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    Eva Ybarra, the "Queen of the Accordion," and her band concert,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2017-09-13 | Homegrown 2017, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on September 13, 2017 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Conjunto originated in the late 19th century in working-class communities along Texas-Mexico border, and is distinct to that region. Using the accordion as the lead instrument, conjunto bands...
    • Contributor: Ybarra, Eva - Library of Congress. Music Division - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.). Millennium Stage - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2017
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    Lone Piñon : Acoustic Conjunto from New Mexico concert,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2018-08-01 | Homegrown 2018, the music of America | Lone Piñon Concert Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on August 1, 2018 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Lone Piñon is an acoustic conjunto band from Northern New Mexico whose music celebrates the diversity and integrity of their region's cultural roots. Using violins, accordion, quinta huapangera,...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Music Division - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Lone Piñon (Musical Group)
    • Date: 2018
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    Dance Battle with Urban Artistry, emceed by Junious Brickhouse,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2017-02-22 | Dance Battle with Urban Artistry | Homegrown 2017, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on February 22, 2017 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. This concert presented a series of dance battles, set to the beats of DJ Baronhawk Poitier, with Junious Brickhouse as the event's emcee. Dance battles are a common...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Music Division - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.). Millennium Stage - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2017
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    Sattriya Dance Company with the Dancing Monks of Assam,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2018-04-19 | Sattriya Dance Company with the Dancing Monks of Assam, 2018 April 19 | Homegrown 2018, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on April 19, 2018 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. The Philadelphia-based Sattriya Dance Company was launched in 2009 with a mission to tell the story of Sattriya and raise awareness about Majuli and its sattras (monasteries) through...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Music Division - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2018
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    Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera's Celebratory Event "Speak the People/the Spark/el Poema" panel and concert,
    Speak the People / the Spark / el Poema: Celebrating Juan Felipe Herrera Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     A host of acclaimed scholars, musicians and community organizers joined Juan Felipe Herrera to close his second term as U.S. Poet Laureate. The panel discussion with Juan Felipe Herrera and Martha Gonzalez, Hugo Morales and Louie Perez was moderated by Rafael Perez-Torres. Grammy Award-winning band Quetzal closed the evening with a concert.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Music Division - Herrera, Juan Felipe - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Library of Congress. Poetry Office - Library of Congress. Hispanic Division - American Folklife Center - Quetzal (Musical Group)
    • Date: 2017
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    Percy Grainger and British folk music
    American Folklife Center lecture, 1982-04-06 Catalog Record Only     Lecture by John Bird of London, England, entitled "Percy Grainger and British Folk Music," with an introduction by Alan Jabbour; includes a question and answer session, sponsored by the American Folklife Center and the Music Division. The collection includes announcements; 9 pages of notes taken by Gerald E. Parsons; invitations and flyers; and 12 photographs of John Bird in the Whittall Pavilion, taken by...
    • Contributor: Bird, John - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 1982
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    John McCutcheon : Traditional Folk Music From the American Folklife Center Archive,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2018-09-12 | John McCutcheon in Concert | Homegrown 2018, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on September 12, 2018 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. McCutcheon played music from the American Folklife Center's collections, including material from Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger's collections, as well as his own.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Music Division - McCutcheon, John - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2018
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    Legendary Ingramettes, African American gospel music from Virginia,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2016-07-21 | Homegrown 2016, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on July 21, 2016 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. For more than five decades, The Ingramettes have been bringing their music and ministry to congregations in the Tidewater and Piedmont areas of Virginia. Born July 4, 1930,...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Music Division - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.). Millennium Stage - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2016
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    Gabriel Muñoz and Melodias Borinqueñas : Puerto Rican folk music from New Jersey,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2016-09-22 | Gabriel Muñoz and Melodias Borinqueñas, Puerto Rican folk music from New Jersey | Gabriel Muñoz & Melodias Borinqueñas | Homegrown 2016, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on September 22, 2016 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. On his 15th birthday, Gabriel Muñoz received his first cuatro as a gift. He began honing his skills on the instrument through constant practice and immersing himself in...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Music Division - American Folklife Center - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.). Millennium Stage - Muñoz, Jose Gabriel - Sheehy, Daniel - Melodias Borinqueñas - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2016
