Festival Video
The Will to Adorn: Introducing Januwa Moja
For forty years, Januwa Moja has created wearable art in celebration of the African diaspora. In this video, Moja discussesRead More
May 14, 2013 No Comments
Singing Tradition: Welsh Plygain Carol
We are looking forward to welcoming several Welsh artists as part of the upcoming One World Many Languages: Endangered LanguagesRead More
May 9, 2013 1 Comment
A Corrido of Struggle: Remembering Roberto Martínez and the Black Berets through “El Corrido de Córdova y Canales”
Inspired by the Black Panthers and Latin American revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara, and formed in 1969, Las Gorras Negras (TheRead More
March 16, 2013 No Comments
Meredydd Evans: The Power of the Welsh Language and Cultural Identity
Meredydd Evans, Professor of Philosophy, writer, and performer has long been an advocate for the Welsh language. In this 2008Read More
February 20, 2013 No Comments
Quetzal: On Their Own Terms
After listening to the band Quetzal’s album Imaginaries (Smithsonian Folkways, 2012), it comes as no surprise that they have been nominatedRead More
February 8, 2013 No Comments
Dydd Santes Dwynwen: An Icy Day for Lovers
January 25 is Dydd Santes Dwynwen, or Saint Dwynwen’s Day, the Saint Valentine’s Day of Wales. According to one versionRead More
January 25, 2013 2 Comments
Roberto Martínez: In Appreciation of a Musical Life
Roberto Martínez (1929-2013) was raised in the small northern New Mexican town of Mora, in the region where the heartRead More
January 14, 2013 No Comments
Senator Justin Morrill at the 2012 Festival
Longtime Festival volunteer Robert Scow shares this 26-minute video he produced of Jon Vrana’s interpretation of Senator Justin Morrill atRead More
January 3, 2013 No Comments
Remembering Senator Daniel K. Inouye
As members of the public pay their last respects to Senator Daniel K. Inouye, the Center for Folklife and CulturalRead More
December 20, 2012 3 Comments
Hula: Preserving Native Hawaiian Language and Culture
UNUKUPUKUPU is the name of the rigorous hula curricula of Dr. Taupōuri Tangarō at Hawai‘i Community College, University of Hawai‘iRead More
December 12, 2012 1 Comment







