A Sioux frame drum, 1904; Museum of Modern Art
The Afrodrumming organization recently produced this video detailing two early recorded examples of Native American drumming. Many thanks to Kelle Jolly of Carpetbag Theatre for leading us to this vid…
Tag Archives: folklife
John Baird’s Tennessee Gospel
Selection from the cover of I’m Believin’: Gospel Music in Middle Tennessee
By Jennifer Joy Jameson, Notes From The Field series Editor
In the latest post from Notes From The Field, I wrote about the dynamic metal
sculptures of Kit…
We Juke Up In Here: Mississippi Juke Joint Traditions
Red Paden at home in Red’s Lounge; Lou Bopp
This month will see the release of a new documentary from Jeff Konkel of Broke and Hungry Records and Roger Stolle of the Cat Head music and art store. We Juke Up In Here, co-directed with Damien Blayloc…
Readings: Rural Traditions Sunk Into Eternal Oblivion
from The Farmer’s Year: A Calendar of Animal Husbandry; Clare Leighton, 1935
In our Readings
series, we offer selections from visual and printed texts that offer
perspectives, expand dialogues, and challenge assumptions. Today we feature the res…
Weekend Song: Napolian Strickland
Napolian Strickland on fife, R.L. Boyce on snare drum, Othar Turner dancing; Blues Unlimited
Yesterday the Alan Lomax Archive Channel offered an update with a distinctive video of Napolian Strickland singing and providing his own accompaniment on…
Woody Guthrie’s New Year’s Resolutions
Woody Guthrie’s New Years Rulin’s; WoodyGuthrie.org
Another reason to look forward to 2012: the centennial of Woody Guthrie’s birth. A full year of events, publications, exhibits, and recordings are planned – all of which can be followed on the Wo…