From: Smithsonian Folkways [smithsonianfolkways_at_si_dot_edu]

Sent: 18 November 2015 16:04

Subject: New Music from Smithsonian Folkways - November 2015

New Release: Conversations with North American Banjo Builders DVD Set

Smithsonian Folkways presents Conversations with North American Banjo Builders, a 4-volume, 12-DVD set depicting the living history of one of the most iconic instruments in North American folk music.

Subscriber Discount: Purchase all four volumes and save $10. The first 30 orders for complete sets will include a free hat!

Singing Soul Food - November People's Picks from the Southern Foodways Alliance

Just in time for Thanksgiving, the folks at the Southern Foodways Alliance compiled this delicious playlist that highlights the kinship between Southern food and Southern music. Listen here!

New Video: "Ich a Mazeldicker Yid" by The Brothers Nazaroff

Cartoonist Ben Katchor created an animated story for The Brothers Nazaroff's version of "Ich a Mazeldicker Yid" from the new album The Happy Prince.

Smithsonian Folkways Trivia!

Each month we'll ask a trivia question; email your answer, name, and address with the subject "November Trivia" to SmithsonianFolkways_at_si_dot_edu by by Monday, November 30, and a randomly selected entrant with the correct answer will win a free CD of his or her choice!

November Question: What is the name of the large, circular part of the banjo where players position their plucking fingers?

Congratulations to last month's winner Mary Reece from Woodland, California, who correctly answered "happy or merry" to the question: "The Brothers Nazaroff: The Happy Prince, is a tribute to the 1954 Folkways album Jewish Freilach Songs. What does ?Freilach' mean in Yiddish?"

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