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Boston_PL: The Banjo: its history and how to play one

The banjo is having a bit of a moment right now, what with that great intro played by Rhiannon Giddens in Beyonce's "Texas Hold 'Em" song. Learn some more about the instrument and its African beginnings, and even teach yourself how to play one.

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12 items

  • BookUrbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018] — ML1015.B3 B34 2018
  • Well of Souls

    Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History

    Gaddy, Kristina R.
    BookNew York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2022] — ML1015.B3 G24 2022
  • The Banjo

    America's African Instrument

    Dubois, Laurent, 1971-
    BookCambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2016. — ML1015.B3 D83 2016
  • The Birth of the Banjo

    Joel Walker Sweeney and Early Minstrelsy

    Carlin, Bob
    BookJefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2007. — ML419.S93 C37 2007
  • BookUniversity Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2005. — ML1015.B3 M39 2005
  • With a Banjo on My Knee

    a Musical Journey From Slavery to Freedom

    Ellis, Rex M., 1951-
    Book[New York] : [Franklin Watts], c2001. — ML399 .E45 2001