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Instrument Maker Finds Life Calling In The Scraps Of The Past

Steve Ritz
“I use gourds, coffee cans, beer cans, cigar boxes, gas cans, cookie tins, frying pans, copper pipe, and anything else I can find that will make a sound for my instruments,” said instrument maker Jim Morris. “I prefer using hand tools to build these instruments because it connects me...
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Oldtime banjo players are probably the luckiest of the lot in finding learning materials online. I have no good explanation for why, but there's...
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Decolonizing the Music (Room)

Brandi Pace is an African-American music educator, now teaching elementary music in Fort Worth, Texas for almost a decade.  She is also an accomplished...

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There's a ton of resources out there on the web to help you learn oldtime fiddle. This is a...

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All photos by Sandra Parks Three to four thousand old-time musicians, all in one place. If you’re one of the...

Is oldtime out of tune?

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Whether we admit it or not, almost all of us have had that moment of listening to an oldtime...

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There's no where near as many resources out there for oldtime backup guitar players. That's a shame because it's...

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