NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Smithsonian curator John Troutman and blues musician Dom Flemons about the new folk music album, Playing for the Man at the Door. DOM FLEMONS: This is a collection that ...

A massive and closely held collection of blues music and research from the 1950s and 60s is seeing the light of day. The collection is from Robert "Mack" McCormick, who died in 2015 at age 85 and ...

The collection, now housed in the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, consists of all the programs in the series, as well as the unedited interviews and performances that were excerpted for ...

A new Robert Johnson biography and a box set of previously unheard field recordings are among the first releases the Smithsonian and Folkways are planning from the collection of storied folklorist ...

LANSING — You can forgive Joe Kimble if he can't pick a favorite from his eclectic collection of blues and rock and roll art and memorabilia. He's spent much of his adult life acquiring it, piece by ...

NOV. 2, 2023 (DALLAS) – The Dallas Mavericks tap into the more-than-century-old history of Southern Blues music with the 2023-24 Nike NBA City Edition: Trinity River Blues Collection, presented by ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Field notes, manuscripts, photographs ...

DOM FLEMONS: This is a collection that was just - it was known as The Monster. DETROW: That's blues musician Dom Flemons. FLEMONS: You know, you always hear that for each musician that recorded, there ...

DETROW: That's blues musician Dom Flemons. FLEMONS: You know, you always hear that for each musician that recorded, there were, you know, dozens, if not hundreds that didn't record. This is the first ...

For decades, one of the most legendary private collections of early blues music was just that - private. Now it's available for everyone's ears. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) DOM FLEMONS: This is a collection ...