Saturday, February 26, 5:00-6:00 pm
$25.00
Register online

Sign up for both this workshop and the 6:15 pm Old Time String Band Sounds & Styles workshop for only $40 at the Freight box office.

John Cohen, founder and 50 year veteran of the New Lost City Ramblers, America's quintessential post WWII string band will lead a workshop focusing on playing styles and tunings on the 5-string banjo. John has sought out, befriended and learned from many of the masters of old time music, including Roscoe Holcomb, Dock Boggs, Clarence Ashley, Sydna Myers, Cousin Emmy, Gather Carlton and others.  He will share his vast knowledge of style and technique on the old time 5-string banjo.

*Open to players of all levels.

Folk legend, musicologist, and filmmaker, John Cohen was a founding member of The New Lost City Ramblers, one of the most enduring and influential old time string bands that formed in New York City during the 1950s Folk Revival. One of the most important "discoverers" of traditional musicians and singers, John is also credited with finding and recording numerous old time musicians of Appalachia.

www.johncohenworks.com