In which I posit that Canada is a special repository of Banjo players and why Steve Martin should set up camp here, pronto. The movement fluxes and farts.
But this latest pop up of banjos in modern recordings promulgated by Kate McGarrigle and her kids using her playing of banjos (and other pluckers) in their recordings. Some videos below.
Sean Lennon is a personal friend of Rufus Wainwright, which is why I include the OWS video.
But Feist makes use of el banjo-o in some of her songs too.
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