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This month, Smithsonian Folkways
Recordings spotlights the Virginia Traditions series from
the Blue Ridge Institute, offering the collection as
on-demand CDs or digital downloads via folkways.si.edu, and making it
available to digital stores for the first time. Acquired from the Blue
Ridge Institute's BRI Records, the nine albums in the collection feature
recordings of Virginia's traditional music spanning from the 1920s through
the 1980s.
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*Excludes box sets, cannot be
combined with other offers
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Sneak Preview: Tradición, Arte y Pasión: Mariachi Los Camperos de
Nati Cano (out 7/17/15)"
Mariachi is more than
entertainment; it is a celebration of Mexican identity, artistry, and
ritual. On July 17, Smithsonian Folkways will release Tradición, Arte y
Pasión: Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, an exploration into the
multi-dimensional sounds of Mexico's past and present. The album serves as
a fitting tribute to legendary mariachi musician, bandleader, teacher, and
advocate Natividad "Nati" Cano, who died last fall during the album's
production.
Listen to a sneak preview of Tradición, Arte y
Pasión
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Save the Date: Evening Concerts at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Two evening concerts at this
year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival celebrate Smithsonian Folkways
artists. Save the dates:
? Sunday, June 28, 2015, 5-6:30 p.m. Agustín Lira & Alma + Viento
Callejero
? Sunday, July 5, 2015, 5-6:30 p.m. Smithsonian Folkways Tribute to Fannie Lou Hamer (album release event)
Meanwhile, listen to our "Music of Peru from Smithsonian Folkways"
playlist for a sound sampling of this year's Festival.
From left: Guy Carawan, Fannie Lou Hamer, Bernice Johnson Reagon, and
Len Chandler perform civil rights songs at the Newport Folk Festival, 1965.
Photo by Diana Davies
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Smithsonian Folkways
Trivia!
Each month we'll ask a trivia
question; email your answer, name, and address with the subject
"May Trivia" to SmithsonianFolkways_at_si_dot_edu by Tuesday,
June 2, and a randomly selected entrant with the correct answer will win a
free CD of his or her choice!
May Question: What song, featured in the Virginia Traditions series,
recounts the 1903 crash of the Southern Railway train known as the "Fast
Mail"?
Congratulations to last
month's winner, Karen Wassman from Germantown, MD, who correctly answered "branch" to the question, "What does
"hilka" (of Ensemble Hilka) mean in Ukrainian?"
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