Original Soul of Bluegrass Drawing

Original Artwork
Title: "Soul of Bluegrass"
24 x 36
Medium: Graphite

History:
The banjo. The most closely-related West African instrument to the modern banjo is likely the akonting: a three-stringed instrument historically tied to Gambia and the Jola people. With a long neck and a body made from a calabash gourd with a goat skin stretched over it, musicians on both sides of the Atlantic have commented on the similarities of style in manufacture and technique in playing. The banjo playing inspired Bluegrass music and is one of the most rooted cultural music here in West Virginia in its beginnings.