Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this video the viewer gets a short tour of the American Folklife Center, learning about the Center's American folk music collections. The viewer meets Folklife Specialist Stephen Winick who provides a close look at the Frank Warner Banjo, which is festooned with 200+ signatures of notables in the mid-20th century folk music revival. The viewer learns about three of those signatories: Alan Lomax, Jean Ritchie, and Bill Broonzy.

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