Marc Fields and his production team are inside historian and collector Jim Bollman's storied Arlington home. They know the drill by now. This time, Bollman sits patiently on a stool with his rare, pre ...
Press release from The Center for Cultural Preservation: The Center for Cultural Preservation, WNC’s cultural history and documentary film center, launches the 2018-19 Keeping the Fires Burning ...
BALTIMORE (AP) -- A new museum exhibit explores the history of the banjo in Baltimore, home to the first U.S. banjo factory. The exhibit is called "Making Music: The Banjo in Baltimore and Beyond." It ...
Join Erik Pearson for a lecture-demonstration on the history of the banjo-- from its African and Caribbean roots to the present. Erik Pearson will talk about the history of the banjo and demonstrate ...
Early American banjo music is Black music. The banjo was created by enslaved African Americans, and according to the Smithsonian Institute, up until the 1830s, the banjo was exclusively an African ...
A party by the Inner Harbor this weekend celebrates Charm City’s long tradition of tapping a foot to the fiddle and nodding in agreement with the banjo. The Baltimore Old Time Music Festival on Friday ...
BALTIMORE (AP) — A new museum exhibit explores the history of the banjo in Baltimore, home to the first U.S. banjo factory. The exhibit is called “Making Music: The Banjo in Baltimore and Beyond.” It ...