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Evie Laden Band - New CD Available!

Hi All, The new CD from the Evie Ladin Band is available now and it sounds great!.  You can listen to it and order... Read More
From ScottK 19 days ago
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Matt and Tom Turino - Here and Far Away

Hi All, I was browsing CDBaby last week and came across Matt and Tom Turino - Here and Far Away.  Had never heard of them but liked the samples, so I ordered the CD.  I'm really... Read More
From ScottK 11 months ago
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Giving it to the banjo's voice

To my surprise and great enjoyment, the group has provided several notions I never anticipated when I started it. Kevin Holmes' beautiful setting of When Jesus Wept is another example of... Read More
From ramjo 1 year ago
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Making a new normal

Last night I saw the 2009 documentary "Genius Within: the Inner Life of Glenn Gould" and was reminded that his example is probably one of the unconscious inputs behind my idea for this... Read More
From ramjo 1 year ago
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Walt Koken's Vibe

Last April, member SlimChance began this thread on WK: www.banjohangout.org/archive/175747. It contains many insights into what constitutes WK's signature sound. Besides reference to Tom Collins'... Read More
From ramjo 1 year ago
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MP3: L'Orfeo Toccata
Linked by kevinwholmes 1 month ago

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Brahms op. 39 no. 15 in A.mov
Linked by kevinwholmes 3 months ago

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JAMES ALLEY BLUES - played by MARC NERENBERG - Clawhammer banjo blues
Linked by Marc Nerenberg 3 months ago: A great blues by Richard "Rabbit" Brown, first recorded in 1927, here played in a modified clawhammer style.

MP3: Brahms op. 39 no. 15 in A
Linked by kevinwholmes 3 months ago

MP3: When Jesus Wept
Linked by kevinwholmes 3 months ago

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popaw and kane
Linked by jimh269b 5 months ago

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Linked by Marc Nerenberg 6 months ago: Here's a thread on my attempt to play music that sounds like it's from Mali by using Ngoni tuning on the five string banjo.

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Clawhammer Banjo, Ngoni Harp tuning - Marc Nerenberg
Linked by Marc Nerenberg 6 months ago: An experiment in improvising using a tuning based on that of the Ngoni Harp from Mali. The tuning is dDGAC. To me this sort of resembles music from Mali - but someone from Mali may well disagree!

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LITTLE BIRDIE - Marc Nerenberg
Linked by Marc Nerenberg 7 months ago: I'm breaking all the rules here: I'm using a six string banjo, I'm not playing this two finger picking and I'm not using Little Birdie tuning!

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little rock getaway
Linked by jimh269b 7 months ago

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