Movie
Really waiting for the new movie https://youtu.be/eypFQSXGqyo
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BAS
For those suffering from Banjo Aquiring Syndrom the following link could give solace: https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/354972
Highly Recommended
Last year I heard and saw Evie Ladin in Gainsborough. Yesterday I received the new edition of the "Old Time News", FOAOTMADs quarterly magazine. Besides interesting articles about the English OT-scene it always contains some CD reviews and this edition has an article about Evie Ladin's new CD "Riding the Rooster". The author David Mepsted is so enthusiastic about it that I immediately went to Spotify and opened the album. It is as full of energy as I remember Evie Ladin from Gainsborough. This bundle of energy surely has the groove! The CD is just fiddle (played by various friends of EL) and banjo (EL) and contains some well known and some (to me) unknown tunes recorded really very carefully. Banjo is almost entirely on the right loudspeaker, fiddle on the left. So you can reduce the fiddle and hear the banjo unbelievable clearly on the right hand side with only a quiet fiddle left on the left (of course you can reduce the banjo to hear just the fiddle -but w...
Right Hand Movement
In case you're thinking over the basics again - or just starting with clawhammer banjo - this is what your thumb should be doing: https://youtu.be/ZHovpY60W4Y
Nachlese
Die Lonesome Ace Stringband in der "Nochtwache" war ein Erlebnis. Chris Coole mit seinem treibenden Rhythmus auf dem Clawhammer-Banjo hat mich sehr beeindruckt. Fiddler John Showman und Bassist Max Heineman rundeten das perfekte Old Time Konzert ab zu einem tollen Abend. Ein Glück, dass ich mich trotz des Trubels um den Hafengeburtstag in Hamburg auf den Weg gemacht habe. Hier noch zwei kleine Videos, die von der Akustik nicht so gut rüberkommen (dafür gibts ja spotify), aber zeigen, wie hart Chris Coole gearbeitet hat 😉
"Whisky ...
... before breakfast" is one of my favorite tunes. During one of our banjo breakfasts Herr S. from K. and me gave it a go again. This time he played the melodeon. Whisky Before Breakfast