2013 Richmond Folk Festival

2013 Richmond Folk Festival

Don Carlos

Anyone out there a fan of reggae legends Black Uhuru? Singer Don Carlos, born Ervin Spencer, was one of the founders of the trio in...
Brent Baldwin -
2013 Richmond Folk Festival

Lurrie Bell

Chicago bluesman Lurrie Bell proved he could roll with the big boys at an early age. The son of harmonica master Carey Bell recalls...
Hilary Langford -
2013 Richmond Folk Festival

Nathalie Pires

Fado music, known as Portuguese blues, is a tradition dating back centuries. At its heart is saudade, which loosely can be translated as an...
Karen Newton -
2013 Richmond Folk Festival

Jesse Lége and Joel Savoy

If you want to hear Cajun music by the best, don't miss singer and accordion player Jesse Lége and fiddler Joel Savoy. "The great Cajun...
Brent Baldwin -
2013 Richmond Folk Festival

Alash

Throat singing is unlike anything you've ever heard or seen performed live. "People often ask us where our music comes from — 'Is it like...
Hilary Langford -
2013 Richmond Folk Festival

The Stooges Brass Band

Bringing a band that blends New Orleans second-line tradition and hip-hop rhythms to brass-heavy Richmond is a bit like bringing ice to Eskimos. Then...
Peter McElhinney -
2013 Richmond Folk Festival

The Prusinowski Trio

[image-1 Andrzej Bienkowski, a professor at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, traversed Poland for 30 years to document and record its village music. Eventually...
Brent Baldwin -
2013 Richmond Folk Festival

The Marshall Ford Swing Band

If you don't know how Texas swing music used to be played, check out the Marshall Ford Swing Band to learn. The quintet has...
Karen Newton -
2013 Richmond Folk Festival

Khac Chi

For some, Vietnam evokes a divisive war, and for others delicious cuisine. The popular music of the Vietnamese diaspora is a modern combination of...
Peter McElhinney -
2013 Richmond Folk Festival

The Alex Meixner Band

"I feel the music I perform, and how it's being presented by my band truly brings people together to enjoy life," says Alex Meixner,...
Hilary Langford -
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