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New Videos from Smithsonian Folkways
A playlist of the newest videos from Smithsonian Folkways, the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution. To learn and discover more, visit the Smithsonian Folkways website: http://www.folkways.si.edu/-
"Pillow People" by Quetzal - Duration: 5 minutes, 13 seconds.
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"Jubilee" by the McIntosh County Shouters - Duration: 2 minutes, 39 seconds.
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"Get To Knowing" by Quetzal feat Aloe Blacc - Duration: 6 minutes, 20 seconds.
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"Eastern Love" by Rahim AlHaj - Duration: 7 minutes, 23 seconds.
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The McIntosh County Shouters - Spirituals and Shout Songs from the Georgia Coast - Duration: 6 minutes, 38 seconds.
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"Serrano de Corazón" by Guillermo Velázquez y los Leones de la Sierra de Xichú - Duration: 6 minutes, 52 seconds.
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"Alma (Soul/Spirit)" by Agustín Lira from Songs of Struggle and Hope - Duration: 3 minutes, 35 seconds.
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“Quihubo, Raza” by Agustín Lira and Alma from Songs of Struggle & Hope - Duration: 5 minutes, 13 seconds.
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José-Luis Orozco and kids play 'Chocolate' - Duration: 2 minutes, 49 seconds.
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Ophie Webb Explains Bahamian Rake-n-Scrape Music - Duration: 5 minutes, 42 seconds.
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Stanley Jacobs on Quelbe - Duration: 7 minutes, 9 seconds.
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Lead Belly from Smithsonian Folkways
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. This playlist contains a collection of songs from the Louisiana musician and composer, Lead Belly. Lead Belly recorded with Folkways Records founder Moses Asch in the 1940s. Asch let Lead Belly record anything he wished, and Lead Belly kept coming back to Asch's studio when his flirtations with stardom failed. To learn more about Lead Belly, visit the Smithsonian Folkways website: http://www.folkways.si.edu/explore_folkways/lead_belly.aspx-
Phil Wiggins and Mark Puryear play The Midnight Special - Duration: 3 minutes, 20 seconds.
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Phil Wiggins and Mark Puryear discuss Lead Belly - Duration: 7 minutes, 20 seconds.
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NMAAHC director Lonnie Bunch III discusses Lead Belly - Duration: 3 minutes, 54 seconds.
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Was Lead Belly a protest singer? NMAAHC director Lonnie Bunch III - Duration: 2 minutes, 41 seconds.
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Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Making Of) - Duration: 9 minutes, 42 seconds.
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Jeff Place on Lead Belly's Legacy (Producer of the Smithsonian Collection Box Set) - Duration: 4 minutes, 10 seconds.
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Unboxing Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection - Duration: 3 minutes, 14 seconds.
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Lead Belly - "The Parting Song (When You're Smiling)" - Duration: 2 minutes, 56 seconds.
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Lead Belly - "Bottle Up and Go" - Duration: 3 minutes, 37 seconds.
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Lead Belly - "Shout On" - Duration: 2 minutes, 15 seconds.
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Lead Belly - "Careless Love" - Duration: 6 minutes, 31 seconds.
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Lead Belly - "Haul Away Joe" - Duration: 2 minutes, 56 seconds.
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Children's Music from Smithsonian Folkways
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. Children's music has been a Folkways priority from the inception of the label. Founding father Moses Asch sought to build a library of children's records that was intelligent, playful, and inventive, seeking out adult artist-musicians as well as children who could be recorded singing with enthusiasm and verve. To find out more about children's music at Smithsonian Folkways, visit the fall 2009 edition of the Smithsonian Folkways Magazine: http://www.folkways.si.edu/magazine/2009_fall/cover_story...-
José-Luis Orozco and kids play 'Chocolate' - Duration: 2 minutes, 49 seconds.
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José-Luis Orozco & Friends Play "The Legumes Dance" - Duration: 4 minutes, 11 seconds.
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José-Luis Orozco Canta "El Baile de las Legumbres" - Duration: 3 minutes, 43 seconds.
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Happy 90th Birthday Ella Jenkins - Duration: 8 minutes, 50 seconds.
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"January, February (Last Month of the Year)" by Elizabeth Mitchell and Friends - Duration: 4 minutes, 44 seconds.
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"Baby Born Today" by Elizabeth Mitchell and Friends (from The Sounding Joy) - Duration: 4 minutes, 35 seconds.
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"Cradle Hymn" by Elizabeth Mitchell and Friends (from The Sounding Joy) - Duration: 4 minutes, 19 seconds.
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"Sing Hallelu" by Elizabeth Mitchell and Friends (from The Sounding Joy) - Duration: 2 minutes, 32 seconds.
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Froggie Went a Courtin' by Elizabeth Mitchell from Blue Clouds (Smithsonian Folkways) - Duration: 6 minutes.
