Jake Blunt has made a career out of understanding the connection between the banjo and American black folk music.In this video he tells us musical instrument history — From West Africa to the enslaved people of the United States to the early record industry — how to explain black folk music It has evolved.
Example: In the early days of the record industry, black musicians were confined to “race records” and white musicians to “hillbilly records.” Hillbilly music was early country and string band music. Racial records restricted black musicians to the blues and jazz genres. That is, no black musicians were recorded playing bluegrass-style banjos.
Using field recordings, their own banjo and fiddle skills, and a deconstructed version of one of their own songs, Blount explores the current folklore recording norms and the history of American folk music to show how black musicians are. Explain how you have been left behind. What’s more, what he’s doing to keep the tradition alive with fresh observations and a musical style that looks both forward and backward.
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