In this episode of Tapestry of the Times: We hear the soul-soaked boogie woogie piano of Champion Jack Dupree, we check out some 80-year-old original recordings of Blind Willie Johnson, we sample traditional music from the mountains of Chile, and we explore music forged deep in the coal mines of Appalachia. Real music, real, people, and the stories behind the sounds.
Tapestry of the Times is an hour-long weekly podcast and radio program on public radio station WYPR 88.1 FM in Baltimore where host Aaron Henkin takes listeners on an ear-opening voyage back in time and around the globe through the wide-ranging sound archives of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings including some of the original names like Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie. You will also hear blues from Warner Williams and Robert Jr. Lockwood, gospel music old and new, and international folk songs from Columbia, Cuba, and Iran. Real music, real people, and the stories behind the soundsâ¦on Tapestry of the Times.
Smithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. Smithsonian Folkways is dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound.
For more information visit www.tapestryofthetimes.org or www.folkways.si.edu