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In Good Keeping

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Praise For In Good Keeping

Traditional arts and culture can only survive if people value, learn, and pass on those traditional cultural expressions to the next generation. This book celebrates the folk geniuses of Virginia and their dedicated protoges. It is a stunning record of the artistic heritage of Virginia and a celebration of the emerging folk artists of the future.”
Peggy Bulger
Director American Folklife Center
Library of Congress

Virginia has long been famed for its landscapes and personages as centerpieces of American history. Now at last we have a glimpse into the real state of cultural life today including young masters who are playing fresh old-time country music, gospel beacons that create sacred space with their songs, steel drum makers from Trinidad who use their art and music to build a new cultural life from old parts. It’s exciting to see domestic crafts survive from mountain quilting to coastal boat-making, and the evolution of occupational aesthetics from horsemanship to hotrods. The Virginia Folklife Program has sought out these remarkable living practitioners of vernacular culture and their apprentices to help create a future for the state’s traditions and communities.
Nick Spitzer
Host of public radio’s “American Routes”