2011 Festival Video
Cimarrón Performance at Festival
Cimarrón, of the llanos plains region of Colombia, are masters of the joropo llanero genre. Here, these Grammy-nominated musicians performRead More
Bandola demonstration by Félix Chaparro Rivas
Félix Chaparro Rivas of Grupo Cabrestero demonstrated the bandola during a narrative session in the Colombia program, “Bandolas Across Traditions.” VideoRead More
Diz Russell of Sonny Til’s Orioles
Vocalist Albert “Diz” Russell of Sonny Til’s Orioles talks about Duke Ellington, the history of doo-wop, and the birth ofRead More
The Garifuna Collective of Belize/Guatemala
The Garifuna Collective was co-founded and led by Andy Palacio (1960–2008), a musician dedicated to preserving the unique Garifuna languageRead More
The Funk Brothers: Stop in the Name of Love
The Funk Brothers, a coalescence of talented studio musicians, backed over eighty #1 singles. From 1959 to 1972, the group supported theRead More
Colombian Women’s Voices in Music, part 1
Singers Zully Murillo de Caicedo (Cali) and Damaris Sayas Gomez (Mompox) share their unique vocal traditions during the “Women’s VoicesRead More
Colombian Women’s Voices in Music, part 2
Singers Zully Murillo de Caicedo (Cali) and Damaris Sayas Gomez (Mompox) share their unique vocal traditions during the “Women’s VoicesRead More
Ceremonial Dance from the Amazonian Rainforest
The Amazon rainforest covers more than one third of Colombia and contains approximately fifty-two ethnic groups, many are indigenous communities.Read More
Fred Wesley and the New JBs
Fred Wesley, legendary jazz trombonist and former band leader for James Brown, brings the funk to the Motor City StageRead More
John Garamendi on his Peace Corps Experience in Ethiopia
Congressman John Garamendi and his wife were both Peace Corps volunteers in the late 1960s. In this video of aRead More
