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Banjo Virtuoso Turns Bach into Five-String Masterpiece
Chicago’s Michael J. Miles, longtime Old Town School of Folk Music instructor, records Bach cello suites on a five-string banjo with no overdubs or vocals. He transcribes Bach’s intricate lines for clawhammer style, aiming to prove the instrument’s noble possibilities and earning praise from Janos Starker and Pete Seeger.
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Chicago
Deliverance
Jed Clampett
Beverly Hills
Michael J. Miles
J.S. Bach
Miles
Old Town School of Folk Music
Bach
Ator Music
Beverly
Mozart
Haydn
Americas
New York
Janos Starker
Starker
University of Illinois
Rtor Music
Pete Seeger
Seeger