Bob Brozman Hiawatha Music Festival Performance

Abstract/Description: Bob Brozman (1954-2013) was a folk and jazz musician, producer, and author interested in global ethnomusicology. He was born in New York and attended Washington University, where he studied music and ethnomusicology. He was known for playing rare instruments such as the metal-bodied guitar. From 1981 to 2013, he recorded thirty albums. He committed suicide in 2013 after being accused of child molestation. Bob Brozman’s music was rooted in the blues, but the open tunings, syncopations and microtonal inflections of the blues inspired him to soak up styles worldwide. He was a traveler and collector who learned to play many other stringed instruments. His main instrument was the National steel guitar.
Subject(s): Folk music
Folk music festivals
Marquette (Mich.)
Date Created: 1990-07-21
Title: Bob Brozman Hiawatha Music Festival Performance.
Name(s): Brozman, Bob, creator
Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival (Marquette, Mich.), contributor
Hiawatha Music Non-Profit Corporation (Marquette, Mich.), contributor
WNMU-FM (Radio station : Marquette, Mich.), contributor
Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives, contributor
Date Created: 1990-07-21
Physical Form: Radio programs
Extent: 1 item
Abstract/Description: Bob Brozman (1954-2013) was a folk and jazz musician, producer, and author interested in global ethnomusicology. He was born in New York and attended Washington University, where he studied music and ethnomusicology. He was known for playing rare instruments such as the metal-bodied guitar. From 1981 to 2013, he recorded thirty albums. He committed suicide in 2013 after being accused of child molestation. Bob Brozman’s music was rooted in the blues, but the open tunings, syncopations and microtonal inflections of the blues inspired him to soak up styles worldwide. He was a traveler and collector who learned to play many other stringed instruments. His main instrument was the National steel guitar.
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Performance by the artist at the Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival in Marquette, Michigan, an annual celebration of folk music; this edited version was broadcast by WNMU-FM on their program "In the Pines."
Subject(s): Folk music
Folk music festivals
Marquette (Mich.)
Held by: Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives
Restrictions on Access: In copyright (http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/)
Is Part Of: Hiawatha Music Cooperative Records. Identifier: MSS-405
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