Black Roots: Frank Johnson, Joe Thompson and the fiddle in North Carolina
The Documentary Podcast
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Introduction
Black Roots is a new documentary series from the BBC World Service. It looks at African American pioneers of folk and country music. In North Carolina, there's a rich tradition of black fiddlers and string bands that goes back centuries. This kind of music has come to be synonymous with white culture.
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