Gwen Thompkins hosts the public radio show Music Inside Out. She wrote the New Yorker story, as well as the introduction to the new edition of Barker's memoir. She joined NPR's Scott Simon to talk ...
Danny Barker was a one-of-a-kind New Orleans musician. That will be made clear throughout this weekend’s Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival. And it is especially apparent on his classic 1988 solo ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO)– Danny Barker—famed New ...
With a career spanning more than seven decades, banjo virtuoso Danny Barker is credited with mentoring generations of New Orleans musicians and is the namesake for the 4th Annual Danny Barker Banjo ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Among the most ...
While the Danny Barker Banjo and Guitar Festival at the New Orleans Jazz Museum has been postponed until March 2022 due to the recent surge in the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the Annual Danny Barker ...
The Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival will take over venues across New Orleans from Thursday, January 12 through Sunday, January 15. Founded by Detroit Brooks (winner of the 2016 Positive ...
The Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival, the annual celebration of the New Orleans musician and preservationist, was set to return this week with in-person events following a virtual 2021 festival.
Organizers have announced the dates and lineup for the 2025 Danny Barker Banjo and Guitar Festival in New Orleans. The eleventh annual festival will take place from March 17 to March 23, 2025, ...
Organizers have announced the dates and lineup for the rescheduled 2022 Danny Barker Banjo and Guitar Festival. Postponed in January due to a spike in COVID infections, the eighth annual festival is ...
This is neither the anniversary of Danny Barker's birth (January 13, 1909) nor of his death (March 13, 1994). I need no special occasion to write about Danny. He was born in New Orleans, where I ...
“We can measure Danny Barker’s gift by the musicians that came out of that band,” said Fred Johnson, who was spurred by Barker’s traditional funeral procession to help form the Black Men of Labor, a ...
Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.
Hide inaccessible results
Feedback