Playlists from the NC Folk Festival
The North Carolina Folk Festival has compiled playlists, based on themes and topics relaying stories and elements of folk culture, that are meaningful to the guest curators we have invited to create them.
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Compiled by:
Carolyn Bucknall, North Carolina Folk Festival Communications Assistant
Nathan Williams of Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas performed at the 2018 North Carolina Folk Festival. 📷 Photo Credit: Joe Del Tufo. Compiled by: I graduated from high school in the spring of 2017 and that fall I moved from my hometown of Greensboro into a tiny dorm room in Chapel Hill. I spent
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Katie Vaughan, Intern
Old-time band The Hushpuppies performing in our 2018 Dance Pavilion. 📷 Credit: Bob Powell. Compiled by: I have noticed that many people will find a genre they like and stick to it. After all, we are comfortable with what’s familiar to us, whether that's the songs we heard growing up, the rhythms we listen to
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Devereaux Nash and Jordan Lee of The ACOBE (A Celebration of Black Excellence) Festival
Sona Jobarteh, the first female Kora virtuoso to come from a prestigious west African Griot family, performing at the 2018 NC Folk Festival. 📷 Credit: Dan Routh Compiled by: When we think of folk music we think of sounds and rhythms that evoke emotion; a story that we understand in the soul; a sound that
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Mark Dillon, President of the Fiddle & Bow Folk Music Society and GTCC Commercial Music instructor
Compiled by: I moved to North Carolina for the music, no lie. More specifically as a working musician, I thought I was moving to Asheville for the music. Instead, I moved to Asheboro. There is a big difference between Asheville and Asheboro. No worries, I figured I’d stay in the Piedmont long enough to find