Sons of Membertou - Kepmitetmnej (Mikmaq Honour song) (Official Audio) Smithsonian Folkways 2026-09-17 | Sons of Membertou - Kepmitetmnej (Mikmaq Honour song) (Official Audio)
Aga Khan Master Musicians - Nowruz (Official Audio) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-09-26 | Listen to Aga Khan Master Musicians' “Nowruz,” the title track from their Smithsonian Folkways album 'Nowruz.' While Nowruz is the traditional Persian New Year that’s celebrated on the vernal equinox, for the artists of Aga Khan Master Musicians, it also signifies something bigger: renewal, solidarity, and hopefulness for the year to come. This spirit of inclusivity is alive in “Nowruz,” a lively musical gathering of tanbur, doira, pipa, saxophone, viola d’amore, and qanun.Featuring:Wu Man - pipaBasel Rajoub - saxophoneSirojiddin Juraev - tanburJasser Haj Youssef - viola d'amoreAbbos Kosimov - doiraFeras Charestan - qanunPurchase/Stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/aga-khan-master-musicians/nowruzBandcamp: agakhanmastermusicians.bandcamp.com/album/nowruzAll other platforms: orcd.co/aga-khan-master-musicians-nowruzIn Nowruz, their accomplished debut album, the Aga Khan Master Musicians (AKMM) draw on music from Central Asia, China, the Middle East, and North Africa to create a strikingly original body of work where living musical traditions meet and meld. Acclaimed virtuosos on their respective instruments, the six members of AKMM deftly blend pipa, qanun, dutar, viola d’amore, saxophone, and a panoply of percussion into a soulful new musical language that comes alive in these eloquent performances. Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
No-No Boy - No-No Boy - Little Monk (Official Music Video) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-09-12 | Listen to No-No Boy's "Little Monk," from his Smithsonian Folkways album 'Empire Electric.’ No-No Boy describes “Little Monk” as the heart of his new album. The song is a personal reflection on his time spent at Vietnamese Buddhist teacher and writer Thích Nhất Hạnh's Blue Cliff monastery in upstate New York. Sung with a collected exuberance over a nearly baroque arrangement of guitars and strings, "Little Monk" reflects on No-No Boy's process of embracing difficulty and contradiction, and of feeling calm in the face of injustice. Directed by Julian Saporiti, Emilia Halvorsen Saporiti, and Little Monk Panda ScoutJulian Saporiti: lead vocal, instruments, programmingEmilia Halvorsen Saporiti: harmony vocal, lap steelP.T. Banks: harmony vocalKristin Weber: violinPurchase/Stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/no-no-boy/empire-electricBandcamp: nonoboy.bandcamp.com/album/empire-electricAll other platforms: orcd.co/no-no-boy-empire-electricThere are seemingly infinite layers of meaning to be found in No-No Boy’s third album, Empire Electric. You can listen closely to singer-songwriter Julian Saporiti’s lyrics, which juxtapose true stories of struggle from throughout Asia and its diaspora with Saporiti’s own reckoning with intergenerational trauma. You could also let the majesty of Saporiti’s songcraft wash over you, his captivating melodies cloaking those themes in a veneer of hope and ecstasy. But the deepest storytelling happens at the sonic level, as sounds drawn from across the Eastern hemisphere mingle freely with distinctly American instrumentation – banjo and koto, lap-steel and guzheng – while electronically manipulated field recordings of rushing water, chirping birds and other natural sounds ground us in the now. Adventurous and affecting, Empire Electric offers a vision for a new kind of folk music, one that tells unorthodox stories through unorthodox means and finds new pathways through our tangled roots. No-No Boy: nonoboyproject.comFacebook: facebook.com/nonoboyalbumTwitter: twitter.com/NoNoBoyMusicInstagram: instagram.com/nonoboysongwriterSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Matmos - Mud Dauber Wasp (Official Audio) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-09-07 | Listen to Matmos’s “Mud Dauber Wasp,” from their Smithsonian Folkways album ‘Return to Archive.’ “Mud Dauber Wasp” is built entirely out of the serrated whir of the titular animal’s beating wings, sourced from the 1960 Folkways LP ‘Sounds of Insects.’ The wasp's disconcerting buzz is masterfully flipped into lurching, blown-out techno. Purchase/Stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/matmos/return-to-archiveBandcamp: matmos.bandcamp.com/album/return-to-archiveAll other platforms: orcd.co/matmos-return-to-archiveIn 1948, Moses Asch founded Folkways Records with a self-proclaimed mandate to record the sounds of the entire world. From the Sounds of North American Frogs to Speech After the Removal of the Larynx, Folkways documented the audible nooks and crannies of existence on hundreds of LPs produced by field recordists, scientists, and experimentalists probing the margins of the human soundscape. Seventy-five years later, electronic music duo Matmos have diced, looped, stretched, and recontextualized these recordings on their new album Return to Archive, which was assembled entirely from the so-called non-musical sounds released on Folkways. On just the album’s first track, dolphins, beetles, telephones, humans stretching the limits of their vocal cords, a shortwave radio, and metal balers co-mingle in a fantasia of sound both everyday and extraordinary. Each track on Return to Archive morphs its source material into something completely unexpected, honoring and expanding on Folkways’ legacy of sonic exploration. Featuring Evicshen and Aaron Dilloway. Matmos: http://vague-terrain.comFacebook: facebook.com/matmosbandTwitter: Drew Daniel: twitter.com/DREWDANIEL.BLUESKY.SOCIALM.C. Schmidt: twitter.com/lordmcessInstagram: instagram.com/xmatmosxSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
No No Boy - The Onion Kings of Ontario! #shorts Smithsonian Folkways 2023-08-23 | A welcome-in that's lush and gentle, the song is dedicated to No-No Boy's friend Jim Mizuta and his community, who founded an onion farm in eastern Oregon after being incarcerated at the Japanese American internment camp Heart Mountain. No-No Boy's Smithsonian Folkways album 'Empire Electric' is out on September 29, 2023. Directed by Julian Saporiti and Emilia Halvorsen Saporiti.Featuring Julian Saporiti: lead vocal, instruments, programming, Emilia Halvorsen Saporiti: harmony vocal.Purchase/Stream: orcd.co/no-no-boy-empire-electric.#NoNoBoy #smithsonian
No-No Boy - Mekong Baby Interview #shorts Smithsonian Folkways 2023-08-22 | No-No Boy searches for sounds, history, and self on his third album Empire Electric, out Sept. 29. Following his performance on the National Mall at the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, he discusses the creative process behind the first single, “Mekong Baby.”“The studio became a space of belonging,” he reflects. You can hear “Mekong Baby” on all streaming platforms now 🎧Video credits: Nadya Ellerhorst, Albert Tong, Charlie Weber, and Jacob Weber#NoNoBoy #Folkways75 #2023Folklife
Aga Khan Master Musicians - Tashkent (Official Audio) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-08-22 | Listen to Aga Khan Master Musicians' “Tashkent,” from their Smithsonian Folkways album 'Nowruz.' Like the city that inspired it, “Tashkent” is cosmopolitan, energetic, and sprawling. Each artist brings their own musical traditions and insights to the piece, which come together into an invigorating exploration of a sonic city.Featuring:Wu Man - pipaBasel Rajoub - saxophoneSirojiddin Juraev - dutarJasser Haj Youssef - viola d'amoreAbbos Kosimov - doiraFeras Charestan - qanunPurchase/Stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/aga-khan-master-musicians/nowruzBandcamp: agakhanmastermusicians.bandcamp.com/album/nowruzAll other platforms: orcd.co/aga-khan-master-musicians-nowruzIn Nowruz, their accomplished debut album, the Aga Khan Master Musicians (AKMM) draw on music from Central Asia, China, the Middle East, and North Africa to create a strikingly original body of work where living musical traditions meet and meld. Acclaimed virtuosos on their respective instruments, the six members of AKMM deftly blend pipa, qanun, dutar, viola d’amore, saxophone, and a panoply of percussion into a soulful new musical language that comes alive in these eloquent performances. Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
No-No Boy - Mekong Baby #shorts Smithsonian Folkways 2023-08-21 | "Mekong Baby" was recorded on a portable sampler at Tryon Creek State Park, Oregon, and features Thai Hien, whose father was the famed Vietnamese ethnomusicologist Phạm Duy. Part celebration, part reckoning, "Mekong Baby" explores themes of war, memory, and childhood. No-No Boy's Smithsonian Folkways album 'Empire Electric' is out on September 29, 2023. Directed by Julian Saporiti and Emilia Halvorsen Saporiti. Featuring Julian Saporiti: lead vocal, instruments, programming, and Thai Hien: vocal. Purchase/Stream: orcd.co/no-no-boy-empire-electric.#NoNoBoy #smithsonian
No-No Boy - The Onion Kings of Ontario! (Official Music Video) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-08-16 | Listen to No-No Boy's "The Onion Kings of Ontario!" from his Smithsonian Folkways album 'Empire Electric.' A welcome-in that's lush and gentle, the song is dedicated to No-No Boy's friend Jim Mizuta and his community, who founded an onion farm in eastern Oregon after being incarcerated at the Japanese American internment camp Heart Mountain.Directed by Julian Saporiti and Emilia Halvorsen SaporitiJulian Saporiti: lead vocal, instruments, programmingEmilia Halvorsen Saporiti: harmony vocalPurchase/Stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/no-no-boy/empire-electricBandcamp: nonoboy.bandcamp.com/album/empire-electricAll other platforms: orcd.co/no-no-boy-empire-electricThere are seemingly infinite layers of meaning to be found in No-No Boy’s third album, Empire Electric. You can listen closely to singer-songwriter Julian Saporiti’s lyrics, which juxtapose true stories of struggle from throughout Asia and its diaspora with Saporiti’s own reckoning with intergenerational trauma. You could also let the majesty of Saporiti’s songcraft wash over you, his captivating melodies cloaking those themes in a veneer of hope and ecstasy. But the deepest storytelling happens at the sonic level, as sounds drawn from across the Eastern hemisphere mingle freely with distinctly American instrumentation – banjo and koto, lap-steel and guzheng – while electronically manipulated field recordings of rushing water, chirping birds and other natural sounds ground us in the now. Adventurous and affecting, Empire Electric offers a vision for a new kind of folk music, one that tells unorthodox stories through unorthodox means and finds new pathways through our tangled roots. No-No Boy: nonoboyproject.comFacebook: facebook.com/nonoboyalbumTwitter: twitter.com/NoNoBoyMusicInstagram: instagram.com/nonoboysongwriterSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Friends from All Around the World (Hello Version) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-08-03 | Listen to “Friends from All Around the World (Hello Version),” from the Smithsonian Folkways album ‘Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs - Sing and Play New Folk Songs for Children.’ An ambling groove that recalls call-and-response songs from the Smithsonian Folkways catalog and fuzzed-out 70s rock, “Friends from All Around the World” gives kids the opportunity to learn how to say “hello” in different languages. Featuring special appearances by Michael Hurley and Mr. Greg’s cat!Featuring:Greg Gardner: vocalCass McCombs: vocal, guitarJeremy Brown: guitar, vocal, conga drumVale Slapak-Brown: vocal, speakingAbe Gardner: speakingOona Gardner: speakingDotty Kitty: meowGloria Argueta: speakingMichael Hurley: speakingNgoc Phung Tran: speakingSaidah Said: speakingThe Miraculous Love Kids: vocalIllustration by Mr. Greg (Greg Gardner)‘Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs - Sing and Play New Folk Songs for Children’ is available August 18, 2023, on streaming/digital, CD, and Vinyl LP.Pre-order/stream: Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/mr-greg-and-cass-mccombs/sing-and-play-new-folk-songs-for-childrenBandcamp: smithsonianfolkways.bandcamp.com/album/mr-greg-cass-mccombs-sing-and-play-new-folk-songs-for-childrenAll other platforms: orcd.co/mrgregcassmccombsThe tender and curious songs on ‘Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs - Sing and Play New Folk Songs for Children’, the first album by songwriter and pre-school teacher Mr. Greg and acclaimed indie chameleon Cass McCombs, celebrate the joys of learning and discovery. The pair of longtime friends make connections for young children just beginning to find their own way in the world and for parents regaining their own childlike sensibilities. Set to tunes straight from the mold of Ella Jenkins and Woody Guthrie, the duo sings about the importance of friendship, understanding those different from yourself, and taking care of your body. They also pay musical tribute to heroic figures of bravery and justice like Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Harvey Milk. These songs are bridges to many adventures in the making and include suggested activities for youngsters to supplement their listening and exploration. Cass McCombs: cassmccombs.com Facebook: facebook.com/CassMcCombs Twitter: twitter.com/cassmccombs Instagram: instagram.com/cassmccombsMr. Greg: Instagram: @gregory_gardnerSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/ Facebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordings Twitter: twitter.com/Folkways Instagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkways The content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
No-No Boy - Mekong Baby (Official Music Video) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-07-19 | Listen to No-No Boy's "Mekong Baby," from his Smithsonian Folkways album 'Empire Electric.' "Mekong Baby" was recorded on a portable sampler at Tryon Creek State Park, Oregon, and features Thai Hien, whose father was the famed Vietnamese ethnomusicologist Phạm Duy. Part celebration, part reckoning, "Mekong Baby" explores themes of war, memory, and childhood.Directed by Julian Saporiti and Emilia Halvorsen SaporitiJulian Saporiti: lead vocal, instruments, programmingThai Hien: vocalPurchase/Stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/no-no-boy/empire-electricBandcamp: nonoboy.bandcamp.com/album/empire-electricAll other platforms: orcd.co/no-no-boy-empire-electricThere are seemingly infinite layers of meaning to be found in No-No Boy’s third album, Empire Electric. You can listen closely to singer-songwriter Julian Saporiti’s lyrics, which juxtapose true stories of struggle from throughout Asia and its diaspora with Saporiti’s own reckoning with intergenerational trauma. You could also let the majesty of Saporiti’s songcraft wash over you, his captivating melodies cloaking those themes in a veneer of hope and ecstasy. But the deepest storytelling happens at the sonic level, as sounds drawn from across the Eastern hemisphere mingle freely with distinctly American instrumentation – banjo and koto, lap-steel and guzheng – while electronically manipulated field recordings of rushing water, chirping birds and other natural sounds ground us in the now. Adventurous and affecting, Empire Electric offers a vision for a new kind of folk music, one that tells unorthodox stories through unorthodox means and finds new pathways through our tangled roots. No-No Boy: nonoboyproject.comFacebook: facebook.com/nonoboyalbumTwitter: twitter.com/NoNoBoyMusicInstagram: instagram.com/nonoboysongwriterSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs - Little Wilma Wiggly Worm [Official Music Video] Smithsonian Folkways 2023-07-18 | Listen to the official audio of “Little Wilma Wiggly Worm” by Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs. This is the second single off their Smithsonian Folkways album ‘Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs - Sing and Play New Folk Songs for Children’.Illustrations by Mr. Greg (Greg Gardner)Animation by Cameron BurrCameron Burr Animation: doctorradical.com‘Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs - Sing and Play New Folk Songs for Children’ is available August 18, 2023, on streaming/digital, CD, and Vinyl LP.Pre-order/stream: Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/mr-greg-and-cass-mccombs/sing-and-play-new-folk-songs-for-childrenBandcamp: smithsonianfolkways.bandcamp.com/album/mr-greg-cass-mccombs-sing-and-play-new-folk-songs-for-childrenAll other platforms: orcd.co/mrgregcassmccombsThe tender and curious songs on ‘Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs - Sing and Play New Folk Songs for Children’, the first album by songwriter and pre-school teacher Mr. Greg and acclaimed indie chameleon Cass McCombs, celebrate the joys of learning and discovery. The pair of longtime friends make connections for young children just beginning to find their own way in the world and for parents regaining their own childlike sensibilities. Set to tunes straight from the mold of Ella Jenkins and Woody Guthrie, the duo sings about the importance of friendship, understanding those different from yourself, and taking care of your body. They also pay musical tribute to heroic figures of bravery and justice like Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Harvey Milk. These songs are bridges to many adventures in the making and include suggested activities for youngsters to supplement their listening and exploration. Cass McCombs: cassmccombs.com Facebook: facebook.com/CassMcCombs Twitter: twitter.com/cassmccombs Instagram: instagram.com/cassmccombsMr. Greg: Instagram: @gregory_gardnerSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/ Facebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordings Twitter: twitter.com/Folkways Instagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkways The content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs - Wave a Flag for Harvey Milk (Animated Video) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-06-21 | Listen to the official audio of “Wave a Flag for Harvey Milk” by Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs, featuring the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus. This is the first single off their Smithsonian Folkways album ‘Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs - Sing and Play New Folk Songs for Children’.Illustrations by Mr. Greg (Greg Gardner)Animation by Cameron BurrCameron Burr Animation: doctorradical.com‘Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs - Sing and Play New Folk Songs for Children’ is available August 18, 2023, on streaming/digital, CD, and Vinyl LP.Pre-order/stream: Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/mr-greg-and-cass-mccombs/sing-and-play-new-folk-songs-for-childrenBandcamp: smithsonianfolkways.bandcamp.com/album/mr-greg-cass-mccombs-sing-and-play-new-folk-songs-for-childrenAll other platforms: orcd.co/mrgregcassmccombsThe tender and curious songs on ‘Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs - Sing and Play New Folk Songs for Children’, the first album by songwriter and pre-school teacher Mr. Greg and acclaimed indie chameleon Cass McCombs, celebrate the joys of learning and discovery. The pair of longtime friends make connections for young children just beginning to find their own way in the world and for parents regaining their own childlike sensibilities. Set to tunes straight from the mold of Ella Jenkins and Woody Guthrie, the duo sings about the importance of friendship, understanding those different from yourself, and taking care of your body. They also pay musical tribute to heroic figures of bravery and justice like Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Harvey Milk. These songs are bridges to many adventures in the making and include suggested activities for youngsters to supplement their listening and exploration. Cass McCombs: cassmccombs.com Facebook: facebook.com/CassMcCombs Twitter: twitter.com/cassmccombs Instagram: instagram.com/cassmccombsMr. Greg:Instagram: @gregory_gardnerSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/mr-greg-and-cass-mccombs/sing-and-play-new-folk-songs-for-childrenFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordings Twitter: twitter.com/Folkways Instagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkways The content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Various Artists - Playing for the Man at the Door Album Sampler [Official Audio] Smithsonian Folkways 2023-06-09 | Listen to the official audio sampler of 'Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971':Tracklist:00:00 Mance Lipscomb - “God Moves on the Water”02:36 James Tisdom - “Salty Dog Rag”05:55 Dudley Alexander and Washboard Band - “St. James Infirmary”10:15 The Spiritual Light Gospel Group - “My Work Will Be Done”13:16 George “Bongo Joe” Coleman - “George Coleman for President, Nobody for Vice President”'Playing for the Man at the Door' is available August 4, 2023, on streaming/digital, CD, and LP.Pre-order/stream: Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/playing-for-the-man-at-the-door Bandcamp: smithsonianfolkways.bandcamp.com/album/playing-for-the-man-at-the-door-field-recordings-from-the-collection-of-mack-mccormick-1958-1971All other platforms: orcd.co/mccormick 'Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971' is the first compilation of music drawn from McCormick’s fabled vernacular recording collection, which indelibly documents a pivotal moment in African American history. Our five-song sampler draws from that massive release to feature never-before-heard performances not only from musicians like Mance Lipscomb who became icons in their own right, but also, crucially, from performers like James Tisdom and George “Bongo Joe” Coleman, whose names may be unfamiliar to even the most devoted blues fans and scholars. This newly mastered collection brings to life these undercelebrated, genre-defying craftsmen of Black gospel, country blues, zydeco, and more: offering insight into their lives and illuminating in new, enlightening ways their joys and anguish, deep social connections, distinctive voices, and cultural networks. Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/ Facebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordings Twitter: twitter.com/Folkways Instagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkways The content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
