[Happy birthday to our #banjoaunti Rhiannon Giddens!]
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Your #BanjoAunti is here with a special guest: Ed Helms! While filming “Ode to Mary Jo” Ed and I got to have some banjo time behind the scenes. Today we’re demonstrating the difference between clawhammer and Scruggs-style banjo.
A little bit of history with your #BanjoAunti
It’s essential to examine the roots of our culture so we can understand how we got here, and how we can move forward.
#BanjoAunti here with “Poor Rosy”
What I love about this tune is that the shifting major to minor key illustrates the multi-layered nature of these people’s lives back in the time of enslavement.
#BanjoAunti checking in! Playing an 18th century tune here “Pompey Ran Away” that I shared with Niwel Tsumbu, which reminded him of a song his mom taught him, “Pipi Danga”.. It’s beautiful when worlds collide like this - from the 1700s to our childhoods.
What does this remind you of?