Art Rosenbaum (born 1938 in Ogdensburg, New York) [1] is a painter, banjo player, and retired art professor who has spent over half a century documenting folk music. His music has earned him a Grammy Award, and his scholarly work on the banjo is cited as key in the banjo revival of the post-World War II period.
Rosenbaum enrolled at Columbia University in 1956 and received his degree in art in 1960, and an MFA in painting in 1961; [2] he then went to Paris on a Fulbright grant until 1965. [3] During his college time he was active in the local folk scene, crossing paths with Bob Dylan and forming a group called The Columbia Chamb'ry Players; Rosenbaum played banjo and fiddle, and sang. [2] He started teaching at the University of Georgia in 1976, [4] retiring in 2006. [2]
In 1964, Smithsonian Folkways released Rosenbaum and Pat Dunford's album of traditional music from Indiana (Rosenbaum's home state), Fine Times in Our House. [5] This album followed the recording Rosenbaum and Ed Kahn made of Pete Steele, previously recorded by Alan Lomax; it includes "Last Payday at Coal Creek", "perhaps Steele's best-known song". [5]
His Art of Field Recording received high praise in Utne Reader; the two boxes of each four CDs have extensive notes and covers painted by Rosenbaum himself, and black-and-white photographs by his wife, Margo Newmark Rosenbaum. [6] His collecting, which is focused "solely on old music" has earned him comparisons with Alan Lomax and Harry Smith, both of whom have influenced Rosenbaum. [6]
In addition to the album liner notes, Rosenbaum's writings about music include a 1998 book about ring shouts, Shout Because You’re Free. [7] Writer John Bealle has credited Rosenbaum's 1968 book, Old-Time Mountain Banjo, as being "surely a key transitional text" in banjo revival, which presented "a meticulous comparative study of style based on the playing of traditional performers whose playing Rosenbaum had studied". [8]
In terms of making music, Rosenbaum is a "traditional-style banjoist" who has collaborated with the likes of Jean Ritchie (on her 1962 album of country songs from the 1920s and 30s, Precious Memories). [9]
His 2007 album, Volume 1 of Art of Field Recording: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum won a Grammy award for best historical album. [10]
Judith McWillie said of Rosenbaum's work, "His paintings, teaching, and field recording/musicianship are all of a piece, all one outpouring of a talented individual." [3]
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Art Rosenbaum (born 1938 in Ogdensburg, New York) [1] is a painter, banjo player, and retired art professor who has spent over half a century documenting folk music. His music has earned him a Grammy Award, and his scholarly work on the banjo is cited as key in the banjo revival of the post-World War II period.
Rosenbaum enrolled at Columbia University in 1956 and received his degree in art in 1960, and an MFA in painting in 1961; [2] he then went to Paris on a Fulbright grant until 1965. [3] During his college time he was active in the local folk scene, crossing paths with Bob Dylan and forming a group called The Columbia Chamb'ry Players; Rosenbaum played banjo and fiddle, and sang. [2] He started teaching at the University of Georgia in 1976, [4] retiring in 2006. [2]
In 1964, Smithsonian Folkways released Rosenbaum and Pat Dunford's album of traditional music from Indiana (Rosenbaum's home state), Fine Times in Our House. [5] This album followed the recording Rosenbaum and Ed Kahn made of Pete Steele, previously recorded by Alan Lomax; it includes "Last Payday at Coal Creek", "perhaps Steele's best-known song". [5]
His Art of Field Recording received high praise in Utne Reader; the two boxes of each four CDs have extensive notes and covers painted by Rosenbaum himself, and black-and-white photographs by his wife, Margo Newmark Rosenbaum. [6] His collecting, which is focused "solely on old music" has earned him comparisons with Alan Lomax and Harry Smith, both of whom have influenced Rosenbaum. [6]
In addition to the album liner notes, Rosenbaum's writings about music include a 1998 book about ring shouts, Shout Because You’re Free. [7] Writer John Bealle has credited Rosenbaum's 1968 book, Old-Time Mountain Banjo, as being "surely a key transitional text" in banjo revival, which presented "a meticulous comparative study of style based on the playing of traditional performers whose playing Rosenbaum had studied". [8]
In terms of making music, Rosenbaum is a "traditional-style banjoist" who has collaborated with the likes of Jean Ritchie (on her 1962 album of country songs from the 1920s and 30s, Precious Memories). [9]
His 2007 album, Volume 1 of Art of Field Recording: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum won a Grammy award for best historical album. [10]
Judith McWillie said of Rosenbaum's work, "His paintings, teaching, and field recording/musicianship are all of a piece, all one outpouring of a talented individual." [3]
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