June Week Banjo
Stuart Kenney
Instrument: Banjo, BassSession(s): August Week I, August Week II, June Week, June Weekend I
Instrument by Session(s): August Week I Bass, August Week II Bass, June Week Banjo, June Weekend I Banjo
One of the most in demand upright bass, and five-string banjo players on the US contradance circuit, Stuart Kenney’s regional musical interests sweep from Southwest Louisiana to Acadia. He has a long career in many traditional music genres. His interest in Quebecois music formed through the fiddling of Lisa Ornstein, and performances by La Bottine Souriante. The inclusion of French Canadian music into the living tradition of New England contradance music caught his attention early on. (more…)