Podcasts about brooklyn folk festival

In this episode we talk to the heroes at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya who rescue orphaned baby elephants, raising them until they can return to the wild. They tell us all about a special baby elephant named Toto. We're also joined by musician, historian, and creator of the Brooklyn Folk Festival, Eli Smith. He talks about his life in folk music, plays us the same song on two very different banjos, and explains the competition he invented that involves tossing banjos into Brooklyn's murky Gowanus Canal (if you have an iPhone or Apple device, be sure to check out his banjo toss video game). Next we hit the slopes with Ariana and learn about the history, hard work, and thrill of ski racing in Vermont. We also get a report from our on-the-ground correspondent Nola, who walks us through the city of New Orleans with all its special flavors and sounds. Not to be outdone, Bobby the Bigfoot returns to chat with Evan and (try to) play a banjo. Plus, we have our usual favorite sounds, jokes, riddles, and general hijinks. It's wild!Timestamps for this episode are available below. Parents: visit our website to help your kids contribute jokes or favorite sounds, or to send us a message:  www.wildinterest.com/submissionsTimestamps:(0:00) Episode 5 Intro(1:11) NOLA in New Orleans(5:09) Favorite Sound(5:56) Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage (14:55) Riddle Question(15:13) Taste Explained(19:21) Grandparent Story(24:13) Ski Racing on Stowe Mountain(27:06) Bobby the Bigfoot Calls In (28:57) Cryptid Corner(31:17) Eli Smith Banjo(39:51) Jokes(40:48) Bobby the Bigfoot On Banjo(41:45) Riddle Answer(42:06) Episode 6 Previewwww.wildinterest.com

Brooklyn Folk Festival kicks off at St Ann's Church on Friday, November 10, through Sunday. The concerts will feature veterans and newer names in folk, from Ramblin' Jack Elliot and The Fugs to Jake Blount and Nora Brown. Lynette Wiley, festival executive producer and head of the presenting organization, Jalopy Theatre & School of Music, joins us to preview the performances along with local fiddle player Stephanie Coleman.

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings was founded in New York City in May 1948, and has since sought to record "people's music" and archive sounds of all kinds from the United States and around the world. As part of its 75th anniversary celebrations, the label has organized various programs and efforts, including curating a line-up for the Brooklyn Folk Festival and releasing an album exclusively of North American frog sounds. Director and curator Maureen Loughran joins us to discuss the anniversary alongside Jake Blount, a musician signed to the label.

The word “legend” gets tossed around a lot. But if anyone is worthy of the designation it would be singer-songwriter and cowboy poet Ramblin' Jack Elliott. Born Elliott Charles Adnopoz in Brooklyn in 1931, Elliott is one of the last authentic living links to the great folk traditions of this country. A close personal friend and student of Woody Guthrie, Eilliott's praises have been sung by everyone from Tom Waits to Johnny Cash to Bonnie Raitt, Ry Cooder to Bruce Springsteen, the Grateful Dead to The Rolling Stones. At 92 years of age he is returning to Brooklyn next month to perform at the Brooklyn Folk Festival on Sunday November 12 at St. Ann's Church.   Brooklyn news and views you can use: bkmag.com Email: hello@bkmag.com Follow along on Facebook: Brooklyn Magazine Twitter: @brooklynmag Instagram: @brooklynmagazine Follow Brian Braiker on Twitter: @slarkpope

- Interview w/ Sue Foley to celebrate her new album, “Live in Austin, Vol. 1” - Preview of the Brooklyn Folk Festival (www.brooklynfolkfest.com) w/ Eli Smith, Founder of Jalopy Records & Mat Callahan

Nora plays old-time traditional music with a particular interest in eastern Kentucky and Tennessee banjo playing. Along with the banjo she also sings traditional unaccompanied ballads from southeast Appalachia and beyond. She has played at numerous venues and festivals on the East Coast including TED Salon in NYC, NPR Tiny Desk, Joe's Pub, the Floyd Radio Show, Washington Square Park Folk Festival, Brooklyn Folk Festival, Brooklyn Americana Festival, Oldtone Roots Music Festival, Irvington Folk Festival, Summer & Winter Hoots at the Ashokan Center, and has had multiple month long residencies at famed Barbès in Brooklyn NY. Nora has participated in a variety of podcasts including WNYC's Dolly Parton's America. 

