
Building New Banjos for an Old-Time World
Banjo music possesses a unique power to evoke a bucolic, simpler past. The artisans who build banjos for old-time music stand at an unusual crossroads \"asked to meet the modern musician\'s needs while retaining the nostalgic qualities so fundamental to the banjo\'s sound and mystique. Richard Jones-Bamman ventures into workshops and old-time music communities to explore how banjo builders practice their art. His interviews and long-time personal immersion in the musical culture shed light on long-overlooked aspects of banjo making. What is the banjo builder\'s role in the creation of a specific musical community? What techniques go into the styles of instruments they create? Jones-Bamman explores these questions and many others while sharing the ways an inescapable sense of the past undergirds the performance and enjoyment of old-time music. Along the way he reveals how antimodernism remains integral to the music\'s appeal and its making.
£20.99
Similar Deals
Save 19%

Press Here! Chakras for Beginners
£11.99
£9.83
From Wordery
Save 2%

Clean Eating for Busy Families, revised and expanded
£12.99
£12.85
From Wordery
Save 21%

Vegan Yack Attack\'s Plant-Based Meal Prep
£16.99
£13.59
From Wordery
Save 25%

The Living Well Without Lectins Cookbook
£18.99
£14.39
From Wordery
Save 18%

Stress-Less Leadership
£14.99
£12.36
From Wordery
Save 7%

Antiquities in Motion - From Excavation Sites to Renaissance Collections
£60.84
£57.05
From Wordery
Save 10%

Concrete - Case Studies in Conservation Practice
£45.59
£41.22
From Wordery
Save 6%

Tripping over the Truth
£13.99
£13.28
From Wordery