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R&B Trivia: Rhythm and Blues or Rock and Roll?

June 16, 2011 | Tucker Foltz

How are rock and roll and rhythm and blues related?

By Our Interns, History, Music

R&B Trivia: Coining the term

June 15, 2011 | Tucker Foltz

In 1948, Jerry Wexler, a music journalist for Billboard magazine, coined the term "rhythm and blues."

By Our Interns, Music

Artist to Meet: Jerry “Swamp Dogg” Williams

May 25, 2011 |

Jerry “Swamp Dogg” Williams will be performing every day on the National Mall on June 30th to July 4th.

By Our Interns, Celebrations, Traditional Knowledge

A Wixárica Cleansing Ceremony

June 29, 2010 | Cameron Quevedo

If you haven’t yet visited this year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival, be sure to check out the daily Wixárica cleansing ceremonies

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