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 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. - John "Uncle Homer" Walker profile by Ajay KalraProfiles and recordings of this West Virginia African American banjo player by 2006 Sound Archives Fellow Ajay Kalra.
- Kentucky Banjo Traditions: George Gibson Interview Banjo History and TunesGeorge Gibson interview and Celebration of Traditional Music Symposium presentation.
- Kentucky Banjo Traditions: Virgil AndersonInterview, stories, tunes and songs by Wayne County Kentucky banjoist, Virgil Anderson 1902-1997.
- Kentucky Banjo Traditions: Virgil AndersonPerforming at the Berea College Celebration of Traditional Music
- Kentucky Banjo Traditions: Neil "Pop" CollinsNortheastern 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.
- North Carolina Banjo Traditions: J. Roy StalcupWestern 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.
- 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.
- 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. - 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.
