Audio Highlight
Uncle Homer Walker - Summers County, WV
"Steal Away," 10-28-1978.
Celebration of Traditional Music Collection, RG 11.08
(AC-OR-005-011)
Banjo Music Audio by State
Banjo Music Research Guides
- Banjo Music By Kentucky CountyA useful perspective from which to explore a large portion of the Berea College Sound Archives banjo music recordings.
- The Banjo ProjectThe Banjo Project is a musical odyssey through 300 years of American history and culture, featuring contemporary banjo masters in interviews and performances, combined with rare archival footage, stills, recordings and first-hand narratives.
**NOTE** Berea College does not maintain this website. - Banjo Women of West Virginia and Eastern KentuckyAn online exhibit prepared by Susan A. Eacker and Geoff Eacker while 1997 scholars-in-residence at Marshall University’s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia (CSEGA). Women profiled are Cousin Emmy, Dora Mae Wagers, Lily May Ledford, and Molly O'Day.
**NOTE** Berea College does not maintain this website. - The Berea Tune Lists: an archival resource for the study of social music in Eastern Kentucky and East Tennessee in 1915Former Appalachian Center archivist Steve Green's article on the lists of fiddle tunes and banjo music collected from Berea College students by English Professor John F. Smith in 1915.
- George Gibson Interview Kentucky Banjo History and TunesAn interview with the banjo player and historian from Knott County, KY.
**NOTE** Berea College does not maintain this website. - J. Roy Stalcup - North Carolina Banjo TraditionsWestern North Carolina banjo player, J. Roy Stalcup (1903-1990) is one of the many older generation Appalachian musicians documented in Hutchins Library's sound recordings collections.
- John "Uncle Homer" Walker profile by Ajay KalraProfiles and recordings of the African American banjo player by 2006 Sound Archives Fellow Ajay Kalra.
- John Cohen in Eastern Kentucky: Documentary Expression and the Image of Roscoe Halcomb [sic] During the Folk RevivalScott Matthews examines the documentary work John Cohen produced in eastern Kentucky from the late 1950s into the 1960s, particularly the image he created of singer-musician Roscoe Halcomb [sic], who is prominently featured in Cohen's 1963 film The High Lonesome Sound.
**NOTE** Berea College does not maintain this website. - Neil "Pop" Collins - Kentucky Banjo TraditionsNortheastern Kentucky banjo player, Ruben Cornelius Collins 1891-1980 is one of the many older generation Appalachian musicians documented in Hutchins Library's sound recordings collections.
