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Heather<p>One of the music artists I discovered last year just put out a new album! And I didn't even know if they were still together; their last album was 8 years ago!</p><p>I love the first track, relatable:</p><p>"If aging’s part of life, why does it cut like a knife?<br>Why does it feel like we're fighting alone?<br>I miss the days when I’d live with a thousand friends<br>We’d cook dinner and laugh it off"</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/eJyuBVdUpMs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/eJyuBVdUpMs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Anyway if you love <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/folk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/country" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>country</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/banjo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>banjo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/lgbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> check them out!</p>
Stan Stewart aka muz4now<p>The unique sound of the banjo is one of the most sought after in contemporary music <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/banjo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>banjo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MusicMaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicMaking</span></a> <br><a href="https://muz4now.com/2021/banjo-virtual-instrument-comparison-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">muz4now.com/2021/banjo-virtual</span><span class="invisible">-instrument-comparison-review/</span></a></p>
Paul Chambers🚧<p>I live on a ridge above my town in <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/AppalachianOhio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppalachianOhio</span></a>. That's Kentucky you see in the yonder.</p><p> In the spring and fall I go out on our porch and play my <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/banjo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>banjo</span></a>. You can hear it in the distance. I joke that I live on stage above of our village. We've had a couple good days lately. More coming.</p><p>Usually "Walter White," who lives in the RV below us and has for several years, will come out of his RV and play his <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guitar</span></a>. It sounds like we are sitting next to each other.</p><p>I haven't seen Walter White or Jesse Pinkman, nor heard their coon dogs, over the winter. Maybe because the winter has been cold. I wonder if they will return. I hope so.</p><p>Old photo. Would've taken a new one today but the windows are too dirty. lol.</p>
JanH<p>In den 1920er / 30er hat Grover neben den bekannten Stimmmechaniken auch Pick Holder fürs <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/Banjo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Banjo</span></a> gebaut.<br>In Neu gibt's so was nicht und gebraucht nur aus USA, reverb ist da eine gute Quelle.<br>Ich habe das Original Design etwas abgeändert und aus Messing selbst einen gebaut.<br>Funktioniert wie gedacht. Vielleicht lasse ich das Teil noch vernickeln, da passts noch besser zum 1920er <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/slingerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slingerland</span></a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/maybell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maybell</span></a> Banjo</p><p><a href="https://dresden.network/tags/irishmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>irishmusic</span></a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/irishtradmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>irishtradmusic</span></a></p>
tintouli<p>Guitare, guitares: Avec Béla Fleck, Génie du <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/banjo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>banjo</span></a> ! &amp; Retour sur La 30ème édition de La Folle Journée de Nantes</p><p>Lien de la page web de l&#39;épisode: <a href="https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/guitare-guitares/le-banjo-de-bela-fleck-inspire-de-bluegrass-fusion-folk-jazz-musique-classique-3786081" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">radiofrance.fr/francemusique/p</span><span class="invisible">odcasts/guitare-guitares/le-banjo-de-bela-fleck-inspire-de-bluegrass-fusion-folk-jazz-musique-classique-3786081</span></a></p><p>Fichier de l&#39;épisode: <a href="https://rf.proxycast.org/0039cc60-7e56-4576-90ab-7b49ce0d320c/17541-08.02.2025-ITEMA_24022766-2025M28975E0005-ITE_00147909_RSCE-21.mp3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rf.proxycast.org/0039cc60-7e56</span><span class="invisible">-4576-90ab-7b49ce0d320c/17541-08.02.2025-ITEMA_24022766-2025M28975E0005-ITE_00147909_RSCE-21.mp3</span></a></p>
Anne Delong<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://folksocial.org/@jvw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jvw</span></a></span> </p><p>Tenor banjos are great. You can see mine in this video - it's a 1925 Gibson TB-JR. Banjos are a bit in-your-face, though, and don't suit all kinds of music. A guitar is a more flexible instrument, and can contribute to an arrangement in so many different ways! </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/tMd5_USBIWk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/tMd5_USBIWk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://musician.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/sheetmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sheetmusic</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/banjo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>banjo</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/fiddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiddle</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guitar</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/uprightbass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uprightbass</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/delong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delong</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/fiddletunes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiddletunes</span></a></p>
Moonshine Brigade<p><strong>Heel on the Shovel [live]</strong></p> <p><a href="https://makertube.net/videos/watch/52734857-d9ad-4655-ab13-302512d5e5ea" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/videos/watch/527</span><span class="invisible">34857-d9ad-4655-ab13-302512d5e5ea</span></a></p>
Moonshine Brigade<p><strong>Old Blood [live]</strong></p> <p><a href="https://makertube.net/videos/watch/9b7ac3be-a0cd-40f0-acf8-9a23927ba2bf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/videos/watch/9b7</span><span class="invisible">ac3be-a0cd-40f0-acf8-9a23927ba2bf</span></a></p>
Mycotropic<p>Anybody I know from here at Trident in Boulder tonight?<br><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Banjo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Banjo</span></a><br><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Jam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jam</span></a><br><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colorado</span></a> <br><a href="https://beige.party/tags/TridentCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TridentCafe</span></a></p>
Don Ray<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MusicWomenWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicWomenWednesday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Banjo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Banjo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FolkMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkMusic</span></a> </p><p>"Will the Circle Be Unbroken"</p><p>This is Talise from Canada. </p><p>I can't find much info about her, but she's from Canada, and she's 22 or 23 years old. Plays and sings very nicely. In fact, she's great.</p><p>Her write-ups about the videos are very informative. Here, she mentions the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's album (1972) that took its name from this song (and was my introduction to a lot of songs way back when).<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUOyd2sDEs4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=hUOyd2sDEs4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Chess Soul<p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MusicWomenWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicWomenWednesday</span></a></p><p>The Kropotkins - Crazy Hannah (2000, on the Five Points Crawl album) : <a href="https://song.link/fr/i/382944282" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">song.link/fr/i/382944282</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>"Crazy Hannah's making a fuss!<br>Stop this train, put her on the bus"</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TheKropotkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheKropotkins</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AlternativeFolk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeFolk</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PunkBlues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PunkBlues</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RailroadSongs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RailroadSongs</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MoeTucker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoeTucker</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/LoretteVelvette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LoretteVelvette</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Mandolin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mandolin</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Banjo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Banjo</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Violin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Violin</span></a> 🪕 🎻</p>
