turned a zany stand-up act with a banjo and popular appearances on television's "Saturday Night Live" into a Hollywood career. Steve Martin novel probes New York art world 2010-11-24T13:35:00Z “Part of our thing is, we’re the representative from the audience that gets up on stage and says: ‘Have you noticed how fish never play banjos?’ Eddie Izzard in Cannes: 'I wasn’t channelling cat, per se' 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Actually, the banjo is present, it’s just not significant. How Steve Martin and Edie Brickell Forged a Partnership 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z A soggy day on concrete watching four men in waistcoats with banjos? The Olympic Park: how London's newest outdoor gig venue shaped up 2013-07-02T13:17:43Z Armed with a 12-string guitar and banjo, she sang bold and brokenhearted renditions of blues, pop and traditional folk songs she’d learned as a child, transporting them to an untidy and irreplicable emotional plane. The many mysteries of folk singer Karen Dalton, revealed 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Their acoustic lineup included banjo, fiddle, mandolin and brass, and they dressed like a country outfit. Krystle Warren – review 2012-05-23T16:20:07Z Something seems inevitable about the recent partnership of innovative string quartet Brooklyn Rider and pioneering banjo master Béla Fleck. Béla Fleck and Brooklyn Rider join for Seattle concert Feb. 4 2014-01-30T20:25:30Z In 1975, I saw them at the Beacon Theater and I wouldn’t have gone on to try to play the banjo the way I play. Chick Corea, the Master Mixer of Jazz’s Past and Future 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z The album cover shows her looking fashionable, with elegantly coifed dreadlocks, and she was just as stylish onstage, even as she wielded a banjo. Music Review: Valerie June at the Highline Ballroom 2013-12-31T19:30:43Z Expect book signings, games, baby movement classes and live banjo tunes. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z If Holcomb wanted to play banjo in church, which he did, he had to find a more permissive congregation, which he did. The Discovery of Roscoe Holcomb and the “High Lonesome Sound” 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z This is a gleeful evening of banjos and ukuleles, ventriloquist dummies and cheap smoke effects. Dr Faustus 2010-06-21T20:16:00Z More often, though, he’s part of the lean, live-sounding band; he adds banjo, ukulele and guitar, and nudges the arrangements toward ragtime or a Caribbean lilt. For New Holiday Albums, It Takes All Kinds 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z It’s Jarosz’s first album of original material and she not only sings but plays acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, mandolin and the seductively twangy octave mandolin. Sarah Jarosz: from bluegrass jams to the Neptune 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z We heard a virtuoso performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations II by pianist Bruce Murray, followed by innovative interpretations of pieces written for cello, played on acoustic guitar and a specially made cello banjo. In the Shenandoah Valley, Blackburn Inn gives new life to a site with a dark past 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z They do so using guitars, banjo and Brazilian percussion, and their mostly upbeat, melodic songs include simple, rousing singalong pieces such as Empeche-Moi and Mon Ouragan. Moussu T e lei Jovents: Putan de Can?on 2010-09-16T22:15:00Z A cheerful warrior, he typically delivered his broadsides with an affable air and his banjo strapped on. Folk singer, activist Pete Seeger dies in NY 2014-01-28T07:32:53Z Occasionally, they would reimagine a piece by Bach for a banjo or some other nontraditional instrument. At the Bauhaus, Music Was More Than a Hobby 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z “The banjo was huge in New York in the late 1800s,” Mr. Fleck explained. | Westchester: The New York Banjo Summit Is at Tarrytown Music Hall This Week 2013-01-12T02:55:29Z For the next few years, most of his waking hours were spent hunched over his banjo, now upgraded to a top-of-the-line model. Steve Martin gave this banjo prodigy from Northern Virginia a $50,000 prize 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z The crowd favorite “Long-Haired Hare” begins with Bugs playing the banjo and singing outside the house of the famous tenor Giovanni Jones, whose “Largo al factotum” turns into “Rainy Night in Rio.” Wuvwy Music 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z You don’t usually hear much banjo during a club set of electronic dance music. Music Review: Emancipator Plays at Highline Ballroom 2012-02-03T23:23:15Z Before long he bought a banjo and began learning bluegrass picking by slowing down 78-r.p.m. records featuring Earl Scruggs, essentially the king of bluegrass banjo. Roger Sprung, Banjo Virtuoso of N.Y.C. Folk Scene, Dies at 92 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z The banjo lick from Deliverance backed many introductory conversations when I said where I was from. Talking right: I lost my Appalachian accent to fit in. Now I want it back 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z He invented a style that now probably 75 percent of the people that play the banjo in the world play Scruggs-style banjo. Bluegrass pioneer Earl Scruggs dies at age 88 2012-03-29T12:12:14Z Critics would call him the Segovia of the five-string banjo, the Paganini of bluegrass. 2012 review: notable deaths in music 2012-12-24T09:00:08Z The multimedia “Common Threads” reveals intersections of artist, instrument, style and place and also allows users to throw their own “pickin’ party,” jamming on virtual mandolins, banjos, guitars and other bluegrass instruments. In Transit Blog: In North Carolina, an Earl Scruggs Museum 2014-01-02T18:43:25Z As Fey explained, “Steve Martin was always like, ‘Mind if I play the banjo?’ ‘S.N.L.’ Jokes About the Midterms, and Pete Davidson Pokes Fun at Himself 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z And the duo Emma’s Revolution offered a fervent, heartfelt tribute, inviting the audience to share the chorus: “Hear the banjo ring/ Hear the people sing/ Hope changes everything/ Sing, people, sing.” Musicians Join in a Seeger Tribute at Lincoln Center 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Instead, for over two hours Rawlings and Welch entertained the crowd with just voice, banjo and guitar. Gillian Welch ? simple, spare, stunning 2011-07-14T21:09:04Z He said Mr. Conlon once showed him a photograph on his phone of a “black banjo guy with overalls and a hat and a straw in his mouth.” A Top Chicago Restaurant Messaged Its Virtue. Then Workers Spoke Up. 