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		<title>How did banjos get their name?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a number of theories about the origins of the word banjo. Some folks believe it’s derived from the Kimbundu language. Kimbundu, also known as North Mbundu, is a language spoken largely in the south-central region of Africa. In Kimbundu the banjo, in its older incarnations, may have been called “mbanza.” Other people believe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allen Shelton: 1936-2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 16:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of all those in contention for the title “The Banjo Player’s Banjo Player”, Allen Shelton is generally considered among the favorites.  The Reidsville, North Carolina native, who died of leukemia last November, was noted for his “bouncy” rhythmic feel and integration of a more sophisticated jazz- and pop-flavored chord voicings into a generally “straight-ahead” bluegrass approach. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tenor Banjo Returns to Prominence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the precise origins of jazz music are still contested to this day, we can at least pinpoint the earliest jazz recordings, which came out of the burgeoning scene in New Orleans during the 1910s. This unique style, known as Dixieland, combined a number of popular genres of the day including ragtime, blues, and brass [...]]]></description>
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