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My presentation on key issues in Banjo History from the 18th Annual Banjo Gathering (formerly called the Banjo Collectors Gathering) in Baltimore October 30, 2015. The banjo collectors gathering is the central event in discussion of banjo history.
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Please see below the Table of Contents for Southern Cultures's 7th Music issue, featuring Johnny Cash's last interview, Emmylou Harris as the Widow of Nashville, Muscle Shoals and the rise of FAME Recording Studios, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Dutch band Normaal, huapango arribeno musicians and the making of a "Mexican South," the remaking of Beale Street, a newly discovered ballad of Ella May Wiggins, the community of New Orleans musicians, and more, including a collection of the best in new southern music.
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