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Pete Seeger from Smithsonian Folkways
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. Here is a selection of Pete Seeger songs and interviews from the Smithsonian Folkways collection. Seeger began recording with Moses Asch in the early 1940s, and went on to record numerous albums and tracks covering a wide range of genres, from children's music to protest songs. To learn more about Pete Seeger, visit his Artist Spotlight on the Smithsonian Folkways website: http://www.folkways.si.edu/explore_folkways/pete_seeger.aspx-
Pete Seeger discusses "Turn, Turn, Turn" with Daniel Sheehy - Duration: 3 minutes, 58 seconds.
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Sam Gesser discusses Pete Seeger - Duration: 4 minutes, 14 seconds.
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Pete Seeger (1919-2014) - Duration: 4 minutes, 13 seconds.
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The U.S. National Anthem (Star Spangled Banner) by Pete Seeger - Duration: 5 minutes, 31 seconds.
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Pete Seeger's Advice to Smithsonian Folkways - Duration: 103 seconds.
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Pete Seeger discusses political songs - Duration: 2 minutes, 44 seconds.
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Pete Seeger sings "English Is Crazy" - Duration: 3 minutes, 22 seconds.
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Pete Seeger: The Complete Bowdoin College Concert, 1960 - Behind the Scenes Mini-Documentary - Duration: 7 minutes, 10 seconds.
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Pete Seeger live performance and interview - Duration: 8 minutes, 42 seconds.
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Pete Seeger - "Oh Mary, Don't You Weep" - Duration: 2 minutes, 31 seconds.
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Pete Seeger - "Buffalo Gals" - Duration: 2 minutes, 23 seconds.
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Pete Seeger - "Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies" - Duration: 89 seconds.
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Mexican, Central and South American Music from Smithsonian Folkways
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. This playlist features music from Mexico, and Central and South America. To find more music from the groups, countries and regions featured here, visit the Smithsonian Folkways website: http://www.folkways.si.edu/-
Música Andina in Colombia- “El Tato” - Duration: 3 minutes, 16 seconds.
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Rafael Manríquez plays "Tonada de gris silencio" - Duration: 6 minutes, 40 seconds.
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Hatun Kotama - Flutes of Otavalo, Ecuador - Duration: 5 minutes, 51 seconds.
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"El Corrido de Córdova y Canales" by Roberto Martinez - Duration: 8 minutes, 43 seconds.
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Estoy Aqui - Quetzal - Duration: 5 minutes, 24 seconds.
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"Todo Lo Que Tengo (All That I Have)" by Quetzal from "Imaginaries" - Duration: 5 minutes, 25 seconds.
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Los Hermanos Lovo, a family band based in northern Virginia, plays traditional Chanchona music - Duration: 5 minutes, 46 seconds.
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'Los Gauchos de Roldán' Share Down-Home Dance Music Tradition From Rural Uruguay - Duration: 4 minutes, 42 seconds.
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Los Hermanos Lovo: a Salvadoran Chanchona group from Leesburg, Virginia - Duration: 3 minutes, 37 seconds.
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Music Research in the Colombian Plains - Duration: 2 minutes, 11 seconds.
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Suni Paz performs "Pedro Canoero" at Ford Theatre - Duration: 4 minutes, 6 seconds.
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Suni Paz Performs "Tierra Queida" at Ford Theatre - Duration: 4 minutes, 5 seconds.
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Asian and the Middle Eastern from Smithsonian Folkways
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. This playlist features music from Asia and the Middle East. To find more music from the groups, countries and regions featured here, visit the Smithsonian Folkways website: http://www.folkways.si.edu/-
Music of Central Asia Vol. 10: Borderlands: Wu Man and Master Musicians from the Silk Route - Duration: 5 minutes, 27 seconds.
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Dong-wan Kim demonstrates the Korean chang-go - Duration: 4 minutes, 37 seconds.
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Music of Central Asia and the Aga Khan Music Initiative - Duration: 9 minutes, 33 seconds.
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In the Shrine of the Heart: Popular Classics from Bukhara and Beyond - Duration: 5 minutes, 39 seconds.
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Music of Central Asia Vol. 9: In the Footsteps of Babur - Duration: 4 minutes, 15 seconds.
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Music of Central Asia, Vol.8: Rainbow w/ Kronos Quartet, Qasimovs, and Homayun Sakhi - Duration: 7 minutes, 20 seconds.
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Bardic Divas: Women's Voices in Central Asia - Duration: 5 minutes, 38 seconds.
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Music and Dance in the Pamir Mountains - Duration: 5 minutes, 46 seconds.
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Music of Central Asia Vol. 6: Alim and Fargana Qasimov: Spiritual Music of Azerbaijan - Duration: 5 minutes, 54 seconds.
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Tibetan Skeleton Dance from the 2002 Smithsonian Folklife Festival - Duration: 5 minutes, 24 seconds.
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Ethnomusicologist Mark van Tongeren gives a throat-singing lesson - Duration: 3 minutes, 2 seconds.
