A Fort Worth music festival will celebrate the contributions of African Americans in early American folk music. The Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival features 13 folk musicians ...

The Southern Highland Craft Guild conference planned for May 24-25 will celebrate Appalachian artists, craft and culture.

But that doesn’t make me blind to the fact that my African ancestors ... and not to paint a fairy tale version of the past and present. Indoctrinating young Americans with fake history is ...

Meghan Markle’s ethnicity, coupled with her fairy tale romance, did more than add another jewel to the royal crown- it ...

At a time when most African Americans were still enslaved on farms and plantations in the Antebellum South, Poynor was a prolific furniture maker who was admired by white society for his skills as ...

Keb' Mo' is renowned for his unique blend of blues, folk, and Americana ... he was a calypso drummer and songwriter who, alongside African-American fiddle player Papa John Creach, cut his teeth ...

Albert Whitman, 1992. These four stories from Africa feature brave little girls. Hamilton, Virginia. Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales. Illus. by Leo and Diane ...

In the 1970s, he was a calypso drummer and songwriter who, alongside African-American fiddle player Papa ... brings together two humble veteran folk singers. Colvin, best-regarded as the singer ...

Ohio Valley Folk Society, Folkloric Dance Ensemble, the DiBacco Sisters, Filipino American Association of Pittsburgh, and Bob Gaudio. Food was available for purchase, representing cuisines from the ...

Central Avenue between Ybor City and downtown Tampa used to be where many African-Americans lived and worked ... would be an area where Black folk would live,” Fred Hearns said.

Young's next concert is on April 18 at the Danish American Center in Minneapolis ... these transcriptions was to preserve the banjo's African roots, Young said. Need a break?

Here is a sampling of upcoming things to do in the San Gabriel Valley area.