ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nora Brown - Musician
Nora Brown sings ballads and plays traditional old-time music with a heavy interest in eastern Kentucky banjo playing.

Why you should listen

Nora Brown started learning ukulele at age six from the late Shlomo Pestcoe. With a focus on old-time music, he laid a foundation of love of music and the community it creates, and he instilled in her the lesson that music is meant to be shared. Now 13 years old, Brown plays banjo and accordion. She plays and sings with many of her old-time mentors including fiddler Stephanie Coleman, under the band name Little Leatherwood, and harmonica player Trip Henderson, under the band name Tin+Bone.

Nora is mentored by many of her favorite old-time musicians including Alice Gerrard, John Cohen, Anna Roberts-Gevalt, Sammy Lind, Mark Simos, KC Groves, Courtney Hartman, Mac Traynham, John Haywood and Brett Ratliff. In the last two years, she's won the blue ribbon in the youth banjo competition at the Clifftop Appalachian String Band Music Festival in West Virginia. In 2018 she also placed third in the adult banjo competition at Clifftop. In 2017 she landed second place in the banjo competition (all ages) at the Oldtone Roots Music Festival in Hillsdale, New York. More recently, Brown traveled to eastern Kentucky to visit with 90-year-old master banjo player and former coal miner Lee Sexton and master banjo player and historian George Gibson.

Brown has played on the Floyd Radio Show in Floyd, Virginia, the Washington Square Park Folk Festival, Brooklyn Folk Festival, Brooklyn Americana Festival, Oldtone Roots Music Festival, both Summer and Winter Hoots at the Ashokan Center and NYC Trad Fest. She has had multiple month-long residencies at famed Barbès in Brooklyn, New York.

The Tribeca Film Festival funded a short documentary by Josh Weinstein about Nora called "Little Nora (the Banjo Prodigy)."

More profile about the speaker
Nora Brown | Speaker | TED.com
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Nora Brown: "East Virginia" / "John Brown's Dream"

노라 브라운(Nora Brown): “버지니아 동쪽(East Virginia)”/ “존 브라운의 꿈(John Brown’s Dream)”

