Great Performances takes a look at performers for whom comedy is not enough: more five-string banjo, please. LA Times: As actors and musicians, do you find there’s anything at all that transfers ...

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This banjo was made by Samuel Swain ...

Once known as banshaw or banza, frowned on by the well-to-do as fit only for the jig-dancing lower classes, the banjo originated in the Far East and Africa, arriving stateside in the late 1700s.