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Banjo Roots and Branches is now out!
"One morning in January 2004, Saskia Willaert opened the door for Ulf Jägfors and me to the restoration laboratories of the Musical Instruments Museum, Brussels, Belgium. We were to begin our examination of the Holy Grail of early banjos research, an actual example of a 165-year-old African American-made gourd banjo. .... We paused for a moment to savor our first view of the instrument."
- Pete Ross, "The Haitian Banza and the American Banjo Lineage," Banjo Roots and Branches, edited by Robert Winans
Read Pete's essay about the Haitian Banza, and 16 other essays about banjo's history from Africa to the Americas in Banjo Roots and Branches.
"One morning in January 2004, Saskia Willaert opened the door for Ulf Jägfors and me to the restoration laboratories of the Musical Instruments Museum, Brussels, Belgium. We were to begin our examination of the Holy Grail of early banjos research, an actual example of a 165-year-old African American-made gourd banjo. .... We paused for a moment to savor our first view of the instrument."
- Pete Ross, "The Haitian Banza and the American Banjo Lineage," Banjo Roots and Branches, edited by Robert Winans
Read Pete's essay about the Haitian Banza, and 16 other essays about banjo's history from Africa to the Americas in Banjo Roots and Branches.
