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Dan and Claudia Zanes

By Our Interns, Music

The Inclusivity of Music: A Q&A with Dan and Claudia Zanes

June 26, 2019 | Riley Board

“Once you start playing music for all-ages audiences, it’s hard to go back...”

Community, Music

Ian MacKaye on the Power of Punk

June 25, 2019 |

The Fugazi frontman explains why punk is the “free space” of creative expression.

At the 1998 Folklife Festival, participants from the Baltic Nations program and visitors celebrate St. John’s Day with song and dance. Photo by Jeff Tinsley, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives

Music, Social Justice

The Baltic Nations and the Social Power of Music

June 24, 2019 | James Deutsch

On Sunday, June 30, the Folklife Festival will present Latvian singing, Lithuanian dancing, and an Estonian sack race.

WAWA and DJ SupaLee at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage office

Breaking Through the Sound Barrier

June 12, 2019 | Diane Nutting

D.C. artists Wawa and DJ SupaLee offer deaf perspectives from the music industry.

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