Folk Notes Archive 2008 – 2018

During the Great Depression, San Francisco-native Sidney Robertson carried out a remarkable ethnomusicological survey—the WPA California Folk Music Project. From 1938 to 1940, with support from the New Deal’s Works Progress Administration, the University of...

House concert filmed in Boston during the civil rights fight for desegregation of the city schools. Artists include: Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry and the McPeake Family from Ireland among others. Park at 500 Robinson...

We had another great workshop with Michaela and Ryan on 8/31 about Folk Jamming. Here are some takeaways The purpose of a jam is for everyone to enjoy playing music together. The jam leader, or person leading the song, sets the group up for success. - Know your song -...