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Hey, The Banjo and Baltimore

Season 2, Ep. 2
Pete Ross and Kristina Gaddy, local musicians, historians, and luthiers, explore the roots of an iconic American instrument that isn't actually American at all, and that had a surprising transformation in Baltimore.

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