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Then she moved decisively into the pop mainstream, trading banjo for synthesizers. Taylor Swift Illuminates ‘Folklore’ in a Stripped-Down Studio Concert 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z Bluegrass banjo jams, Native American singer-songwriters and touring artists such as Leon Redbone share rooms with calm, appreciative audiences at this all-things-acoustic haven. Top 10 music venues in Denver, Colorado 2013-07-19T23:10:00Z And though we think of bluegrass and the banjo as being born together, bluegrass didn’t evolve until the mid-1940s. The Banjo-ification of Pop: Why the Instrument Is Everywhere 2013-04-05T09:45:05Z His string-bending and lead runs became known worldwide as "the Scruggs picking style" and the versatility it allowed has helped popularize the banjo in almost every genre of music. Bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs dies at age 88 2012-03-29T00:37:20Z And it was through Pete Seeger’s book” — “How to Play the 5-String Banjo” — “that I got into playing the five-string banjo.” | Westchester: The New York Banjo Summit Is at Tarrytown Music Hall This Week 2013-01-12T02:55:29Z “For me, personally, getting to spend a few moments watching Bela Fleck play banjo backstage makes it all worthwhile for me,” he says. moe. again kicks off summer concert season 2012-05-24T16:22:00Z On “The Hardest Part,” her debut album, she draws pedal steel, banjo, fiddle and harmonica from a robust country tool kit on songs that foreground her struggles with addiction and noxious romance. 75 Pop and Jazz Albums, Shows and Festivals Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z And I’d say, ‘Looking for banjo players, you know any banjo players?’ The Discovery of Roscoe Holcomb and the “High Lonesome Sound” 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z His brother makes banjo eyes at the camera and then engages in mock fisticuffs with Mr. Eisner’s brother-in-law. ‘Letter to Afar’: Pre-Holocaust Home Movies from Poland 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z North Carolina, where "Bright Star" is set, may be culturally distant from New York, but a band with a banjo and a fiddle is pretty hard for even the most urban audience to resist. 'Bright Star' wears its old-fashioned heart on its gingham sleeve 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z He heard the five-string banjo, which would become his main instrument, when his father took him to a square-dance festival in North Carolina. Pete Seeger, Songwriter and Champion of Folk Music, Dies at 94 2014-01-28T06:32:10Z The Maldives, whose music recalls country-inspired rock groups of the 1970s complete with banjos and multiple guitars, will share the stage for some of each evening with The Moondoggies to sing Christmas tunes. Preview: The Maldives and The Moondoggies are back for ‘Family Christmas’ at Tractor 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Even here there is a music exhibit, with a dulcimer and a banjo, and records cut by local musicians in the 1920s. On Virginia?s Crooked Road, Music Lights the Way 2011-05-20T19:29:44Z In the United States, “folk music” has often been reduced to a lily-white realm despite foundational contributions by people of color in the blues, banjo music, zydeco and jug bands, to name just a few. How to Handle the Hate in America’s Musical Heritage 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z “On my tombstone,” he added, “I want the inscription banjo driver.” Mick Moloney, Musician and Champion of Irish Culture, Dies at 77 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z "When you get to Asheville," singer Edie Brickell intones after a beguiling banjo introduction by Steve Martin, "please send me an email." Review: Martin's banjo melds well with Brickell 2013-04-22T13:25:09Z Now a banjo might seem too obvious a choice for the musical underlining of the thoughts of a Southern writer adrift in the North. Theater Review: ‘February House,’ at the Public Theater 2012-05-23T02:00:01Z Around that time, his mother bought a banjo for Mr. Stanley. Ralph Stanley, bluegrass master, dies at 89 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z "So you could have a business idea to teach budgies to play banjo," says McGinley, "and that was fine." Teenage Fanclub: growing old peacefully 2010-07-08T22:10:00Z Martin said in a recent interview that he "hadn't been on stage live in front of people in a long, long time, except for this," gesturing toward the banjo in his hand. Playing banjo eased Oscar stress for Steve Martin 2010-03-26T10:27:00Z “No one will ever play the banjo like Earl,” Daniels said. Earl Scruggs Remembered for Banjo Excellence 2012-04-01T22:16:12Z In terms of your songwriting process, Steve, when you put down the banjo part, are you writing the song about a particular topic? How Steve Martin and Edie Brickell Forged a Partnership 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Despite the dismissal of his peers, Furtado stayed faithful to the secondhand banjo he’d inherited from his sister Teresa when he was 9. Steve Martin gave this banjo prodigy from Northern Virginia a $50,000 prize 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z For most of its history, the banjo was associated with popular music. The Banjo-ification of Pop: Why the Instrument Is Everywhere 2013-04-05T09:45:05Z Steve Martin, of all people, plays banjo on the stylistically restless “I Hate Love,” while Sheila E. provides percussion on the breezy finale “That’s Right.” Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Chemistry’ Draws on Familiar Formulas 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Throw in a tasteful amount of Mellotron, ukulele, banjo and bass and "Glad Rag Doll" rocks. Review: Diana Krall delivers timeless tunes 2012-10-01T16:57:13Z "They say that God makes problems/ Just to see what you can stand," they sing in "Pitseleh" as a banjo traces a gentle counter-melody. Essential tracks: Deerhoof, an Elliott Smith tribute and Moon Duo 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z When banjo and bansuri share a melody in unison, the eerie timbre is an acoustic discovery. Foo Fighters Begin a New Chapter, and 8 More New Songs 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z He later took up banjo and ukulele and played in local pop combos when he was in high school. Jerry Jeff Walker, Who Wrote and Sang ‘Mr. Bojangles,’ Dies at 78 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z The banjo is gone and electric guitars reign, as announced in the album’s first moments with the keening, distorted solo that opens “Tompkins Square Park.” Review: Mumford & Sons Lose the Twang in ‘Wilder Mind’ 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z He took his banjo to the House Un-American Activities Committee, and said, ‘Would you like to hear some of these songs you think are Un-American?’ and they refused. ‘Loud, Strong, Committed, and Always in Search of America’ 2014-01-29T23:32:51Z Perkinson’s music evoked centuries of Black American music, between lavish pizzicato sections which called to mind the connections between the American banjo and West African plucked string instruments and bluesy slides from note to note. Review: In ‘Difficult Grace,’ a Cellist Moves Beyond Classical Confines 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z A pioneering banjo player who helped create modern country music, his sound is instantly recognizable and as intrinsically wrapped in the tapestry of the genre as Johnny Cash's baritone or Hank Williams' heartbreak. Bluegrass pioneer Earl Scruggs dies at age 88 2012-03-29T12:12:14Z Like Urban, The Band Perry use banjos and other string instruments to create a down-to-earth foundation on songs like the No. 1 country hit "Better Dig Two." Review: The Band Perry delivers fresh 2nd album 2013-04-01T14:33:13Z A collaboration with Mr. Orbit, “Love Spent,” starts with the unexpected — minor-key banjo picking — before it marches toward mournful accusations: “If I was your treasury/ You’d have found the time to treasure me.” Critic?s Notebook: ?MDNA,? Madonna?s 12th Studio Album 2012-03-26T18:12:55Z A Gathering of Banjo Masters