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이 황홀한 무대에서 음악가인 노라 브라운은 전통 밴조 곡인 “버지니아 동쪽”과 “존 브라운의 꿈”, 이 두 곡에 생명을 불어넣습니다. 밴조에 대한 간단한 역사와 함께하는 멋진 연주를 감상해보세요.
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(Music음악: "East동쪽 Virginia여자 이름")
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(음악: “버지니아 동쪽”)
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(Singing명음) I'm from
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(노래) 내가 떠나온 곳은
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old늙은 East동쪽 Virginia여자 이름.
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옛 버지니아 동쪽
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North북쪽 Carolina캐롤라이나 주
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노스캐롤라이나를 향해
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I did go.
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가고 있었죠
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I met만난
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그 길에 만난 이는
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a fair공정한, young어린 maiden소녀.
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아리따운 젊은 아가씨
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Her name이름 I did not know.
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그녀의 이름은 몰라요
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(Banjo밴조)
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Don't that road도로
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저 길이
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look rough거칠게 and rocky불안정한?
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험난해 보이지 않나요?
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Don't that sea바다 look wide넓은 and deep깊은?
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저 바다가 넓고 깊어 보이지 않나요?
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Don't my darlin'대린 '
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사랑스러운 그녀
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look
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그 모습이
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the sweetest가장 감미로운 ...
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귀엽지 않나요?
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When she's in my arms무기 asleep죽어?
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제 팔에 안겨 잠들 때면 말이죠
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(Banjo밴조)
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(밴조 연주)
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Her hair머리
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그녀의 머릿결은
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was a dark-brown다크 브라운 curly곱슬 곱슬 한.
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어두운 갈색의 곱슬머리
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Her cheeks궁둥이 were chestnut밤나무 red빨간.
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그녀의 뺨은 밤처럼 붉게 물들어있고
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On her breast유방
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그녀의 가슴에는
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she wore입었다 a white화이트 lilly릴리.
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하얀 백합꽃을 꽂고 있었어요
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Through을 통하여 the night, the tears눈물 she shed흘리다.
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밤새도록 그녀는 눈물을 흘렸죠
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(Banjo밴조)
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Captain선장,
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선장님
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Captain선장, I am dyin'dyin '.
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선장님, 저는 죽어가고 있어요
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Won't습관 you take these words for me?
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제 말을 전해주시겠어요?
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Take them back
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옛 버지니아 동쪽에 전해주세요.
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to old늙은 East동쪽 Virginia여자 이름.
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Tell my darlin'대린 ' she is free비어 있는.
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제 애인에게 이제 그녀는
자유롭다고 말해주세요.
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(Banjo밴조)
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(밴조 연주)
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(Music음악 ends끝이다)
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(음악 종료)
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(Applause박수 갈채 and cheers건배)
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(박수와 환호)
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That was a song노래 called전화 한 "East동쪽 Virginia여자 이름"
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“버지니아 동쪽”이라는 곡이었습니다.
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I learned배운 from a man named명명 된 Clifton클리프톤 Hicks힉스
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조지아의 클리프턴 힉스라는 분이
가르쳐주신 노래예요.
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who lives down in Georgia그루지야.
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The next다음 것 song노래 ...
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다음으로..
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I have for you
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들려드릴 노래는
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is called전화 한 "John남자 Brown's브라운 Dream."
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“존 브라운의 꿈”이라는 곡입니다.
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It's an old늙은 dance댄스 tune곡조.
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옛 춤곡이죠.
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And you may할 수있다 notice주의 that the banjo밴조
that I'm holding보유 looks외모 a little different다른
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제가 지금 들고 있는 밴조를 보시면
흔히 볼 수 있는 밴조와는
조금 다른 걸 느끼셨을 텐데요.
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than banjos밴조 you might be used to seeing
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or the one I just played연주 한, for example.
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방금 연주했던 밴조와도 다르죠.
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And this banjo밴조
is sort종류 of an earlier일찍이 model모델.
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이 밴조는 예전 형태입니다.
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BanjosBanjos kind종류 of evolved진화 된 like a human인간의 has.
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밴조도 인류처럼 진화해 왔거든요.
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And I like to say that the sound소리
that comes온다 out of this banjo밴조
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이 밴조가 내는 소리는
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is a sound소리 that was
just a little closer더 가까운 to the source출처,
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이 악기의 뿌리에 좀 더
가까운 소리라고 할 수 있습니다.
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which어느 is Africa아프리카,
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바로 아프리카죠.
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and some people forget잊다 that,
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가끔 잊어버리시는 분들이 계셔서요.
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so, yeah ...
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그럼..
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(Banjo밴조 tuning동조)
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(밴조 조율)
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(Music음악: "John남자 Brown's브라운 Dream")
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(음악: “존 브라운의 꿈”)
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(Banjo밴조)
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(Banjo밴조 continues계속하다)
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(밴조 연주 계속)
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(Singing명음) John남자 Brown's브라운 dream,
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(노래) 존 브라운의 꿈
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John남자 Brown's브라운 dream the devil악마 was dead죽은.
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존 브라운의 꿈, 악마는 죽었다
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I'm gonna get that, get that, get that,
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얻고, 얻고, 얻고 말 거야
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I'm gonna get that pretty예쁜 little girl소녀.
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저 아리따운 소녀를 얻고 말 거야
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(Banjo밴조)
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John남자 Brown's브라운 dream,
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존 브라운의 꿈
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John남자 Brown's브라운 dream the devil악마 was dead죽은.
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존 브라운의 꿈, 악마는 죽었다
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(Banjo밴조)
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(밴조 연주)
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Come on, LizaLiza, LizaLiza, LizaLiza.
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리자, 리자, 리자, 이리 와
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Come on, LizaLiza we'll be pickin'피킹 ' it again.
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리자, 이리 와, 다시 해보자
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I'm gonna get that, get that, get that,
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얻고, 얻고, 얻고 말 거야
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I'm gonna get that pretty예쁜 little girl소녀.
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저 아리따운 소녀를 얻고 말 거야
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(Banjo밴조)
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(Music음악 ends끝이다)
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(음악 종료)
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(Applause박수 갈채 and cheers건배)
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(환호와 박수)
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Thank you very much.
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감사합니다.
Translated by Gichung Lee
Reviewed by Minah Cho

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nora Brown - Musician
Nora Brown sings ballads and plays traditional old-time music with a heavy interest in eastern Kentucky banjo playing.

Why you should listen

Nora Brown started learning ukulele at age six from the late Shlomo Pestcoe. With a focus on old-time music, he laid a foundation of love of music and the community it creates, and he instilled in her the lesson that music is meant to be shared. Now 13 years old, Brown plays banjo and accordion. She plays and sings with many of her old-time mentors including fiddler Stephanie Coleman, under the band name Little Leatherwood, and harmonica player Trip Henderson, under the band name Tin+Bone.

Nora is mentored by many of her favorite old-time musicians including Alice Gerrard, John Cohen, Anna Roberts-Gevalt, Sammy Lind, Mark Simos, KC Groves, Courtney Hartman, Mac Traynham, John Haywood and Brett Ratliff. In the last two years, she's won the blue ribbon in the youth banjo competition at the Clifftop Appalachian String Band Music Festival in West Virginia. In 2018 she also placed third in the adult banjo competition at Clifftop. In 2017 she landed second place in the banjo competition (all ages) at the Oldtone Roots Music Festival in Hillsdale, New York. More recently, Brown traveled to eastern Kentucky to visit with 90-year-old master banjo player and former coal miner Lee Sexton and master banjo player and historian George Gibson.

Brown has played on the Floyd Radio Show in Floyd, Virginia, the Washington Square Park Folk Festival, Brooklyn Folk Festival, Brooklyn Americana Festival, Oldtone Roots Music Festival, both Summer and Winter Hoots at the Ashokan Center and NYC Trad Fest. She has had multiple month-long residencies at famed Barbès in Brooklyn, New York.

The Tribeca Film Festival funded a short documentary by Josh Weinstein about Nora called "Little Nora (the Banjo Prodigy)."

More profile about the speaker
Nora Brown | Speaker | TED.com