But this popularity still operated as a niche market. In the nineteenth century, most people associated the instrument with “[B]lack Americans, blackface theaters, and working-class barrooms,” writes ...
Early American banjo music is Black music. The banjo was created by enslaved African Americans, and according to the Smithsonian Institute, up until the 1830s, the banjo was exclusively an African ...
Pop superstar Beyoncé released "Texas Hold 'Em" a few weeks ago and it features an instrument that she had never emphasized before. This hit song, on her new (and hugely popular) Cowboy Carter album, ...
Originating with enslaved Africans, the banjo is now being reclaimed by Black musicians in contemporary music When Beyoncé incorporated the banjo in her song Texas Hold ’Em in 2024, fans and critics ...
Rhiannon Giddens on the Unknown Black Legacy of the Banjo, and Why a New Generation Is Reclaiming It
A 10-part limited series from Wondrium has the celebrated performer exploring the little-recognized historical roots of the banjo... and its tangled journey as the quintessential American instrument ...
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