No-No Boy feat. The New Celestial String Band – “Nitro ’66 Cannonball Blues” Smithsonian Folkways 2023-05-23 | Listen to the official audio of No-No Boy’s “Nitro ’66 Cannonball Blues” featuring The New Celestial String Band.Purchase/Stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/no-no-boy/la-banda-mas-chingon-en-wyomingBandcamp: nonoboy.bandcamp.com/album/la-banda-m-s-ching-n-en-wyoming-b-w-nitro-66-cannonball-bluesAll other platforms: orcd.co/no-no-boy-mariachiThe cultural and geographic lineage of No-No Boy’s newest single “La Banda Más Chingón en Wyoming” is layered and deeply American: a mariachi rendition of a folk-country song about a 1940s Asian American swing band composed in Wyoming by the son of a Vietnamese refugee from Nashville performed in Southern California. The song is a bilingual reimagination of “The Best Goddamn Band In Wyoming” from the 2021 No-No Boy album 1975. Julian Saporiti and Emilia Halvorsen Saporiti are joined by Mariachi Los Broncos, whose bandleader Jessie Vallejo drew thematic connections between the Japanese internment camps that Saporiti so vividly sings about and the detention centers set up at the US Southern border overfilled with Latin American migrants. The mariachi’s bold exuberance underscores the song’s triumphant perseverance in the face of bigotry and life-shattering oppression by the state.The single’s B-side “Nitro ‘66 Cannonball Blues” is a brand-new No-No Boy song featuring The New Celestial String Band. As understated as the A-side is boisterous, it takes inspiration from the traditional “Cannonball Blues,” approaching the tune from the perspective of a Chinese American immigrant railroad worker who, after building the transcontinental train lines that laid the groundwork for massive cultural and economic expansion, was deported back to China in 1885. The song is heartbreaking and full of life, highlighting Saporiti’s masterful storytelling and creative production techniques.No-No Boy: nonoboyproject.comFacebook: facebook.com/nonoboyalbumTwitter: twitter.com/NoNoBoyMusicInstagram: instagram.com/nonoboysongwriterSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
No-No Boy feat. Mariachi Los Broncos - “La Banda Más Chingón en Wyoming” Smithsonian Folkways 2023-05-23 | Listen to the official audio of No-No Boy’s “La Banda Más Chingón en Wyoming” (The Best God Damn Band in Wyoming), a collaboration with Mariachi Los Broncos and ethnomusicologist Jessie Vallejo.Purchase/Stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/no-no-boy/la-banda-mas-chingon-en-wyomingBandcamp: nonoboy.bandcamp.com/album/la-banda-m-s-ching-n-en-wyoming-b-w-nitro-66-cannonball-bluesAll other platforms: orcd.co/no-no-boy-mariachiThe cultural and geographic lineage of No-No Boy’s newest single “La Banda Más Chingón en Wyoming” is layered and deeply American: a mariachi rendition of a folk-country song about a 1940s Asian American swing band composed in Wyoming by the son of a Vietnamese refugee from Nashville performed in Southern California. The song is a bilingual reimagination of “The Best Goddamn Band In Wyoming” from the 2021 No-No Boy album 1975. Julian Saporiti and Emilia Halvorsen Saporiti are joined by Mariachi Los Broncos, whose bandleader Jessie Vallejo drew thematic connections between the Japanese internment camps that Saporiti so vividly sings about and the detention centers set up at the US Southern border overfilled with Latin American migrants. The mariachi’s bold exuberance underscores the song’s triumphant perseverance in the face of bigotry and life-shattering oppression by the state.The single’s B-side “Nitro ‘66 Cannonball Blues” is a brand-new No-No Boy song featuring The New Celestial String Band. As understated as the A-side is boisterous, it takes inspiration from the traditional “Cannonball Blues,” approaching the tune from the perspective of a Chinese American immigrant railroad worker who, after building the transcontinental train lines that laid the groundwork for massive cultural and economic expansion, was deported back to China in 1885. The song is heartbreaking and full of life, highlighting Saporiti’s masterful storytelling and creative production techniques.No-No Boy: nonoboyproject.comFacebook: facebook.com/nonoboyalbumTwitter: twitter.com/NoNoBoyMusicInstagram: instagram.com/nonoboysongwriterMariachi Los Broncos: https://www.cpp.edu/class/music/ensembles/mariachi-los-broncos.shtmlFacebook: facebook.com/CPPMariachiTwitter: twitter.com/MariachiCPPInstagram: instagram.com/cppmariachiSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Damir Imamović - Harmoniko (Accordion) (Official Audio) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-05-03 | Listen to the official audio of "Harmoniko (Accordion)," the third single from Damir Imamović’s upcoming Smithsonian Folkways album The World and All That It Holds, available May 19, 2023.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/damir-imamovic/the-world-and-all-that-it-holdsBandcamp: damirimamovic.bandcamp.com/album/the-world-and-all-that-it-holdsAll platforms: orcd.co/damirimamovicBosnian singer, songwriter and sevdah tradition-bearer Damir Imamović is a firm believer in the power of song to connect and transport. On this new album The World and All That It Holds he performs original compositions and traditional songs in Bosnian and Sephardic Ladino with breathtaking emotion and conviction. Created as a musical companion to Bosnian-American author Aleksandar Hemon's epic novel of the same name, the songs tell stories of love and loss, hardship and perseverance. Imamović's music invokes the spirit of the cultural melting pot that is Sarajevo, his lifelong home, reflecting sevdah’s rich historical influences while invigorating its future.Damir Imamović: http://damirimamovic.comFacebook: facebook.com/damirimamovicTwitter: twitter.com/damirimamovicInstagram: instagram.com/damirimamovichSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Damir Imamović - Osmane (Official Audio) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-04-20 | Listen to the official audio of "Osmane," the second single from Damir Imamović’s upcoming Smithsonian Folkways album The World and All That It Holds, available May 19, 2023.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/damir-imamovic/the-world-and-all-that-it-holdsBandcamp: damirimamovic.bandcamp.com/album/the-world-and-all-that-it-holdsAll platforms: orcd.co/damirimamovicBosnian singer, songwriter and sevdah tradition-bearer Damir Imamović is a firm believer in the power of song to connect and transport. On this new album The World and All That It Holds he performs original compositions and traditional songs in Bosnian and Sephardic Ladino with breathtaking emotion and conviction. Created as a musical companion to Bosnian-American author Aleksandar Hemon's epic novel of the same name, the songs tell stories of love and loss, hardship and perseverance. Imamović's music invokes the spirit of the cultural melting pot that is Sarajevo, his lifelong home, reflecting sevdah’s rich historical influences while invigorating its future.Damir Imamović: http://damirimamovic.comFacebook: facebook.com/damirimamovicTwitter: twitter.com/damirimamovicInstagram: instagram.com/damirimamovichSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Lightnin Hopkins - Blues Jumped a Rabbit (Official Audio) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-04-11 | Listen to the official audio of "Blues Jumped a Rabbit" by Lightnin' Hopkins from the upcoming Smithsonian Folkways box set 'Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971,' available August 4, 2023.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/playing-for-the-man-at-the-doorBandcamp: smithsonianfolkways.bandcamp.com/album/playing-for-the-man-at-the-door-field-recordings-from-the-collection-of-mack-mccormick-1958-1971All other platforms: orcd.co/mccormickIn the 1950s and 60s, the blues was the dominant form of Black vernacular music throughout Texas and the surrounding areas. In segregated neighborhoods, community members gathered in saloons, dancehalls, and each other’s homes to hear their neighbors sing their stories of sorrow, heartbreak, jubilation, and triumph. Robert “Mack” McCormick, an academically untrained but fanatical devotee of the blues, stepped into this world and became one of its most devout advocates and documentarians. By photographing Black and Latino Texans and their neighborhoods, as well as recording and interviewing musicians—many of whom never stepped foot into a proper recording studio—McCormick endeared and eventually embedded himself into these communities. By the time he died in 2015, McCormick had amassed a collection of 590 reels of sound recordings and 165 boxes of manuscripts, original interviews and research notes, thousands of photographs and negatives, playbills, and posters. Because McCormick never published or released most of these materials, his collection became a thing of legend and intense speculation among scholars, blues aficionados, and musicians alike. Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971 is the first compilation of music drawn from this fabled collection, which indelibly documents a pivotal moment in African American history. It features never-before-heard performances not only from musicians who became icons in their own right—including Lightnin’ Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb—but also, crucially, performers whose names may be unfamiliar to even the most devoted blues fans and scholars. Newly mastered recordings and accompanying photographs bring to life many of these forgotten figures: offering insight into their lives and illuminating in new, enlightening ways their joys and anguish, deep social connections, distinctive voices, and cultural networks. The collection spans gospels, ragtime, country blues dirges, the unclassifiable music of George “Bongo Joe” Coleman, and more, showing that no community, no matter how tight-knit, is monolithic. Accompanying the music is a 128-page book, which contains breathtaking photographs by McCormick and his associates, as well as contextual essays by producers Jeff Place and John Troutman on McCormick’s life, and by musicians Mark Puryear and Dom Flemons on some of the marginalized communities throughout “Greater Texas” to which McCormick devoted his life’s work. This release is a partnership with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Damir Imamović - Bejturan (Wormwood) (Official Audio) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-03-28 | Listen to the official audio of "Bejturan (Wormwood),” the first single from Damir Imamović’s upcoming Smithsonian Folkways album The World and All That It Holds, available May 19, 2023.