Each note that Jake Blount plays on the banjo is a step toward helping his audience better understand a piece of Black history he believes has been lost. Blount is a professional touring musician who ...
Beyonce’s hit “Texas Hold ’Em” opens with a beat seldom heard on hip-hop tracks: the unmistakable clip-clop of a four-stringed clawhammer banjo. It comes via folk icon Rhiannon Giddens, who was ...
Each note Jake Blount plays on the banjo is a step toward helping his audience better understand a piece of Black history he believes has been lost. Though the banjo is not exclusive to one musical ...