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Homegrown Concert Series Online Archive
All
of the materials from the Homegrown Concerts are available to visitors
in the Folklife Reading Room. Selected materials will be made available
online as digital versions become available.
Select on the year of the concert or the name of the performer or group
to read the full descriptions and to access any additional materials
that may be
available
online.
The Homegrown concert series presents the very best of traditional music
and dance from a variety of folk cultures thriving in the United States.
The concerts will be held once a month from April through December. All
concerts are free of charge and will not require tickets for admission.
Concerts will be presented from noon to 1 p.m. in the Thomas Jefferson
Building of the Library of Congress, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C.
The closest
Metro stops are Capitol South (blue and orange lines) and Union Station
(red line). For the current schedule of Homegrown Concerts, go to the What's Happening at the American Folklife Center page.
Homegrown concerts are produced by the American
Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in cooperation with the Kennedy
Center Millennium Stage and the Smithsonian's
National Museum of the American Indian.
Gandydancer -- traditional string
band music from West Virginia,
December 12, 2007
Hoop Dances by Dallas Chief Eagle
and Jasmine Pickner --(Rosebud and Crow Creek Sioux tribes of South
Dakota) November 15, 2007
Aubrey Ghent and Friends --
sacred lap steel guitar, October 17, 2007
Dáithí Sproule, singer and guitarist & Robert
Watt, Highland bagpiper, May 23, 2007
The Sama Ensemble --
Traditional Iranian music and dance, April 25, 2007
Flory
Jagota and Friends --
Traditional Sephardic music from the former Yugoslavia and the world, March
21, 2007
Reverb -- gospel/inspirational
harmony group from Washington, DC. Special event for African American
Heritage Month, February 7, 2007
Other 2007 AFC Concerts
In 2007 the following concerts were not sponsored by the Homegrown Series. These were associated with AFC symposia. The concert title link will go directly to the webcast.
Seeger Family Concert evening concert held as part of the sympoisum "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute, March 16, 2007. Time 2:13:15
Rosie Stewart concert that was part of the Rediscover Northern Ireland Programme 2007, May 9, 2007. Time 1:03:59
Francis McPeake Family and past pupils from their renowned school in Belfast, Rediscover Northern Ireland Programme 2007, May 16, 2007 (webcast forthcoming).
The Gannon Family -- Irish music and dance
from Missouri, November 15, 2006
Sonny Burgess and the Pacers -- Rockabilly
music from Arkansas,
October 18, 2006
Doyle Lawson and
Quicksilver --Bluegrass
and Gospel music from Tennessee, September
13, 2006
Mary Louise Defender
Wilson & Keith Bear --
Sioux and Mandan Hidatsa storytelling and
music from North Dakota, August 16, 2006
Natasinh Dancers & Musicians -- Lao
music and dance from Iowa, July 26, 2006
The River Boys Polka Band -- Dutch Hop
Polka music from Nebraska, June 21, 2006
James "Super Chikan" Johnson & Richard
Christman --
Blues Guitar from Mississippi, May 23, 2006
David & Levon
Ayriyan -- Armenian
music from Rhode Island, April 12, 2006
Mister Jelly Roll, Mister Lomax and
the Invention of Jazz, January 18, 2006
Birmingham
Sunlights -- African American Gospel quartet
from Alabama December 7, 2005 (Webcast available)
Dineh
Tah Navajo Dancers --
November 16, 2005 (Webcast available)
Negrura Peruana -- Afro Peruvian music
and dance from Connecticut October 12, 2005 (Webcast
available)
Carter Family Tribute -- Old Time
Music from Virginia NEA National Heritage Fellow Concert September
20, 2005 (Webcast available)
Benton Flippen
and the Smokey Valley Boys -- Old Time music from North
Carolina August
17, 2005 (Webcast available)
D. W. Groethe --
Cowboy songs and poetry from Montana July 20, 2005
(Webcast available)
Margaret MacArthur -- Ballads and
songs from Vermont June 21, 2005 (Webcast
available)
Chu Shan -- Chinese Opera Institute from Maryland May
18, 2005
Liz
Carroll with John Doyle -- Irish
American fiddling from Illinois. April
21, 2005
2002 Concert Webcast:
Blind
Boys of Alabama I Excerpts from the June 5, 2002 Homegrown
Concert presented in two parts, four minutes each.
Blind Boys of Alabama II
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