The Black Banjo Gathering at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC on April 7 through April 10, 2005 
 
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Performers and Presenters

A collage of some of the performers and presenters at Black Banjo Then and Now
Etta Baker          North Carolina Heritage Fellow, banjoist, guitarist
www.guilford.edu/carolinaroots/artistprofiles/ettabaker.htm
Kerry BlechOld Time Music Scholar and author, master fiddler
www.hartandblech.com
Clarke BuehlingMaster of minstrel, classic and ragtime banjo
home.socal.rr.com/tsupancic/cindex.html
Ed CabellFounder of John Henry Festival, African American Appalachian scholar
www.pattyfest.org/workshopleaders.html
Bob CarlinBanjoist, guitarist, producer and Old Time music historian
www.cartunesrecordings.com/
Dr. Cecilia ConwayAppalachian banjo scholar, filmmaker, educator
www.appstudies.appstate.edu/faculty.html
Cheick Hamala DiabateTraditional Mande lutist and historian
Dr. Joan DickersonClassic Banjo player and educator
www.justbanjos.homestead.com/index.html
Dr. Rex EllisBanjo scholar and historian, banjoist, storyteller
www.timpfest.org/2002/tellers/Rex_Ellis.html
Clif ErvinEast Texas born bones virtuoso, tradition bearing elder
Eric ErvinSon of Clif , clawhammer and finger style banjoist
Dom FlemmonsYoung African-American banjoist who plays traditional, blues, jazz, and contemporary music on the banjo.
Bobby FulcherTennessee banjoist, folklorist, and conservationist
Alice GerardLegendary singer, songwriter, guitarist and banjoist
http://www.juneau.com/aff/guest01.htm#alice
George GibsonKnott County Kentucky born Banjo collector, folklorist, banjoist
www.appalshop.org/junappal/georgegibson.htm
Rhiannon GiddensVocalist, banjoist, fiddler, graphic designer
www.rhisong.com
Algia Mae Hinton & Lightnin’ WellsPiedmont Blues guitar and banjo
www.ncarts.org
www.musicmaker.org/artistroster/algiamaehinton.htm
Ulf JagforsSwedish Musical instrument collector and scholar of West African lutes
www.dhyatt.com/history.html
Daniel JattaGambian scholar and Akonting player and maker
Ebony HillbilliesThe world’s premier Black Old Time String Band
www.efolkmusic.org/ArtMusic
Ephriam McDowellBanjoist, Kentucky-born multi-instrumentalist, student of African stringed instruments.
transfrontiersoundsystem.blogspot.com
Pete RossLuthier, specialist in historic gourd banjo reproduction
www.banjopete.com/
Mike SeegerFolklorist, multi-instrumentalist, Elder Statesman of the Old Time Music Revival
mikeseeger.info/
Tony ThomasFounder of Black Banjo Then & Now, folk, blues, old time, singer, banjoist & guitarist, author, activist, and educator
members.aol.com/tonythomas/
Joe ThompsonTraditional NC Afro-American fiddler, and Elder
www.ncarts.org/
Don VappieMulti-instrumentalist, master of classic jazz banjo in his New Orleans Creole Family Tradition, conductor, arranger, bandleader, and scholar
vappielle.com/aboutus.htm
Sule Greg C. WilsonAfrican and Diaspora Percussionist, banjoist, dancer and folklorist
www.drumpath.net/

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