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Playing the Goat
Hannah Harvester (2010) studied Christmas caroling both in the US and in Poland, where the tradition--more akin to mumming--is being revived by an avante garde theater group who invited her to perform with them (sometimes dancing the 100-year-old goat mask). She is now Staff Folklorist for Traditional Arts in Upstate New York. (Photo by Hannah Harvester) Read more...
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Caffè Lena
Jocelyn Arem (2008) is Director of the Caffè Lena History Project, a documentary initiative to expand awareness of the country's oldest continuously running coffeehouse and to help fill in a missing piece in American folksong history-–the role of coffee houses and clubs in the folksong revival movement of the 1960s. Here Jocelyn interviews Pete Seeger. Read more...
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From Mississippi to Senegal
Ali Colleen Neff (2007) studied the emerging hip hop scene in the Mississippi delta and is now--as a PhD student in Communication Studies at UNC--documenting women's musical traditions in Senegal. Check out her website, Ethnolyrical. (Photo of Clarksdale residents by A. Kropa) Read more...
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Copperhead
Rachel Richardson (2010) just published her first book of poetry, Copperhead, hailed as "sinewy, sensuous poems [that] lead down dusty Louisiana backroads, where anything might be lurking." Read more...
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Bill Ferris Welcomes Bobby Rush
Blues and R&B legend Bobby Rush is among the musicians who have made guest appearances for Bill Ferris's Southern Music course.
