vafolklife
The Virginia Folklife Program is the state center for the documentation, presentation, support, and celebration of Virginia’s rich cultural heritage. Our work is focused in five areas: Apprenticeships, Education & Outreach, Performances & Public Presentations, Documentation & Fieldwork, and Cultural Exchange. We are a program of Virginia Humanities.
Learn more: https://www.virginiafolklife.org/
Indigenous Virginia Craft Revivals | Richond Folk Festival 2025
"The River St Johns" by Jake Xerxes Fussell | Elsa Howell and Betsy Podsiadlo
Virginia Folklore Society Field Recordings (1932-1948) Montage
"Sally Ann" | Harvey Allen Rutherford, Enoch Rutherford & Dale Morris | December 7, 1990
"Hollyding" | Enoch Rutherford, Wiley Mayo & Dale Morris | December 7, 1990
"Sail Away Ladies" | Enoch Rutherford, Rae Mayo and Dale Morris | Dec 7 1990
Enoch Rutherford |1990 and ’92 | Fiddle, banjo, interview excerpts
Alice Gerrard and Sophie Moeckel | Southern Style Singing Traditions
Alice Gerrard, Sophie Moeckel, Kay Justice | "Calling Me Home" "Tear Down the Fences"
The Clinch Mountain Echo | Jettie Baker Center, Clintwood, 6/14/25
Corey Harris full set from The Thang, 2023
Leni Sorensen and Elizabeth Beamon | Traditional Foodways
Restoring "Echoes" at the Jettie Baker Center | Mural Painting Apprenticeship
“Uchrashqanda (The Meeting)” Hayrunisa Yenilmes and Amir Kilich | Uyghur Music Traditions
"Give Me Back My Homeland" Amir Kilich | Uyghur Music Traditions
Lelia Nelson and April Hobson | Custon Sewing and Alterations
John Alexander and Erin Simons | Broom Making
Clyde Jenkins | White Oak Basket Maker
"Over the Waterfall" | T Baby Reed, Jim Costa, Russ Boyd | 23 Henry Reed Memorial Fiddlers Gathering
Remembering Dean "T-Baby" Reed
The Paschall Brothers Live at the Prism 2/6/04
Camaguey Jam
Kadencia ft Kily Vializ | Richmond Folk Festival 2024
Justin Golden | Richmond Folk Festival 2024
The Legendary Ingramettes | "My City of Ruins"
The Legendary Ingramettes | Richmond Folk Festival 2024
Opening Ceremony with Cheick Hamala Diabate and the Elegba Folklore Society Drum Ensemble | RFF 2024
Johnny Williams & the Crooked Road Revival ft Sherman Holmes | White Dove | Richmond Folk Festival
Sacred Sounds Workshop | Richmond Folk Festival 2024
In Good Keeping Trailer 2023-24