When Béla Fleck was growing up and walking the streets of New York City with his banjo in tow, he found that his instrument was often a magnet for derision. | Westchester: The New York Banjo Summit Is at Tarrytown Music Hall This Week 2013-01-12T02:55:29Z She appreciated hearing the banjo and learning that it was invented by enslaved Africans. Different ways to show paintings, photos to blind people 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z But for all the banjo picking on the album, Cam isn’t pledged to traditionalism. Review: Cam, on ‘Untamed,’ Mingles Roots and Radio Appeal 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z She carried the banjo with her and no sooner fingered her first chord than she found she had also written her first song. Abigail Washburn: fingerpicking good bluegrass with Chinese flavouring 2011-01-20T23:08:01Z It became an obsession, one that delighted him and made him dance and play air sax, air guitar and air banjo in his basement. Joe Bussard, Obsessive Collector of Rare Records, Dies at 86 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Jason is also joined by the documentary-maker and banjo player Josh Fox, whose new film GasLand exposes the ecological and social damage caused by the mining of gas shale reserves across the US. Film Weekly gets twinkle-toed with Mila Kunis - podcast 2011-01-20T10:37:00Z “Singularity” calls bluegrass to mind with its acoustic guitars, banjo and violin—until Mr. Dely’s trumpet enters briefly and, as if re-energized, the voices soar. ‘Extralife’ by Darlingside Review: Folk Meets A Cappella 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z If Mumford & Sons have proved anything, it’s that banjos will never go out of style. Mumford & Sons to open for U2 at CenturyLink Field 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z Without audio, she said, “I wouldn’t have been able to tell the difference between a guitar and a banjo. … Whereas if it were only the sound, it wouldn’t be the full picture, either.” Different ways to show paintings, photos to blind people 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z It would also appear that their coffins came furnished with a great assortment of musical instruments, including fiddles, guitars, banjos, tambourines and harmonicas. Review: What the Singing Dead Remember in ‘Spoon River’ 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Ashley put together a group of top local musicians that included Mr. Watson on banjo and guitar. Doc Watson, Folk Musician, Dies at 89 2012-05-30T00:33:31Z There will be crying fiddles, barking banjos and a clutch of voices higher and more lonesome than Mount Everest. July 11 ? 17 2010-07-09T22:44:00Z Readers also ranked the cities for their music scenes—whether that means indie rockers in crowded bars, symphonies in state-of-the-art concert halls or renowned banjo bands that still play the local Elks Lodge. These Are America's Best Music Scenes 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Then in comes the banjo, plucked with steel finger picks, followed by the autoharp, the mandolin, the percussive beat of an upright bass. On Virginia?s Crooked Road, Music Lights the Way 2011-05-20T19:29:44Z On the track, he does some role-playing, harnessing an imaginative understanding of a cowboy’s sorrows and using a simple, twangy banjo sampled from an old Nine Inch Nails song. “Old Town Road” and the Overdue Death of Genre 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Banjo experts predict that this craze may be different from banjo crazes of the past. The Banjo-ification of Pop: Why the Instrument Is Everywhere 2013-04-05T09:45:05Z On “Obadiah” you hear direct echoes from those earlier records: strong and easy four-four grooves, small string arrangements, and little drop-ins of organ, harmonica and banjo. Critics? Choice: New CDs From Rick Ross, Marc Cohn, Frazey Ford 2010-07-18T21:21:00Z This time around, the 92-year-old Seeger was carried along by two canes, not the sound of his banjo. Pete Seeger enters 9th decade as an activist 2011-10-24T14:42:08Z “Their music isn’t aimed at any traditional banjo audience. We’re seeing a whole new audience. And I don’t believe that will end any time soon.” COUNTRY TIMES: Banjo is cool again 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z The breakthrough moment for one of the fastest growing bands in Latin America came thanks to an unlikely instrument: a stolen banjo. How the Colombian Band Morat Is Winning Over a Global Audience 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z "I bought a banjo, and I didn't like the dots on the neck," Watts said. How Rolling Stones' Charlie Watts infused one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands with a little jazz 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z "Every time I listen to one of his records," Mr. Martin said of Mr. Johnson, "I think, wow, this is the sound of the banjo that made me fall in love with it." ArtsBeat: Steve Martin Awards Third Annual Bluegrass Prize 2012-09-20T12:55:20Z The bill’s gritty foil to these three performers is the experimental banjo player Gouox. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z In the late 1980s, Mellencamp scored major hits with songs featuring violin, banjo, accordion and dobro — long before Americana became as popular a genre as it is now. “I’m a blue guy in a red state”: John Mellencamp and the search for an American soul 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z The track features some great banjo, fiddle and harmonica playing and I loved his voice. Readers recommend: songs about rabbits – results 2012-08-23T14:39:00Z As “Set Me Free” gathers banjo, gospel choir and a muscular rock band, Ms. Cotton testifies to pain, need, revelation and redemption in a voice that’s as raw as it is indomitable. The Playlist: Cardi B Isn’t Going Anywhere and 9 More New Songs 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z The banjo, or at least its ancestor, journeyed to the New World with West African slaves as early as the 17th century. | Westchester: The New York Banjo Summit Is at Tarrytown Music Hall This Week 2013-01-12T02:55:29Z The group’s vocal repertoire, accompanied by Seeger’s banjo and Hellerman’s guitar, mixed folk, political and commercial influences. Music With Messages 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Mr. Martin started playing banjo at 17 and a few years ago took up with the Steep Canyon Rangers, a bluegrass band he continues to tour with. Music Match: If You Like Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Try Their Music as a Duet 2013-05-22T20:01:30Z His innovative use of three fingers rather than the claw-hammer style elevated the five-string banjo from a part of the rhythm section — or a comedian’s prop — to a lead or solo instrument. Earl Scruggs, Bluegrass Banjo Player, Dies at 88; 2012-03-29T05:13:11Z There's 17- or 18-year-old kids turning on today's country music and hearing that banjo and they have no idea where that came from. Bluegrass pioneer Earl Scruggs dies at age 88 2012-03-29T12:12:14Z In “Big Country,” at least, the orchestra was clearly assigned a secondary role, allowing Mr. Fleck’s banjo to run free. Béla Fleck Joins the Knights at Pace University Show 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z This was about as true of the indie-rock bands as it was of the troubadours and banjo pickers who more directly embody the festival’s legacy. Critic’s Notebook: Newport Folk Festival, With