2012 Festival Video - Special Events
Evening Concerts Preview: From Funk to Azerbaijani Mugham to Hungarian Roma Music to Fife and Drum to African American Folk Music of the Virginia Piedmont
The 2012 Folklife Festival features a very eclectic series of evening concerts. Curators Jim Deutsch and Mark Puryear provide aRead More
Smithsonian Folkways Latino Music Concerts
Dan Sheehy, director of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, talks about the special Latino music concert series featured at this year’s Festival. SeeRead More
Sweet Heaven Kings: The Sounds of Sunday Morning
The Sweet Heaven Kings, an exhilarating brass ensemble, is made up of members of the United House of Prayer forRead More
Rising Star Fife & Drum Band
In founding the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band, Othar Turner revitalized a style of country blues music integral toRead More
George Clinton: Give Up the Funk
Legendary funk artist George Clinton has influenced countless musicians and musical genres ranging from hip-hop to rock. Here, the NationalRead More
Meshell Ndegeocello at the 2012 Folklife Festival
Funk, soul, R&B, and jazz are some of the many influences on multi-instrumentalist Meshell Ndegeocello’s complex musical style. Here, sheRead More
The Musical Life of Chuck Brown
The 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival paid tribute to the late Chuck Brown, the “Godfather of Go-Go,” with a day ofRead More