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Pobin Poa Si Li Tan - Duration: 5 minutes, 24 seconds.
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Colombian Music from Smithsonian Folkways
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. This playlist features music and artists from Colombia, specifically the música llanera and joropo traditions. To learn more about these styles, check out the feature in the Summer 2011 edition of Smithsonian Folkways Magazine: http://www.folkways.si.edu/magazine/2011_summer/artist_sp...-
Cimarrón performs "Joropo Quitapesares" at 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival - Duration: 4 minutes, 13 seconds.
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Music Research in the Colombian Plains - Duration: 2 minutes, 11 seconds.
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Grupo Cimarrón discusses Llanero (Plains) Music - Duration: 5 minutes, 10 seconds.
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Grupo Cimarrón Performs "El Guate" (The Foreigner) - Duration: 3 minutes, 42 seconds.
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Inspiration behind Colombia's música vallenata - Duration: 6 minutes, 13 seconds.
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Grupo Cimarrón perform "Zumbaquezumba" - Duration: 3 minutes, 18 seconds.
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The Expressive Power of Música Vallenata - Duration: 2 minutes, 9 seconds.
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Estrellas del Vallenato at the 2009 Smithsonian Folklife Festival - Duration: 6 minutes, 37 seconds.
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Música Andina in Colombia- “El Tato” - Duration: 3 minutes, 16 seconds.
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African Music from Smithsonian Folkways
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. This playlist features music from across Africa and the African diaspora. To find more music from the groups, countries and region featured here, visit the Smithsonian Folkways website: http://www.folkways.si.edu/-
The inspiration for "Delicious Peace: Coffee, Music & Interfaith Harmony in Uganda" - Duration: 8 minutes, 47 seconds.
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"Let all religions come together" by Akuseka Takuwa Kongo Group - Duration: 3 minutes, 57 seconds.
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La Drivers Union Por Por Group demonstrate their unique honk horn music - Duration: 5 minutes, 26 seconds.
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Music of the Maroons - Duration: 5 minutes, 9 seconds.
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Ghanaian Durbar Ceremony - Duration: 4 minutes, 31 seconds.
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Music of the African Diaspora - Duration: 6 minutes, 27 seconds.
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Hasan Gure Performs a Somali Freedom Song - Duration: 3 minutes, 35 seconds.
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La Drivers Union Por Por Group perform "M.V. Labadi" - Duration: 4 minutes, 14 seconds.
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David Nzomo Reflects on his Recordings with Folkways Records - Duration: 6 minutes, 8 seconds.
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Musical Labor Performed in Northwest Tanzania - Duration: 2 minutes, 59 seconds.
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American Indian Music from Smithsonian Folkways
Smithsonian Folkways offers many archival recordings of American Indian music, as well as contemporary pieces by innovative and traditional musicians. Each track illuminates the central role that music plays in American Indian culture and is evidence of both difference and similarity across a hemisphere of Native peoples. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. To discover more music and artists like those featured here, visit our website: http://www.folkways.si.edu/-
Hula performance by The Halau 'O Kekuhi hula ensemble from the Big Island of Hawai'i - Duration: 2 minutes, 23 seconds.
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Music of the Maroons - Duration: 5 minutes, 9 seconds.
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Asani perform a unique version of the Canadian national anthem - Duration: 2 minutes, 57 seconds.
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Mary Youngblood performs the Plains-style flute - Duration: 4 minutes, 30 seconds.
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Inuit throat-singing demonstration - Duration: 2 minutes, 41 seconds.
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Sissy Goodhouse discusses drumming among the Lakota people - Duration: 3 minutes, 20 seconds.
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The National Cherokee Youth Choir performs "Orphan Child" - Duration: 2 minutes, 27 seconds.
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National Museum of the American Indian Opening Ceremonies - Duration: 10 minutes.
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Tzo'kam perform "The Bone Game Song" at the 1998 Folklife Festival - Duration: 105 seconds.
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European Music from Smithsonian Folkways
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. This playlist features music from Europe. To find more European music in the Smithsonian Folkways collection, please visit our website: http://www.folkways.si.edu/-
Ich Flee (I fly) by Brothers Nazaroff from "The Happy Prince" - Duration: 3 minutes, 36 seconds.
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A Nautical Irish Evening - Duration: 6 minutes, 44 seconds.
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Linda Griffiths and daughter sing a song from Wales - Duration: 4 minutes, 38 seconds.
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Johnny and Phil Cunningham reunite at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival - Duration: 14 minutes.
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The Wrigley Sisters perform a medley of Orcadian songs at the 2003 Smithsonian Folklife Festival - Duration: 5 minutes, 1 second.
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Ceri Rhys Matthews, Ceri Ashton and members of Sild perform at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival - Duration: 6 minutes, 31 seconds.
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Meredydd Evans: Welsh Folk Songs - Duration: 7 minutes, 27 seconds.
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