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Summer 2021
Ready to play live !
Adventures of Dulcimer Dawg arrived last night and your orders are packed & I'm off to the post office in mask & gloves ! Its not too late to order
Winning the Deep south Mountain Dulcimer championships in February made me get all inspired to put a new mountain dulcimer CD together & its a limited edition--only 100 copies & got 100 digital copies too for those special folks who have pre ordered. Its always exciting for me to see who's ordering and where they are from. Here are the states so far. Michigan, Indiana, Maine, Wisconsin, California, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia,Florida, Nebraska, Washington State, Tennessee--with the most orders coming in from California & Washington State :) Thank you --thank you everyone for your kind support. As soon as the 100 copies are sold--I'll be loading the digital version on Bandcamp, itunes, spotify, pandora and all your favorite streaming copies. It will take sales on about 100 hard copy to pay for the production & artwork and getting it out there--so as you know most live venues have been cancelled--so I really appreciate everyone who preorders--because you are financing a fine & really fun instrumental cd that is great for playing around the house while everyone is homesteading it :)
Gonna be banjos, birthdays, Valentines, Mountain, Irish & chocolate cake fun !
Banjos, dulcimers, apples, pumpkins, snowdrops :)
Banjos, dulcimers, apples, pumpkins, turkeys, snowdrops once in a blue moon news
Happy autumn & winter holidays to friends, family & music lovers. 2019 has been a busy and wonderful year at the Cox house and I just realized that if I don’t write my “once in a blue moon” newsletter now—the year will be gone and the new year will totally take over
Banjo Bluegrass, Blues & Beyond coming up.
- North Carolina Banjo Clinic November 7, 8, 9. 2019 Black mountain NC.
There is a whole line up of wonderful…
Read moreLove this--mountain dulcimer & clawhammer banjo too !
Thrilled & happy to be invited to give both mountain dulcimer & clawhammer banjo workshops for these festival folks in Illinois.
Please mark your calendar for June 13-14 2020--its gonna be lots of fun :)
Got No Use For a Banjo Man Review Sept 2019
https://www.carolinacountry.com/extras/carolina-music/got-no-use-for-a-banjo-man
Mary Z. sings succinctly and poignantly of having no use for banjos or their players, nor fiddles, guitars and mandolins — because they only play sad songs. This ironic tune is one of 15 original and traditional songs on this accomplished musician’s latest CD, “Carolina Banjo.”
She’s joined on the album by other skillful western North Carolina musicians, specifically NC champion fiddler Tim Gardner (guitar and fiddle), Darren…
Read moreCarolina Banjo Review in Bluegrass Today :)
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Carolina Banjo – Mary Z Cox
Posted on June 14, 2019 By Lee Zimmerman
Mary Z Cox’s latest entry, Carolina Banjo, opens with the rousing strains of Foggy Mountain Clawhammer and never lets up in terms of its freewheeling finesse.
The fact that Cox’s main instrument of choice is banjo, the otherwise alluring Got No Use for a Banjo Manseems to make a statement of sorts, one…
Read moreNew Banjo Shoes 2019 :)
Home again from the 2019 Florida Folk Festival & it was awesome & thank you to everyone who came out to see my shows in the 100 degree + weather & got copies of my new Carolina Banjo CD & Carolina Banjo Tab Book. For folks who may be visiting the Stephen Foster State Park this summer--there are copies of the new CD & Book available onsite in the air conditioned Thelma Bolton Gift Shop :)
MOUNTAIN DULCIMER PLAYERS :) The gift shop is again stocked with my mountain dulcimer instructional book & CD "Easy…
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FLORIDA FOLK FESTIVAL 2019 !
Here is when & where I'll be playing--please come out to hear me--lots of fun new songs & tunes :) Please remember that I'm bringing my new cd--Carolina Banjo & hopefully will have the new tab book done too. :)
Friday May 24
2pm--Jam Tent
Ukulele strum & sing--this is for everyone who has a uke. Not a workshop--we'll be a strumming & singing together--come with your uke & voice tuned & I'll bring some cool uke songs for us to strum and sing.
4:30 pm Tower Stage (Going to…
Read moreCarolina Banjo Tab book is here !
Carolina Banjo Valentine :)
Banjo, bluegrass, blues & beyond ! Carolina Banjo is what happens when 2-time Florida & North Carolina banjo champion,
Mary Z Cox & Champion North Carolina fiddler, Tim Gardner, get together in October in the Carolina Mountains and record. And this time, Darren Nicholson dropped by the studio—adding that high lonesome bluegrass patina on mandolin & guitar. If that weren't enough—MaryZ's new Goldtone baritone banjo debuts with deep slinky tones, and Cindy Carpenter adds her just right vocal …Read more
Banjo, bluegrass, blues & Beyond at Blue Tavern
Carolina Banjo CD will be here in time for this! Its going to be fun and some really fresh music too--hope you can come--love to see your smiling faces :)