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Cover StoryMary Lou Williams: Jazz for the Soul
The music poured from the piano. On a large platform inside the oval mahogany bar at New York’s Hickory House, the last surviving establishment offering jazz on West 52nd Street...
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Artist SpotlightElizabeth Mitchell
Biography of the singer, songwriter, and music educator....
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Archive SpotlightIrwin Silber
An abiding commitment to social justice, fundamental economic and political change, and cultural democracy...
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Tools for TeachingLesson Plan: Oh, John the Rabbit
Students will learn to appreciate the process of telling a story through song....
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video spotlightEddy Marcano Discusses/Rehearses for ¡Y Que Viva Venezuela!
While in rehearsals for the Smithsonian Folkways album ¡Y Que Viva Venezuela!, violinist Eddy Marcano discusses the influence of his maestro Alberto Valderrama.
Albums
From the Collection
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Zodiac Suite
Mary Lou Williams
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Sunny Day
Elizabeth Mitchell
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When We Make it Through
Barbara Dane
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¡Y Que Viva Venezuela! Maestros del Joropo Oriental
Various Artists
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Mary Lou's Mass
Mary Lou Williams
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Mary Lou Williams: The Asch Recordings 1944-47
Mary Lou Williams
Back Issues
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- April 2016 Migration
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- March 2018: NEA National Heritage
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- March 2015: New Orleans
- October 2014: Labor
- June 2014: South Africa
- February 2014: Faith
- July 2013: Peace
- March 2013: Soundscapes
- June 2012: Cover Art
- December 2011: Latin American
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- February 2011: Jazz
- November 2010: Mary Lou Williams
- June 2010: Grassroots
- April 2010: Central Asia
- January 2010: Roberto Martínez
- September 2009: Children's Music
- June 2009: Traditions
- April 2009: Pete Seeger