Nora plays old-time traditional music with a particular interest in eastern Kentucky and Tennessee banjo playing. Along with the banjo she also sings traditional unaccompanied ballads from southeast Appalachia and beyond. She has played at numerous venues and festivals on the East Coast including TED Salon in NYC, NPR Tiny Desk, Joe's Pub, the Floyd Radio Show, Washington Square Park Folk Festival, Brooklyn Folk Festival, Brooklyn Americana Festival, Oldtone Roots Music Festival, Irvington Folk Festival, Summer & Winter Hoots at the Ashokan Center, and has had multiple month long residencies at famed Barbès in Brooklyn NY. Nora has participated in a variety of podcasts including WNYC's Dolly Parton's America.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nora plays old-time traditional music with a particular interest in eastern Kentucky and Tennessee banjo playing. Along with the banjo she also sings traditional unaccompanied ballads from southeast Appalachia and beyond. She has played at numerous venues and festivals on the East Coast including TED Salon in NYC, NPR Tiny Desk, Joe's Pub, the Floyd Radio Show, Washington Square Park Folk Festival, Brooklyn Folk Festival, Brooklyn Americana Festival, Oldtone Roots Music Festival, Irvington Folk Festival, Summer & Winter Hoots at the Ashokan Center, and has had multiple month long residencies at famed Barbès in Brooklyn NY. Nora has participated in a variety of podcasts including WNYC's Dolly Parton's America. 

Nora plays old-time traditional music with a particular interest in eastern Kentucky and Tennessee banjo playing. Along with the banjo she also sings traditional unaccompanied ballads from southeast Appalachia and beyond. She has played at numerous venues and festivals on the East Coast including TED Salon in NYC, NPR Tiny Desk, Joe's Pub, the Floyd Radio Show, Washington Square Park Folk Festival, Brooklyn Folk Festival, Brooklyn Americana Festival, Oldtone Roots Music Festival, Irvington Folk Festival, Summer & Winter Hoots at the Ashokan Center, and has had multiple month long residencies at famed Barbès in Brooklyn NY. Nora has participated in a variety of podcasts including WNYC's Dolly Parton's America.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eli Smith is an extraordinary musician who honors a tradition of what he prefers to call “old time” or “Down Ho” music, which most people would describe it as folk music. Eli is highly acclaimed for his work as a banjo player, with his band “The Down Hill Strugglers.” He is also the founder of the Brooklyn Folk Festival. He joined Lois via Zoom to discuss his music and songs. Plus we'll hear from two Atlanta drag queens who host the Wussy Magazine podcast, "Good Judy."

Brooklyn Folk Festival's founder Eli Smith joins us to talk about this unique, 12th annual folk music event.

Ali Dineen is a singer-songwriter and musician based in New York City. She’s performed her original music from the American folk tradition at the Savannah Music Festival, the American Folk Art Museum, and the Brooklyn Folk Festival, just to name a few. Ali’s lyrics have been described as poetic and deeply personal. When talking about her new EP, Hold On, she said, “This album grew out of personal heartbreak, and the feeling of a collective heartbreak as we’ve watched the world descend farther into fascism and irreversible climate catastrophe… It took moving through heartbreak and disillusionment and grief, to arrive not at ecstasy or a belief that everything will be okay, but at the realization that life continues somehow and is resilient… no matter how long we’ve got, we need to love, and fight relentlessly for one another.” Ali was recently awarded a Helene Wurlitzer Foundation residency in Taos, New Mexico, where she’s spending the winter working on her next creative endeavor. Credits: Hosted and produced by Eleanor Bennett. Executive Producer is Thea Wood. "Hold On" and "Prayer" by Ali Dineen. Voiceover by Cathryn Wood. Photo by by Alexis Lim, styling by Athena Zammit. Album art by Ali Dineen. In this episode, Ali Dineen covers:How leaving a hand-written note on a stranger’s door led her to a lifelong friend and mentorIntersections between her own music and the larger histories of the American folk traditionWhy her personal encounters with pain and grief have allowed her to know joyPaying homage to folk traditions and spirituals from the US, the oldest of which were created by black people suffering under slavery and terrible oppressionCredits:Host: Eleanor BennettProduction: Eleanor BennettExecutive Producer: Thea WoodVoiceover: Cathryn WoodPhotos by Alexis Lim, styling by Athena ZammitAlbum art by Ali DineenDonate to BCF TODAY and help us amplify the voices and careers of women in music!Guest LinksWeb site: alidineen.comInstagram: @ali_dineen https://www.instagram.com/ali_dineen/?hl=enFacebook: Ali Dineen https://www.facebook.com/Alidineenmusic/Bandcamp: https://alisondineen.bandcamp.com/album/hold-onSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3lEYF8UlOlwPq2WLzgqioQ?si=xsjUj8FFQkqH2Q7AVK9eSwApple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/hold-on-ep/1495314384 

We're back at it again at the Hickory Farms kiosk in the mall! This week we talk about Whitney's YouTube series (not available on YouTube), the Brooklyn Folk Festival, sneaking an entire picnic basket into "Philadelphia," how expensive fruit is, our top ten things of everything, and MUCH! MUCH! MORE! A THING WHITNEY HASN'T SEEN: oh jeez I don't remember A THING MARK HASN'T SEEN: I'm producing this after a few whiskeys

In this episode, we're celebrating 50 years of Appalshop, with the second in our series. Tanya Turner interviews Eli Smith of the Brooklyn Folk Festival about the JuneAppal artists performing there in April 2019. Then, she talks with Caron Atlas, a former Appalshop staff member and host of a Appalshop house party in NYC this spring. And finally, we hear from Appalshop's Executive Director Alex Gibson about where we've come from and where we're heading this 50th birthday year.

