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GRAMMY Award-Winner Alison Brown Explains Her Passion For The Banjo
ResumeGRAMMY Award-winning banjo player Alison Brown is out with her new album "The Song of the Banjo." She's a Harvard alumna, and spent years working in finance before she gave all that up to pursue her love of the banjo.
Alison Brown will be performing Friday at First Parish Church in Cambridge.
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Alison Brown, GRAMMY Award-winning banjo player. She tweets @alisononbanjo.
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This segment aired on October 9, 2015.