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Any time the term “revival” arises regarding the a given design of music, it often appears to be the situation that a particular tension develops between those that take an educational, preservationist strategy, with recital-style performances, and the ones who seek to capture the original soul from the music as …

Walt Koken was a innovator within the old-time music revival from the 1960s. His clawhammer technique for the five-string banjo was well-documented until he stop recording in the first ’70s. Rounder released a return recording in 1994 entitled Banjonique.

The string band and bluegrass tradition is used the enthusiasm of contemporary music by clawhammer banjo player Macintosh Benford. A founding person in the Highwoods Stringband, Benford performed a key function within the old-time revival from the 1970s. Along with his most recent group, the Woodshed All Superstars, he’s continuing …