Bob Carlin speaks with WAMU's Bluegrass Country about the importance of borrowing from influences. Read the full description.
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Bob Carlin’s website says he is a producer, performer, teacher and researcher. The Old Time Herald calls Bob Carlin “a travelling ambassador and crusader for traditional Southern banjo music.” His latest book is The Birth of the Banjo: Joel Walker Sweeney and Early Minstrelsy.
Bob has explored the African roots of the banjo by working with the Malian musician Cheick Hamala Diabate. Bob has written and produced documentary albums and radio programs on numerous subjects related to American roots music, and started his own label, CarTunes Records.
