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Weston Stewart
This week Anne Kimzey, folklorist with the Alabama State Council on the Arts, interviews
banjo champion Weston Stewart. Weston, an Alabama native from Anderson, Alabama, holds 14 state titles on banjo, as well as the 2011 National
Bluegrass Banjo Title. In 2013, he was the Tennessee state champion on both banjo and dobro.
Stewart is a master artist with the State Arts Council’s Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program and is
passing on his musical knowledge to students in North Alabama.
Weston Stewart on Cooper and Company
This special radio series will air every Sunday at 2:00 P.M., on the Troy University Public Radio Network at:
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Alabama Arts Radio is a weekly Radio Program that airs on WTSU, Troy Public Radio, Tuesdays at 9:00 to 9:30 P.M., broadcasting mainly in the south Alabama
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Weston Stewart 2011 National Bluegrass Banjo Champ from Alabama
Labels:
Alabama Arts,
arts council,
arts education,
award,
awards,
banjo,
bluegrass,
celtic music,
folklife,
harmony,
music,
singing
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