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    The Fairfield Four in Concert A concert by African-American gospel quartet The Fairfield Four.
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
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    The Legendary Ingramettes: African American Gospel Music from Virginia A concert by the Ingramettes, one of Virginia's premier gospel ensembles. The family Gospel group was founded in the 1960s in Richmond, Virginia by the late Maggie Ingram. This is the group's first performance without her. This performance includes singers Rev. Almeta Ingram-Miller (Ingram's daughter), Cheryl Maroney Beaver (Ingram's granddaughter), Carrie Ann Jackson, and background vocalist LeChelle Johnson. The musicians are Calvin "Kool Aid"…
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2016
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    Concert: Cora Harvey Armstrong Gospel Group In concert, gospel singer Cora Harvey Armstrong is joined by her sisters Clara and Virginia, her nieces Kimberly, Ruthy and Clarissa, and her band.
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2019
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    Conversation with Cora Harvey Armstrong Gospel Group Cora Harvey Armstrong and her gospel music group discuss their lives and careers as performers and ministers.
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2019
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    Oral History: The Fairfield Four John Fenn interviews current members of The Fairfield Four, an African-American gospel quartet that has existed for more than 95 years, following a concert at the Library of Congress.
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
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    The Royal Harmonizers Concert by the gospel group The Royal Harmonizers, who have been performing for 59 years.
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2015
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    The Chosen Few: A Cappella Gospel from Virginia The Chosen Few stands firmly in the great tradition of unaccompanied religious singing in the Tidewater region of Virginia. Although only a handful of African American a cappella quartets sing in Virginia today, Black four-part harmony groups were singing in Virginia at least as early as the mid-1800s, and the Tidewater region alone produced more than two hundred such groups in the century following…
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    Homegrown Plus Premiere: The Chosen Few's a Cappella Gospel from Virginia We're continuing the Homegrown Plus Premiere series with The Chosen Few, a Virginia gospel group that stands firmly in the great tradition of unaccompanied religious singing by African American residents of the Tidewater region of the mid-Atlantic states. As is usual for the series, this blog post includes an embedded concert video, an interview video, and a set of related links to explore!
    • Contributor: Winick, Stephen
    • Date: 2022-07-20
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    Conversation with Reverend Tarrence Paschall of The Chosen Few, A Cappella Gospel from Virginia The Chosen Few stands firmly in the great tradition of unaccompanied religious singing in the Tidewater region of Virginia. Although only a handful of African American a cappella quartets sing in Virginia today, Black four-part harmony groups were singing in Virginia at least as early as the mid-1800s, and the Tidewater region alone produced more than two hundred such groups in the century following…
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    The Sherman Holmes Project with Brooks Long & Phil Wiggins In this concert, Sherman Holmes and Brooks Long are joined by the great blues harmonica player Phil Wiggins.
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2015
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    The Legacy of Ola Belle Reed: Concert In celebration of the legacy of the pioneering old-time musician Ola Belle Reed (1916-2002), Reed's son Dave Reed, her nephew Hugh Campbell and members of the acclaimed bluegrass band Danny Paisley and Southern Grass gather to perform bluegrass and gospel songs of their Appalachian heritage.
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2015
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    The Legacy of Ola Belle Reed: Oral History In celebration of the legacy of the pioneering old-time musician Ola Belle Reed (1916-2002), Reed's son Dave Reed, her nephew Hugh Campbell and members of the acclaimed bluegrass band Danny Paisley and Southern Grass gather to discuss their family history as well as bluegrass and gospel songs of their Appalachian heritage.
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2015
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    Homegrown Plus: Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers It's time for another Classic Edition of Homegrown Plus! Embedded in this blog post, you'll find two concert videos (from 2009 and 2013) with the Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers, a 2013 interview video, and a set of links to explore. The Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers, which since those days has shortened its name to the Brotherhood Singers, is a jubilee-style, a cappella, sacred gospel…
    • Contributor: Winick, Stephen
    • Date: 2024-04-08
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    Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver perform bluegrass and gospel music from Tennessee, another in the Homegrown Concert Series sponsored by the American Folklife Center.
