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"Oh, John the Rabbit" Music Video Duration 2:03 Music video from Elizabeth Mitchell's upcoming album Sunny Day available October 5, 2010.
"Little Bird, Little Bird" Music Video Duration 2:57 Music video from Elizabeth Mitchell's album You Are My Little Bird released in 2006.
Tom Wisner, Bard of the Chesapeake Duration 8:09 Tom Wisner interview in Lusby, Maryland.
Sarah Lee Guthrie Interview Duration 3:28 Sarah Lee Guthrie talks about the inspiration for her new children's album Go Waggaloo.
Los Texmaniacs Interview and Performance Duration 4:48 Los Texmaniacs add creative touches to bring traditional conjunto music to younger audiences.
Ella Jenkins performs at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival Duration 2:57 Filmed at the 2009 Smithsonian Folklife Festival for the Giving Voice program.
Ella Jenkins' Workshop Duration 1:16 Ella Jenkins demonstrates how to teach rhythm by using the limberjack dancer in a workshop.
Ella Jenkins in conversation Duration 1:35 Ella Jenkins, world-reknowned children's recording artist, released her first 10-inch vinyl album, Call and Response.
Ella Jenkins performs "I Know a City Called Okeechobee" Duration 2:29 Ella Jenkins sings her song "I Know a City Called Okeechobee" before a sold out crowd.
Pete Seeger live performance and interview Duration 8:41 Clips from the Smithsonian Folkways Concert in honor of Ella Jenkins at the Music Center at Strathmore.
Pete Seeger sings "English Is Crazy" Duration 3:21 Regarded as the dean of 20th-century folk singers, Pete Seeger started recording for Folkways in 1943.
Pete Seeger discusses political songs Duration 2:44 Pete Seeger lent his voice and energy to causes he believes in for more than sixty years.
National Anthem by Pete Seeger Duration 5:32 Pete Seeger Sings the U.S. National Anthem at the Ralph Rinzler Memorial in 1995.
Mike Seeger performs "Walking Boss" at the Folkways studio Duration 3:15 For over fifty years, Mike Seeger has been a musician, documenter, and tireless advocate.
Mike Seeger's interview at the Folkways studio Duration 2:56 Mike Seeger talks about his childhood and early days in music.
Mike Seeger discusses Early Southern Guitar Sounds Duration 6:28 Flimed in 2007 at the Folkways studio in Washington, D.C.
Cajun fiddler Michael Doucet Duration 4:24 Michael Doucet performs with David Doucet and Mitchell Reed. Recorded live at the 2007 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Banjo great Tony Trischka discusses the instrument Duration 2:45 In the early 1970s, Tony Trischka spearheaded a movement to innovate the sound of the banjo.
Bess Lomax Hawes Interview Duration 3:21 Bess Lomax Hawes discusses the 13th Annual Ralph Rinzler Memorial Concert held in her honor in 2007.
Bernice Johnson Reagon in conversation Duration 2:39 Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, singer, activist, and historian, organized multi-racial.
The Paschall Brothers perform "God Said He Would Move/On the Right Road Now" Duration 4:11 Filmed at the 2007 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
The Paschall Brothers rehearse "I'll Be Satisfied" Duration 3:24 Tidewater gospel quartet is a long and proud a cappella tradition, and the Paschall Brothers are among its last tradition-bearers.
John Jackson performs "Steamboat Whistle" Duration 2:50 The blues became a prominent American musical form at the turn of the 20th century.
Joe Glazer discusses music in the American Labor Movement Duration 6:30 Since the Industrial Revolution, working people have been organizing and.
Freedom Singers perform "We Are Soldiers in the Army" Duration 3:46 Music was essential to the African-American struggle for civil rights and equality.
Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys perform "Little Birdie" Duration 3:54 Filmed at the 2003 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
John Cephas and Phil Wiggins discuss the Piedmont blues style Duration 4:56 The Piedmont blues is a type of blues music distinguished by a unique finger-picking.
Hazel Dickens performs "West Virginia, My Home" Duration 4:55 Hazel Dickens became an accomplished bluegrass performer at a time.
Doc Watson "Deep River Blues" Duration 4:48 Watch Doc teach and play "Deep River Blues" with his flat top guitar.
Dewey Balfa recalls the lyrics to a Cajun waltz Duration 2:41 Dewey Balfa is an impassioned ambassador for Cajun music and culture, fiddler and singer.
Dewey Balfa in performance and conversation Duration 2:47 Dewey Balfa plays a Cajun fiddle tune and speaks to the importance of regional culture.
Elizabeth Cotten performs "Freight Train" Duration 2:23 Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten built her musical legacy on a firm foundation of late 19th- and early 20th-century.
