Event Videos

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    Singing in Solidarity: Women's Voices Celebrate Labor Day In celebration of Labor Day, the Library's American Folklife Center honors the contributions of women of both the past and present. This compilation of Folklife Homegrown and other concerts includes performances by Thea Hopkins, Ialoni, Martha Gonzales, Rachel Sumner and Traveling Light, Piper Hayes, and the group, Windborne that feature the voices of women.
    • Date: 2023-09-06
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    Conversation with Nani Noam Vazana Noam "Nani" Vazana is one of the only artists in the world who writes and composes new songs in the endangered Ladino (or Judeo-Spanish) language, a very archaic form of Castilian Spanish spoken by Sephardic Jews living mostly in Israel, the Balkans, North Africa, Greece and Turkey. Ladino, which traveled to these areas with Jewish communities expelled from Spain in 1492, is very nearly...
    • Contributor: Winick, Stephen - Vazana, Noam "Nani"
    • Date: 2023-09-06
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    Deitsch: Traditional Folk Music, Made in Germany Deitsch plays traditional songs and dance tunes from Germany, some of them 250 years old. For years, German folk music was neglected and nearly forgotten, or derided as old-fashioned and conservative. But now, arranged and interpreted in the style of modern folk music from Germany's European neighbors, it emerges timeless and contemporary at the same time.
    • Contributor: Deitsch
    • Date: 2023-08-23
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    Conversation with Gundrun Walther and Jürgen Treyz of Deitsch Gudrun Walther (voice, violin, viola, diatonic accordion) and Jürgen Treyz (guitar, mandolin, mandola, voice) had built up years of experience with award-winning bands and projects before founding Deitsch as a duo in the mid 2000s. Their duo recordings won many awards, including the German Record Critics' Quarterly Prize in 2009. They have since added Barbara Hintermeier (violin, viola, voice) and Steffen Gabriel (flute, bagpipes,...
    • Contributor: Treyz, Jürgen - Walther, Gundrun - Winick, Stephen
    • Date: 2023-08-23
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    Folklore Today/Folklore Tomorrow: Expanding the Conversation with Marilyn White Folklorist Marilyn White, current President of the American Folklore Society, retired Professor at Kean University, and a pivotal member of such influential groups as the Association of African and African American Folklorists, City Lore (NYC), and the New Jersey Folklore Society, reflects on her career and the challenges that must be met for the field to become more inclusive and reflective of 21st century...
    • Contributor: White, Marilyn M. - Saylor, Nicole
    • Date: 2023-08-16
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    Conversation with Yuri Bukovynets of Hudaki Village Band Watch a conversation with The Hudaki Village Band, who is made up of nine master musicians from the Ukrainian Carpathians. In the Maramures region, a mountainous area of Southwest Ukraine on the border with Romania and Hungary, village musicians are called hudaki. Various ethnic musical influences make the traditional music multifaceted and unique. Archaic Slavic vocal traditions, Romanian melodies, Jewish rhythms and Romany temperament...
    • Contributor: Winick, Stephen - Bukovynets, Yuri
    • Date: 2023-08-02
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    Hudaki Village Band, Music from the Heart of Ukraine The Hudaki Village Band is made up of nine master musicians from the Ukrainian Carpathians. In the Maramures region, a mountainous area of Southwest Ukraine on the border with Romania and Hungary, village musicians are called hudaki. Various ethnic musical influences make the traditional music multifaceted and unique.Archaic Slavic vocal traditions, Romanian melodies, Jewish rhythms and Romany temperament blend together in a local cross...
    • Contributor: Hudaki Village Band
    • Date: 2023-08-02
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    Ali Doğan Gönültaş Quartet Ali Doğan Gönültaş is a Kurdish musician born in Turkey. A graduate of Kocaeli University in both archaeology and communications, he started his professional music career by founding the band Ze Tijê; the group has since released two albums and has performed hundreds of concerts in Turkey. Ali's oral history and field research, which he began in 2007, has led to the 2022 album...
    • Contributor: Ali Doğan Gönültaş Quartet
    • Date: 2023-07-12
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    A Conversation with Ali Doğan Gönültaş Quartet Watch a conversation with the musicians of Ali Doğan Gönültaş Quartet.
    • Contributor: Ali Doğan Gönültaş Quartet - Winick, Stephen
    • Date: 2023-07-12
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    Rewriting America: Alessandro Portelli The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress hosted a one-day symposium bringing together the contemporary perspectives of public scholars, documentary producers and curators on the legacy of the Federal Writers' Project (1935-39). The event focused attention on the ways in which the Library's extraordinary archival collection of materials continues to inform and inspire public outreach and interdisciplinary scholarship in fields ranging from...
