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SUMMARY:The Banjo in America in Concert
DESCRIPTION:Bill has graced the Freight stage with many memorable conc
 erts over the last twenty years, collaborating with J. D. Crowe, David
  Grisman. David Bromberg. the Flatt & Scruggs Tribute Band, Jody Stech
 er, Fletcher Bright and many others. His annual California Banjo Extra
 vaganza Freight concert and workshops have brought many five-string lu
 minaries to the Bay Area, including Bill Keith, Alan Munde, Sammy Shel
 or and Tony Trischka (and mark your calendars now for this year’s Ba
 njo Extravaganza on Saturday, November 12 with Danny Barnes and Joe Ne
 wberry).\n \nThis time around, Bill brings his solo concert presentat
 ion The Banjo in America to the Freight stage in this special Sunday
  afternoon matinee concert. In The Banjo in America, Bill performs th
 e music from his chart topping CDs and also much more: he takes the li
 stener on a musical adventure, following the banjo from its West Afric
 an roots to the New World, performing musical examples from the 1700â€
 ™s to the present day on vintage instruments. From an 18th century Afr
 ican dance tune to the music of the Civil War, and from early 20th cen
 tury ragtime to folk and bluegrass banjo styles to Bill’s own incred
 ible original music, The Banjo in America illuminates as well as ent
 ertains, exposing audiences to over 250 years of musical traditions.\n
  \nBill is the author of Banjo For Dummies and Bluegrass Banjo For
  Dummies, two of the most popular banjo books in the world. He has app
 eared on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor and performe
 d on a program with the San Francisco Symphony. Bill’s CD In Good C
 ompany features over 26 musicians, including the Infamous Stringduste
 rs, Tim O’Brien, and Joy Kills Sorrow performing Bill’s innovative
  compositions that blend jazz, classical, folk and world music influen
 ces. This release charted #1 on the Roots Music Report/Cashbox Folk an
 d Bluegrass Charts and the Folk DJ-List chart and was named to many \"
 Best Of The Year\" lists, including Pop Matters, Folk Alley and Pr
 escription Bluegrass. Bill’s just released CD is Songs That Are Mos
 tly Older Than Us, recorded with legendary 84-year old Fletcher Bright
  and Americana icons Norman & Nancy Blake.\n\nFor more information vis
 it https://classic-banjo.ning.com/events/the-banjo-in-america-in-conce
 rt
DTSTART:20160306T130000Z
DTEND:20160306T153000Z
CATEGORIES:concert
LOCATION:Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, Berkeley, CA
WEBSITE:http://www.thefreight.org
URL:http://www.thefreight.org
CONTACT:510-644-2020
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