# Black Banjo Renaissance: Demeanor in Concert

On July 21, 2026, the American Folklife Center hosted “Black Banjo Renaissance: Reflections on the Future,” a symposium co-organized with Joe Z. Johnson. The event brought together musicians, scholars, and banjo makers involved in the Black Banjo Renaissance, a movement to reclaim and sustain the legacies of African American banjo players. This session features a concert by Demeanor, a producer, writer, multi-instrumentalist, and cultural storyteller whose music bridges the lineage of American folk traditions with modern hip-hop, pop, rock, dance music, and R&B. His band, Demeanor and the First Line, is comprised of Alexei Mejouev, Emanuel Wynter, and Rashaad Tucker.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2026
- Runtime: 39 min
- By: Demeanor
- Genres: Music
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-12694/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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