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/damir-imamovic/the-world-and-all-that-it-holdsBandcamp: damirimamovic.bandcamp.com/album/the-world-and-all-that-it-holdsAll platforms: orcd.co/damirimamovicBosnian singer, songwriter and sevdah tradition-bearer Damir Imamović is a firm believer in the power of song to connect and transport. On this new album The World and All That It Holds he performs original compositions and traditional songs in Bosnian and Sephardic Ladino with breathtaking emotion and conviction. Created as a musical companion to Bosnian-American author Aleksandar Hemon's epic novel of the same name, the songs tell stories of love and loss, hardship and perseverance. Imamović's music invokes the spirit of the cultural melting pot that is Sarajevo, his lifelong home, reflecting sevdah’s rich historical influences while invigorating its future.Damir Imamović: http://damirimamovic.comFacebook: facebook.com/damirimamovicTwitter: twitter.com/damirimamovicInstagram: instagram.com/damirimamovichSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Adama Sambou and Ejam Kasa - “Colobane Yolooli (Our Colobane)” (Live Performance Video) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-03-23 | Watch virtuosic ekonting player Adama Sambou and members of Ejam Kasa perform “Colobane Yolooli (Our Colobane)” in Ziguinchor, Senegal. This song honors Sambou’s neighborhood of lower Colobane and its champion wrestler Djibuul, meaning “to lift up,” a key wrestling move.Adama Sambou, ekontingBouki Diatta, contraptionIssa Ba, bidong jugLouise Sagna, vocalsElario Biougue, sekereOctavie, Gilbert, and Pascal Diatta, dancersVideo by Scott Linford'Ears of the People' is out now on CD and digital.Purchase/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/ears-of-the-people/ekonting-songs-from-senegal-and-the-gambiaBandcamp: smithsonianfolkways.bandcamp.com/album/ears-of-the-people-ekonting-songs-from-senegal-and-the-gambiaAll other platforms: orcd.co/earsofthepeople'Ears of the People' is a collection of sublime contemporary recordings of the ekonting, a three-stringed gourd lute played by Jola people in Gambia and the Casamance region of Senegal. The nine tradition-bearers featured on the album share stories of love, heartache, conflict, spirituality, and all that is unique and beautiful in Jola culture over the rolling lilt of the instrument. An important forebear of the American banjo, the ekonting drives lively dancing and brings these stories to life. These songs, rarely heard outside Senegambia, are a living tapestry of the Jola people and a unique interweaving of human voices and stringed instruments.Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
La Marisoul and Los Texmaniacs feat. Little Joe - Las nubes (The Clouds) (Official Audio) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-03-15 | Listen to the official audio of "Las nubes (The Clouds)," the second single from La Marisoul and Los Texmaniacs' upcoming Smithsonian Folkways album 'Corazones and Canciones,' available April 7, 2023. For this special rendition of the classic 1972 Chicano civil-rights song, they are joined by the artist who popularized it, Little Joe Hernández.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/la-marisoul-and-los-texmaniacs/corazones-and-cancionesBandcamp: lamarisoullostexmaniacs.bandcamp.com/album/corazones-and-cancionesAll other platforms: orcd.co/lamarisoullostexmaniacsIn Corazones and Canciones, two Mexican American musical powerhouses join forces to create an album overflowing with heart and imagination. L.A.’s Marisol Hernández—La Marisoul—and San Antonio-based Tejano conjunto Los Texmaniacs draw from a repertoire of cherished canciones rancheras and boleros. "Everything is done with heart and soul, because of the passion and love we have for this music," asserts Texmaniacs leader Max Baca. Adds Marisol, "It’s just as American as it is Mexican; that’s one of the special things about living in the United States." Special guest Little Joe Hernández adds his trademark vocals to the melody of "Las nubes," the song he propelled to the forefront of the Chicano Movement. La Marisoul: http://lamarisoul.comFacebook: facebook.com/LaMarisoulMusicaTwitter: twitter.com/LaMarisoulInstagram: instagram.com/la_marisoulLos Texmaniacs: http://lostexmaniacs.comFacebook: facebook.com/texmaniacsTwitter: twitter.com/texmaniacs74Instagram: instagram.com/texmaniacsSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Dom Flemons - Its Cold Inside (Official Music Video) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-03-09 | Watch the official music video for "It's Cold Inside" from Dom Flemons' upcoming Smithsonian Folkways album 'Traveling Wildfire,' available March 24 on CD and digital and this spring on vinyl LP.Directed, Produced & Edited by Weird Life FilmsSteadicam Operator: Taras NebesnyySpecial thanks to Will & team at Fitzgerald’sLocations pictured:Fitzgerald’s, BerwynPullman National Monument, ChicagoSouth Shore Cultural Center, ChicagoNorth Avenue Beach, ChicagoMarquette Park, Gary, INWeirdLifeFilms.comPre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/dom-flemons/traveling-wildfireBandcamp: domflemons.bandcamp.com/album/traveling-wildfireAll other platforms: orcd.co/dom-flemons-traveling-wildfireDom Flemons has built a reputation on presenting 100 years of American roots music, but now, with 'Traveling Wildfire,' his own songwriting prowess comes into the spotlight. Carefully selected from his personal repertoire, these original songs reveal his love of country, western, blues, Americana, bluegrass and folk music as they tell of true love, family legacy, survival, time travel, and the juxtaposition between light and dark. 'Traveling Wildfire' weaves through the themes of hope and humor as it rises above the hard times with strength and lightheartedness.Dom Flemons: theamericansongster.comFacebook: facebook.com/DomFlemonsMusicInstagram: instagram.com/domflemonsTwitter: twitter.com/domflemonsSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Dom Flemons - Its Cold Inside (Official Audio) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-03-09 | Listen to the official audio of "It's Cold Inside" from Dom Flemons' upcoming Smithsonian Folkways album 'Traveling Wildfire,' available March 24 on CD and digital and this spring on vinyl LP.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/dom-flemons/traveling-wildfireBandcamp: domflemons.bandcamp.com/album/traveling-wildfireAll other platforms: orcd.co/dom-flemons-traveling-wildfireDom Flemons has built a reputation on presenting 100 years of American roots music, but now, with 'Traveling Wildfire,' his own songwriting prowess comes into the spotlight. Carefully selected from his personal repertoire, these original songs reveal his love of country, western, blues, Americana, bluegrass and folk music as they tell of true love, family legacy, survival, time travel, and the juxtaposition between light and dark. 'Traveling Wildfire' weaves through the themes of hope and humor as it rises above the hard times with strength and lightheartedness.Dom Flemons: theamericansongster.comFacebook: facebook.com/DomFlemonsMusicInstagram: instagram.com/domflemonsTwitter: twitter.com/domflemonsSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Elisa Diedhiou - “Aniil Umbaam Ejonjon” (Live Performance Video) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-02-24 | Elisa Diedhiou is one of the few women to play ekonting, and the first to pursue a living as a professional ekonting player. Here she performs the song “Aniil Umbaam Ejonjon" in Cap Skirring, Senegal.'Ears of the People' is available February 3, 2023, on CD and digital.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/ears-of-the-people/ekonting-songs-from-senegal-and-the-gambiaBandcamp: smithsonianfolkways.bandcamp.com/album/ears-of-the-people-ekonting-songs-from-senegal-and-the-gambiaAll other platforms: orcd.co/earsofthepeople'Ears of the People' is a collection of sublime contemporary recordings of the ekonting, a three-stringed gourd lute played by Jola people in Gambia and the Casamance region of Senegal. The nine tradition-bearers featured on the album share stories of love, heartache, conflict, spirituality, and all that is unique and beautiful in Jola culture over the rolling lilt of the instrument. An important forebear of the American banjo, the ekonting drives lively dancing and brings these stories to life. These songs, rarely heard outside Senegambia, are a living tapestry of the Jola people and a unique interweaving of human voices and stringed instruments.Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Leroy Country Johnson with Edwin Buster Pickens - Train Roll Up (Official Audio) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-02-22 | Listen to the official audio of "Train Roll Up" by Leroy "Country" Johnson with Edwin "Buster" Pickens from the upcoming Smithsonian Folkways box set 'Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971,' available August 4, 2023.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/playing-for-the-man-at-the-doorBandcamp: smithsonianfolkways.bandcamp.com/album/playing-for-the-man-at-the-door-field-recordings-from-the-collection-of-mack-mccormick-1958-1971All other platforms: orcd.co/mccormickIn the 1950s and 60s, the blues was the dominant form of Black vernacular music throughout Texas and the surrounding areas. In segregated neighborhoods, community members gathered in saloons, dancehalls, and each other’s homes to hear their neighbors sing their stories of sorrow, heartbreak, jubilation, and triumph. Robert “Mack” McCormick, an academically untrained but fanatical devotee of the blues, stepped into this world and became one of its most devout advocates and documentarians. By photographing Black and Latino Texans and their neighborhoods, as well as recording and interviewing musicians—many of whom never stepped foot into a proper recording studio—McCormick endeared and eventually embedded himself into these communities. By the time he died in 2015, McCormick had amassed a collection of 590 reels of sound recordings and 165 boxes of manuscripts, original interviews and research notes, thousands of photographs and negatives, playbills, and posters. Because McCormick never published or released most of these materials, his collection became a thing of legend and intense speculation among scholars, blues aficionados, and musicians alike. Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971 is the first compilation of music drawn from this fabled collection, which indelibly documents a pivotal moment in African American history. It features never-before-heard performances not only from musicians who became icons in their own right—including Lightnin’ Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb—but also, crucially, performers whose names may be unfamiliar to even the most devoted blues fans and scholars. Newly mastered recordings and accompanying photographs bring to life many of these forgotten figures: offering insight into their lives and illuminating in new, enlightening ways their joys and anguish, deep social connections, distinctive voices, and cultural networks. The collection spans gospels, ragtime, country blues dirges, the unclassifiable music of George “Bongo Joe” Coleman, and more, showing that no community, no matter how tight-knit, is monolithic. Accompanying the music is a 128-page book, which contains breathtaking photographs by McCormick and his associates, as well as contextual essays by producers Jeff Place and John Troutman on McCormick’s life, and by musicians Mark Puryear and Dom Flemons on some of the marginalized communities throughout “Greater Texas” to which McCormick devoted his life’s work. This release is a partnership with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Dom Flemons feat. Sam Bush - Guess Im Doing Fine (Official Audio) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-02-21 | Listen to the official audio of Dom Flemons' cover of "Guess I'm Doing Fine" by Bob Dylan. It is the second single from his upcoming Smithsonian Folkways album 'Traveling Wildfire,' available March 24 on CD and digital and this spring on vinyl LP.