Banjo Tales

Overview

In 2009, filmmaker Yasha Aginsky accompanied the great old-time musician Mike Seeger and his wife Alexia on recording trips through the Southeastern United States, documented by Yasha and his assistant, Slava Basovich. A tireless collector, performer and advocate of old-time music and musicians, Mike was on a mission to record a survey of contemporary traditional-style banjo playing.

Cast

Mike Seeger

Yasha Aginsky

Alexia Seeger

Brien Fain

Peter Gott

Jerry Adams

Sam Adams

Sammy Adams

Tina Steffy

Susan Trianosky