Ozark Highlands Radio is a weekly radio program that features live music and interviews recorded at Ozark Folk Center State Park’s beautiful 1,000-seat auditorium in Mountain View, Arkansas. In addition to the music, our “Feature Host” segments take listeners through the Ozark hills with historians, authors, and personalities who explore the people, stories, and history of the Ozark region. This week, Brooklyn, New York based old-time string band The Down Hill Strugglers recorded live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park. Also, interviews with this fantastic folk trio. Mark Jones offers an archival recording of Ozark original Dave Leatherman performing the traditional tune “Shoutin’ On the Hills.” Writer, professor, and historian Dr. Brooks Blevins recounts the American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist Henry Schoolcraft’s experience in the early Ozark region. The Down Hill Strugglers is a string band composed of Eli Smith, Walker Shepard and Jackson Lynch, who play at various times; fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin and harmonica. Forming in 2008, they are influenced by the music that came out of rural America, including Appalachian traditions, music from the Deep South, and the Western States. They combine the feeling of the old music that can be heard on commercially recorded 78 RPM records (largely of the pre-WWII era) and field recordings made throughout the 20th century. They have been playing together for five years and have performed at the Newport Folk Festival, the Kennedy Center, the Library of Congress, the Brooklyn Folk Festival and many other places. In 2013 they were featured on the soundtrack to the Coen Brothers film, "Inside Llewyn Davis" produced by T-Bone Burnett. - http://downhillstrugglers.blogspot.com In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers an archival recording of Ozark original Dave Leatherman performing the traditional tune “Shoutin’ On the Hills,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives. From his series entitled “Back in the Hills,” writer, professor, and historian Dr. Brooks Blevins recounts the American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist Henry Schoolcraft’s harrowing experiences in the early Ozark regions of Arkansas & Missouri.

For this episode of Indystructible, I hung out with Eli Smith, a musician, ethnomusicologist and founder of the Brooklyn Folk Festival. Now in its tenth year, the festival features hundreds of bands from all over the world. There are workshops, open jam sessions and a banjo throwing competition. It’s taking place this year at St. Annes Church from April 6th to the 9th. If you are listening in the New York area, I highly recommend you come down and check it out. You’ll find more details at brooklynfolkfest.com In this interview Eli and I sat down at his home near the Jalopy Theater in Red Hook, Brooklyn. We discussed the rich history of folk music in New York City, America and the world and the importance of carrying the tradition forward, especially in this day and age.

What is folk music? Spanning genres, geographical locations, and eras in time, it’s the music of the people. Although American folk music has been around for a long time, you could say it had its biggest explosion in the 1960s in Greenwich Village. In fact, New York has experienced a bit of a folk revival in recent years. On today's Please Explain, we're exploring folk music with Eli Smith, the co-founder of the Brooklyn Folk Festival, the banjo player for The Downhill Strugglers and the former co-host of The Down Home Radio Show. Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton, a multi-instrumentalist performing at this year's Brooklyn Folk Festival, joins Eli in the conversation. They'll also perform live in our studio!  Event: The Brooklyn Folk Festival will be held at St. Anne’s Church (157 Montague Street between Clinton and Henry) from April 8th-10th. It will feature 35 bands, workshops and events including an old time string band, freedom songs of the Civil Rights Movement, shape note, country blues and international folk music from Syria and Colombia.     

Gersh and Vince talk Brooklyn Folk Festival with Feral Foster, who also sings a few tunes. Ya gotta hear it to believe it!

This week on Arts & Seizures, host Mike Edison is previewing the upcoming Brooklyn Folk Festival with the help of Karen Poliski from The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music plus a menagerie of musicians from the Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues! Kicking off the show with a live performance to get listeners in the folk mindset, Mike goes on to get the details about the festival as well as how the jug band got their start. Is folk music gearing up for a reprise? Are DJs considered true musicians? Does Bob Dylan call in live? What’s a juice harp? Tune in for a thorough discussion on the true definition of folk music, more live performances, and the typical Arts & Seizures hijinks! This program was brought you Roberta’s.