BANJO ROMANTIKA introduces the personalities who play this unique breed of multicultural bluegrass music. Inspired by American classical bluegrass sounds, a motley assortment of musicians from across the formerly communist Czech Republic have melded the past, the political and the present into a lively musical tradition entirely its own. The documentary film grew from the dissertation work of Dr. Lee Bidgood, Assistant Professor in Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music Studies at East Tennessee State University.
We are grateful for the participation of the musicians in the film, the support of East Tennessee State University (Radio/TV/Film Program, Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Program, ETSU's Research and Development Grants, Honors College Research Discovery Positions), ARTEterra, Ed Snodderly, The Down Home and everyone else who is helping to make this project a reality.
