Podcasts about gourd banjo

Adam Hurt is an acclaimed clawhammer banjo player and one of my favourite performers in any style and I was absolutely delighted that he agreed not only to speak to me at length about his life and teaching of traditional music, but also perform for this episode some of my favourite music. His albums of gourd banjo music “Earth Tones” and “Back to the Earth” are beloved by a wide range of listeners, I think partly because the sound colour of the instrument is much more mellow than other banjos. You'll hear him play and talk about the fascinating history of both his gourd banjo and one of his favourite antique instruments. He's also a fine old-time fiddler, and although he grew up with classical musician parents, his father a violinist with the Minnesota orchestra, Adam's life-changing musical moment was with a wonderful and dedicated school teacher.  The video version of this episode along with the transcript: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/adam-hurt Buy me a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman Adam Hurt website: https://www.adamhurt.com/ If you enjoyed this episode you may be interested in some of my episodes with other traditional musicians, including Janie Rothfield and Alexis Chartrand. I continue to feature many players of plucked instruments with some nice surprises coming your way in Season 3. If you subscribe to my newsletter through my website https://www.leahroseman.com/contact, you'll get exclusive sneak peeks for upcoming episodes. Timestamps (00:00:00) Cold open and intro (00:02:17) antique Dobson banjo, restoration by Will Seeders Mosheim (00:07:43) intro to “Fortune” played on the Dobson banjo (00:11:06) Adam's early music education, difficulty reading music (00:15:26) Don Payden first Old-Time teacher, learning by ear, mandolin with Brian Wicklund, clawhammer with Marianne Kovatch (00:27:58) tone production on the banjo (00:35:39) Ricky Skaggs collaboration on album Back to the Earth (00:39:11) gourd banjo, performance of “Josie-O” (00:45:05) history of this David Hyatt gourd banjo and the recording of Eartht Tones album (00:50:04) African origins of the banjo, racist history (00:53:47) tablature, Walt Koken story, Adam's teaching (00:59:21) Clifftop (01:04:53) Adam's father, learning fiddle (01:09:22) open A tuning, performance of Patty on the Pike on fiddle (01:14:17) dancing and old-time, Adam's experience of learning flatfoot syle (01:16:42) album Fine Times at our House (01:18:32) why we love Bandcamp (01:22:20) the hawk story (01:28:51) Adam's teaching strategies (01:36:53) intro to performance of Snowdrop on the antique Dobson banjo --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

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Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! It’s the final week of Get Up in the Cool month; the month where I release some extra-special interviews I’ve been saving in hopes that you’ll support the show. This week’s friend is Adam Hurt! We recorded this a few weeks ago over skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes in this episode: Bowback Horses in the Canebrake / The Morning Star Biddy Wolves in the Wood Lily of the Valley Bonus track: Waiting for the Boatsman Buy Back to the Earth, Adam Hurt’s new gourd banjo album! https://adamhurt.bandcamp.com/ Visit Adam website: https://www.adamhurt.com/ Contact Adam: https://www.adamhurt.com/contact Come watch “Georgia On Our Minds” on Sunday, December 6th at 5:30pm, Pacific! https://www.facebook.com/groups/quarantinehappyhourmusic Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! https://teespring.com/new-get-up-in-the-cool-swag Sign up at https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/ for my clawhammer instructional series! Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.fireside.fm/

American Traditional. Earliest known documented version 1784. Performed on Gourd Banjo with Vocal. Gourd Banjo by Noah Cline.

American Traditional. Earliest known documented version 1784. Performed on Gourd Banjo with Vocal. Gourd Banjo by Noah Cline.

American Traditional. Earliest known documented version 1784. Performed on Gourd Banjo with Vocal. Gourd Banjo by Noah Cline.

American Traditional. Earliest known documented version 1784. Performed on Gourd Banjo with Vocal. Gourd Banjo by Noah Cline.

After posting a fast version of Dry and Dusty, here's a slowed up one on the little gourd banjo. The title insinuates struggles, perhaps relating to the Dust Bowl era, since the Morrison brothers most credited with this tune came from Arkansas.

After posting a fast version of Dry and Dusty, here's a slowed up one on the little gourd banjo. The title insinuates struggles, perhaps relating to the Dust Bowl era, since the Morrison brothers most credited with this tune came from Arkansas.

Gourd banjo music from Mike Seeger, a rare recording of a young Bob Dylan, vocal harmonies from the Bahamas, the gentle touch of Brazilian guitar master Luiz Bonfa, and the final performance of folk legend Dave Van Ronk. Plus: a cowboy ballad from Lead Belly, and “Mean Talking Blues” from Woody Guthrie.