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    Conversation with Roy Hirabayashi and PJ Hirabayashi of San Jose Taiko,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2017-06-30 | American Folklife Center lecture, 2017-06-30 | Conversation with Roy & PJ Hirabayashi of San Jose Taiko | Conversation with Smithsonian Folklife Festival artists: Roy and PJ Hirabayashi, San Jose Taiko | Homegrown 2017, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of an interview, conversation, and musical demonstration in the Whittall Pavilion, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on June 30, 2017 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2017 artists and NEA Heritage Award Fellows Roy Hirabayashi (co-founder) and PJ Hirabayashi (artistic director emeriti) of the ensemble, San Jose...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Music Division - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Smithsonian Folklife Festival - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.). Millennium Stage - Hirabayashi, Pj - Sheehy, Daniel - San Jose Taiko Group - American Folklife Center - Hirabayashi, Roy
    • Date: 2017
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    Georgian liturgical polyphony performed by The Anchiskhati Ensemble, with ethnomusicologist Dr. John A. Graham,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2016-03-10 | American Folklife Center lecture, 2016-03-10 | Orthodox Paschal Cycle: Georgian Liturgical Polyphony, Folksongs and Instrumentals | The Anchiskhati Ensemble, with ethnomusicologist Dr. John A. Graham | Homegrown 2016, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a concert in the Whittall Pavilion, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on March 10, 2016 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. The Anchiskhati Ensemble (Tbilisi, Georgia) presented "The Orthodox Paschal Cycle: Georgian Liturgical Polyphony, Folksongs and Instrumentals," a program of Easter and Lenten music from the Orthodox paschal cycle...
    • Contributor: Graham, John A. - Library of Congress. Music Division - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.). Millennium Stage - Tʻbilisis Ančʻisxatis Tażari. Gundi - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2016
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    Carmen Agra Deedy and Karla Campillo-Soto : Lado a lado (side by side) -- contemporary Latin American storytelling,
    Latina storyteller oral history | American Folklife Center concert, 2016-04-07 | Lado a lado (side by side): contemporary Latin American storytelling | Homegrown 2016, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of an oral history conducted by Stephen D. Winick following a performance in the Whittall Pavilion, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on April 7, 2016 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Carmen Agra Deedy and Karla Campillo-Soto performed "Lado a Lado (Side by Side): Contemporary Latin American Storytelling." They shared...
    • Contributor: Winick, Stephen D. - Deedy, Carmen Agra - Library of Congress. Music Division - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.). Millennium Stage - Campillo-Soto, Karla - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2016
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    Eva Salina and Peter Stan: Serbian Roma Music,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2019-05-16 | Eva Salina & Peter Stan: Serbian Roma Music Concert | Homegrown 2018, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on May 16, 2019 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. California-grown, Brooklyn-based Eva Salina is a groundbreaking interpreter of Balkan Romani songs. Raised in the US Balkan Diaspora, Eva's mentors are some of the greatest living Balkan musicians....
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Music Division - Salina, Eva - Stan, Peter - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2019
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    Alash Ensemble : Music from the Republic of Tuva,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2019-03-27 | Homegrown 2018, the music of America Catalog Record Only     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on March 27, 2019 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. The Alash Ensemble are masters of Tuvan throat singing, a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. Masters of traditional Tuvan instruments as well as...
    • Contributor: Alash (Musical Group) - Library of Congress. Music Division - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2019
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    BeauSoleil Quartet : Cajun music from Louisiana,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2017-06-28 | Homegrown 2017, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on June 28, 2017 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. For four decades the BeauSoleil Quartet has taken traditional ingredients -- waltzes, two-steps, soulful Cajun French lyrics, hot fiddle licks and irresistible accordion -- and spiced them up...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Music Division - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Smithsonian Folklife Festival - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.). Millennium Stage - Beausoleil (Musical Group) - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2017
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    Chuck Brown concert collection,
    Chuck Brown and his band | Homegrown 2002, the music of America | The godfather of go-go, Washington, D.C.'s hip hop | Homegrown 2002 concert series | American Folklife Center concert, 2002-07-24 Catalog Record Only     Collection consists of photographs and videorecording of the concert on July 24, 2002 sponsored by the American Folklife Center, a concert review, and publicity materials. Chuck Brown's go-go music is described in the program as a fusion of African rhythms, Pentecostal church call and response, rhythm and blues, with "doses of jazz, rock, or hip hop."