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/dom-flemons/traveling-wildfireBandcamp: domflemons.bandcamp.com/album/traveling-wildfireAll other platforms: orcd.co/dom-flemons-traveling-wildfireDom Flemons has built a reputation on presenting 100 years of American roots music, but now, with 'Traveling Wildfire,' his own songwriting prowess comes into the spotlight. Carefully selected from his personal repertoire, these original songs reveal his love of country, western, blues, Americana, bluegrass and folk music as they tell of true love, family legacy, survival, time travel, and the juxtaposition between light and dark. 'Traveling Wildfire' weaves through the themes of hope and humor as it rises above the hard times with strength and lightheartedness.Dom Flemons: theamericansongster.comFacebook: facebook.com/DomFlemonsMusicInstagram: instagram.com/domflemonsTwitter: twitter.com/domflemonsSam Bush: sambush.comFacebook: facebook.com/sambushbandInstagram: instagram.com/sambushbandTwitter: twitter.com/sam_bushSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
La Marisoul and Los Texmaniacs - Mucho corazón (A Lot of Heart) (Official Audio) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-02-16 | Listen to the official audio of "Mucho corazón (A Lot of Heart)," the first single from La Marisoul and Los Texmaniacs' upcoming Smithsonian Folkways album 'Corazones and Canciones,' available April 7, 2023.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/la-marisoul-and-los-texmaniacs/corazones-and-cancionesBandcamp: lamarisoullostexmaniacs.bandcamp.com/album/corazones-and-cancionesAll other platforms: orcd.co/lamarisoullostexmaniacsIn Corazones and Canciones, two Mexican American musical powerhouses join forces to create an album overflowing with heart and imagination. L.A.’s Marisol Hernández—La Marisoul—and San Antonio-based Tejano conjunto Los Texmaniacs draw from a repertoire of cherished canciones rancheras and boleros. "Everything is done with heart and soul, because of the passion and love we have for this music," asserts Texmaniacs leader Max Baca. Adds Marisol, "It’s just as American as it is Mexican; that’s one of the special things about living in the United States." Special guest Little Joe Hernández adds his trademark vocals to the melody of "Las nubes," the song he propelled to the forefront of the Chicano Movement. Los Texmaniacs: http://lostexmaniacs.comFacebook: facebook.com/texmaniacsTwitter: twitter.com/texmaniacs74Instagram: instagram.com/texmaniacsLa Marisoul: http://lamarisoul.comFacebook: facebook.com/LaMarisoulMusicaTwitter: twitter.com/LaMarisoulInstagram: instagram.com/la_marisoulSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Esukolaal - Bapaalaay (Friendship) (Official Audio) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-01-30 | Listen to the official audio of "Bapaalaay (Friendship)" by Esukolaal from the upcoming Smithsonian Folkways album 'Ears of the People,' available February 3, 2023, on CD and digital.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/ears-of-the-people/ekonting-songs-from-senegal-and-the-gambiaBandcamp: smithsonianfolkways.bandcamp.com/album/ears-of-the-people-ekonting-songs-from-senegal-and-the-gambiaAll other platforms: orcd.co/earsofthepeople'Ears of the People' is a collection of sublime contemporary recordings of the ekonting, a three-stringed gourd lute played by Jola people in The Gambia and the Casamance region of Senegal. The nine tradition-bearers featured on the album share stories of love, heartache, conflict, spirituality, and all that is unique and beautiful in Jola culture over the rolling lilt of the instrument. An important forebear of the American banjo, the ekonting drives lively dancing and brings these stories to life. These songs, rarely heard outside Senegambia, are a living tapestry of the Jola people and a unique interweaving of human voices and stringed instruments.Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Elisa Diedhiou - Aline Sitoe (Official Audio) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-01-19 | Listen to the official audio of "Aline Sitoe" by Elisa Diedhiou from the upcoming Smithsonian Folkways album 'Ears of the People,' available February 3, 2023, on CD and digital.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/ears-of-the-people/ekonting-songs-from-senegal-and-the-gambiaBandcamp: smithsonianfolkways.bandcamp.com/album/ears-of-the-people-ekonting-songs-from-senegal-and-the-gambiaAll other platforms: orcd.co/earsofthepeople'Ears of the People' is a collection of sublime contemporary recordings of the ekonting, a three-stringed gourd lute played by Jola people in The Gambia and the Casamance region of Senegal. The nine tradition-bearers featured on the album share stories of love, heartache, conflict, spirituality, and all that is unique and beautiful in Jola culture over the rolling lilt of the instrument. An important forebear of the American banjo, the ekonting drives lively dancing and brings these stories to life. These songs, rarely heard outside Senegambia, are a living tapestry of the Jola people and a unique interweaving of human voices and stringed instruments.Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Dom Flemons - The Making of Traveling Wildfire (Behind the Scenes Documentary) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-01-18 | Go behind the scenes with Dom Flemons as he discusses the transformative path that led to his upcoming release, 'Traveling Wildfire.' Here he highlights some of the original songs and instrumentation on the album, from rhythm bones to the gourd banjo and stone mason jug. Flemons is joined in the studio by GRAMMY-winning musician and producer Ted Hutt (Flogging Molly, Lucero, Old Crow Medicine Show).Directed by Jonathan McHughProduced by Jonathan McHugh & Jeff DeLiaCinematography by Jordan RennetEdited by Stephen Giordano & Jonathan McHugh'Traveling Wildfire' is available March 24 on CD and digital and this spring on vinyl LP.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/dom-flemons/traveling-wildfireBandcamp: domflemons.bandcamp.com/album/traveling-wildfireAll other platforms: orcd.co/dom-flemons-traveling-wildfireDom Flemons has built a reputation on presenting 100 years of American roots music, but now, with 'Traveling Wildfire,' his own songwriting prowess comes into the spotlight. Carefully selected from his personal repertoire, these original songs reveal his love of country, western, blues, Americana, bluegrass and folk music as they tell of true love, family legacy, survival, time travel, and the juxtaposition between light and dark. 'Traveling Wildfire' weaves through the themes of hope and humor as it rises above the hard times with strength and lightheartedness.Dom Flemons: theamericansongster.comFacebook: facebook.com/DomFlemonsMusicInstagram: instagram.com/domflemonsTwitter: twitter.com/domflemonsSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Dom Flemons - Slow Dance With You (Official Audio) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-01-11 | Listen to the official audio of "Slow Dance With You" from Dom Flemons' upcoming Smithsonian Folkways album 'Traveling Wildfire,' available March 24 on CD and digital and this spring on vinyl LP.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/dom-flemons/traveling-wildfireBandcamp: domflemons.bandcamp.com/album/traveling-wildfireAll other platforms: orcd.co/dom-flemons-traveling-wildfireDom Flemons has built a reputation on presenting 100 years of American roots music, but now, with 'Traveling Wildfire,' his own songwriting prowess comes into the spotlight. Carefully selected from his personal repertoire, these original songs reveal his love of country, western, blues, Americana, bluegrass and folk music as they tell of true love, family legacy, survival, time travel, and the juxtaposition between light and dark. 'Traveling Wildfire' weaves through the themes of hope and humor as it rises above the hard times with strength and lightheartedness.Dom Flemons: theamericansongster.comFacebook: facebook.com/DomFlemonsMusicInstagram: instagram.com/domflemonsTwitter: twitter.com/domflemonsSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Sijam Bukan - “Mamba Sambou” (Live Performance Video) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-01-10 | Meet Jules “Ekona” Diatta, an ekonting player, rice farmer, and palm wine harvester from the village of Mlomp in Casamance, Senegal. Diatta leads the village ensemble Sijam Bukan, meaning “Ears of the People.” Here they perform the song “Mamba Sambou,” which honors a local wrestler. It's the first single from the upcoming album 'Ears of the People,' available February 3, 2023, on CD and digital.Jules “Ekona” Diatta, ekontingDavid Manga, toumbaProsper Diatta, pot and spoonsMarie-Claude Sarr, wuleaw and vocalsDiankelle Senghor, wuleaw and vocalsGilbert Sambou, dance coordinatorVideo by Scott LinfordCoordination by Joël BassenePre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/ears-of-the-people/ekonting-songs-from-senegal-and-the-gambiaBandcamp: smithsonianfolkways.bandcamp.com/album/ears-of-the-people-ekonting-songs-from-senegal-and-the-gambiaAll other platforms: orcd.co/earsofthepeople'Ears of the People' is a collection of sublime contemporary recordings of the ekonting, a three-stringed gourd lute played by Jola people in The Gambia and the Casamance region of Senegal. The nine tradition-bearers featured on the album share stories of love, heartache, conflict, spirituality, and all that is unique and beautiful in Jola culture over the rolling lilt of the instrument. An important forebear of the American banjo, the ekonting drives lively dancing and brings these stories to life. These songs, rarely heard outside Senegambia, are a living tapestry of the Jola people and a unique interweaving of human voices and stringed instruments.Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Sijam Bukan - Mamba Sambou (Official Audio) Smithsonian Folkways 2023-01-05 | Listen to the official audio of "Mamba Sambou" by Sijam Bukan from the upcoming Smithsonian Folkways album 'Ears of the People,' available February 3, 2023, on CD and digital.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/ears-of-the-people/ekonting-songs-from-senegal-and-the-gambiaBandcamp: smithsonianfolkways.bandcamp.com/album/ears-of-the-people-ekonting-songs-from-senegal-and-the-gambiaAll other platforms: orcd.co/earsofthepeople'Ears of the People' is a collection of sublime contemporary recordings of the ekonting, a three-stringed gourd lute played by Jola people in The Gambia and the Casamance region of Senegal. The nine tradition-bearers featured on the album share stories of love, heartache, conflict, spirituality, and all that is unique and beautiful in Jola culture over the rolling lilt of the instrument. An important forebear of the American banjo, the ekonting drives lively dancing and brings these stories to life. These songs, rarely heard outside Senegambia, are a living tapestry of the Jola people and a unique interweaving of human voices and stringed instruments.Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
