Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Save the NEA and NEH

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Below is a letter from the Society for Ethnomusicology 's President Anne K. Rasmussen and Executive Director Stephen Stuempfle. Funding ...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

"Fancy double, double-back brush up double-up ball slide and a basic..."

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I hear them before I see them as I hustle out of the cold into the lobby of Collins Elementary School in Sterling Heights, Michigan: the ...
Thursday, April 20, 2017

New Emergency Relief Guidelines for Folk and Traditional Artists from CERF+

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courtesy the CERF+ website The Craft Emergency Relief Fund+ has announced new guidelines for folk and traditional artists. Read more bel...
Monday, February 13, 2017

A Tribute to Alan Jabbour

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Caption from the Library of Congress Blog: "Alan Jabbour, Head of the Archive of Folk Song (now Archive of Folk Culture) at the Libra...
Thursday, January 26, 2017

Science of Dance, Art of Rhythm: A lesson in tap•ol•o•gy with Alfred Bruce Bradley

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The following is a guest post from fieldworker Nic Gareiss. Photos and video provided by Nic Gareiss. Alfred Bruce Bradley, tap dancer ...
Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Homage to Karl Byarski, 1916-2016

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Karl Byarski with his recording equipment in the basement of his home in Kinde, Michigan Dave Langdon, a fiddler, fiddle music ...
Thursday, December 29, 2016

Introducing Two New MTAP Fieldworkers

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The Michigan Traditional Arts Program (MTAP) was founded by the mission of preserving, documenting, and presenting traditional arts and folk...
Thursday, November 3, 2016

#FolkloreThursday: Updates from MTAP

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Hi Folks, It’s been a busy time here at the Michigan Traditional Arts Program and regretfully we weren’t able to keep our Great Folks r...