On the last day of the Festival, July 11, musicians from Chirimía la Contundencia (Quibdó, Colombia) and the Monitors (Wilson County, North Carolina) combined their distinct sounds during a wind instrument "cross program" jam on the Motor City Stage.

In her work with the Peace Corps, Frances Parsons has worked to promote communications for deaf people in communities around the world.

Congressman John Garamendi and his wife were both Peace Corps volunteers in the late 1960s

Fred Wesley, legendary jazz trombonist and former band leader for James Brown, brings the funk to the Motor City Stage with his band The New JBs. This performance was recorded live at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

The Amazon rainforest covers more than one third of Colombia and contains approximately fifty-two ethnic groups, many are indigenous communities

The Funk Brothers, a coalescence of talented studio musicians, backed over eighty #1 singles. From 1959 to 1972, the group supported the rise of multiple Motown icons. Here the Funk Brothers perform “Stop in the Name of Love” (1965).

The Garifuna Collective was co-founded and led by Andy Palacio (1960–2008), a musician dedicated to preserving the unique Garifuna language and culture.

Vocalist Albert "Diz" Russell of Sonny Til's Orioles talks about Duke Ellington, the history of doo-wop, and the birth of rock and roll. Based in Baltimore, Maryland, the Orioles have been called “the first R&B vocal group." They performed during the