Reclaiming “Red Wing” with Wampanoag Singer-Songwriter Thea Hopkins
This episode features singer-songwriter Thea Hopkins, a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe of Martha’s Vineyard, in discussion with staff members of the American Folklife Center. Hopkins adapted songs from the American Folklife Center archive several times. On the first occasion she sang a lullaby recorded by ethnomusicologist Willard Rhodes from a young girl named Margaret at the Haskell Residential School in 1943; the…
Contributor:
Lillian Short - Stephen Winick - Mary Trotchie - Jennifer Cutting - Margaret - Meg Nicholas - Thea Hopkins
Date:2024-11-26
Audio Recording
Red Wing' medley
Much obliged to you ; Red Wing ; Sweetheart days ; I'm afraid to come home in the dark
Victor 16924. Matrix/Take: B-6224/2.
Contributor:
Arthur Pryor's Band
Date:1908-05-22
Audio Recording
Song catcher, Frances Densmore of Red Wing
Song catcher | Frances Densmore of Red Wing
Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
Cover title. Writer, producer, narrator, Stephen Smith. Tape copy of radio biography of Frances Densmore originally broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio, Nov. 22, 1994, and on National Public Radio's All things considered, Nov. 26, 1994, written, produced, and narrated by Stephen Smith. Densmore was a music teacher, from Red Wing, Minnesota, who traveled to Indian villages throughout North America in the early 1900s, recording…
Contributor:
Smith, Stephen - Minnesota Public Radio
Date:1994
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Reclaiming “Red Wing” with Wampanoag Singer-Songwriter Thea Hopkins on the Folklife Today Podcast
The latest episode of the Folklife Today podcast features award-winning singer-songwriter Thea Hopkins, a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe of Martha’s Vineyard. Thea took the Archive Challenge, adapting songs from the American Folklife Center archive. On the first occasion she arranged and sang a Creek lullaby which, according to Creek elders, was created during the Trail of Tears. For her second challenge, Hopkins…
Contributor:
Winick, Stephen
Date:2024-11-27
Audio Recording
Songs of our native birds, no. 1
Catbird ; Stormy petrel ; Cardinal redbird ; Jenny or house wren ; Loon ; Red wing blackbird ; Bobolink ; California mountain quail ; General conversation of marsh birds
Victor 55049. Matrix/Take: C-15703/1.
Contributor:
Kellogg, Charles
Date:1915-02-15
Audio Recording
Brian Falcon and Douglas Geiman interview conducted by Jocelyn Donlon, 2014-10-24
Brian Falcon of Zeagler Music, with his assistant Douglas Geiman, describe their general tasks in repairing musical instruments: including replacing and repairing strings, cutting and fitting a bridge, fitting pegs, repairing springs for keys, and outfitting an instrument with pads and cork. Falcon talks about the suppliers who furnish him with materials and describes the tools used in repair, such as a "pad slick"…
Contributor:
Falcon, Brian - Occupational Folklife Project - Geiman, Douglas - Donlon, Jocelyn Hazelwood
Date:2014
Audio Recording
Third Florida Folk Festival. 1955-05-03, 2:00 p.m.
Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
Title from container. Recorded on Tuesday afternoon, May 3, 1955. * Recorded by the VOA for possible broadcast. Digital preservation master recorded from original master analog tapes by the Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory in 2004. For many recordings in this collection there are cue sheets, playlists, concert brochures and/or other accompanying documents on file in the M/B/RS Recorded Sound Section paperwork file.…
Contributor:
Florida Folk Festival - Voice of America Music Library Collection (Library of Congress)