February 2009 Newsletter
Dear Supporter,
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Free Snooks Eaglin Download to Honor New Orleans Legend
Singer and guitarist Snooks Eaglin (1936-2009) passed away February 18th in New Orleans. His Smithsonian Folkways album New Orleans Street Singer was originally released in 1959 and reissued in 2005 with 7 previously unreleased tracks. Recorded by folklorist Harry Oster after he heard Eaglin performing on the streets of the French Quarter, New Orleans Street Singer was recently selected for the book 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die.
Click here to download a free MP3 of the classic "St. James Infirmary" from New Orleans Street Singer (through Feb. 28th only).
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Smithsonian Folkways Trivia!
Each month we'll ask a trivia question; email your answer, name, and address with the subject "February Trivia" to smithsonianfolkways@si.edu by February 28th and a randomly selected entrant with the correct answer will win a free CD of his or her choice!
February Question: This actor, best known for a role in the television series Hawaii Five-0, recorded a spoken word album for Folkways in 1965.
Congratulations to last month's winner, Patrick from Oak Ridge, TN, who correctly answered "Concertina," an accordion-like instrument. We also accepted "Melodeon" (also known as a Cajun Accordion), which from photos/recordings is likely what Lead Belly played, though he always referred to it as a concertina. January's question was: Lead Belly played the 12-string guitar, harmonica, piano, and violin. But what instrument, also known as the win'jammer, was his first?
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New Releases
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Essential Picks
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News and Notes
- Pete Seeger is the Freemuse Award Winner for 2009 for his "commitment to musicians’ freedom of expression."
- The 2009 Smithsonian Folklife Festival has announced the three programs for this year:
- Giving Voice: The Power of Words in African American Culture
- Las Américas: Un Mundo Musical / The Americas: A Musical World
- Wales Smithsonian Cymru
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