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
Contributor:
John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress) - Library of Congress
Date:2014
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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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CMA Songwriters Series 2013
Host Bob DiPiero returns in this annual event sponsored by the Country Music Association with three chart-topping colleagues: Ronnie Milsap, with 40 #1 hits over an impressive five-decade career taking in country, pop, R&B and gospel; the elegant Lorrie Morgan, with over six million records sold to date, a lifetime member of the Grand Ole Opry at 25 ("Five Minutes;" "Watch Me"); and songwriter…
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Music Division - Library of Congress
Date:2013
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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:
American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
Date:2017
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Music & Veterans: The Vietnam Era & Disco
Panel discussion on the role of music in supporting servicemembers and veterans from the Vietnam era through the present. Cosponsored in association with the Department of Defense Vietnam 50th Anniversary Commemoration Committee. Part of Bibliodiscotheque, a series of programs at the Library of Congress that explores the legacy and impact of disco on popular culture since the 1970s.
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Music Division - Library of Congress - Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Date:2017
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The Zionaires
The Zionaires perform gospel music from Maryland and Delaware, another in the Homegrown Concert Series sponsored by the American Folklife Center.
Contributor:
Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division - Library of Congress
Date:2008
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Coffeehouses: Folk Music, Culture & Counterculture
Since the 1950s, the history of the American folk music revival has been intertwined with the rise of coffeehouses and coffeehouse culture. This forum brings together notable coffeehouse producer Betsy Siggins from Boston's legendary Club 47, Caffe Lena History Project Founder and Producer Jocelyn Arem, filmmaker and documentarian Todd Kwait, and Baltimore-based performer and "open mic" organizer Rob Hinkal to explore folk music coffeehouses,…
Contributor:
American Folklife Center - Library of Congress
Date:2014
Film, Video
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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Year-Round African-American Music History at LOC
February is Black History Month! The Music Division has all the resources you need to explore and appreciate African-American contributions to the performing arts year-round, not only in February.
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Music Division - Library of Congress
Date:2013
Film, Video
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
Film, Video
Music in America's Radio Propaganda in Korea
In an American Musicological Society Lecture, Hye-jung Park considers the use of American music in wartime radio propaganda on the Korean peninsula. The talk focuses on Korean perceptions of American and Korean music vis-à -vis the cultural hierarchies in Eastern Asia during the period of change during and following World War II. Much of the research for this lecture is based on the recorded sound…
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Music Division - Library of Congress
Date:2018
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Folk Music from the Slovak Mountains
The fujara is the largest member of the overtone flute family. It developed in the seclusion of the Slovakian mountains, and, until recently, was barely known outside Slovakia. Even today, only a small number of traditional musicians play the instrument, and only a handful of craftsmen know how to make it. However, since the fall of the Iron Curtain, the fujara has been "discovered"…
Contributor:
American Folklife Center - Library of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center - Library of Congress
Date:2010
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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
Film, Video
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
Blog
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
Film, Video
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
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Music Division - Library of Congress
Date:2019
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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
Film, VideoThe 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"…
Film, VideoKandace Springs Trio: Music Styles Kandace Springs Trio demonstrate different music styles including jazz, gospel, rhythm & blues, and pop.
Film, VideoConversation with Cora Harvey Armstrong Gospel Group Cora Harvey Armstrong and her gospel music group discuss their lives and careers as performers and ministers.
Film, VideoThe Gospel Sensibility: Evangelicals, Modernity & Sacred Song in American Experience Kluge Fellow Douglas Harrison examines the history, performance culture and role of southern gospel music within evangelical Christian experiences.
Film, VideoThe Royal Harmonizers Concert by the gospel group The Royal Harmonizers, who have been performing for 59 years.
Film, VideoCMA Songwriters Series 2013 Host Bob DiPiero returns in this annual event sponsored by the Country Music Association with three chart-topping colleagues: Ronnie Milsap, with 40 #1 hits over an impressive five-decade career taking in country, pop, R&B and gospel; the elegant Lorrie Morgan, with over six million records sold to date, a lifetime member of the Grand Ole Opry at 25 ("Five Minutes;" "Watch Me"); and songwriter…
BlogHomegrown 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…
Film, VideoKandace Springs Trio: Jazz Vocal Improvisation Kandace Springs Trio demonstrate different music styles including jazz, gospel, rhythm & blues, and pop.
Film, VideoThe Fairfield Four in Concert A concert by African-American gospel quartet The Fairfield Four.
Film, VideoMusic & Veterans: The Vietnam Era & Disco Panel discussion on the role of music in supporting servicemembers and veterans from the Vietnam era through the present. Cosponsored in association with the Department of Defense Vietnam 50th Anniversary Commemoration Committee. Part of Bibliodiscotheque, a series of programs at the Library of Congress that explores the legacy and impact of disco on popular culture since the 1970s.
Film, VideoThe Zionaires The Zionaires perform gospel music from Maryland and Delaware, another in the Homegrown Concert Series sponsored by the American Folklife Center.
Film, VideoCoffeehouses: Folk Music, Culture & Counterculture Since the 1950s, the history of the American folk music revival has been intertwined with the rise of coffeehouses and coffeehouse culture. This forum brings together notable coffeehouse producer Betsy Siggins from Boston's legendary Club 47, Caffe Lena History Project Founder and Producer Jocelyn Arem, filmmaker and documentarian Todd Kwait, and Baltimore-based performer and "open mic" organizer Rob Hinkal to explore folk music coffeehouses,…
Film, VideoDoyle 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.
BlogYear-Round African-American Music History at LOC February is Black History Month! The Music Division has all the resources you need to explore and appreciate African-American contributions to the performing arts year-round, not only in February.
Film, VideoThe 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.
Film, VideoAfrican-American Spirituals of the Civil War A panel discussion on African-American spirituals of the Civil War.
Film, VideoNorthern 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.
Film, VideoMusic in America's Radio Propaganda in Korea In an American Musicological Society Lecture, Hye-jung Park considers the use of American music in wartime radio propaganda on the Korean peninsula. The talk focuses on Korean perceptions of American and Korean music vis-à -vis the cultural hierarchies in Eastern Asia during the period of change during and following World War II. Much of the research for this lecture is based on the recorded sound…
Film, VideoFolk Music from the Slovak Mountains The fujara is the largest member of the overtone flute family. It developed in the seclusion of the Slovakian mountains, and, until recently, was barely known outside Slovakia. Even today, only a small number of traditional musicians play the instrument, and only a handful of craftsmen know how to make it. However, since the fall of the Iron Curtain, the fujara has been "discovered"…
Film, VideoThe 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.
Film, VideoThe 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.
BlogHomegrown 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…
Film, VideoReverb 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.
Film, VideoPine Forge Academy Choir: Black History Month Celebration The Pine Forge Academy Choir performed a concert of spirituals, gospels, anthems and classical repertoire.
Film, VideoConcert: 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.