Our Native Daughters on Roots & The African American Banjo Tradition Behind The Scenes Documentary
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- Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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- Video Title
- Our Native Daughters on Roots & The African American Banjo Tradition [Behind The Scenes Documentary]
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- Watch Our Native Daughters explore the power of the banjo as a distinctly African American instrument in this new video, out with the announcement of their first-ever tour. 2019 Tour Dates: Tuesday, July 23 - Levitt Pavilion of the Performing Arts - Westport, CT Wednesday, July 24 - Smithsonian Museum of African American History & Culture - Washington, DC Thursday, July 25 - Chautauqua Institute - Chautauqua, NY Friday, July 26 - The Egg - Albany, NY Saturday, July 27 - Great Waters Festival - Wolfeboro, NH Sunday, July 28 - Newport Folk Festival - Newport, RI 'Songs of Our Native Daughters' available on CD, Vinyl LP, and Digital. Stream/download/purchase: Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/songs-of-our-native-daughters Bandcamp: https://ournativedaughters.bandcamp.com/album/songs-of-our-native-daughters 'Songs of Our Native Daughters' gathers together kindred musicians Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell in song and sisterhood to communicate with their forebears. Drawing on and reclaiming early minstrelsy and banjo music, these musicians reclaim, recast, and spotlight the often unheard and untold history of their ancestors, whose stories remain vital and alive today. The material on 'Songs of Our Native Daughters' -- written and sung in various combinations -- is inspired by New World slave narratives, discrimination and how it has shaped our American experience, as well as musicians such as Haitian troubadour Althiery Dorval and Mississippi Hill Country string player Sid Hemphill, and more. Our Native Daughters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ournativedaughters Twitter: https://twitter.com/ondaughters Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ournativedaughters Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordings Twitter: https://twitter.com/folkways YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SmithsonianFolkways Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smithsonianfolkways The content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
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- 4 min 13 sec
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- music folk "Woody Guthrie" "Pete Seeger" Smithsonian Folkways old-time non-profit
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- 2019-04-11T14:48:43.000Z
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