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Winter 2018
NEA National Heritage Fellows
  • Blues Legacy of Phil Wiggins
    Artist Spotlight
    Blues Legacy of Phil Wiggins

    Phil Wiggins and John Cephas became the best guitar-harmonica duo on the Piedmont Blues scene, following in the footsteps of the great Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.

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  • Appalachian Women: Singing Beyond the Lengths of Cloth and Lettuce Beds
    Soundscape
    Appalachian Women Heritage Fellows

    The soundtrack of 20th century Appalachia may be heard in the music of eight female NEA Heritage artists honored in the years 1985-2013.

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  • Musics of Hawai’i
    Recording Spotlight
    Musics of Hawai’i

    The 1989 Smithsonian Folklife Festival’s Hawaii program prompted a stunning anthology of Hawaiian music that features some of the state’s most renown performers.

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Credits

Winter 2018 Issue

  • Executive Editor

    Huib Schippers and D.A. Sonneborn

  • Managing Editor

    Meredith Holmgren

  • Marketing

    Beshou Gedamu, Fred Knittel, and Meredith Holmgren

 

  • Web Producer

    Meredith Holmgren

  • Technical Support

    Sandy Wang and Toby Dodds

Disclaimer

  • The views expressed in Smithsonian Folkways Magazine are those of each individual contributor and do not necessarily reflect the views of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, the Smithsonian Institution, its staff or affiliates.

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