Arlo Guthrie and Jackson Browne 2012-07-30T22:02:03Z She gives him a banjo because everyone should be able to make some music. A Movie Date With My Younger Self 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z More companies are hiring more musicians to make the scores sound good, and music director Jake Null’s 11 instrumentalists are fairly reliable at delivering this show’s vaudeville colors, including the jaunty banjo and laughing horns. Review | ‘Chicago’ finds legroom at Keegan Theatre 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z “Banjos. Crazy younger brothers. Crazy younger brothers who play banjos.” Two Generations on View in Essays by Martin Amis and Zadie Smith 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z He played trumpet in the school jazz band, switched from banjo to guitar, and began studying indie rockers, especially Pavement, Beck, Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr. Kurt Vile, Indie Rock’s Charming Riddle 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z That’s when I got the itch to buy a banjo and start learning old-time Appalachian music.” ‘Banj-O-Rama’ brings a global twang to Town Hall Seattle 2013-03-20T22:32:32Z The sublime “Coo Coo Bird,” by the banjo player and singer Clarence Ashley. Boxed Sets of CDs and DVDs for 2012; Critics’ Picks 2012-11-22T21:24:13Z This year, series curator Brian Faker decided to switch the focus to the banjo. ‘Banj-O-Rama’ brings a global twang to Town Hall Seattle 2013-03-20T22:32:32Z He began his music career in the mid-1950s playing banjo and clarinet while researching the history of New Orleans jazz. Samuel Charters, influential blues historian and record producer, dies 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z He said it's impossible to imagine nearly every guitar player mimicking Jimi Hendrix, but with Scruggs and the banjo, that's the reality. Bluegrass pioneer Earl Scruggs dies at age 88 2012-03-29T12:12:14Z The audience was completely hushed, awaiting each fiddle line or banjo lick, each unexpected harmonic turn, each precise swell of three-part harmony. In Its Own Quiet Way, I’m With Her Is a Supergroup 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Goodnight, Texas fills its songs with masterful banjo picking, and the heartfelt vocals make this a must for anyone who longs for old-time country. Country Times: Songs to make a summer playlist sing 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z “Ken’s Mystery” soon became a horror anthology staple: It neatly employs a banjo and an old ring in the story of a young American who encounters a pallid Irish beauty on Halloween night. ‘Julian Hawthorne: The Life of a Prodigal Son,’ by Gary Scharnhorst It was also the first time that Washburn had collaborated artistically with her partner, banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck, whom she married last year. Abigail Washburn: fingerpicking good bluegrass with Chinese flavouring 2011-01-20T23:08:01Z The guitars sound like banjos and on the chorus they appear to be singing through a comb/tissue combo. New band of the day ? No 753: The Smith Westerns 2010-03-24T14:57:00Z “We thought maybe Hubby should go and buy a gun,” Harley said, referring to Hubby Jenkins, a banjo player in the Carolina Chocolate Drops and a member of the Quiet American. The Gonzo Artists Arrive in Cleveland 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z The banjo, mandolin and steel guitar were right at home in a way that the traditional arrangements wouldn’t have been. Review: There’s a Dark, Golden Haze in This Reclaimed ‘Oklahoma!’ 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Her voice soars over Andrew Lloyd Webber-level pipe organ in one moment, and settles warmly into a combo featuring banjo, flute and percussion in the next. Best Jazz Albums of 2022 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z The album's credits whimsically note, "No banjos were harmed in the making of this record." Béla Fleck, Abigail Washburn combine much more than dueling banjos 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z When the family loads up on junk food at a discount “food auction,” banjo music plays. The Morning After: Honey Boo Boo Don’t Care 2012-08-09T14:36:08Z They channeled Neil Young, My Morning Jacket and The Band, electric guitars ringing as banjo met dark, ascending guitar scales. It's a rock picnic as KEXP Concerts at the Mural series opens 2011-08-06T17:43:57Z This is the real deal — look out for washboards, kazoos and banjos, and ready your vocal cords for a chorus or two. Things to Do in New York This Weekend: Sharks in Brooklyn? You Better Believe It. 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z His Rags speaks softly and carries a small banjo. Review: ‘Rags Parkland’ Plays the Interplanetary Homesick Blues 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Notable instrumentalists in the group included lead guitarist George Shuffler, whose intricate style of guitar, known as crosspicking, emulated the syncopation of the bluegrass banjo. Ralph Stanley, bluegrass master, dies at 89 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z He was working recently with a team to establish the earliest known recording machine and preparing an article on the 19th-century banjo composer Paul Eno. James Tyler obituary 2010-12-02T18:25:00Z Almost everything I do on the banjo is almost a direct result of listening to Pete. The Byrds' Roger McGuinn on His Special Bond With Pete Seeger 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Some of the credit goes to his excellent backing band, which features the Virginia folk dynamo Nathan Bowles on drums, banjo and organ, as well as the great harpist Mary Lattimore. In Steve Gunn’s music, a city mouse’s tales of wide-open country 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Some of the songs are piano ballads, where the banjo is background if it’s there at all. How Steve Martin and Edie Brickell Forged a Partnership 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z “I’m sure I heard the banjo as a child,” she says, “but I don’t remember it.” ‘Banj-O-Rama’ brings a global twang to Town Hall Seattle 2013-03-20T22:32:32Z Speakers will share stories of rivalries like the one between “Star Trek” and “Star Wars,” and musical guests will perform — you guessed it — dueling banjos. Around Town for Aug. 26-Sept. 1 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Improved recording technology makes these sides pop more like a live performance, especially Ralph’s banjo and voice. Ralph Stanley’s Inimitable Voice 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z As Mr. Martin explained it, the five-string banjo "has basically been played two ways through history." ArtsBeat: Steve Martin Awards Third Annual Bluegrass Prize 2012-09-20T12:55:20Z An exhibition exploring the banjo as a Maryland tradition since the 1740s. At museums this fall: Art and science, civilization and extinction They brought dulcimers and fiddles and later picked up the banjo from former slaves. On Virginia?s Crooked Road, Music Lights the Way 2011-05-20T19:29:44Z A banjo player, singer and political activist, Seeger wrote his own songs but also revived and adapted traditional folk songs and verses and popularized them: songs like “If I Had a Hammer,” ”Turn! Seeger tribute at Newport honors traditional folk 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z They were also the first to record with twin banjos, as well as the first to amplify their instruments with electric pickups. Bobby Osborne, Mandolinist Who Flouted Bluegrass Convention, Dies at 91 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z They play mostly acoustic instruments, with plenty of guitar strumming and banjo picking. 