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Archive: April 2019 (3 Posts)

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Botkin Folklife Lectures Plus: Billy Bragg

Posted by: Stephen Winick

A look at a book talk and interview with Billy Bragg, which occurred at the Library on July 21, 2017. Billy came to the Library of Congress to talk about his book, Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World. While he was here, I teamed up with the award-winning radio personality Mary Sue Twohy of Sirius/XM Radio to do a deep-dive oral history on Billy's life and career. Both videos are right here on this page--just scroll down!

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

April Fools on the Folklife Today Podcast

Posted by: Stephen Winick

As you may have figured out, our previous post about having discovered the origin of all folklore everywhere was an April Fools’ Day practical joke.  If you followed the link to the podcast, you actually heard about the roots of the April Fools’ Day tradition.  This post is to set the record straight! Episode six …