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    Merry Christmas
    kenhaigh
    • Dec 25, 2021
    • 1 min

    Merry Christmas

    Here is a little Christmas offering, "What Child is This?", played on my grandfather's old banjo (arrangement by Josh Turknett). Merry...
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    Banjo Friday 16
    kenhaigh
    • Jul 16, 2021
    • 5 min

    Banjo Friday 16

    The banjo is unique among modern acoustic string instruments in that it is designed to be taken apart. It is a tinkerer's dream, and this...
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    Banjo Friday 15
    kenhaigh
    • Jul 2, 2021
    • 1 min

    Banjo Friday 15

    Here's another post featuring clawhammer banjoist, Abigail Washburn. As a student she travelled to China to study law to improve...
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    Banjo Friday 14
    kenhaigh
    • Jun 18, 2021
    • 1 min

    Banjo Friday 14

    Today, I want to feature the playing of Frank Evans. I first heard Frank playing with the Slocan Ramblers at Banjofest in Guelph in March...
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    Banjo Friday 13
    kenhaigh
    • May 28, 2021
    • 1 min

    Banjo Friday 13

    In this week's post, I won't be featuring a player or a song, but a tuning. One of the things that sets a banjo apart from a guitar is...
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    Banjo Friday 12
    kenhaigh
    • May 21, 2021
    • 1 min

    Banjo Friday 12

    Today's tune is the "The Cuckoo." It's an English folk song that has spread throughout the English-speaking world. The earliest printed...
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    Banjo Friday 11
    kenhaigh
    • May 14, 2021
    • 1 min

    Banjo Friday 11

    In an earlier post, I mentioned hearing Brad Kolodner play at a house concert. Here is Brad playing a fiddle tune called "Julianne...
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    Banjo Friday 10
    kenhaigh
    • Apr 30, 2021
    • 1 min

    Banjo Friday 10

    I must confess I had never heard of Ola Belle Reed until I heard Brad Kolodner play "I've Endured" at a house concert a few years ago. ...
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    Banjo Friday 9
    kenhaigh
    • Apr 23, 2021
    • 2 min

    Banjo Friday 9

    The late Pete Seeger is one of my heroes. Born in New York City in 1919, Seeger was a Harvard dropout who discovered the banjo and hit...
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    Banjo Friday 8
    kenhaigh
    • Apr 16, 2021
    • 1 min

    Banjo Friday 8

    It's always fun to watch a banjo cross genre boundaries. Today's selection comes from Finland and a bluegrass band called Steve 'n...
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    Banjo Friday 7
    kenhaigh
    • Apr 9, 2021
    • 1 min

    Banjo Friday 7

    Here is Cathy Fink, on the five-string, and Marcy Marxer, on a cello banjo, with a really fine rendition of "Coleman's March." This is...
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    Banjo Friday 6
    kenhaigh
    • Mar 26, 2021
    • 1 min

    Banjo Friday 6

    This week I'd like to feature a clawhammer player from Toronto, Chris Coole. Chris got his start busking and has become one of the most...
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    Banjo Friday 5
    kenhaigh
    • Mar 19, 2021
    • 1 min

    Banjo Friday 5

    I want to feature another banjo duet this week, although I don't want you to get the impression that banjo duets are a common thing....
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    Banjo Friday 4
    kenhaigh
    • Mar 12, 2021
    • 1 min

    Banjo Friday 4

    When I was in university and just starting to teach myself the 5-string banjo, I haunted used record stores trying to find old LPs of...
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    Banjo Friday 3
    kenhaigh
    • Mar 5, 2021
    • 1 min

    Banjo Friday 3

    I mentioned in an earlier post that Earl Scruggs inspired me to take up the five-string banjo. I would imagine that he inspired many of...
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    Banjo Friday 2
    kenhaigh
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 1 min

    Banjo Friday 2

    Here's another great song for the banjoist, "The Mexican Cowboy," aka "The Hills of Mexico." Like all great folk songs, you can find it...
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    Banjo Friday 1
    kenhaigh
    • Feb 19, 2021
    • 1 min

    Banjo Friday 1

    Here's a catchy tune that I am trying to learn, Wabash Blues. I think a lot of clawhammer players hear this tune and immediately want to...
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    My Grandfather's Banjo
    kenhaigh
    • Feb 10, 2021
    • 6 min

    My Grandfather's Banjo

    When my grandmother passed away, and her children gathered to clear out the family home in preparation for its sale, they found a fiddle,...
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