2010-02-15T01:32:00Z The big stage at the Round House Theatre is bare except for a small tent and a cluttered little station where musician Karen Hansen plays instruments like a banjo and trombone. Round House’s ‘Impossible!’: Offering the top grads of clown college 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z “It’s family entertainment — no alcohol, no riffraff,” said Burl Mast, owner, founder and banjo picker. Where the Hills and Hollows Are Alive With Music 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Ms. Werner’s music reminds me of Cherryholmes’ bluegrass — with mandolin, fiddle, banjo, bass and guitar woven together like a carefully crafted quilt. Country Times: Songs to make a summer playlist sing 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z It brings together some of my favourite things – my trike, my banjo and America. Billy Connolly takes to Route 66 for ITV 2010-12-09T11:06:00Z Another Po’ Girl song, “Corner Talk,” drew on conversations with a local sex worker; Russell recast it for her solo album as “All of the Women,” a stark, modal banjo ballad. Allison Russell Faces Her Past in Song 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Ms. McCaslin, who also played banjo and ukulele, was self-taught, and her open tuning — tuning the strings to sound like a specific chord, as Joni Mitchell did — distinguished her guitar playing. Mary McCaslin, Folk Singer Who Lamented the Lost Old West, Dies at 75 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z She woke each morning singing the twang of the banjo. On Virginia?s Crooked Road, Music Lights the Way 2011-05-20T19:29:44Z Gilbert, and it features some spectacularly audacious arrangements of the melodic song stylings of Arthur Sullivan, here vivaciously rendered on everything from guitars to banjos to, memorably, a surprisingly tuneful saw. 'Pirates of Penzance': Wasting away in Gilbert and Sullivanville 2010-12-15T22:44:16Z When Victor Furtado was growing up in the Northern Virginia exurb of Front Royal, he spent his days obsessively practicing his banjo on the porch of his home near the Shenandoah River. Steve Martin gave this banjo prodigy from Northern Virginia a $50,000 prize 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z As a big fan of Irish traditional music, his first instrument was actually a banjo. Paul Muldoon: a life in poetry 2013-03-31T05:59:01Z He was a skilled guitarist who also played clarinet, banjo, mandolin, drums and even bagpipes; he often joined Minutemen onstage, Mr. Watt said, to play his clarinet during the band’s jams between songs. Spot, Record Producer Who Captured the Fury of 1980s Punk, Dies at 71 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Actor-comedian Steve Martin, who is also an acclaimed banjo player, will help remember the late bluegrass pioneer Earl Scruggs, died last week. Chris Young leads youth movement at ACM Awards 2012-04-01T17:31:04Z You might say it’s extreme to curate an art show and then do an hour banjo show, but it’s not that far off-center to me. Steve Martin Adds ‘Curator’ to His Wild and Crazy Résumé 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z “Broke” begins with Mr. Wonder singing “mo’ money, mo’ problems,” after which Mr. Urban slashes a few chords on the banjo. Review: Jason Derulo Glides Across Genres on ‘Everything Is 4’ 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Paul F. Wells a former president of the Society for American Music, wrote in the Black Music Research Journal that slaves were most likely the earliest musicians to combine violin and banjo. Joe Thompson Dies at 93; Fiddler of String Band Legacy 2012-03-02T03:08:25Z A band played drums, horns, and a banjo. A Jazz Funeral for the American Presidency 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z In 1984, the Gibson Guitar factory moved to Nashville after more than a century of making mandolins, banjos, ukuleles and one of the world’s first electric guitars in Kalamazoo. You’re going where? Kalamazoo is tired of your Creedence Clearwater jokes 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z And if this particular fad lasts as long as his initial interest in the banjo did, it may not be long before we’re hearing that telltale twang on a dance-music hit. The Banjo-ification of Pop: Why the Instrument Is Everywhere 2013-04-05T09:45:05Z Its opening banjo and this yellow sun both led to a land “where the children are free.” How Gyo Fujikawa Found Freedom by Making Children’s Books 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z Garcia never abandoned bluegrass or the banjo, and his 1975 bluegrass album "Old and In the Way" was a critical and commercial success. Bluegrass legend puts out album of Grateful Dead music 2010-10-27T00:18:00Z The banjo reappears maybe seven more times, once reverting to the initial phrase, and never for more than a second. New Albums by NRBQ and Oren Ambarchi and Jim O?Rourke 2011-07-18T23:08:35Z On patches of land near their cabins they grew gourds to adapt into banjos, rattles and drums. Antiques: The Everyday Lives of American Slaves 2011-01-06T22:27:39Z In her leisure time, you are as likely to find her playing the banjo or listening to the Carolina Chocolate Drops, the African American string band, as reading a text on tribal sovereignty. Patricia Marroquin Norby Is Bringing a Native Perspective to the Met 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z There were counterpoint flugelhorn melodies and bowed banjos. Neutral Milk Hotel at the Riviera concert review 2014-02-07T06:28:00Z He learned to sing at church, and his mother taught him how to play the banjo, clawhammer-style. Ralph Stanley’s Inimitable Voice 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z The energy in the banjo, and the beef in the bass. Pop: For Mumford & Sons, the Road Is Like Home 2012-09-23T03:03:11Z “It’s a great instrument with myriad possibilities. Then again, people’s preconceptions about the banjo are so limited, it’s easy to shatter them.” Béla Fleck and Brooklyn Rider join for Seattle concert Feb. 4 2014-01-30T20:25:30Z And while it’s clear Martin loves bluegrass and the banjo, his facial expressions -- on display on the Bowl’s big screens -- don’t come close to matching the joyous and spirited songs he is playing. Steve Martin brings banjo and laughs to the Hollywood Bowl 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z It's time to imagine Mumford & Sons without a kick drum and banjo. Mumford & Sons tease new album 'Wilder Mind' 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z While in its early years it was performed to fiddle and banjo, now routines are regularly choreographed to pop and hip-hop. For Two Cloggers, 20 Years to Get in Step and Get Married 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z The additional textures of alto and tenor saxes, sousaphone, banjo and accordion sing out moodily, heightening the tension between jazzy sensuality and serial formality. Lulu; Huw Watkins day – review 2013-02-17T00:06:20Z Miller says Morlot was "very excited to be involved, and strict about using the specific instruments" called for in Ullmann's eclectic orchestration, including banjo, harpsichord, guitar and saxophone. Music of Remembrance