FolkWorks provides an alternative voice for roots/traditional music, dance & related folk arts - vibrant culturally diverse communities
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Get Your Tickets Now for THIS Sunday, Oct 11th, 8 PM: @FolkWorks 25th Anniversary Benefit Concert at @McCabesGuitar, Santa Monica.
mccabes.com/product/folkworkā¦
Featuring The Susie Glaze New Folk Ensemble, Tracy Newman and Art Podell, and The SWING RIOTS Quirktette.
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Sunday, Oct 11 at 8 PM: @FolkWorks 25th Anniversary Benefit Concert at @McCabesGuitar, Santa Monica.
Featuring The Susie Glaze New Folk Ensemble, Tracy Newman and Art Podell, and the Swing Riots Quirktette.
Advance Tickets: mccabes.com/product/folkworkā¦
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SAVE the DATE! Sunday, October 11th at 8 PM: @FolkWorks 25th Anniversary Benefit Concert at @McCabesGuitar in Santa Monica. Featuring The Susie Glaze New Folk Ensemble, @TracyNewman and @artpodell, and the Swing Riots Quirktette.
Advance Tickets: mccabes.com/product/folkworkā¦
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In collaboration with our longtime friends at The Ford, we want to tell you about some Fantastic Folk Events in the LA area.
Details/Tickets icont.ac/51kIF
Aug 7: Judy Collins: Sweet Judy Blue Eyes Farewell Tour
Aug 12: Ani DiFranco - Spirit of Love Tour
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@castironshoes is some hard folk. I love this music. I love this conversation I had with Nicole Ridgwell about why she records only in #analogue
Read the blog & the full interview at @FolkWorks folkworks.org/blog/cast-ironā¦
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Welcome to the #Kickstarter Campaign for The #AshGrove. Filmmaker Fred Aronow and his team have launched this campaign to raise Finishing Funds so they can, at last, tell the story of this all-time legendary club that had a forever impact.
kickstarter.com/projects/130ā¦
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That's awesome. I keep trying to fill mine with art and poetry but it's not working.
Here's the cover of my blog @FolkWorks
ALT a woman wearing a "no banjos" shirt photoshopped over an image of a woman playing a banjo. Extra guitar headstock belongs to James Lee Stanley.
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@far_west 2025 is NEXT WEEK. It's not too late to register! It's not too late to place an ad in the digital book. It's not to late to come kick it in the @FolkWorks private showcase Saturday Oct 11 @debsvalidation instagram.com/reel/DPKUeXmjnā¦
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I was invited to write an article for @FolkWorks. It's published now!
folkworks.org/article/keepinā¦
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Azere Wilson Music knocked this one out of the ballpark! @924Gilman is an amazing organization, and so is #BBRP! Thanks, @FolkWorks!
#banjo #banjomusic #BlackFolk #folkmusic #punkrock #punkfolk #sanfrancisco #blackbanjo #ancestors #gourds #gourdart
folkworks.org/blog/channel-tā¦
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GUYS. I've been waiting for clearance to share this interview.
If you care about #folkmusic #preservation #culture #history #immigration #braceros #California #MUSIC then I beg you to understand Joel Rafael. He does the work. Read at @FolkWorks
folkworks.org/interview/joelā¦
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Happy B'Day April to Lady Day Billie Holiday!
Body & Soul youtube.com/watch?v=AXnQeb0rā¦
Strange Fruit youtube.com/watch?v=Web007rzā¦
Fine & Mellow youtube.com/watch?v=YKqxG09wā¦
#Jazz #jazzmusic #vocalist #jazzsinger
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Meet Sister Rosetta Thorpe. She was known as the "Godmother of rock" and was the inspiration for Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash
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Bluegrass First Class ā25 kicks off in Asheville
bluegrasstoday.com/bluegrassā¦
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This video is from 10 years ago and you might have seen it already, but maybe not?
Enjoy! Love and Happy Valentines Day!
youtube.com/watch?v=2nuarOOtā¦
#IJustSeeYou #ValentinesDay #TracyNewman #LoveisLove
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āI taught myself off records, Memphis Slim and them old piano players, then added to it. Hard and loud, beat it to pieces.ā
Blues pianist Pinetop Perkins is featured in our @NEAarts Heritage Fellows story map: s.si.edu/storymap
#SmithsonianBHM #BHM
ALT A man in a black striped suit, black fedora, and socks with a piano key design poses seated in a dressing room.
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So much devastation in LA right now, and we know how hard the music community is being hit. We're encouraging people who make their living in the music industry to reach out to @musicares - we're distributing emergency funds to eligible music professionals in need. ā¤ļø
Fundraiser launched for @DIIVās Zachary Cole Smith after losing home in LA wildfires
The frontman, his pregnant wife and two-year-old child are safe but have lost all of their belongings ā including his musical equipment ā to the fire nme.com/news/music/fundraiseā¦
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As we learn about the magnitude of the damage created by the Los Angeles wildfires, @musicares is here to help the music community recover. ā¤ļø
Please encourage your music industry colleagues & friends in need of support to reach out to MusiCares, now and in the weeks to come.
