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The Quebecois Session

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:48:01 GMT

My next door neighbor Sue regularly hosts on a Quebec music session, with some of Seattle's finest musicians, and invites me to listen. Here is the video.

By dougplummer

Tags : folk, folkmusic, home, music, quebec, quebecois, session

The Folkfloor Dismantle

Sun, 31 May 2009 21:26:04 GMT

After the last dance, the dancers at the Northwest Folklife Festival dismantle the floor, and it goes into storage for another year. A multiple viewpoint time-lapse video. Music: "After the Rain," composed by Joe Grote.

By dougplummer

Tags : Folklife, NW, Northwest, contra, contradance, dance, folk, lapse, music, seattle, time, time-lapse, timelapse, waltz

Folklife Buskers, Briefly

Mon, 25 May 2009 20:47:01 GMT

A fast tour through the diversity of buskers at the 2009 Northwest Folklife Festival.

By dougplummer

Tags : buskers, folk, folklife, folkmusic, music, musicians, northwest, nw, seattle

Guerilla Contra At Folklife

Mon, 25 May 2009 05:39:00 GMT

From the 2009 Northwest Folklife Festival. The sound guys take a break, but the dancers don't. Here's how they do it.

By dougplummer

Tags : contra, contradance, dance, folk, folklife, music, northwest, nw, seattle, social

Marimba at Folklife

Sat, 23 May 2009 17:44:00 GMT

The Spring Street School Marimba Band performs at the 2009 NW Folklife festival.

By dougplummer

Tags : band, folklife, marimba, music, northwest, nw, school, spring, street

The Rules of Love: The McKassons

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:56:00 GMT

Rules of Love by the Scottish-American band The McKassons. Ryan McKasson on fiddle, Cali McKasson on piano, and Matt Jerrell on drums.

By dougplummer

Tags : celtic, mckassons, music, scottish, video

Seattle Contra Marathon

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:18:04 GMT

3 hours. 17 callers. 25 musicians. No walkthroughs. No breaks. The annual Lake City Contra Marathon benefits the Northwest Folklife Festival. This one was held on 3/19/09.

By dougplummer

Tags : contra, contradance, contras, dance, dancing, folk, folklife, music, seattle, square, squares

Not Your Grandparents Square Dance

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:40:02 GMT

Old-time music and square dancing in Portland, Oregon. Interviews with Bill Martin and Michael Ismerio, and footage from the Old Time Music Gathering, reveal the intimate links between the old-time music scene and the revival of square dancing.

By dougplummer

Tags : appalachian, dance, folk, music, old, oldtime, oregon, portland, revival, southern, square, squaredance, squares, time, traditional, visiting

Squares at the Tractor

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:39:00 GMT

The Tallboys host a bi-monthly square dance at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood that is wildly popular with the under 30 crowd.

By dougplummer

Tags : Seattle, celebration, dance, dancing, folk, fun, joy, music, oldtime, social, southern, square, squaredance, squares, traditions

Camp Wannadance

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:02:01 GMT

A documentary about Camp Wannadance, a traditional contra and square dance camp on Washington's Olympic Peninsula.

By dougplummer

Tags : contra, contra dance, contradance, dance, dance camp, music, old time music, square dance, squaredance, traditional, wannadance

Joy is a Cajun Accordion

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:27:25 GMT

By dougplummer

Tags : accordian, accordion, cajun, cajun accordion, cajun dancing, dancing, louisiana, music, neworleans, tipitina's