to stage Viktor Ullmann's 'Emperor of Atlantis' 2012-11-15T22:28:03Z In this program the inspector is at first disappointed in his nephew’s gift — a banjo — because he can play only three chords on it. Spare Times for Children, for Jan. 25-31 2013-01-24T22:45:09Z Her soft, welcoming voice floats over delicately picked acoustic guitar and an occasional banjo or fiddle, or her own recordings of birds. After 43 Years, Mossy Kilcher’s Folk Songs for Alaska Get a Second Life 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Langhorne’s inventive score braids sitar, banjo, and fiddle into something as lonesome and foreboding as the Southwest itself. Farewell to the Tambourine Man 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z He did once say, 'Why don't you just write it for one banjo player?' Piano legend Martial Solal on jazz, France and Godard 2010-05-20T21:00:00Z Besides an actor and screenwriter, he's a bestselling author, playwright, producer, magician and fierce banjo player. Steve Martin on eve of his AFI award: 'I never had a vision for my career' 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Among the pieces of equipment stolen were eight guitars, an electric organ, an electric piano, numerous musical pedals, drums speakers and microphones, an iPod and a banjo, according to a list released by the band. Lolla band's stolen equipment found 2011-08-16T18:31:00Z The work offers a heady brew of musical influences including Wagner and spirituals; the orchestral score, performed by the Harlem Chamber Players, calls for a banjo alongside more classical instruments. Classical & Opera Listings for June 26-July 2 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The banjo, to her, is “the essence of folk tradition.” ‘Banj-O-Rama’ brings a global twang to Town Hall Seattle 2013-03-20T22:32:32Z Earl took up the banjo and also the guitar. Earl Scruggs, Bluegrass Banjo Player, Dies at 88; 2012-03-29T05:13:11Z Before Ms. Giddens learned to play the banjo, she trained as an opera singer. Rhiannon Giddens Aims at 1800s America in Her Silkroad Plans 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z And it may be the banjo, and it may be acting, and it may be — in the case of my daughter, it’s singing. New president Deborah Rutter is Kennedy Center’s breath of fresh air from Windy City And I saw banjo maestro Riley Baugus, violin and guitar virtuosos the Stuart Brothers, and bassist Sabra Guzmán launch into the lyrics of "Poor Ellen Smith," a ballad about a poor woman's untimely death. Old-time music in a citrus grove: Santa Paula's Deep End Sessions on Sunday 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Chili and cornbread will be part of the audience experience, banjo and mandolin part of the seven-piece band. In This ‘Oklahoma!,’ She Loves Her and He Loves Him 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z “Biscuits” is good, clean fun—lilting banjo arpeggio, stomping kick drum, a rush of “oooh”s in the backup vocals—but, apart from a sly reference to pot, it has been scrubbed of social commentary. Kacey Musgraves, Harper Lee, and the Home-town Dilemma 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z His father was a banjo player and taught him how to play banjo. "Black AF History" author on whitewashing the past: "They have tried every way possible to erase us" 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Much of the music still revolves around her lustrous voice and her acoustic guitar, flanked by cello and banjo. Laura Marling?s British Folk CD ?Creature I Don?t Know? 2011-09-04T04:25:17Z The settings required much instrument swapping by her versatile backup crew, who also played keyboards, recorder, banjo, tambura and more. Joanna Newsom, unconventional in every way 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Bandminton: Replace rackets with instruments: Amateur level: banjo; pro level: clarinet. Style Invitational Week 1448: Hear, hear, it’s Limerixicon XVIII 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z A soft-spoken landscape architect, she plays guitar and banjo and paints semiabstract canvases with titles like “Split Personality” and “Joyous Woman Into Being.” Review: ‘From This Day Forward’ Attests to Love’s Adaptability 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z There’s a fiddle, a guitar, a bodhran, a concertina, maybe a banjo or a flute or a tin whistle. Traditional Irish Music in New York City 2012-03-15T22:06:12Z Or for a show about banjo music in November hosted by Rosanne Cash? Television: From PBS, a Sampler Festival 2011-10-09T03:30:15Z On “Renewal,” his fourth album, the core of the music is an acoustic string band — with fiddle and banjo, no drums — that happily takes an occasional psychedelic detour. 66 Pop and Jazz Albums, Shows and Festivals Coming This Fall 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z I traded in my electric guitar for an acoustic guitar and banjo.” ‘Loud, Strong, Committed, and Always in Search of America’ 2014-01-29T23:32:51Z He was a gifted mandolin picker and was known to strum a banjo, but it was on fiddle that he became a celebrated sideman. Johnny Gimble, Who Fiddled His Way to Fame, Dies at 88 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z She also debuts a recently written murder ballad, her delicate frame dwarfed by the surreal dimensions of the cello banjo. Abigail Washburn: fingerpicking good bluegrass with Chinese flavouring 2011-01-20T23:08:01Z Folk music, particularly collegiate folk, was surging in popularity, and the Highwaymen, as they called themselves, gathered momentum, with robust voices, acoustic guitars, a banjo and other instruments. Dave Fisher of the Highwaymen Dies at 69 2010-05-13T02:43:00Z After that, though the popularity of folk music waxed and waned, the banjo was an instrument of folk and bluegrass. The Banjo-ification of Pop: Why the Instrument Is Everywhere 2013-04-05T09:45:05Z Starzak chips in: "There were little contingency plans at the back of our heads, like people coming out from behind trees with banjos telling you the story." Sheep thrills as Shaun hits cinemas 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Augmented by dulcimer, banjo, organ, and stand-up bass, as well as softly brushed drums, the six-piece unit's low-key fare suffers from vanilla flavoring and exaggerated sentimentality. Dave Matthews Band Caravan music reviews 2011-07-08T05:00:00Z Oyster shucking, old-time clawhammer banjo music and a dance by Chickahominy Indians are among the festival features. In Transit Blog: Calendar: Coming Events in Trinidad and Tobago; Lucas, Ohio; Charlottesville, Va. 2013-08-16T17:01:09Z Great news for anyone who found Interstellar’s quantum physics bookshelf banjo finale a bit wooly. The Martian: Matt Damon gets spaced out in Ridley Scott's isolation thriller 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z You can't be a banjo player in a rock 'n' roll group. The Beatles at 50: The Quarrymen 2012-10-02T21:03:23Z Ralph Stanley, the singer, banjo player and guardian of unvarnished mountain music who was also a pivotal figure in the recent revival of interest in bluegrass, died on Thursday. Ralph Stanley, Whose Mountain Music Gave Rise to Bluegrass, Dies at 89 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Wu’s solo pipa folk song arrangement “Kui: Song of Kazakhstan” trod a very different path, exploiting the pipa’s hoarse blend of mandolin and banjo timbres to create a kind of Asian-inflected, Slavic bluegrass. What true crossover sounds like, East-meets-West edition 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z And Ms. Murdoch said she heard Steve Martin sing and play the banjo after supper. Brooklyn’s David Geffen Comes Home, With Cash to Spare 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z It was driven by banjos, fiddles and pedal steel guitar. It was the Byrds album everyone hated in 1968. Now, ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo’ is a classic. 