Sound Field

Season 1 Episode 17: It's Time to Rethink the Banjo

2 SeasonsSep 12, 2019NR10m

The banjo was, at one time, the most popular instrument in America, with tens of thousands manufactured and sold between 1910 and 1930. Nahre talks to Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn to discover the origins of the banjo as an African and Middle Eastern instrument.

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Network: PBS Digital Studios

Production Country: United States

Genres:Music, Talk-Show