Well of Souls

Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History

Pas de couverture

Kristina R. Gaddy, Rhiannon Giddens: Well of Souls (2022, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.)

Langue : English

Publié 19 mai 2022 par Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W..

ISBN :
978-0-393-86681-0
ISBN copié !
Numéro OCLC :
1294287215

Voir sur OpenLibrary

(1 critique)

3 éditions

juxtaposes conditions of slavery to music and dance's jubilee

A curious history through dramatizing a series of primary sources in paintings, dioramas, and travelogues depicting the banjo at a uniquely African-Caribbean intersection of slavery, music, worship and celebration, and adaptation. As some of the threads are light echoes, I wish there was a bit more sense of engaging with other supporting or supplanted accounts of the instrument's background.