Banjo

Cheick Hamala Diabate 'Takes It Slow,' as Buzz for New Album Picks up

Modiba | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Mali, Ngoni, Giot, Banjo, Mali Music, From Mali to America, Cheick Hamala Diabate, Bob Carlin, Ake Doni Doni, World News
Modiba

"It's as if we're still in Mali," Cheick said. "I was born a griot, I will die a griot, and I hope that my work will continue the greatness of jeliw in the U.S."

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Steve Martin on Banjo at the Rubin: "My Hit Single 'King Tut' Was Not a Fluke"

Alex Pasternack | Posted 06.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Banjo, Music, Country Music, Bluegrass, Steve Martin, Entertainment News
Alex Pasternack

Before he played his new album's title track, Martin said it had became a minor hit in the bluegrass world. "And in the bluegrass world," he quipped, "a minor hit is a major hit."

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Pete Seeger, "Folk Music" and the Left

Jesse Larner | Posted 06.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Fellow Travelers, James Lileks, Banjo, Joseph Stalin, Barbarossa, Ron Radosh, Pete Seeger, March on Washington, Folk Music, Woody Guthrie, Nicaragua, Bob Dylan, Mark Steyn, Kingston Trio, World War Two, Yalta, Billy Bragg, Communism, Doc Watson, Mao Zedong, Guitar, Leninism, Joan Baez, Franklin Roosevelt, Kim Il-Sung, Ho Chi Minh, Fidel Castro, Medgar Evers, Amy Goodman, Entertainment News
Jesse Larner

As someone on the left who loves folk music, I understand that I'm supposed to feel mystically uplifted by the dean of activist folkies. But I never could stand Pete.

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