Otis Taylor - guitar, banjo, vocals With Otis Taylor, it’s best to expect the unexpected. While his music, an amalgamation of roots styles in their rawest form, discusses heavyweight issues like ...

In 1966, a couple months before he was set to graduate, Otis Taylor was told he needed to cut his short afro or he'd be kicked out. Now, 57 years after he left, he has received a diploma.

Ep 3: Interview, Otis Taylor, Musician, Pioneer of Trance Blues and Banjo, Part 1 PLAY Episode Date: Feb. 1, 2025 In this two-part special of The Cause: Conversations on Music, History, and Democracy, ...

Materials from Otis Taylor's decades-long career as an internationally recognized Boulder-based blues banjo artist are now part of an archived collection at the University of Colorado Boulder.

The 74-year-old was finally honored with an honorary high school diploma, over five decades after being expelled from a Denver high school for his long hair.

More than half a century after he was kicked out of his senior year of high school because of his haircut, Black blues artist Otis Taylor finally received his diploma.

But in the 21st century, Black folk-blues banjoists like Amythyst Kiah, Taj Mahal, Allison Russell, Otis Taylor and Giddens are reviving banjo playing in popular music, The African American ...

In Part 2 of our conversation with legendary blues musician Otis Taylor, we dive deeper into his artistic journey, his distinctive trance blues style, and the historical and cultural significance of ...

In 1966, a couple months before he was set to graduate, Otis Taylor was told he needed to cut his short afro or he'd be kicked out. Now, 57 years after he left, he has received a diploma.