Apprenticeship Films Now Online
“In Good Keeping in 2022” documentary shorts introducing 2021-2022 Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship artists are now on YouTube.
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NewsVirginia Folklife Program is Seeking Cultural Storytellers
The Virginia Folklife Program wants to hear from you and your communities. Email us your pitch to Sights and Sounds!
Sights & SoundsFinding the “Nuevo South” Sound with Larry Bellorín and Joe Troop – Folklife Fieldnotes 10
Joe Troop and Larry Bellorín met in the Raleigh/Durham area of North Carolina and hit it off immediately. Joe was dealing with a shift in his musical career and Larry …
NewsIn Good Keeping 2022 Is Live
In Good Keeping 2022, the documentary film exploring the Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Class of 2021-2022 is now live and available on-demand via our Youtube page. The stories follow the apprenticeship …
Sights & SoundsTidewater Gospel Traditions with Rev. Tarrence Paschall and the Chosen Few on Folklife Fieldnotes 9
Rev. Tarrence Paschall has been singing with The Paschall Brothers for years, and now he’s signing with another Hampton Roads-based group keeping the Gospel Quartet tradition alive, the Chosen Few.
Sights & SoundsKaty Clune Shares Stories and Fieldwork on Folklife Fieldnotes 8
Director of the Virginia Folklife Program Katy Cline joins Pat Jarrett and Chris Boros on this episode of Folklife Fieldnotes.
Whether sung or told, hand-crafted or performed, Virginia’s rich folklife refers to the “arts of everyday life” that reflect a sense of traditional knowledge and connection to community.
Virginia’s folkways are rich with traditions that have been rooted in the Commonwealth for centuries, as well as those that more recently have been carried here and nourished by Virginia’s diverse immigrant communities.
Legendary Ingramettes
Six decades of music, sixty-five years of song, generations tied together through the force of will of a matriarchy of powerful women. The Virginia Folklife Program is so proud to announce the release of Take a Look in the Book, the new album from The Legendary Ingramettes.
