The second song is Marcy Marxer & Cathy Fink's take on the old-time standard “Kitchen Girl.” The latter song features Marxer on an instrument she helped design, Gold Tone’s cello banjo—also a dream instrument of mine! Ms Marxer & Ms Fink have been performing together for 30 years & they are truly a delight, whether they're playing old-time tunes, children's songs or any of their wonderful experiments betwixt & between! Marxer & Fink are also successful producers who have worked in the studio with artists such as Tom Paxton, Pete Seeger, Patsy Montana & many others. & while I always think of them first in terms of the banjo, they're not instrumental monomaniacs—they also perform with various guitars, ukuleles, mandolins, percussion instruments & more.
If you’re not familiar with either the Carolina Chocolate Drops (see pic leading off the post) or Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, please take some time to check out their homepages & get to know these extremely talented musicians. In the meantime, enjoy your day & a couple of banjo tunes!