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Nov 16, 2025 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Music
With wishbone
folk textures! often crafted from a deep fascination with acoustic instruments and styles, and their canoodling with electricity. what even is it? is it alive? and who cares? love of collage-y and crooked music. respect for ever warping tradition. cheers
THE BANJO SHOW
show focusing on the wonderful, beloved banjo and its history as an instrument
| 7:15 AM |
| Arthur Smith Dueling banjos Arthur Smith The Original Dueling Banjos CMH RECORDS 1992 how could i not!
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| 7:21 AM |
| Adama Sambou Ahan Bokin Adama Sambou Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and the Gambia Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2023
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| 7:26 AM |
| Elisa Diedhiou Aline Sitoe Elisa Diedhiou Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and the Gambia Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2023 Photo of an Akonting (or Ekonting), a west african instrument that is a close relative to the American banjo. |
| 7:30 AM |
| Cheick Hamala Diabate Tagamba Cheick Hamala Diabate For Whom the Cowbell Tolls Electric Cowbell Records 2012 The attached photo is of a Ngoni, another west african instrument that was integral to the development of the banjo. |
| 7:38 AM |
| The Bourbon Street Stompers Maple Leaf Rag The Bourbon Street Stompers We Like Dixieland Time Records 1963
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| 7:42 AM |
| Doc Watson & Gaither Carlton Groundhog (Blind Lemon's version) Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2020
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| 7:45 AM |
| Cannon's Jug Stompers Riley's Wagon Cannon's Jug Stompers The Best of Cannon's Jug Stompers Yazoo 2001
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| 7:48 AM |
| Clyde Davenport Five Miles from Town Clyde Davenport Legends of Old-Time Music: Fifty Years of County Records County Records 2015
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| 7:50 AM |
| Corn Potato String Band Route 77 Corn Potato String Band Corn Potato String Band Agilest Music 2014
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| 7:52 AM |
| Rex McGee Infidelitorium Kripplekrunk Rex McGee 2013
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| 7:57 AM |
| Shirley Collins The Swapping Song English Folk Classics Nifty Music, Inc. 2013
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| 7:58 AM |
| Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves Who Wouldn't Be Lonely Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves Free Dirt Records 2019
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| 8:02 AM |
| Nora Brown Rye Whiskey - Little Birdie Nora Brown Long Time To Be Gone Jalopy Records 2022
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| 8:06 AM |
| Shakey Graves Unlucky Skin Shakey Graves Roll the Bones X Dualtone Music Group 2021
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| 8:10 AM |
| Andrew Chiappetta Junebugs Lamplight - Single 2025
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| 8:12 AM |
| Paul Metzger B Paul Metzger Three Improvisations on Modified Banjo The "modified banjo" in question: Paul Metzger has transformed his banjo into a 23-stringed instrument and frequently plays it using a bow. |
| 8:26 AM |
| Joseph Decosimo Jenny Hang the Kettle On Joseph Decosimo The Aluminum Wonder 3043220 Records DK 2021
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| 8:28 AM |
| Shirley Elizabeth Collins Dennis O'Reilley False True Lovers
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| 8:30 AM |
| Crooked Still Railroad Bill Crooked Still Shaken By a Low Sound Signature Sounds Recordings 2006
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| 8:33 AM |
| Peter Stampfel and the Brooklyn & Lower Manhattan Banjo Squadron Castor and Pollux Peter Stampfel and the Brooklyn & Lower Manhattan Banjo Squadron Better Than Expected Don Giovanni Records 2014
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| 8:36 AM |
| Tall Tall Trees A Considerable Speck Tall Tall Trees Tall Tall Trees Good Neighbor Records 2009 As per bandcamp: "The man behind Tall Tall Trees is Mike Savino, a pioneer in the the world of experimental and psychedelic banjo music. Often performing solo, Savino’s modern take on the one-man band involves running his homemade instrument, dubbed the "Banjotron 6500" through a slab of effects and loopers, bowing, drumming, and strumming out multi-textured arrangements to support his lyrically driven songs." |
| 8:43 AM |
| Béla Fleck & The Flecktones Half Moon Bay Béla Fleck Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Warner Records 1989
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| 8:48 AM |
| Swooper Creek Processing Rain Swooper Creek - EP Swooper Creek 2024
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| 8:52 AM |
| Ramble Co. Kick the Hive The Counterclock Wise https://dbramble.bandcamp.com/album/the-counterclock-wise?search_item_id%3D425395121%26search_item_type%3Da%26search_match_part%3D%253F%26search_page_id%3D4842315493%26search_page_no%3D0%26search_rank%3D1= I find this album VERY fun. Cool percussion throughout.
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| 8:58 AM |
| AJJ People People Who Eat People Are the Luckiest People In the World ASIAN MAN RECORDS 2007
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Chat is archived.
wishbone (host)
7:11:23 AM
coming on at 7:15 y'all! good morning
TAndy: Monthly Doner🥙
7:11:38 AM
Gotta tune those banjos, got it!
funkybutterfly
7:12:42 AM
good mornin' all
funkybutterfly
7:16:27 AM
how did i know 'deliverance' HAD to be featured lol
wishbone (host)
7:16:40 AM
how could i not
funkybutterfly
7:17:23 AM
:)
funkybutterfly
7:22:04 AM
very interesting!
TAndy: Monthly Doner🥙
7:27:15 AM
An international twist to start off with! <3
funkybutterfly
7:49:24 AM
all this lovely banjo is reminding me of early Mumford & Sons
Brian D
7:49:46 AM
Beautiful! Great show. Fiddle on Five Miles from Town is so wonderful
funkybutterfly
7:57:29 AM
I'm also dancing wishbone...
wishbone (host)
7:57:49 AM
yeaaaahhhh groovin in my chair
funkybutterfly
7:57:58 AM
tee-hee!
Brian D
7:59:09 AM
Great version of Groundhog by Doc Watson but it was not with David Grisman. It was from this release: https://docwatsonandgaithercarlton.bandcamp.com/album/doc-watson-and-gaither-carlton
wishbone (host)
7:59:42 AM
oh my you're so right! my mistake
wishbone (host)
8:00:04 AM
yeah just got screwed up. thank you for the correction! fixing the playlist
Brian D
8:00:04 AM
Doc recorded Groundhog multiple times. Always a fun song. He worked with David Grisman later in his life (1990s-2000s)
funkybutterfly
8:19:12 AM
interesting!
Brian D
8:35:50 AM
Love Railroad Bill. Great take on that classic from Crooked Still. They were a great young band doing some fine things in the 00s and the members went on to do even more. Aoife and Rushad especially.
Brian D
8:57:25 AM
What is the definition of perfect pitch? Throwing your accordion into a trash dumpster and it lands on a banjo.
funkybutterfly
8:58:03 AM
Loved the show! Learned a lot about Banjo!
Brian D
8:58:13 AM
I parked in a rough neighborhood and left my banjo in the car. I returned to my car to find one of the windows broken.... and someone left another banjo in the car....
funkybutterfly
8:58:15 AM
TY Wishbone :)
wishbone (host)
8:58:20 AM
That's a really good one. I really like that one.
wishbone (host)
8:59:20 AM
everybody have a great week!