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This year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival brings over 280 participants and a million visitors to the National Mall.
On Saturday, July 9, Smithsonian Folkways recording artists Ayombe performed the lively accordion-driven music from their award-winning album
The Funk Brothers, a coalescence of talented studio musicians, backed over eighty #1 singles. From 1959 to 1972, the group supported the rise of multiple Motown icons. Here the Funk Brothers perform “Stop in the Name of Love” (1965).
The Garifuna Collective was co-founded and led by Andy Palacio (1960–2008), a musician dedicated to preserving the unique Garifuna language and culture.
This installment of Festival Audio features a live concert from veteran North Carolina R&B group The Monitors.
Music and dance ensemble Don Abundio y sus Traviesos, from Mompox, Colombia, entertained a capacity crowd with a Carnival workshop
We are very fortunate to have great interns in participant staff! Their help is greatly appreciated, and we are as happy to have them as they are to be assisting with the Festival.
Demonstrated on the National Mall as a part of the 2011 Peace Corp Program, this recipe for Achee and Saltfish comes from Patrick Marti and Brian Wedderburn
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