In a mesmerizing set, musician Nora Brown breathes new life into two old-time banjo tunes: "East Virginia" and "John Brown's Dream." An evocative performance paired with a quick history of the banjo's evolution.
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@alwoodcock3917
4 years ago
I first heard this song "East Virginia" at the Asheville Mountain Dance and Folk Festival that was run by Bascom Lamar Lunsford. He brought done the authentic musicians from the hollers and the mountains. Most of them were old and had lived the life and loved to sing the old ballads. Nora is of a different era, and age, but has the same feeling with a fresh tint. Her agonizingly slow slow start pulls at the heart strings.
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