    • Contributor: Brown, Chuck - Library of Congress. Music Division - Stephenson, Charles C. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Folklore Society of Greater Washington - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.). Millennium Stage - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2002
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    From the Mountains to the Sea : the Anne and Frank Warner collection, Presented by Jeff Warner and Gerret Warner,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2018-07-20 | From the Mountains to the Sea: The Anne & Frank Warner Collection | Homegrown 2018, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a presentation and concert in the Mumford Room, James Madison Building, Library of Congress on July 20, 2018 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. A live presentation with multimedia, focusing on the Anne and Frank Warner collection. The Anne and Frank Warner collection is one of the great treasures in...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Music Division - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Folklore Society of Greater Washington - Warner, Jeff - Warner, Gerret - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2018
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    Stepping Back in Time : Storytelling with Connie Regan-Blake and Barbara Freeman,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2018-09-06 | Storytelling with Connie Regan-Blake & Barbara Freeman | Homegrown 2018, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a performance in the Mumford Room, James Madison Building, Library of Congress on September 6, 2018 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Storytellers Connie Regan-Blake and first cousin Barbara Freeman take the stage in a rare joint performance and interview for the Library of Congress in our Nation's Capital. Barbara...
    • Contributor: Winick, Stephen D. - Library of Congress. Music Division - Regan-Blake, Connie - Freeman, Barbara - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2018
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    Cora Harvey Armstrong : African American Gospel from Virginia,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2019-05-09 | Concert: Cora Harvey Armstrong Gospel Group | Homegrown 2018, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on May 9, 2019 from 12-1pm as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Cora Harvey Armstrong is a gospel singer, piano player, songwriter, choir director, and bandleader born and raised in King and Queen County, Virginia. Armstrong began taking...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Music Division - Armstrong, Cora Harvey - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2019
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    Eddie Bond and the New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters: old-time Appalachian fiddling from Virginia,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2018-09-26 | https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-8519/ | Homegrown 2018, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on September 26, 2018 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Eddie Bond and the New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters perform old-time Appalachian fiddle music from Virginia.
    • Contributor: New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters (Musical Group) - Library of Congress. Music Division - Bond, Eddie - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2018
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    Ethnic Recordings in America : a Neglected Heritage conference,
    Ethnic Recordings in America: a Neglected Heritage | American Folklife Center symposium, 1977-01-24 to 1977-01-26 | American Folklife Center concert, 1977-01-24 to 1977-01-25 | American Folklife Center lecture, 1977-01-24 to 1977-01-26 Catalog Record Only     Documentation of conference including talks and panel discussions led by Geno Baroni, Daniel J. Boorstin, Norman Cohen, James S. Griffith, Pekka Gronow, Joseph Hickerson, Alan Jabbour, Robert B. Klymacz, Don Leavitt, Richard K. Spottswood, and Chris Strachwitz, and performances by Zespot Harnasie, Lydia Mendoza, and the Polish Highlander Band. Photographs of conference participants and related exhibition by Carl Fleischhauer.
    • Contributor: Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) - American Folklife Center - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 1977
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    Nakotah LaRance, Native American hoop dancing,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2016-05-18 | Native American Hoop Dancing | Homegrown 2016, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on May 18, 2016 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. This performance was also an event celebrating the American Folklife Center's 40th anniversary at the Library of Congress. Nakotah LaRance (Hopi/Tewa/Assiniboine) of the Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, New Mexico,...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Music Division - Larance, Nakotah - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.). Millennium Stage - American Folklife Center - Larance, Steve
    • Date: 2016
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    The Fairfield Four : gospel music from Tennessee
    American Folklife Center concert, 2017-09-28 | Homegrown 2017, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, photographs, and manuscripts documenting a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on September 28, 2017 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. As traditional American folk musicians, the Fairfield Four have achieved the highest honors possible, including induction into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, three GRAMMY Awards, and...
    • Contributor: Fairfield Four - Library of Congress. Music Division - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Smithsonian Folklife Festival - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.). Millennium Stage - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2017
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    Newpoli : Traditional Italian Music and Song from Massachusetts,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2018-07-12 | Newpoli Italian Performing Group Concert | Homegrown 2018, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on July 12, 2018 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Newpoli performed folk songs and dance music from southern Italy, mainly from the regions of Campania and Puglia. They integrate a wide variety of styles such as Tarantella-Pizzica,...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Music Division - Newpoli (Musical Group) - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2018
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    Marinera Viva!!! concert and dance performance,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2015-06-30 | Marinera viva | Homegrown 2015, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on June 30, 2015 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Marinera Viva showcased the marinera -- often called the national dance of Peru. The marinera originated on the Peruvian coast and was named "marinera" in 1879 to honor...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Music Division - Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.). Millennium Stage - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2015