In this episode of Tapestry of the Times: Sweet love ballads and bitter blues from Lonnie Johnson, hard-scrabble songs for lean times from Pete Seeger and Joe Glazer, toe-tapping classics from Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry, melancholy fado music from Portugalâs Maria Marques, and songs of strength and hope from the Abayudaya people of Uganda.
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
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