Andy Wootton<p>I've been trying to play tenor <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/banjo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>banjo</span></a> chords on a classical guitar with 4 strings. I think I'm going to need to get longer fingers. Arguably, these are <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/tenorguitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tenorguitar</span></a> chords but with space-time stretched. I'm sure the pain will go, given time.<br>(I forgot to put the capo on 5, to make GDAE into CGDA; and closer together. Not 7! It's "Cats Go", not "Go Cats". Rookie error!)<br>I have a small GDAE ukulele but it's an octave too high, which is a different type of pain.)</p>
Dismal Manor Gang<p>VSO (Virginia Symphony Orchestra) just won a Grammy. Eric Jacobsen, Bela Fleck, and the band played a killer banjo and orchestra arrangement of Rhapsody in Blue. The show was recorded. And Grammy nominated and top votes in category.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Grammy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grammy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Banjo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Banjo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VASymphony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VASymphony</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BelaFleck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BelaFleck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EricJacobsen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricJacobsen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VictorWooten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VictorWooten</span></a></p><p>What a crew. There's bonus tracks on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/recording" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recording</span></a></p><p>Have a go!</p>
Anne<p>Nora Brown, The Very Day I'm Gone</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/aTINuc0uP8g?si=u3XnNAkdEvSwytey" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/aTINuc0uP8g?si=u3XnNA</span><span class="invisible">kdEvSwytey</span></a></p><p><a href="https://genealogie.social/tags/folk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folk</span></a> <a href="https://genealogie.social/tags/banjo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>banjo</span></a> <a href="https://genealogie.social/tags/norabrown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>norabrown</span></a></p>
Andy Wootton<p>I knew that Pete Seeger (re-) popularised the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/banjo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>banjo</span></a>, as part of the 'folk revival' and that he regretted using the Old Time gCGBD tuning in his book because Bluegrass made gDGBD the 'new standard'. I learned last night that the tuning he used has the intervals that slaves brought from Africa. CGBD was the original jazz tuning too, before tenors tuned in fifths took over.</p>
AndrewSlow shutter speeds can make for some interesting effects <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photo?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photo</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/banjo?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#banjo</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/punk?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#punk</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rock?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rock</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/folk?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#folk</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/purple?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#purple</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/color?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#color</a>
ashley greb photo<p>Jeff DaRosa<br />Dropkick Murphys<br />Mitsubishi Electric HALLE<br />Düsseldorf - 02.Feb.25</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jeffderosa" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>jeffderosa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dropkickmurphys" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dropkickmurphys</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musician" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>musician</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/banjo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>banjo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/multiinstrumentalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>multiinstrumentalist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/livemusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>livemusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meh" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>meh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/d%C3%BCsseldorf" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>düsseldorf</span></a></p>
MorganAmethyst<p>I just remembered that it's FAWM again this stands for February album writing month I really like it because the community is great and last year I couldn't participate so this time I took my banjo of the wall which was hanging there for ages and created a song in GarageBand with a companyment from my lyre harp <br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/fawm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fawm</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/banjo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>banjo</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/musician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musician</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/folk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folk</span></a> <br><a href="https://soundcloud.com/morganxamethyst/forest-witch" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">soundcloud.com/morganxamethyst</span><span class="invisible">/forest-witch</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Sweet City Woman" is a 1971 song by Canadian rock band <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheStampeders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheStampeders</span></a>, appearing on their debut album Against the Grain (retitled Sweet City Woman in the US). It features a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/banjo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>banjo</span></a> as a primary instrument, which is also mentioned in the lyrics: "The banjo and me, we got a feel for singing." <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqdffSH6GWc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=MqdffSH6GWc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Cmdr_Halo_Jones<p>Who has all the bananas?</p><p>Nothing quite like provoking thought with a Banjo. Woody was doing it 90 years ago. Good to see the likes of Joff keeping on the hard travelling.</p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/HateSurrendererMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HateSurrendererMachine</span></a><br><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/JoffLowson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoffLowson</span></a> <br><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Banjo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Banjo</span></a><br><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/folkmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folkmusic</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXQ2jMsMsAI" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=DXQ2jMsMsA</span><span class="invisible">I</span></a></p>