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Corinne Diggins
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Name: Corinne Diggins
Type of group: Two-finger Appalachian blues banjo
When started: Been playing about two years, performing for one and a half.
Where from: Flagstaff, Arizona
Seasons performed in folk fest: First year
Favorite song to perform: Anything I rip out of a John Lomax book
Best part of folk fest?? The diversity of performers
- Capital City Weekly
Fiddlin' About in the Garden
By Jake Bacon
Sun Staff Reporter
06/15/2007
Jake Bacon/Arizona Daily Sun Corinne Diggins practices her fiddle playing skills in the Southside Community Garden Thursday afternoon. Diggins, who usually plays the banjo, will be performing at the sixth annual Flagstaff Folk Festival at the Coconino Center for the Arts this weekend. To order this photo go to http://photos.azdailysun.com
- Arizona Daily Sun
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Recently moving from sunny Flagstaff, AZ to the tradition-rich mountains of western North Carolina, Corinne Diggins has been performing at both small and large stages from Alaska to Delaware. Influenced by early blues music and a line of folk musicians (Matt Bauer, Joanna Newsome, Will Oldham, Bowerbirds), Diggins has played at larger festivals like Pickin' In the Pines Bluegrass and Acoustic Music Festival (2007 and 2008) and the Alaska Folk Festival (2008), as well as opening for Canadian folk group Po' Girl and slam poet C.R. Avery. She has also met and gotten a chance to show her skills to several well-known musicians, such as banjo player Jens Kruger (Kruger Brothers) and Dom Flemons (Carolina Chocolate Drops). Her skills on two-finger minstrel style banjo and smoky vocals, along with her ability to transform traditional tunes and write sharp originals, makes her a festival favorite and a crowd pleaser.
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