Verandah Music

Following on from our earlier posts on weather lore, David Howard has an interesting variation of the origins of 'Hughey' (Huie, Hu...

Lisa Elmaleh has been making tintype photographs of Appalachian folk musicians since 2012. This old-style photographic technique...

These kids are playing the ‘diddley bow’ (various spellings), made by stretching a wire across a board and plucking it rhythmicall...

We’ll be back in Canberra at the National this year with a couple of shows: Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavour? Skiffle ...

Eaerliest image of cigar-box instrument, American Civil War Couldn’t believe my eyes. A classic cigar-box ukulele on sale at Aldi f...

Gitano family outside their cave, Granada, c 1900-1915 The diverse peoples once widely known as ‘Gypsies’ are now known as Roma, ...

Have a look at Emily Gallagher’s article on the ill-fated National Folklife Centre at the National Museum https://theconversation.com/w...

Songs on a Nag’s Head Porch at https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/128277791/posts/2860

The Westport (Ireland) Horse Fair dates back to 1741 and takes place on the last Saturday of September each year. This year (2018) Ollie an...

Here's how Ukrainians look after their musical traditions. It's an interactive project that brings high tech together with fieldwor...