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Fanzines are independent, often highly personal, small-run publications created by fans of a specific subject.
One sunny afternoon, we whisked Catalan musician Alidé Sans away from the bustle of the Folklife Festival.
On a steamy summer evening, the Secret Trio sizzled with virtuosity.
Despite this band’s fresh sound, the cobla itself is relatively old, popularized in the nineteenth century.
A professional sculptor from Armenia, Bogdan Hovhannisyan represented the epitome of joy.
Samvel Galstian is not the typical front man. Shy and reserved, he offers almost no banter, explanations, nor translations.
“I don’t sing for the voice. I sing for the next person. I sing for a friend.”
At the 2018 Festival, the Green Fields of America celebrated forty years of sharing Irish and Irish American music and dance with the world.
Written by Peter La Farge in 1964, the song describes the U.S. government’s mandate to remove Native American children from reservations.
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