Open AccessJohn Hartford
Author(s) -
Ron Brooks
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
hyperrhiz
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1555-9351
DOI - 10.20415/hyp/023.r13
Subject(s) - trace (psycholinguistics) , art , art history , literature , history , philosophy , linguistics
As a banjo player, John Hartford would eventually go on to found an entirely new genre of music (Newgrass) one that would open up possibilities for many of the musicians we know today: Noam Pikelny, Allison Brown, Bela Fleck, Danny Barnes--they all trace some part of their lineage back to him. But what draws me to Hartford is the writing, and the way that his writing reflects the obsession to compose.