In a small room in a 19th-century building, three students diligently pluck away at their banjos as an instructor calls out chord changes and sings a Charlie Poole tune from the early 1900s. If the ...
315 Columbia St., nr. Hamilton Ave., Columbia Street Waterfront District; 718-395-3214 Developed by Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist Hilary Hawke, the two-hour folk lessons for young strummers ...
“I shaved,” banjo man replies. “Beardless in Brooklyn?” bass-fiddle scoffs. “It’s a total sin!” With that, the dozen or so ladies and gentlemen, perched in a lopsided circle, get going once again with ...