![]() These slaves were first taken to the Caribbean, so the first accounts of banjo-like instruments in the New World come from the island plantations.Īs the practice of slavery spread to the mainland, however, African music and the banjo spread there as well. They remembered how to make the instruments of their home cultures, and when they arrived they made them from the materials on hand. Instead, they came in the minds of African slaves, who were forcibly removed from their homes without their possessions. These African predecessors to the banjo did not come to the New World physically. The earliest known accounts of instruments like the banjo come from sub-Saharan Africa in the 13th century.īut given the lack of records from that time, we can assume that similar instruments existed in that area even earlier. With players all around the world developing new ways to use the banjo, its story will surely continue in new and unexpected directions for years to come. Now associated with Appalachia, bluegrass music, and complex picking, the banjo can trace its roots all the way back to 13th-century Africa, if not farther.Īlong the way, it has evolved from its beginnings as a rustic instrument made entirely of natural materials to the modern, metallic instrument known for its trademark twang. The banjo’s story has no definite beginning. When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn an affiliate commission. It feels good to hold something handmade and to play alongside birds, my feet on the earth.Consordinis articles are written by musicians who independently research, test, and recommend the best instruments and products. The GB’s first album was called “Real Live Music,” and, in the face of all the changes happening in our world with AI, that phrase keeps coming back to me. ![]() There, at a festival in Basel, I learned how it was done! Funny how we sometimes travel far from home to grasp something about ourselves. ![]() I found myself in Switzerland a few months later with the Greasy Beans and one of Jen’s friends asked me there why I wasn’t dropping my thumb. When I was fresh out of college trying to learn clawhammer banjo (specifically drop thumb), I was having the hardest time figuring it out. As they both loved the music of Doc Watson, 18 North is the road they’d take to get to Deep Gap NC, which is why I’m guessing they named it that. I was quite moved by the playing of Jens Kruger years ago, who immigrated to the United States with his brother from Switzerland. Whenever I pick up my banjo (which isn’t too often these days), this is one of first tunes I always want to play, Up 18 North by the Kruger brothers. and we'll fight ya for 800 maaarrrr!!! Guitar and vocals: Michael Wagner Bass and vocals: Mitchell Harrison Banjo, mandolin, and vocals: Seamus Elliot #goonhome #Russia #Soldiers #Ukraine #Ireland #unitedireland Go on home Russian Soldiers Úcráin go Brách! Go on home Russian soldiers, go on home, Have you got no bloody homes of your own?, For 800 years we've fought you without fear, And we'll fight you for 800 more! If you stay Russian soldiers, if you stay, You'll never ever beat the Zelens-skay! For our homeland we will fight, and we''ve got ya in our sights, And our blood, sweat, and tears will make you pay! So go on home Russian Soldiers, go on home, Navalny showed you've got dachas of your own, For 800 years we've fought you without fear, And we will fight you for 800 more! We're not Russian, not your shite USSR, We're Ukraine and proud to be we are, So fuck your fake “Z” Jack, we want our country back, We want to see Slava Ukraini once more! So go on home Russian soldiers, go on home! Navalny showed you've got dachas of your own, For 800 years we've fought you without fear, And we will fight you for 800 more! We'll fight them Russian soldiers for the cause, We'll never bow to soldiers because, Throughout our history, we are learning to be free, So get out Russky bastards leave us be! So go on home Russian soldiers, go on home! Have you got no bloody homes of your own?, For 800 years we've fought you without fear, And we will fight you for 800 more! Go on home Russian soldiers, go on home! Navalny showed you've got dachas of your own, For 800 years we've fought you without fear, And we will fight you for 800 more!. They make their recording debut with an update of Tommy Skelly's "Go On Home British Soldiers", re-imagined in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine as "Go On Home Russian Soldiers''. Go on home Russian soldiers with lyrics, by HAMISH SEAMUS Go on home Russian soldiers by HAMISH SEAMUS Hamish Seamus are three friends from Long Island, New York with a shared love of traditional and punky Celtic music.
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