In the Homegrown Plus series, we present Homegrown concerts that also had accompanying oral history interviews, placing both together in an easy-to-find blog post. (Find the whole series here!) We’re continuing the series with Vishtèn, an award winning Canadian band that performs both traditional and original Acadian music with rock energy. Their original “neo-traditional” compositions are based on …
This is a guest post by Valentina Bold and Nancy Groce. It has been updated to include the video of the James Hogg Symposium. Scroll down or read on to watch the symposium. On February 21, 2020, the American Folklife Center joined the University of Stirling to present a one-day public symposium celebrating the 250th …
