> Over time, Scottish fiddle tunes evolved, as oral traditions do, and began to mix with the musical traditions of enslaved Africans, who had brought with them gourd instruments that would evolve into the American banjo, along with rhythms the Scots had never heard before.
If you haven't heard Rhiannon Giddens you have no idea what you're missing. Here's a decade old interview where she talks about the blending of the instruments and traditions:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QnO5TH6I-wQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC3zoCoK4ZU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Z-CpXQiAc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94AYKVibjaQ
> Over time, Scottish fiddle tunes evolved, as oral traditions do, and began to mix with the musical traditions of enslaved Africans, who had brought with them gourd instruments that would evolve into the American banjo, along with rhythms the Scots had never heard before.
If you haven't heard Rhiannon Giddens you have no idea what you're missing. Here's a decade old interview where she talks about the blending of the instruments and traditions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H7DtIh8akk
She lives in Ireland now. Here she is preforming The Wayfaring Stranger:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1Z4PAZX9Bs