Last year, I wrote about a final project of Mike Seeger that Smithsonian Folkways was preparing for release this year. In that post , I reported that Just Around The Bend: Survival and Revival in Southern Banjo Styles. Mike Seeger’s Final Documentary was to be released this spring. However, with the vernal season nearly over and no such release in sight, I decided to follow up with my contact, Mary Monseur, production manager at Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. In an April 24 email, Monseur reported that she had been working on the Mike Seeger project that day. "I just sent corrections to the printer and the DVD is about to be authored," she wrote. "Because it’s an oversized, special package, it’s printing in China which takes longer than printing in the U.S. But the good news is … it’s coming." Monseur added that she would have more solid information in a month and suggested I follow up then. I followed up a month later, on May 31, and Monseur wrote: "...
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