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November 13 –Smithsonian Folkways: Sounds to Grow On Episode #14 - Talking About the Blues Now Available on Podcast
Dear Supporter, Two New Episodes of Smithsonian Folkways: Sounds to Grow On Now Available on Podcast Download "Talking About the Blues" and "Time," the newest installments in the 26-part radio series hosted by Michael Asch, son of Folkways founder Moses Asch...
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“Talking About the Blues”, the new episode of “Sounds to Grow On” is now available at Smithsonian Folkways. The podcast, hosted by Michael Asch, son of Folkways founder Moses Asch, features Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, and their performances on Chicago’s WFMT radio show on May 7th, 1957.
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Smithsonian Folkways: Sounds to Grow On, the 26-part radio series hosted by Michael Asch, son of Folkways founder Moses Asch, features the original recordings of Folkways Records' vast catalogue. Listen to Program #14 - Talking About the Blues and subscribe to the podcast here. ...
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Conjuncto accordion legend, Flaco Jimenez will be performing with the Los Texmaniacs Saturday in New Braunfels http://tinyurl.com/yldhks8. See why Flaco Jimenez calls Max Baca "the top dog on the bajo sexto." Watch Los Texmaniacs play their unique style of conjuncto here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK0IEv_yp
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Los Texmaniacs have fun with their conjunto tejano music on audio engineer Joe Treviño's back porch in San Antonio, Texas. Max Baca (right), on the bajo sexto guitar, says conjunto began with its early pioneers "listening to the German oompa music on the radio in the late 1920s. ...
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings http://alturl.com/o7yf Afghan President Karzai is sworn in today- watch Afghan rubab expert, Homayun Sakhi, at Smithsonian Folkways
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Throughout Central Asia, female musicians, dancers, and entertainers have long been an important part of social life. This film introduces ten remarkable women whose voices and instruments have made a deep imprint on the soundscape of central asia in our own time.
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Did you know the final track on the award winning Alison Krauss/ Robert Plant “Raising Sand” was written by Doc Watson and his wife Rosa Lee. Find “Your Long Journey” at the Smithsonian Folkways here: http://alturl.com/9wxk
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Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion will join Parenting Unplugged Radio
tomorrow morning at 11am PST promoting their new release "Go Waggaloo"
on Smithsonian Folkways.
Join us tomorrow in listening to what the LA Times calls "a lovely batch of homespun folksongs for small tykes." www.parentingunpluggedradio.com
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“”Cuz We’re Cousins” by Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family on Radio Disney! Select “can’t find my song/artist” at the top of the artist list and then type in “Cuz We’re Cousins” by Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family. Make it a family event all weekend long… http://radio.disney.go.com/speak/request
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Celebrate Neil Young’s birthday by listening to Elizabeth Mitchell’s 2006 cover of “Little Wing” for her album You are My Little Bird http://tinyurl.com/ydkfbj5 http://lala.com/zTvc
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings http://alturl.com/iknw Did you know Lead Belly wrote war songs? Celebrate Veterans Day with Smithsonian Folkways Records and our Song of the Day by Lead Belly :“If You Want to Do Your Part,” his first war song as part of "That's Why We're Marching: World War II American Folk Song Movement" record.
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Artists include Woody Guthrie, Almanac Singers, Lead Belly, Tom Glazer, Cisco Houston, Pete Seeger, Josh White, Burl Ives, and others. Few people have heard these songs composed and sung from 1940 to 1945 by artists primarily known for their influence on American folk music after 1945. ...
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Son de Madera, a son jarocho group from Veracruz, Mexico, will be playing in Dayton November 10th-12th. The Dayton Daily News (http://www.daytondailynews.com/entertain
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Most American dance music is concerned with locking into a 4/4 groove and sticking to a fairly rigid structure. That’s not the case with son jarocho.
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Words of Sound: The Ballad of Smithsonian Folkways(http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/s
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Smithsonian Folkways Recordings New Review and Giveaway of Go Waggaloo from Cleeo and Bea, visit here to find out more: http://cleeoandbea.com/
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Is it November already? Yes, and that means more exciting giveaways. Don’t forget our Black Wagon giveaway is still on on until the 6th, so there’s still time to win that beautiful Charlie Harper game, but we have a new one to announce today. ...