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Strolling onto the stage in a pork-pie hat, and occasionally playing banjo, guitar and washboard, Mr. Cerveris affected the look but not the attitude of a rambling musician from way, way back. Music Review: Michael Cerveris in American Songbook Series - Review 2012-01-23T22:02:20Z Near the end of their set, the foursome played tennis onstage — using a racket at times and a guitar and banjo at others. Mumford & Sons Perform at Forest Hills Reopening 2013-08-29T19:00:53Z I already had a banjo at that time, but of course I wanted to do the three-finger roll. Bluegrass pioneer Earl Scruggs dies at age 88 2012-03-29T12:12:14Z Danny Barnes is a cult hero country punk and banjo virtuoso who fell in with some of our region’s top players after starting a new life on the Olympic Peninsula. Forget Seattle. Rural Washington is ready to rock the Grammys 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Swymmer hits the bongo and Powda shakes the maracas and as Watson introduces the jangling chords of the banjo and Johnny picks at the rumba box the mento sound comes alive. Oldest swingers 2010-07-24T23:05:00Z A pop-bluegrass duo consisting of Nils d’Aulaire on banjo and Jay Klaitz on guitar, the pair play pleasing, jangling songs that grow on you with their exaggerated earnestness and wide-eyed drama. ‘The History of Future Folk’: a goofy, charming space jam 2013-07-11T21:21:09Z I loved the revelatory interplay of banjo and trombone, lending the song some jug-band bathos. Radiohead's Colin Greenwood reviews Guardian covers band Radio Eds 2011-03-31T15:51:18Z It began with a stark banjo riff before she confidently dove into the heat of things. Watch Carrie Underwood's Awesome CMT Performance 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z When the trio of ladies enters singing “Three Little Maids From School,” one of the women is skilfully plucking a banjo. Gilbert and Sullivan with guitars and beach balls 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z I learned some sign language to help me communicate, and I walked across the United States, playing my banjo, and became known as Planetwalker. Experience: I didn’t speak for 17 years 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z But the songs — yearning ballads and square-dance romps rich with fiddle, piano and banjo, beautifully played by a nine-person band — provide a buoyancy that keeps the momentum from stalling. ‘Bright Star’ Is Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s New Show 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Meanwhile she'd started singing with an emerging London band, Noah and the Whale, who went heavy on banjo and tambourine. Laura Marling: 'Americans – they're just a lot more poetic' 2013-04-27T23:04:02Z On the environmentalist side, Fox travels widely to lead anti-fracking rallies, sometimes rousing crowds by playing a banjo, which is also featured in the Gasland soundtrack. Insight: In fracking culture war, celebs, billionaires and banjos 2012-12-24T05:03:19Z Steve Martin, another Hall of Fame member whose banjo prowess was a cornerstone of his early comedy act, has owned a Gibson RB-18 five-string that once belonged to Mr. Sprung. Roger Sprung, Banjo Virtuoso of N.Y.C. Folk Scene, Dies at 92 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Young George played trombone as a boy and was proficient enough on the banjo to play in jazz bands in college and afterward. George Segal, Veteran of Drama and TV Comedy, Is Dead at 87 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z They included Rod Davis, who played the banjo before being replaced by a certain Paul McCartney. The Beatles at 50: The Quarrymen 2012-10-02T21:03:23Z In the antebellum era, enslaved Africans often gathered there to play music and dance, using whatever instruments they had — bamboula drums, horns, bells, banjos — and carrying their cultural traditions forward. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love New Orleans Jazz 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z “I didn’t think the song needed a banjo,” Mr. Stanley said in his memoir. Ralph Stanley, bluegrass master, dies at 89 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z “New Yorkers playing the banjo,” Mr. Fleck said, speaking on the phone from Nashville, “when you think about the whole history, isn’t that weird.” | Westchester: The New York Banjo Summit Is at Tarrytown Music Hall This Week 2013-01-12T02:55:29Z But instead of rubbing her wings, she plucks a banjo. Scientist tunes in to katydids at Smithsonian site in Panamanian rainforest 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z The trio, which will perform as part of Nordic Jazz 2015, has collaborated in this way with a Japanese flautist, a Maryland banjo player and a balafon player from Ghana, among others. ‘The higher things of human life’ 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Taylor's vocal presence is gruff and minimal to a fault, but musical textures that entwine banjo, mandolin and cornet are often arresting, as are cameos such as Sand Creek Massacre Mourning and Girl Friend's House. Otis Taylor: My World is Gone – review 2013-03-03T00:05:22Z As the blockade continued patriotic mums became "moms" and farmers exchanged their ploughs for plows while ukulele players took up the banjo. Need Some Kind of Explanation? 2012-05-30T12:26:46Z You might say that this is because their village fete-iness was only ever an ersatz one, and their brand of folk just indie rock with banjos. Mumford & Sons; Tom Odell – review 2012-12-16T00:06:02Z Ms. Parton appeared on a giant screen over the stage and interacted with the live performers in a well-timed but odd combination of video magic, singing, banjo playing and storytelling. Dollywood: A Little Bit Country, a Little Bit Gay 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z For me, Holcomb is easily the greatest American banjo player to have commercially recorded, possessing, as he did, that ineffable combination of virtuosity and openness. The Discovery of Roscoe Holcomb and the “High Lonesome Sound” 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Having briefly tried both the trumpet and the saxophone, he turned to the banjo, playing with his fellow students in the Vernon City Ramblers. Diz Disley obituary 2010-04-15T17:43:00Z When she sang it, accompanying herself on banjo, the instrument’s dry warmth seemed to carry echoes of the African stringed kora. At GlobalFest, a World of Music, Costumes and Messages 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z The arrangement, featuring banjo, harmonicas and several percussion instruments, evokes lazy 1930s summer afternoons shuffling down a dirt road, fishing rod in hand. Critics? Choice: New CDs: Albums by Brian Wilson, John Mellencamp, Trace Adkins 2010-08-15T23:05:00Z Like so many people, Mac’s taken up new routines, too, like playing the banjo and video chatting with friends over Zoom. Taylor Mac’s Week: Watching Bond Movies on VHS and