EventVisionaries
View original artworks by students ages 14-18 who, led by JMU Art Professor Susan Zurbrigg, participated in a summer 2019 workshop on racial healing and transformation. In 2019, the Northeast …
NewsRichmond Folk Festival Highlights – 15th Anniversary
As we look back at the 15th Folk Festival in Richmond we can’t help but take pride in the stunning success of this event! This was another great year, and …
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NewsRemembering Helen White
The Virginia Folklife Program is deeply shocked and saddened at the news of the passing of our good friend Helen White. Helen channeled her tireless passion for the music and …
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NewsHot Rods and Hot Licks
What: Richmond Folk Festival When: October 11-13, 2019 Where: Downtown Richmond between 2nd and 7th streets and Brown’s Island Cost: FREE, no tickets required Ever since the first automobiles started …
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NewsFurious Flower: The Soundtrack
For our show “Furious Flower: A Celebration of the Greats of African American Poetry” Joanne Gabbin, the founder of Furious Flower, joins us in studio along with Lauren Alleyne to …
NewsMusic and Democracy: The Soundtrack
In our recent show, Music and Democracy, Charlie McGovern helps us trace the evolution of social change in America through popular songs by the likes of Nat King Cole, Percy …
NewsRemembering Gerald Anderson
I’m sure we join so many throughout Southwest Virginia and beyond in our sadness and shock to learn of the passing of Gerald Anderson. Gerald was a fine luthier, player, …
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NewsFrank Newsome: Gone Away with a Friend (Free Dirt Records)
On Gone Away with a Friend, Frank Newsome sings a more than four-century-long American tradition into the present. His arresting style—the lined-out hymn singing of the Old Regular Baptists from …
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NewsSherman Holmes Project: The Richmond Sessions
The first solo recording in his more than fifty-year career, Sherman Holmes’ The Richmond Sessions carries on the spirit of the revered Holmes Brothers by reimagining songs and making them …
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NewsApprenticeship Showcase Schedule and Special Guests
You will not want to miss a minute of the Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Showcase at James Monroe’s Highland on Sunday, May 5 from noon to 6:00pm. We will kick off …
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NewsMaster Artist Spotlight: Mark Cline
Mark Cline is a master artist in the 2019-2020 class of apprenticeship teams in the art of roadside attractions and fiberglass sculpture. In this feature Richmond-writer Don Harrison takes an …
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NewsJunious Brickhouse and Tyrone Edwards
Born in 1974, Junious Lee Brickhouse grew up in a musical household in the African American communities of Virginia Beach and Norfolk. His mother, Lynda, shared with him her love …
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