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Code Switch: creating community and reclaiming the banjo

Rhiannon Giddens
Francesco Turrisi/Ebru Yildiz
Rhiannon Giddens

B.A. Parker has been trying to find her place in the banjo world. So this week, she talks to Black banjo players like Grammy nominee, Rhiannon Giddens about creating community and reclaiming an instrument that's historically already theirs.

This episode was produced by Jess Kung and B.A. Parker. It was edited by Courtney Stein. Our engineer was Josephine Nyounai.

Jess Kung (they/them) is a production assistant on Code Switch. Previously, they interned with Code Switch and the podcast The Document from KCRW in Santa Monica. They are a graduate of Long Beach State University.