Las Gorras Negras (The Black Berets) were a multi-ethnic group that fought for social transformation amidst Civil Rights movements in New Mexico.

After listening to the band Quetzal’s album Imaginaries, it comes as no surprise that they have been nominated for a GRAMMY

Roberto Martínez (1929-2013) was raised in the small northern New Mexican town of Mora, in the region where the heart of more than four centuries of Southwest Hispanic heritage beats the strongest.

The 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival paid tribute to the late Chuck Brown, the “Godfather of Go-Go”

Mannette has worked for 75 years to develop and popularize the steel drum, creating seven of the ten instruments used in steel drum bands today.

Meshell Ndegeocello performs as part of the Bring Back the Funk concert presented by the National Museum of African American History and Culture

The New Orleans-based funk band Dumpstaphunk performs “Do Ya” from their album Everybody Want Sum on the National Mall

The National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Folklife Festival present Clinton performing the Parliament hit “Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)”

The bluegrass duo supplemented the University of Indiana’s exhibit New Vernacular, which highlighted traditional instrument builders

The interplay between the group’s vibrant rhythms and women’s chorus quickly proved irresistible to dancers