    • Contributor: Portelli, Alessandro
    • Date: 2023-06-16
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    Rewriting America: Public Humanities & Education The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress hosted a one-day symposium bringing together the contemporary perspectives of public scholars, documentary producers and curators on the legacy of the Federal Writers' Project (1935-39). The event focused attention on the ways in which the Library's extraordinary archival collection of materials continues to inform and inspire public outreach and interdisciplinary scholarship in fields ranging from...
    • Contributor: Kaplan, Anna - Mutnick, Deborah - De La Piedra, Benji - Fazio, Michele
    • Date: 2023-06-16
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    Rewriting America: Recovering Voices in the Federal Writer's Project The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress hosted a one-day symposium bringing together the contemporary perspectives of public scholars, documentary producers and curators on the legacy of the Federal Writers' Project (1935-39). The event focused attention on the ways in which the Library's extraordinary archival collection of materials continues to inform and inspire public outreach and interdisciplinary scholarship in fields ranging from...
    • Contributor: Morris Davis, Maggie - Robinson, Greg - Curtin, Maureen - Bair, Barbara - Rivera, Diana Noreen - Sun, James
    • Date: 2023-06-16
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    Rewriting America: Archival Resources In Creative Culture and Media Productions The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress hosted a one-day symposium bringing together the contemporary perspectives of public scholars, documentary producers and curators on the legacy of the Federal Writers' Project (1935-39). The event focused attention on the ways in which the Library's extraordinary archival collection of materials continues to inform and inspire public outreach and interdisciplinary scholarship in fields ranging from...
    • Contributor: Taylor, David - Hiebert Kerst, Catherine - Morris, C. Zawadi - Emberton, Carole - Shankar, Guha
    • Date: 2023-06-16
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    Rewriting America: Politics, Vision, Purpose - Rewriting American Identity The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress hosted a one-day symposium bringing together the contemporary perspectives of public scholars, documentary producers and curators on the legacy of the Federal Writers' Project (1935-39). The event focused attention on the ways in which the Library's extraordinary archival collection of materials continues to inform and inspire public outreach and interdisciplinary scholarship in fields ranging from...
    • Contributor: Tidwell, John Edgar - Rutkowski, Sara - Hirsch, Jerrold - Rubenstein Demasi, Sue - Stewart, Catherine
    • Date: 2023-06-16
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    Conversation with Christylez Bacon Hip-Hop artist Christylez Bacon speaks to Stephen Winick of the American Folklife Center.
    • Contributor: Bacon, Christylez - Winick, Stephen
    • Date: 2023-06-15
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    Christylez Bacon: African American Roots and Hip-Hop Watch a special performance by Christylez Bacon, a Grammy Nominated Progressive Hip-Hop artist and multi-instrumentalist from Southeast, Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: Bacon, Christylez - Gueye, Uasuf - Saylor, Nicole - Winick, Stephen
    • Date: 2023-06-15
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    "Out on the Western Plains" 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 Kansas City, Missouri in 2023. The showcase was recorded for this...
    • Contributor: Siegel, Mike - Sumner, Rachel - Wallace, Kat
    • Date: 2023-05-01
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    "Kitchen Girl" and "Polka in G (Lady of the Lake)" 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 Kansas City, Missouri in 2023. The showcase was recorded for this...
    • Contributor: Marxer, Marcy - Tian, Chao - Fink, Cathy
    • Date: 2023-05-01
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    "Midnight Special" 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 Kansas City, Missouri in 2023. The showcase was recorded for this...
    • Contributor: Dimes, Jamie-Lee
    • Date: 2023-05-01
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    "Troubles Is Hard" 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 Kansas City, Missouri in 2023. The showcase was recorded for this...
    • Contributor: Jencks, Joe
    • Date: 2023-05-01
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    "Shi Ni Sha" (Navajo Nation anthem) 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 Kansas City, Missouri in 2023. The showcase was recorded for this...
    • Contributor: Benally, Clayson - Benally, Jeneda
    • Date: 2023-05-01
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    "Love Is Teasing" 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 Kansas City, Missouri in 2023. The showcase was recorded for this...
    • Contributor: Aines, Ernest
    • Date: 2023-05-01
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    "Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air" 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 Kansas City, Missouri in 2023. The showcase was recorded for this...
    • Contributor: Mehuman
    • Date: 2023-05-01
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    "Traverse City" 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 Kansas City, Missouri in 2023. The showcase was recorded for this...
    • Contributor: Bernard, Seth
    • Date: 2023-05-01
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    "Mississippi Blues" 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 Kansas City, Missouri in 2023. The showcase was recorded for this...
    • Contributor: Morin, Cary
    • Date: 2023-05-01