Videos (DVD & VHS)

- Banjo of Ralph Stanley: From Old-Time to Bluegrass (DVD)
- This rare session with one of the giants of bluegrass and old-time music is a must for banjo players and fans alike.
  Ralph Stanley demonstrates the ...

- cELLAbration Live! A Tribute to Ella Jenkins (DVD)
- Ella Jenkins, "The First Lady of Children's Music," has made dozens of recordings and earned many awards in her 50-year career, including the Lifetime

- Conversations with North American Banjo Builders, Vol. 1: Banjo Builders East of the Mississippi (DVD)
- Conversations with North American Banjo Builders is a 4-volume, 12-DVD series that includes 38 interviews with open-back banjo builders, historians, ...

- Conversations with North American Banjo Builders, Vol. 2: Banjo Builders West of the Mississippi (DVD)
- Conversations with North American Banjo Builders is a 4-volume, 12-DVD series that includes 38 interviews with open-back banjo builders, historians, ...

- Conversations with North American Banjo Builders, Vol. 3: Conversations with Banjo Historians (DVD)
- Conversations with North American Banjo Builders is a 4-volume, 12-DVD series that includes 38 interviews with open-back banjo builders, historians, ...

- Conversations with North American Banjo Builders, Vol. 4: More North American Banjo Builders (DVD)
- Conversations with North American Banjo Builders is a 4-volume, 12-DVD series that includes 38 interviews with open-back banjo builders, historians, ...

- Discovering Our Delta: A Learning Guide for Community Research (Teaching Kit/VHS)
- The Mississippi Delta is a region rich in history and traditional culture. This video and written guide for students and teachers looks at the ...

- Doc's Guitar: Fingerpicking & Flatpicking (DVD)
- Doc Watson has been astonishing and delighting audiences for more than forty years, playing his flat top guitar with technical virtuosity and ...

- Ella Jenkins Live at the Smithsonian (DVD/VHS)
- Recorded with children from the Smithsonian Institution Early Enrichment Center, Ella made this video so kids at home could also participate. Parents

- For the Family! (DVD/VHS)
- This video features a live performance by Ella Jenkins at Webster Stage, Chicago. Ella Jenkins has been inspiring children and adults through her ...

- How To Play the 5-String Banjo (DVD)
- Pete Seeger has led millions of people in joyful singing for over sixty years, and his banjo style has influenced innumerable players. On this unique

- Jerusalem: Gates to the City (VHS)
- Jerusalem is celebrated as a city of gates—ancient arches made of stone. But there are other gateways into the city; this videotape enters Jerusalem ...

- Mandolin of Bill Monroe (DVD)
- On this instructional and entertaining session, the late Bill Monroe-widely known as the "father of bluegrass"-discusses and demonstrates the ...

- Mandolin of Bill Monroe Lesson Two (DVD)
- This companion lesson to "The Mandolin of Bill Monroe: One-On-One with the Master" is a hands-on teaching tool produced especially for the developing

- Old-Time Banjo Styles (DVD)
- Few people know as much about traditional American banjo styles-or play them as well-as Mike Seeger. On this extraordinary DVD, Mike teaches two- and

- Talking Feet (DVD)
- Talking Feet is the first documentary of flatfoot, buck, hoedown, and rural tap dancing, the styles of solo Southern dancing which are a companion to

- The Fingerpicking Blues of John Jackson (DVD)
- This DVD is a must-have for all guitarists who want a lesson with a traditional blues artist. The Piedmont style comes alive as John Jackson teaches ...

- The Meaders Family: North Georgia Potters (DVD)
- Based on field research conducted in the late 1960s, The Meaders Family: North Georgia Potters represents one of the Smithsonian’s earliest studies of

- The Singing Kettle Live (VHS)
- The Singing Kettle take their name from their base in the village of Kingskettle, Fife, in Scotland. They entertain thousands of children and adults ...

- The Singing Kettle: Medieval Madness (VHS)
- The frantic, madcap, capers based round Castle Drago will excite, captivate and enthrall children of all ages. This amazing show is jam-packed with ...

- The Sounds of Mariachi: Lessons in Mariachi Performance (DVD)
- The Sounds of Mariachi: Lessons in Mariachi Performance offers essential lessons in Mexican mariachi performance, given by accomplished, articulate, ...

- White House Workers: Traditions and Memories (DVD)
- Butlers, chefs, housekeepers, electricians, ushers, curators, and many more—all members of the permanent White House staff—tell tales of triumph, ...

- Wisconsin Powwow and Naamikaaged: Dancer for the People (VHS)
- These two videotapes illustrate the way in which powwows today incorporate historical tradition and modern innovation. The first examines the powwow

- Workers at the White House (VHS)
- This videotape features the occupational folklife and oral histories of a broad range of workers—from maids to chefs and doormen. Through their ...

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