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Archive: July 2022 (3 Posts)

In this photo of The Chosen Few, eight men sit in pews in a church.

Homegrown Plus Premiere: The Chosen Few’s a Cappella Gospel from Virginia

Posted by: Stephen Winick

We're continuing the Homegrown Plus Premiere series with The Chosen Few, a Virginia gospel group that stands firmly in the great tradition of unaccompanied religious singing by African American residents of the Tidewater region of the mid-Atlantic states. As is usual for the series, this blog post includes an embedded concert video, an interview video, and a set of related links to explore!

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

Ukrainian Traditions on the Folklife Today Podcast

Posted by: Stephen Winick

We're back with another episode of the Folklife Today podcast, this one on Ukrainian Traditions! The latest Russian invasion of Ukraine occurred just days before our most recent previous episode was released, and we’ve been thinking since then of our Ukrainian friends and colleagues. So we decided to do an episode of the Folklife Today podcast focusing on Ukrainian materials and traditions in the Archive. Find links to it in this blog post, along with links to related Ukrainian content, videos, and audio selections. 

In this photo of Rodopi Ensemble, five men play musical instruments: Kyriakos Petras (violin), Nikos Angousis (clarinet), Alkis Zopoglou (kanun), Yorgos Pagozidis (drum), Drosos Koutsokostas (lute).

Homegrown Plus Premiere: Rodopi Ensemble’s Traditional Music from Thrace

Posted by: Stephen Winick

We're continuing the Homegrown Plus Premiere series with Rodopi Ensemble, an accomplished traditional band playing music from the Thracian mountains of Greece, North Macedonia, and Bulgaria. As is usual for the series, this blog post includes an embedded concert video, an interview video, and a set of related links to explore!