
Parker has been trying to find her place in the banjo world. So this week, she talks to Black banjo players like Grammy nominee, Rhiannon Giddens about creating community and reclaiming an instrument that’s historically already theirs.
This episode was produced by Jess Kung and B.A. Parker. It was edited by Courtney Stein. Our engineer was Josephine Nyonai.

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