folklife
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of folklife
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He sought out new music but also visited the Lomax folklife collection at the Library of Congress to find old songs that could be recast.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2019
“Academics hoard research like dragons hoard gold,” Guha Shankar, a folklife specialist at the Library of Congress, who works closely with the Passamaquoddy, told me.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 30, 2019
The annual folklife festival includes multiple musical styles, with co-directors Roddy Moore and Vaughan Webb putting together a musical lineup that in October featured one of A.P.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2017
In 1985 he joined the folklore and folklife department at the University of Pennsylvania.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2017
Rather than being the “discovery” of folklorists, Lead Belly was a folklorist in his own right, said Place, senior archivist and curator of the Smithsonian folklife collections.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 19, 2015
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