An Animated Interview with Bluegrass Pioneer Alice Gerrard Smithsonian Folkways 2022-11-21 | This fall, Folkways reissued the first two LPs by the groundbreaking bluegrass duo of Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard. In celebration of these reissues and in honor of the duo's legacy and cultural impact, we sat down with Alice at her home in Durham, North Carolina, to discuss her life and her experiences playing music with Hazel. This animated video was created from the interview that took place, and features their previously unreleased cover of The Louvin Brothers' "Childish Love." Directed by Drew ChristieIllustrations by Gabe AdamsAnimation & Type Design by Dane HerforthKalakala Animation: kalakala.coInterview by Jonathan Williger, Charlie Weber, and Laura ShanahanPioneering Women of Bluegrass: The Definitive Edition is available now on CD and digital, and is an expanded reissue of the 1996 compilation Pioneering Women of Bluegrass. Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard's two Folkways LPs Won't You Come and Sing for Me? and Who's That Knocking? are also available now on vinyl and digital.Purchase/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/hazel-dickens-and-alice-gerrard/pioneering-women-of-bluegrassBandcamp: hazeldickensandalicegerrard.bandcamp.com/album/pioneering-women-of-bluegrass-the-definitive-editionAll other platforms: orcd.co/hazel-dickens-alice-gerrardThe soaring harmonies and driving string-band sound of Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard shattered the glass ceiling of male-dominated bluegrass in the 1960s. Hazel and Alice’s influence on music – and not just roots music – is hard to overstate. They’ve been acknowledged by artists as diverse as country superstars Naomi and Wynonna Judd, champion flat-picker Molly Tuttle, and proto-feminist punk rocker Kathleen Hanna. Their steadfast devotion to their own hard-hitting style inspired generations of women in bluegrass. Pioneering Women of Bluegrass: The Definitive Edition collects all the songs from Hazel and Alice’s two groundbreaking Folkways albums, and a previously unreleased bonus track, all remastered by their original producer Peter Siegel. They are joined on these recordings by such bluegrass legends as Chubby Wise and David Grisman. The CD booklet includes an expanded set of essays by Hazel, Alice, Laurie Lewis, and Peter Siegel, as well as iconic photographs by John Cohen and Carl Fleischhauer.Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Sam Bush - In Tall Buildings (Live Performance Video) Smithsonian Folkways 2022-11-14 | Watch Sam Bush perform "In Tall Buildings" from his Smithsonian Folkways album 'Radio John: Songs of John Hartford.'Producer: Rob LaughterTracking Engineer/Mixing: Kate HaldrupFilmed on location at Sound Emporium Studios, Studio B, Nashville, TN.September 21, 2022.'Radio John: Songs of John Hartford' is available November 11, 2022, on CD and digital. The LP version will be available in Spring 2023.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/sam-bush/radio-john-songs-of-john-hartfordBandcamp: sambush.bandcamp.com/album/radio-john-songs-of-john-hartfordAll other platforms: orcd.co/sam-bush-john-hartford'Radio John: Songs of John Hartford' is Sam Bush’s heartfelt tribute to his hero and mentor, John Hartford. With dedication, admiration, and love, Bush takes on personal favorites from Hartford’s vast catalog, including songs he played with Hartford on stage and in the studio in the 1970s. Bush plays every instrument on nearly every cut, pouring himself into the performances. 'Radio John' is a testament to the impact Hartford had on American traditional music as a songwriter, an instrumentalist, and, most importantly, someone who fostered the careers of musicians like Bush and countless others reinventing roots music in the last half of the 20th century.Sam Bush: sambush.comFacebook: facebook.com/sambushbandInstagram: instagram.com/sambushbandTwitter: twitter.com/sam_bushSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Sam Bush - A Simple Thing As Love (Live Performance Video) Smithsonian Folkways 2022-11-10 | Watch Sam Bush perform "A Simple Thing As Love" from his Smithsonian Folkways album 'Radio John: Songs of John Hartford.'Producer: Rob LaughterTracking Engineer/Mixing: Kate HaldrupFilmed on location at Sound Emporium Studios, Studio B, Nashville, TN.September 21, 2022.'Radio John: Songs of John Hartford' is available November 11, 2022, on CD and digital. The LP version will be available in Spring 2023.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/sam-bush/radio-john-songs-of-john-hartfordBandcamp: sambush.bandcamp.com/album/radio-john-songs-of-john-hartfordAll other platforms: orcd.co/sam-bush-john-hartford'Radio John: Songs of John Hartford' is Sam Bush’s heartfelt tribute to his hero and mentor, John Hartford. With dedication, admiration, and love, Bush takes on personal favorites from Hartford’s vast catalog, including songs he played with Hartford on stage and in the studio in the 1970s. Bush plays every instrument on nearly every cut, pouring himself into the performances. 'Radio John' is a testament to the impact Hartford had on American traditional music as a songwriter, an instrumentalist, and, most importantly, someone who fostered the careers of musicians like Bush and countless others reinventing roots music in the last half of the 20th century.Sam Bush: sambush.comFacebook: facebook.com/sambushbandInstagram: instagram.com/sambushbandTwitter: twitter.com/sam_bushSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Sam Bush - Radio John (Live Performance Video) Smithsonian Folkways 2022-11-10 | Watch Sam Bush perform “Radio John” from his Smithsonian Folkways album 'Radio John: Songs of John Hartford.'Producer: Rob LaughterTracking Engineer/Mixing: Kate HaldrupFilmed on location at Sound Emporium Studios, Studio B, Nashville, TN.September 2022.'Radio John: Songs of John Hartford' is available November 11, 2022, on CD and digital. The LP version will be available in Spring 2023.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/sam-bush/radio-john-songs-of-john-hartfordBandcamp: sambush.bandcamp.com/album/radio-john-songs-of-john-hartfordAll other platforms: orcd.co/sam-bush-john-hartford'Radio John: Songs of John Hartford' is Sam Bush’s heartfelt tribute to his hero and mentor, John Hartford. With dedication, admiration, and love, Bush takes on personal favorites from Hartford’s vast catalog, including songs he played with Hartford on stage and in the studio in the 1970s. Bush plays every instrument on nearly every cut, pouring himself into the performances. 'Radio John' is a testament to the impact Hartford had on American traditional music as a songwriter, an instrumentalist, and, most importantly, someone who fostered the careers of musicians like Bush and countless others reinventing roots music in the last half of the 20th century.Sam Bush: sambush.comFacebook: facebook.com/sambushbandInstagram: instagram.com/sambushbandTwitter: twitter.com/sam_bushSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Sam Bush - Radio John (Official Audio) Smithsonian Folkways 2022-10-12 | Listen to the official audio of "Radio John" from Sam Bush's upcoming Smithsonian Folkways album, 'Radio John: Songs of John Hartford'. 'Radio John: Songs of John Hartford' is available November 11, 2022, on CD and digital. The LP version will be available in Spring 2023.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/sam-bush/radio-john-songs-of-john-hartfordBandcamp: sambush.bandcamp.com/album/radio-john-songs-of-john-hartfordAll other platforms: orcd.co/sam-bush-john-hartford'Radio John: Songs of John Hartford' is Sam Bush’s heartfelt tribute to his hero and mentor, John Hartford. With dedication, admiration, and love, Bush takes on personal favorites from Hartford’s vast catalog, including songs he played with Hartford on stage and in the studio in the 1970s. Bush plays every instrument on nearly every cut, pouring himself into the performances. 'Radio John' is a testament to the impact Hartford had on American traditional music as a songwriter, an instrumentalist, and, most importantly, someone who fostered the careers of musicians like Bush and countless others reinventing roots music in the last half of the 20th century. Lyrics:Stated out workin’ in the summertimeOn the docks of the Mississippi Valley Barge LineStokin’ towboats on those long hot daysGetting’ half days off, sometimes with payBecame a steamboat captain, wrote the songs to Mark TwangRollin’ down the river to New OrleansOh I can hear somethin’ comin’ up around the bendIt’s the Julia Belle Swain boys gleamin’ and steamin’on inAnd it’s Radio John standing at the helmWith a wave and a smile and some yarns to tellHe loved life on the river and the fiddle tunesOf blind Ed Haley and Benny Martin tooHe always played them songs with a Vamp in the MiddleWith a hustle and a shuffle and a skittle wah diddleHe wrote songs every day, lord he’d scratch and scribbleSo the tunes that he wrote, he could play on his fiddleWell I went up the river come away last Sunday nightWith my fiddle and my banjer and my baby there to hold me tightA banjo man, he rolled while he sangWith rhythm like a piston on a railroad trainGotta see Radio John, with his two-toned shoesA slippin’ and a sliding while he danced for youHe knew every crooked turn up n-down the MississippiHe was a Huckleberry Finn, an airwaves hippieRadio John, a steamboat troubadorA Mississippi Sawyer, like we’d never seen beforeHe spun those tunes in St. Louie and Illinois they sayHe played Bill, Earl and Lester and some boys named BrayYou could hear his voice every night til’ dawnSo cut yer television off and turn yer radio onIt’s Radio John…He danced and he played in the bars and the hallsWhile he was tappin’ his shous, we was havin’ a ball!Yeah Radio John had us all sing alongJusta clappin’ anda stompin’ to every one of his songsHe could make us happy and sometimes make us cryAnd lookin’ back now I wish we never had to say goodbyeIt was 6-9-0 KSTLWhere he played those songs we all knew so wellRADIO JOHNSam Bush: sambush.comFacebook: facebook.com/sambushbandInstagram: instagram.com/sambushbandTwitter: twitter.com/sam_bushSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Sam Bush - In Tall Buildings (Official Audio) Smithsonian Folkways 2022-09-20 | Listen to the official audio of "In Tall Buildings" from Sam Bush's upcoming Smithsonian Folkways album, 'Radio John: Songs of John Hartford'. 