The Deines Cultural Center News from Deines Cultural Center
Dines Cultural Center Deines Cultural Center: Art
Featured Exhibits


Events

Education

Films

Books

Links



New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music

Website Links
Visit these websites to learn more about the development of American Roots Music. The links are organized in groups that parrallel the exhibit.

Bob Dyla, folk musicians in Washinton Square Park

Folk musicians in Washington Square Park, New York City, 1960s
Photo by Diana Davies. Smithsonian Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

INTRODUCTORY SECTION
American Roots Music (PBS)
Friends of American Roots Music
NPR’s Honky Tonk Series

THE FIRST SOUNDS:
SACRED SONGS

Sacred Music Preserved: Old Time Streaming Gospel Music
American Gospel Music Directory
The History of Gospel Music
African American Music Collection
Fisk Jubilee Singers homepage
Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory (PBS)
Negro Spirituals

FROM THE HILLS, HOLLOWS AND PLAINS: COUNTRY MUSIC
Southern Music Network- Southern Music in the 20th Century
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
International Bluegrass Music Association
International Bluegrass Museum

CAN’T BE SATISFIED: THE BLUES
Wikipedia: Blues
Blues Language
Blueslinks
The Blues Foundation
Blues Lyrics Online

OTHER SOUNDS, OTHER SONGS
Accordian Dreams (PBS)
Encyclopedia of Cajun Culture/Zydeco
Border Cultures: Conjunto Music, Univ. of Texas at Austin
Encyclopedia of Cajun Culture

COME GATHER ROUND, PEOPLE: THE ROOTS REVIVAL
BobDylan.com
The History of American Folk Music
The Myth of Newport ’65
Top Ten Important Women in Folk Music
Wikipedia: Roots Revival

STAND UP AND SING OUT
Woody Guthrie
Pete Seeger Appreciation Page
Folk Music Archives
Independent Lens: Strange Fruit (PBS)
Songs of Revolution, Protest and Solidarity
History in Song



New Harmonies has been made possible in Russell, Kansas by the Kansas Humanities Council.

New Harmonies is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Federation of State Humanities Councils. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress.



The Deines Cultural Center
Visit Us
Art
Music
Events
Education
Discover Deines
Get Involved
Shop
Contact Us

Events
May 9 –June 22, 2008
“New Harmonies”
Smithsonian Institution
Traveling Exhibition
Show Opens

Sunday, May 11 , 2008
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
4:00 PM Reubin Kent’s Talk
“New Harmonies”
Official Opening

Sunday, May 18, 2008
2:00 PM
This Land is Your Land, So Long
it's been Good to Know You
Tom Lewis,
Woody Guthrie Scholar
Location: Stone Barn,
Soapweed Farm






Home | About Deines | Visit Us | Art | Music | Events | Education | Discover Deines | Get Involved | Shop | Map| Hours | Contact Us
Exhibits | Collections | Concerts | Pickin' and Jammin' | History | Mission | Staff | Membership | Donate | Volunteer | Jobs/Internships | Community Links

The Deines Cultural Center's operation is made possible in part by a grant from the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.



Website Design by Skoubo Graphics