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Links Contributed by Tony Thomas

Black Banjo Then and Now

Black Banjo Then and Now is a Yahoo! discussion group open to all interested in traditional Black Banjo playing including Black urban & Jazz banjo, fiddling, drumming, guitaring, mandolin playing, bass playing, & percussion.   Here is a link to the discussion group:

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/BlackBanjo/

Black Banjo Gathering 

Photographs capture the spirit of the event held in April 2005.

http://www.rhisong.com/blackbanjo/gathpics.html

Akonting Myspace Page

Web page for the akonting, a Gambian spiked lute many believe to be a chief ancestor of the banjo.  Information compiled by Swedish musical instrument collector Ulf Jägfors and Gambian akonting player Daniel Jatta.

www.myspace.com/akonting

Banjo Ancestors:The Lutes of West Africa, The Jola Akonting

Website of NY banjoist Shlomo Pestcoe

http://www.shlomomusic.com/banjoancestors_jatta.htm

To catch the music

Article from a North Carolina newspaper explores the passing of a legacy between generations of traditional Black string players. 

http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A25495

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