'Radio John: Songs of John Hartford' is available November 11, 2022, on CD and digital. The LP version will be available in Spring 2023.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/sam-bush/radio-john-songs-of-john-hartfordBandcamp: sambush.bandcamp.com/album/radio-john-songs-of-john-hartfordAll other platforms: orcd.co/sam-bush-john-hartford'Radio John: Songs of John Hartford' is Sam Bush’s heartfelt tribute to his hero and mentor, John Hartford. With dedication, admiration, and love, Bush takes on personal favorites from Hartford’s vast catalog, including songs he played with Hartford on stage and in the studio in the 1970s. Bush plays every instrument on nearly every cut, pouring himself into the performances. 'Radio John' is a testament to the impact Hartford had on American traditional music as a songwriter, an instrumentalist, and, most importantly, someone who fostered the careers of musicians like Bush and countless others reinventing roots music in the last half of the 20th century. Lyrics:Someday, my baby, when I am a manAnd others have taught me the best that they canThey'll sell me a suit then cut off my hairAnd send me to work in tall buildingsSo it's goodbye to the sunshineGoodbye to the dewGoodbye to the flowersAnd goodbye to youI'm off to the subwayI must not be lateI'm going to work in tall buildingsOh when I retireMy life is my ownI made all the paymentsIt's time to go homeAnd wonder what happenedBetwixt and betweenWhen I went to work in tall buildingsSo it's goodbye to the sunshineGoodbye to the dewGoodbye to the flowersAnd goodbye to youI'm off to the subwayI must not be lateGoing to work in tall buildingsSo it's goodbye to the sunshineGoodbye to the dewGoodbye to the flowersAnd goodbye to youI'm off to the subwayI must not be lateI'm going to work in tall buildingsSam Bush: sambush.comFacebook: facebook.com/sambushbandInstagram: instagram.com/sambushbandTwitter: twitter.com/sam_bushSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Jake Blount - Didnt It Rain (Official Music Video) Smithsonian Folkways 2022-09-19 | Watch the official music video for "Didn't It Rain" by Jake Blount, from their Smithsonian Folkways album 'The New Faith,' available on CD/digital/streaming on September 23, 2022 and LP in early 2023.Stream/purchase:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/jake-blount/the-new-faithBandcamp: jakeblountmusic.bandcamp.comAll other platforms: orcd.co/jake-blount-the-new-faithVideo Produced by BlacklodgeCinematographer & Editor - Tadin BregoJake Blount: jakeblount.comFacebook: facebook.com/notjacobnotbluntTwitter: twitter.com/forked_queerInstagram: instagram.com/jake.m.blountTikTok: tiktok.com/@jake.m.blount?lang=enSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Jake Blount on the Inspiration Behind ‘The New Faith’ [Mini-Documentary] Smithsonian Folkways 2022-09-16 | Jake Blount discusses the genesis and creation of his new album 'The New Faith,' digging into what inspired the songs and the narrative of the project. Shot on May 2, 2022 in Washington, D.C.Produced by Jonathan WilligerDirected by Charlie WeberCamera by Yijo Shen and Charlie WeberStory and editing by Sujay Khona'The New Faith' is available September 23, 2022, on CD and digital. The LP version, which features bonus tracks, will be available in late 2022/early 2023.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/jake-blount/the-new-faithBandcamp: jakeblountmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-new-faithAll other platforms: orcd.co/jake-blount-the-new-faith'The New Faith' tells an Afrofuturist story set in a far-future world devastated by climate change. Jake Blount and his collaborators embody a group of Black climate refugees as they perform a religious service, invoking spirituals that are age-old even now, familiar in their content but extraordinary in their presentation. These songs, which have seen Black Americans through countless struggles, bind this future community together and their shared past; beauty and power held in song through centuries of devastation, heartbreak, and loss. Jake Blount: jakeblount.comFacebook: facebook.com/notjacobnotbluntInstagram: instagram.com/jake.m.blountTwitter: twitter.com/forked_queerTikTok: tiktok.com/@jake.m.blount?lang=enSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Jake Blount - The Downward Road (ft. Demeanor) (Official Audio) Smithsonian Folkways 2022-09-08 | Listen to the official audio of "The Downward Road" featuring Demeanor from Jake Blount's upcoming Smithsonian Folkways album, 'The New Faith'. "'The Downward Road' was the proving ground for much of the sonic experimentation on 'The New Faith.' I think these were the first vocal harmonies I ever recorded - and definitely the first fiddle solo. My co-producer, Brian Slattery, used this track to show me how to put percussion loops together. We wound up re-recording harmonies, fiddles and percussion as we learned to perform the parts better and get better sounds with our home recording rigs. Demeanor threw some incredible verses on it. 'The Downward Road' was the first song we began to work on for this release, and the last one we finished - and it does a better job than any other track at encapsulating the backstory behind The New Faith." - Jake Blount'The New Faith' is available September 23, 2022, on CD and digital. The LP version will be available in late 2022/early 2023.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/jake-blount/the-new-faithBandcamp: jakeblountmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-new-faithAll other platforms: orcd.co/jake-blount-the-new-faith'The New Faith' tells an Afrofuturist story set in a far-future world devastated by climate change. Jake Blount and his collaborators embody a group of Black climate refugees as they perform a religious service, invoking spirituals that are age-old even now, familiar in their content but extraordinary in their presentation. These songs, which have seen Black Americans through countless struggles, bind this future community together and their shared past; beauty and power held in song through centuries of devastation, heartbreak, and loss. Lyrics:Now look at our old wicked fathers,Thought they were doin' mighty wellBut when they come to find outThey done made up a bed in hellNow the downward road isCrowded, crowded, crowdedCrowded, Lord, believe it's soCrowded, crowded, crowdedCrowded, Lord, believe it's soGather round, gather round,Lo, I've seen what the trickster hid!Hear the sound of a king tryna get itThe water rising, surrounding everybody that's in itAnd little Silas wanna come homeAll he got is a cot that he drum onWhole family poor, he was taught not to run from itWhen you come from itAnd the king ain't never alone,A feeling Silas thought that he never would knowThe king mean, said he homegrownThat his upbringing showed him it all, it's nothing he don't knowThe water rose, but he a old soulHe feel like he seen everythingHe been outside like a evergreenAs for Silas, he just want a chanceThe king got the means to, but he don't wanna askSilas got over and took over, the same king in the storyStill running from his pastNow look at my old grasping ruler,Thought he was doin' mighty wellBut when he come to find outHe done made up a bed in hellWell the downward road isCrowded, crowded, crowdedCrowded, Lord, believe it's soCrowded, crowded, crowdedCrowded, Lord, believe it's soGather round, gather round,Lo, I've seen what the trickster hidIn a town where a means to a end would amount to a piece of the pieJoe and Louie like peas in a pod, they wanna even the oddsThey heard about the water risingMade a plan to take advantage, had to enterprise itSaw an opportunity, Louie was set, as soon as Joey said it's a bet.We can sell a boat, and can sell a boatload more for sureIf we never settle the debt, lo and behold and nevertheless,The water roseProbably shoulda known the quickest thing that would sinkThe irony is, is probably a pot of goldBy the end the means made the man, the sin, the pain,When it's too late to do what you canAin't no making amends, the king knowHe bought one of them boats, too, the king thoughNow look at us, my wicked brothersWe think we're doing mighty well,But when we come to find outWe done made up a bed inChildren, the downward road isCrowded, crowded, crowdedCrowded, Lord, believe it's soCrowded, crowded, crowdedCrowded, Lord, believe it's soCrowded, crowded, crowdedCrowded, Lord, believe it's soCrowded, crowded, crowdedCrowded, Lord, believe it's soJake Blount: jakeblount.comFacebook: facebook.com/notjacobnotbluntInstagram: instagram.com/jake.m.blountTwitter: twitter.com/forked_queerTikTok: tiktok.com/@jake.m.blount?lang=enSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard - Childish Love (Official Audio) Smithsonian Folkways 2022-09-07 | Listen to the official audio of "Childish Love," an unreleased track by the Louvin Brothers from Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard's of the Smithsonian Folkways album, 'Pioneering Women of Bluegrass: The Definitive Edition'. 'Pioneering Women of Bluegrass: The Definitive Edition' is available October 21, 2022, on CD and digital, and is an expanded reissue of the 1996 compilation 'Pioneering Women of Bluegrass'. Smithsonian Folkways will also be reissuing both Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard Folkways LPs 'Won't You Come and Sing for Me?' and 'Who's That Knocking?', also available on October 21, 2022.Pre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/hazel-dickens-and-alice-gerrard/pioneering-women-of-bluegrassBandcamp: hazeldickensandalicegerrard.bandcamp.com/album/pioneering-women-of-bluegrass-the-definitive-editionAll other platforms: orcd.co/hazel-dickens-alice-gerrardThe soaring harmonies and driving string-band sound of Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard shattered the glass ceiling of male-dominated bluegrass in the 1960s. Hazel and Alice’s influence on music – and not just roots music – is hard to overstate. They’ve been acknowledged by artists as diverse as country superstars Naomi and Wynonna Judd, champion flat-picker Molly Tuttle, and proto-feminist punk rocker Kathleen Hanna. Their steadfast devotion to their own hard-hitting style inspired generations of women in bluegrass. 'Pioneering Women of Bluegrass: The Definitive Edition' collects all the songs from Hazel and Alice’s two groundbreaking Folkways albums, and a previously unreleased bonus track, all remastered by their original producer Peter Siegel. They are joined on these recordings by such bluegrass legends as Chubby Wise and David Grisman. The CD booklet includes an expanded set of essays by Hazel, Alice, Laurie Lewis, and Peter Siegel, as well as iconic photographs by John Cohen and Carl Fleischhauer.Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Meeting Jason Romeros Banjos (Behind The Scenes Documentary) Smithsonian Folkways 2022-08-31 | On Pharis & Jason Romero's latest album 'Tell 'Em You Were Gold,' banjos are front and center, a key feature in every track. Jason Romero not only plays, but built the banjos heard on the tracks. In this video, Jason walks us through the range of banjos in his arsenal.Video by Trent Freeman and Eva Anandi Brownstein'Tell 'Em You Were Gold' is now available on CD and digital. The LP version, which features bonus tracks, will be available in late 2022/early 2023.Stream/purchase:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/pharis-jason-romero/tell-em-you-were-goldBandcamp: pharisjasonromero.bandcamp.com/album/tell-em-you-were-goldAll other platforms: orcd.co/pharis-jason-romeroPharis and Jason Romero are pure craftspeople. A renowned banjo builder, Jason spent years developing his own personal designs, and on Tell ‘Em You Were Gold, his handmade instruments take center stage. Over a half dozen uniquely crafted banjos are played by the duo in the course of the album. There’s conviction and delicacy in this music, which ranges from duets that showcase the pair’s deep psychic and artistic connection to solo banjo meditations and full band romps. Recorded over six days in an old barn in Horsefly, British Columbia, the album displays the multiple Juno Award-winning duo playing music that is honest, direct, and reflective of life’s beauty and knottiness.Pharis & Jason Romero: http://www.pharisandjason.comFacebook: facebook.com/pharisandjasonInstagram: instagram.com/pharisandjasonSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Pharis & Jason Romero - Black Guard Mary (Official Music Video) Smithsonian Folkways 2022-08-07 | Watch the official music video for of "Black Guard Mary" by Pharis & Jason Romero, from their Smithsonian Folkways album 'Tell 'Em You Were Gold'.Shot live at the barn in Horsefly, BC in October 2021. Videography by Trent Freeman and Eva Anandi Brownstein.'Tell 'Em You Were Gold' is now available on CD and digital. The LP version, which features bonus tracks, will be available in late 2022/early 2023.Stream/purchase:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/pharis-jason-romero/tell-em-you-were-goldBandcamp: pharisjasonromero.bandcamp.com/album/tell-em-you-were-goldAll other platforms: orcd.co/pharis-jason-romeroPharis and Jason Romero are pure craftspeople. A renowned banjo builder, Jason spent years developing his own personal designs, and on Tell ‘Em You Were Gold, his handmade instruments take center stage. Over a half dozen uniquely crafted banjos are played by the duo in the course of the album. There’s conviction and delicacy in this music, which ranges from duets that showcase the pair’s deep psychic and artistic connection to solo banjo meditations and full band romps. Recorded over six days in an old barn in Horsefly, British Columbia, the album displays the multiple Juno Award-winning duo playing music that is honest, direct, and reflective of life’s beauty and knottiness.Pharis & Jason Romero: http://www.pharisandjason.comFacebook: facebook.com/pharisandjasonInstagram: instagram.com/pharisandjasonSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Pharis & Jason Romero - Been All Around This World (Official Music Video) Smithsonian Folkways 2022-08-07 | Watch the official music video for of "Been All Around This World" by Pharis & Jason Romero, from their Smithsonian Folkways album 'Tell 'Em You Were Gold'.Shot live at the barn in Horsefly, BC in October 2021. Videography by Trent Freeman and Eva Anandi Brownstein.'Tell 'Em You Were Gold' is now available on CD and digital. The LP version, which features bonus tracks, will be available in late 2022/early 2023.Stream/purchase:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/pharis-jason-romero/tell-em-you-were-goldBandcamp: pharisjasonromero.bandcamp.com/album/tell-em-you-were-goldAll other platforms: orcd.co/pharis-jason-romeroPharis and Jason Romero are pure craftspeople. A renowned banjo builder, Jason spent years developing his own personal designs, and on Tell ‘Em You Were Gold, his handmade instruments take center stage. Over a half dozen uniquely crafted banjos are played by the duo in the course of the album. There’s conviction and delicacy in this music, which ranges from duets that showcase the pair’s deep psychic and artistic connection to solo banjo meditations and full band romps. Recorded over six days in an old barn in Horsefly, British Columbia, the album displays the multiple Juno Award-winning duo playing music that is honest, direct, and reflective of life’s beauty and knottiness.Pharis & Jason Romero: http://www.pharisandjason.comFacebook: facebook.com/pharisandjasonInstagram: instagram.com/pharisandjasonSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Jake Blount - Once There Was No Sun (Official Music Video) Smithsonian Folkways 2022-07-20 | Watch the official music video for "Once There Was No Sun" by Jake Blount, from their Smithsonian Folkways album 'The New Faith,' available on CD/digital/streaming on September 23, 2022 and LP in early 2023.Stream/purchase:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/jake-blount/the-new-faithBandcamp: jakeblountmusic.bandcamp.comAll other platforms: orcd.co/jake-blount-the-new-faith“I learned "Once There Was No Sun" from a Bessie Jones recording. The track opens with a reading from Genesis, describing the world in the days prior to the creation of light, the sun, and the moon. The song’s lyrics reflect on the same period of time, reminding us that many things we treat as universal constants did not always exist - and, by extension, could recede into nothingness at any time. "Once There Was No Sun" is an invitation to reflect on the impermanence, fragility and beauty of a world we too often take for granted.We filmed on a small island off the coast of Maine, which also inspired the setting for 'The New Faith,' and it was clear to us from the start that the video should highlight the majesty of the landscape. The video is a celebration of beauty, in some of its most elemental forms: wind, light, sea and stone, and human bodies moving through it all. It’s my hope that, through such celebrations, we can learn to better care for all these things.”Video Produced by BlacklodgeCinematographer & Editor - Tadin BregoBackup Dancer - Veeva BangaDrone Pilot - Jesse LaFountaineJake Blount: jakeblount.comFacebook: facebook.com/notjacobnotbluntTwitter: twitter.com/forked_queerInstagram: instagram.com/jake.m.blountTikTok: tiktok.com/@jake.m.blount?lang=enSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
El Fanático de la Música Norteña: Chris Strachwitz and Arhoolie Records Smithsonian Folkways 2022-06-30 | Chris Strachwitz, the founder of Arhoolie Records, talks about his first experiences hearing Norteño music. Learn more about Arhoolie Records: https://folkways.si.edu/arhoolieVisit the Arhoolie Foundation: arhoolie.orgSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThis project has received federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.The content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
In the Studio with La Marisoul and Los Texmaniacs (Behind the Scenes Documentary) Smithsonian Folkways 2022-06-30 | Live in the studio, La Marisoul (Marisol "Marisoul" Hernández) and Los Texmaniacs share and discuss the music on their collaborative Smithsonian Folkways album 'Corazones and Canciones,' available April 7, 2023.Hernández says, “I still feel that what we’re making is American music. There [are] borders and things that tell us where we are, but the music is happening here. So it’s just as American as it is Mexican and Tejano and Californian, and it’s beautiful. I think that’s one of the special things about living in a place like the United States, you know. A lot of worlds can fit here and it’s built on that.”Produced by Daniel Sheehy and Charlie WeberCamera by Charlie WeberWritten and Edited by Isabel SpiegelFilmed at Bias Studios, Springfield, VA on July 27-30, 2021In memory of Pete ReinigerPre-order/stream:Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/la-marisoul-and-los-texmaniacs/corazones-and-cancionesBandcamp: lamarisoullostexmaniacs.bandcamp.com/album/corazones-and-cancionesAll other platforms: orcd.co/lamarisoullostexmaniacsIn Corazones and Canciones, two Mexican American musical powerhouses join forces to create an album overflowing with heart and imagination. L.A.’s Marisol Hernández—La Marisoul—and San Antonio-based Tejano conjunto Los Texmaniacs draw from a repertoire of cherished canciones rancheras and boleros. "Everything is done with heart and soul, because of the passion and love we have for this music," asserts Texmaniacs leader Max Baca. Adds Marisol, "It’s just as American as it is Mexican; that’s one of the special things about living in the United States." Special guest Little Joe Hernández adds his trademark vocals to the melody of "Las nubes," the song he propelled to the forefront of the Chicano Movement.This project has received federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.Los Texmaniacs: http://lostexmaniacs.comFacebook: facebook.com/texmaniacsTwitter: twitter.com/texmaniacs74Instagram: instagram.com/texmaniacsLa Marisoul: http://lamarisoul.comFacebook: facebook.com/LaMarisoulMusicaTwitter: twitter.com/LaMarisoulInstagram: instagram.com/la_marisoulSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Rebolu - Los Herederos (The Heirs) (Live at Queens Theater) Smithsonian Folkways 2022-06-27 | Watch Rebolu perform "Los Herederos (The Heirs)" live at the Queens Theater on April 9th, 2022. Musicians: Erica Parra - Drums Morís Cañate - Alegre/conga Juan Arango - guitar Diego Alzate - Bass Ronald Polo - lead singer Johanna Castañeda - vocals and Guache Scotty Otten - TrumpetAlexander Ramirez - SaxRonny Polo - background vocalsDancers: Daniel Fetecua Osiris Barcenas Composed by Ronald PoloVideographer: Chuy Gutierrez'Mi Herencia (My Heritage)' is available now on CD and digital/streaming.Stream/purchase:Smithsonian Folkways: folkways.si.edu/rebolu/mi-herencia-my-heritageBandcamp: rebolu.bandcamp.com/album/mi-herencia-my-heritageAll other platforms: orcd.co/rebolu“Rebolu is a party!” exclaims the intrepid group. “We are a confluence of sound and energy reflecting the intensity of our urban life and the need to create music for the world based on our folklore and heritage." Leaders in the New Colombian Music movement of New York City, their adopted home, Rebolu’s vibrant, salsa-inspired music has its roots in the diverse Afrocentric rhythms of Colombia’s Caribbean coast. On their Smithsonian Folkways debut Mi Herencia (My Heritage), composer Ronald Polo, tambor alegre master Morris Cañate, percussionist Erica “Kika” Parra, lead singer Johanna Castañeda, and their top-drawer bandmembers bring a battery of percussion, commanding gaita flute melodies, and make-you-move vocal stylings into the spotlight as they exuberantly reinvigorate generations-old traditions.Rebolu: gruporebolu.comFacebook: facebook.com/gruporeboluTwitter: twitter.com/gruporeboluInstagram: instagram.com/gruporeboluSmithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.eduFacebook: facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordingsTwitter: twitter.com/FolkwaysInstagram: instagram.com/smithsonianfolkwaysThe content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