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2006
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    Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers The Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers perform a capella gospel music from Kentucky, another in the 2009 Homegrown Concert Series sponsored by the American Folklife Center.
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2009
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    Jamila Jones oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011 April 27 Jamila Jones recalls participating in the Montgomery Bus Boycott as a child and forming a singing group at age 11, the Montgomery Gospel Trio, to raise money for the Civil Rights Movement. She recalls helping the Freedom Riders, visiting the Highlander Folk Center, writing a new verse of the song "We Shall Overcome," and founding the Harambee Singers.
    • Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Jones, Jamila - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Reverb Gospel/inspirational harmony group Reverb performs as part of the Library's celebration of African American History Month. The concert was also part of the Homegrown Concert Series sponsored by the American Folklife Center.
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2007
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    Walter Bruce oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Durant, Mississippi, 2013 March 11 Walter Bruce shares memories of his childhood in Durant, Mississippi, where his family sharecropped. As a young man he became a carpenter and also a gospel singer. He describes his early involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, including his participation in Mississippi Freedom Summer. Bruce was involved in community and political organizing throughout the 1960s, from helping to start health clinics and participating in…
    • Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Dittmer, John - Bruce, Walter
    • Date: 2013-01-01
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    Reel Folk: Interview with Bernard MacMahon & Allison McGourty As a part of its "Reel Folk" event examining cultural explorations on film, Stephen Winick and Mary Sue Twohy interviewed Bernard MacMahon and Allison McGourty of the PBS "American Epic" documentary series. The series chronicles the period from the 1920s through the 1940s when collectors for both commercial record companies and public institutions like the Library sought and recorded traditional American roots music, including…
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2017
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    Homegrown Plus: American Roots Music with Rev. Robert B. Jones, Sr. We're continuing the Homegrown Plus series with an entertaining and educational concert and interview by Reverend Robert B. Jones, Sr., an inspirational musician and storyteller celebrating the history, humor, and power of American roots music. His deep love for traditional African American and American music is shared in live performances that interweave timeless stories with original and traditional songs. For more than thirty years…
    • Contributor: Winick, Stephen
    • Date: 2024-04-12
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    Conversation with Brother Arnold Hadd with Kevin Siegfried: Part 1. Join us for a conversation with Brother Arnold Hadd, who actively carries on the 200-plus-year oral tradition of singing Shaker songs. Hadd has been collaborating with American composer Kevin Siegfried, whose choral arrangements of Shaker songs are frequently performed by modern vocal ensembles. While staying true to the essential nature of the original songs, Siegfried's choral arrangements serve to bring the music to a…
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2022
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    What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?" The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic recordings of traditional folk music. Artists were asked to put their own spin on these archival treasures, and to perform them at a special showcase during the Folk Alliance International conference in Montreal, Canada in 2019. The showcase was recorded for this webcast.…
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2019
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    David Warren Steel: Makers of the Sacred Harp David Warren Steel discusses his new book, "The Makers of the Sacred Harp," newly published by the University of Illinois Press.
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2010
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    "The Sun's Gonna Shine In My Back Door Someday": Songs Of Hope In A Time Of Fear This guest post by Jennifer Cutting is part of a series of blog posts highlighting performances by contemporary artists at special “Archive Challenge” showcase stages, both at the Folk Alliance International conference, and at the Library of Congress as part of the Homegrown concert series. (Find all entries in the series here!) In both of …
    • Contributor: Winick, Stephen
    • Date: 2020-05-13
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    Joe Jencks: Songs of Workers and Wanderers Singer-songwriter Joe Jencks performs songs about labor and working-class culture based on field recordings from the collections of the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress.
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
    • Date: 2020