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29857
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David Weintraub, filmmaker and executive director of The Center for Cultural Preservation, has a new film documentary unearthing Western North Carolina’s musical roots. Weintraub says the film reveals a textured history of Scots-Irish, African, and Cherokee influences on Appalachian mountain music.
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16497
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The instrumental music of North Carolina's mountains is one of the United State's true folk heritages. Much has been written about the ballad and folksong, but the story of the music of fiddles and banjos, their makers and players, has long been neglected. This articles seeks to tell the story of the music, its heritage, background, and mores.
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