Conversation with Art Rosenbaum
Added 2018-03-08 15:07:14 +0000 UTC"My interest has always been in the older layers of the tradition, and not solely because they are interesting links with the past. Whenever they’re performed in the voices and with the hands of gifted singers and musicians, they are not just artefacts of the past – they are a living, ongoing art form…and a very powerful one."
"In the 1970s and 1980s, it was very exciting to still be able to find so many examples of strong continuations of the older musical traditions in Georgia. An often-repeated thing is that what we’re finding today is the last of the older traditions. There may be fewer and fewer practitioners of the older styles as time goes by, and the older styles may evolve into newer styles, but there’s still a lot of music in Georgia. Old-time band music, for instance, is being partially replaced by bluegrass, and newer gospel styles have come into the more traditional churches. But amazing movements like the fa-so-la tradition, which is still so very vigorous, particularly in west Georgia, continue on with great strength. I think people are coming to value that kind of thing more and more."
Comments
His book and dvd set on tunings is a fantastic book some really interesting playing on the dvd LOL when I take it out I never get much beyond the first tuning or so because it opens up so much
Tony Thomas
2018-03-09 03:13:01 +0000 UTCHis old books, "The Art of the Mountain Banjo" and "Old Time Mountain Banjo" from the late 60's, early 70's are great too and still available.
David Long
2018-03-08 15:29:31 +0000 UTCHis book and DVD set is fantastic!
Jeff Jackson
2018-03-08 15:13:16 +0000 UTC
