Paul Metzger explores and deconstructs centuries of music with his self-modified 23-string banjo

We’re all looking for transcendence in some way, and Minneapolis’s Paul Metzger is searching for it through exploring his self-modified 23-string banjo. From Western art song and Appalachian appropriations to the somber droning of 20th-century and Indian classical music, Metzger manages to assimilate an ungainly swath of influences in his extended improvisations.…