Discovering the Banjo 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z But then you haven’t heard the banjo music composed by Gabriel Kahane for “February House,” the very literary new musical that opened on Tuesday night at the Public Theater. Theater Review: ‘February House,’ at the Public Theater 2012-05-23T02:00:01Z Her favorite among three art works and a map was Romare Bearden’s collage “Three Folk Musicians,” showing two guitarists and a banjo player. Different ways to show paintings, photos to blind people 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z “Why, if you pick up a banjo, does someone assume it’s a white Appalachian thing? Why does someone assume if you’re Black, you must be doing urban music, whatever that means?” said Russell. Our Native Daughters bring Black women’s voices to forefront 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z His flat-picking style became his signature, and he inspired generations of bluegrass and country artists with his spitfire handling of complex melodies normally reserved for fiddles and banjos. Doc Watson’s Legacy: What You Should Know About the Folk Legend 2012-05-30T14:57:44Z It's as though she believed that switching camps, replacing banjos with dance beats, but also asking to be considered as part of a different peer group, meant she had to flatten out her lyrics too. Creative disruption from Blige to Swift upends music world in 2014 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z With Max Morath and the Original Rag Quartet, he toured the US, recording and playing the tenor and five-string banjo on such vintage television shows as the Bell Telephone Hour and The Dinah Shore Show. James Tyler obituary 2010-12-02T18:25:00Z U.K. quartet Mumford & Sons emerged from London a few years ago with banjos blazing. Album review: Mumford & Sons, 'Babel' 2012-09-28T00:26:00Z Backing is provided by Clark's homemade guitars, along with fiddle and banjo. Guy Clark: My Favorite Picture of You – review 2013-07-25T21:29:00Z Organisers have had to reschedule performances, too – Mumford & Sons stepping in, bouncer-like, to separate the two artists by playing some banjos between their performances in their own inimitable style. Brit awards 2013: Ten things to look out for 2013-02-19T12:28:00Z A brisk jig picked on a banjo is the core of “This Is What You Did,” a song about being trapped in repetitive behavior set to intricate Minimalist repetition. Kanye West Dips a Toe in the Moment, and 10 More New Songs 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z When the band returned for an encore, it was with acoustic guitars, a banjo, and a dobro, a steel-bodied instrument associated with Delta blues. Wilco’s Music for Adulthood 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z This time around, Seeger was carried along by two canes, not the sound of his banjo. Pete Seeger enters 9th decade as an activist 2011-10-24T09:16:03Z “He said, ‘If you want a hit record, you have to get a banjo on it.’ Ray Davies on 50 Years of ‘Lola’ 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z As does Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer, who sets hip-hop and dance classics to a banjo and an upper-crust accent. Sideshow ? review 2011-01-27T22:45:02Z The best song, by far, was the exquisite and delicate Djorolen, for which she was backed only by Fleck's thoughtful and delicate banjo work and by muted hand percussion. Oumou Sangaré and Bela Fleck – review 2012-07-19T17:00:01Z This led to some poorly drawn connections: A love of Mumford & Sons led to a menu of bands with banjo players. SXSW: Curators bring human element to digital music platforms 2014-03-12T19:43:00Z Pittsburgh is holding a contest to select an African American woman to honor after removing a monument to songwriter Stephen Foster that featured a barefoot black banjo player at his knee. ‘You can’t just gloss over this history’: The movement to honor Ida B. Wells gains momentum 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z For besides singing in a dazzling mix of musical genres in a dazzling array of styles, Giddens is a premiere fiddler and banjo player. Rhiannon Giddens: Musical Melting Pot Wows America 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Along similar lines, “Peaceful Morning” juxtaposes a banjo and acoustic bass with a raft of vocal harmonies evocative of Vampire Weekend. Review: Hamilton Leithauser and Rostam Evoke Dreams and Ghosts 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z She took up the banjo, another symbol of hillbilly whiteness that actually has Black and African roots. With Her First Opera, Rhiannon Giddens Returns to Her Roots 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Martin — a comedian, actor, writer, producer and Grammy Award-winning bluegrass banjo player — is one of the entertainment world’s most overachieving multi-hyphenates. They Are Also 2 Wild and Crazy Guys 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Ron Stewart, his bandmate, is the only person to be honored by the organization for his skills on both banjo and fiddle. Where the Hills and Hollows Are Alive With Music 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Fleck tops the bill at the New York Banjo Summit, a concert tour featuring half a dozen banjo virtuosos born or based in New York State. | Westchester: The New York Banjo Summit Is at Tarrytown Music Hall This Week 2013-01-12T02:55:29Z “I said, I need whittling lessons, I need riding lessons, I need banjo lessons, I need dude camp,” he recounted. Benedict Cumberbatch and the Monsters Among Us 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Country sweetheart Taylor Swift, sporting a banjo, won a standing ovation after taking on critics of her off-key vocal stylings in her new single "Mean," a tune that labels her detractors as "pathetic." Miranda Lambert wins three prizes at country awards 2011-04-04T01:45:01Z “The orchestra becomes a banjo, and that’s the most radical move.” With Her First Opera, Rhiannon Giddens Returns to Her Roots 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z The initial delight was over the hopelessly amateurish cover versions of pop classics such as Every Breath You Take and I Should Be So Lucky, delivered with clanking banjos and misfiring portable keyboards. I can't believe Frank's gone 2010-06-22T08:45:00Z "We get accused of inauthenticity because we play the instruments we play," says Marshall, whose furious banjo work probably prompts the most carping. How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world 2012-11-15T16:50:01Z He is constantly present in the film, taking on a kind of minstrel’s or bard’s role that’s emphasized by shots of him strumming a banjo in the woods near his Pennsylvania home. Television Review: Josh Fox’s ‘Gasland Part II’ Is to Be Shown on HBO 2013-07-05T21:36:12Z Near the end of their “Babel” tour, Marshall traded his banjo for an electric guitar at sound checks. Mumford & Sons to open for U2 at CenturyLink Field 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z At the back, a glamorous marathon runner juggles drum duties with bashing trashcans and carillon bells and, up front, a woman resembling Britney Spears's mum strums a furious Charleston on the banjo. Katzenjammer – review 2012-05-24T16:48:22Z And while my lower jaw doesn’t approach Giuliani level horror, when I pull down my bottom lip, you can hear the jokes about ominous banjo music being cued. 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