- Banjo
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Banjo
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first heard the minstrel banjo - I played a gourd first - I almost lost my mind. I was like, Oh, my god. And then I went to Africa, to the Gambia, and studied the akonting, which is an ancestor of the banjo, and just that connection to me was just immense.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, you know, the original banjos were all handmade instruments. Gourd - it would be made with gourds and whatever, you know, materials would have been around. And, you know, first hundred years of its existence, the banjo's known as a plantation instrument, as a black instrument, you know?
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
So my mom's folks are from one side of Greensboro - and, you know, outside of Greensboro. And my dad's folks, the white side, is from another very small town outside of Greensboro. So both sides are coming from the country.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I decided to study music my last year in high school.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
History is my biggest teacher.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black women have historically had the most to lose and have therefore been the fiercest fighters for justice.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had this dream like years ago. I had this dream - I wanted to be in an all-black string band.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're not here as a black band playing white string band music. You know, we play stuff in the Appalachians, we play stuff in the white community, but we really highlight the black community's music.
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really got into Gaelic music and the whole sound of it, and I got to go to Scotland.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
I mean, my training at Oberlin has been absolutely valuable.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I do Gaelic music, I've learned about Gaelic culture; I've tried to learn the language. Whenever I do mouth music and there's Gaelic speakers in the audience, and they come up and go, 'Good job,' I'm always like, 'Phew.'
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, I really feel a responsibility to the music, and I teach workshops in music sometimes. And folks do come to me and they go, 'How do I make this blues song my own? How do I feel like I'm not an impostor doing this?' And I'm like, 'That's an excellent question.' That's where you should start, where you go, 'How does this speak to me?'
- Figuring
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to find the balance of figuring out how can I be effective? How can I use my platform for good, you know, without jeopardizing everything so that I don't have that platform anymore.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
At some point you have to take responsibility for who you are and where you are and being able to listen to other points of view, whichever side of the tracks you're on.
- North
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a North Carolina native. Grew up in North Carolina.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each song has its own way that it likes to be done, but it can be more than one way. If you tap into it, you can feel it.
- I Think
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- Nov 07, 2020