Manuel Antonio Caicedo of Andagoya, Chocó, a town in the Pacific rainforest coast, talks about the home gardening plots on stilts that people build and cultivate in Colombia.
Get a temporary tattoo, and redeem for a free CD (with purchase)!
Congressman Mike Honda served in the Peace Corps between the years 1965 and 1967 in El Salvador
Trying to locate a specific stage? Can’t find a place to lock your bike? Got a question about the schedule of performances?
The Festival is featuring two Baltimore-based doo-wop groups; the Orioles and the Swallows
Juan Valdez is a famous fictional character that has been representing Colombian coffee farmers since 1959.
Walk down the National Mall today, and you will see about 65 white tents, and within them, you will hear the syncopated rhythm of hammers and electric tools, as our production crew finish the stages and demonstration area
Coming from early blues traditions though featured prominently in honky-tonks, juke joints, and barrelhouses, the boogie groove is at the heart of the American R&B and rock and roll traditions
The Monitors are a versatile and talented group from eastern North Carolina that have been playing under the leadership of saxophonist Bill Myers for over 50 years
In the mid-60s, Michael Asch, son of Folkways Records founder Moses Asch, received audition tapes from Lynn Productions of New Orleans
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