i was sitting around yesterday (after a lovely 3 hour nap) and decided that i needed to get back to the blog thing. so, over the past year i've been listening to some pretty inventive music. especially when it comes to adding a bit of banjo. this music isn't particularly bluegrass, although some might seem a bit americana. some indie. just cool banjo. these are my top three:
1. the be good tanyas...canadian, eh. three ladies. one banjo. some fiddle. beautiful voices.
2. sufjan stevens...this is a new find for me. very exciting! he's from minnesota (or somewhere in the midwest). i just bought "seven swans". the lyrics sound pretty jesusy and the album is pretty low-key, but his other stuff is a little more experimental.
3. iron and wine (sam beam)...he adds some banjo occasionally. very mellow with a bold finish. i just wanted to say "finish" b/c ryan and i recently watched "sideways" with some friends. pretty decent movie if you're a wine dork.
please feel free to add to my banjo band list...this list is for good use of banjo outside the bluegrass genre.
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