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October 2013

Requesting support for a banjo exhibit featu… Dear Ning Members, As many of you know, Bob WInans, Pete Ross, and I are preparing a banjo exhibit for the Baltimore Museum of Industry, set to open in February 2014. Here is an update of where thin… Discussion Requesting support for a banjo exhibit featu… 2 Likes

September 2013

Nine O'Clock Bell Jig

video Nine O'Clock Bell Jig 2 Likes Harper's Jig & Kentucky Juba

video Harper's Jig & Kentucky Juba 5 Likes 'Twill Nebber Do To Gib It Up So

video 'Twill Nebber Do To Gib It Up So 4 Likes Emily Oleson's "The Meaning of Buck Dance" a… Dear Friends, For those who came to the last 2 AEBG events, you'll remember Emily Oleson and her husband Matthew Olwell's great contributions as it relates to vernacular dance and the early banjo. If… Discussion Emily Oleson's "The Meaning of Buck Dance" a… 2 Likes 2014 Banjo Exhibit at Baltimore Museum of In… Dear Site Members, I am writing to share information about a banjo exhibit and ancillary programming that we are preparing for the Baltimore Museum of Industry entitled, Making Music: The Banjo in Ba… Discussion 2014 Banjo Exhibit at Baltimore Museum of In… 1 Like "Aymerican Gothic"... huh?

photo "Aymerican Gothic"... huh? 4 Likes

July 2013

Just for fun <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icnmBvpYV98&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icnmBvpYV98&feature=youtu.be</a> Discussion Just for fun 2 Likes

June 2013

Sugar Cane Dance

video Sugar Cane Dance 3 Likes Modern Music

photo Modern Music 2 Likes Joel Hooks

video Joel Hooks 5 Likes Joel Hooks and Andy Chase

video Joel Hooks and Andy Chase 5 Likes John Diamond's Walk Around

video John Diamond's Walk Around 6 Likes European minstrel banjos

photo European minstrel banjos 1 Like Isaac's Jig

video Isaac's Jig 3 Likes

May 2013

Newly Discovered Converse Book Hi all, Bob Winans put a new FBC book on my radar. He remembered that he saw it at the Boston Public Library. A nice phone call to the music department had me talking with the Curator of Music Metro… Discussion Newly Discovered Converse Book 1 Like Funny banjo reference, 1859 Was going through a site I just re-discovered, Cornell University's Library "Making of America", digitized journals. I came across Scietific American and, natural, did a serach for "banjo". Here's… Discussion Funny banjo reference, 1859 2 Likes Joe Bussard's Annual Banjo Podcast

https://soundcloud.com/dusttodigital/joe-bussards-country-3

For those of you unfamiliar with Joe, he is one of the…

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