Folklife Apprenticeship Showcase
Folklife Program
Join us for the tenth annual Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Showcase, celebrating the work of this year’s master and apprentice teams.
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Richmond Folk Festival 2013
Folklife Program
Mark your calendars for the 2013 Richmond Folk Festival, held October 11-13 on the Riverfront in downtown Richmond. Be on the lookout for the Virginia Folklife Area, produced by the Virginia Folklife Program at VFH.
Continue Reading »Art and Music on the Farm
Folklife Program
The Barrier Islands Center on the Eastern Shore will host this “rural renaissance”, featuring the New Ballard’s Branch Bogtrotters, Gaye Adegbalola, Maggie Ingram and the Ingramettes, and Mexican Corridos with Mary Smith and Greg Kimball.
Continue Reading »FloydFest 2013
Folklife Program
Join us at the Virginia Folklife Workshop Porch at FloydFest, a four-day music festival in Floyd, VA. The Folklife Porch will be hosted by VFH’s Jon Lohman, featuring legends and hidden gems of Appalachian mountain music culture.
Continue Reading »HoustonFest 2013
Folklife Program
This year marks the third annual HoustonFest, a music festival held in honor of the late Houston Caldwell of Galax. Featuring dozens of music performances, this festival celebrates song and community service.
Continue Reading »Keymaster – Master Irish Flute Maker Patrick Olwell
Folklife Program
Join us for the premiere of Key Master, a documentary about master Irish flute maker Patrick Olwell. Sat. Mar. 16 7:00 pm C-Ville Coffee 1301 Harris St Charlottesville, VA 22903 Patrick apprenticed his son Aaron in flute making in our Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program in 2005, and now Aaron’s making beautiful ones as well. Both [...]
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With Good Reason
With Good Reason gets musical in this episode - examining the legacy of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a gospel superstar of the 1930s and 1940s, and interpreting representations of the South in popular Broadway musicals.
Continue Reading »Maggie Ingram and the Ingramettes: Live in Richmond!
Folklife Program
The much anticipated live recording of Maggie Ingram and the Ingramettes is finally here! On this live CD, recorded at the Fifth Baptist Church in Richmond, Maggie Ingram and the Ingramettes celebrate her musical legacy and rock the house.
Continue Reading »The Virginia Folklife Series: Wayne Henderson and Gaye Adegbalola
Folklife Program
Wayne Henderson and Gaye Adegbalola will perform at The Southern in Charlottesville on Sunday, November 18 at 6 p.m. Both Henderson and Adegbalola are participants in the 2012-2013 Virginia Folklife Master and Apprentice Program.
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