Latest Folk art Podcast Episodes
'A Blond Wig for Maid Marion': Aberdeen and Scotland's Folk Dramas by Donald Smith
Culture in Everyday Life - April 20, 2023 08:12 - 56 minutesFrom Mystery Plays to the Robin Hood revels at May Day, Aberdeen played a full role in Scotland’s popular dramas. Donald Smith explores some older forms of live entertainment, and their present day revival. Should we still go ‘A-Maying’? What does Robin Hood have to do with the Granite ...
Singing Time and Singing Place
Culture in Everyday Life - November 03, 2022 03:06 - 48 minutesThis presentation, which was recorded at the Elphinstone Institute’s 2017 symposium dedicated to memory of Bill Nicolaisen, by Elphinstone Institute Director, Dr Thomas A McKean, looks at performed and sung ballad texts in the light of Bill Nicolaisen’s ideas of time – performance, narr...
Building Community Self-Esteem: Advocating for Culture
Culture in Everyday Life - September 30, 2022 15:29 - 42 minutesRecording of the 2019 David Buchan Lecture presented by Amy Skillman. Why is our heritage so important? How does culture support our communities? Join us on a folklorist’s journey from scholar to activist to facilitator of change, and back again. Through narratives of migration, motherh...
Words for Tunes: Robert Burns as a Lyric-Writer by Adam McNaughtan
Culture in Everyday Life - January 20, 2022 11:02 - 1 hourA transcript for this podcast can be found online, here. Adam McNaughtan delivers an illustrated talk with Gordeanna McCulloch entitled ‘Words for Tunes: Robert Burns as a Lyric-Writer’ at the Cullerie Singing Weekend in 2009. It was recorded by Professor Ian Russell.
Music and the Memory Spectrum by Michael Pickering
Culture in Everyday Life - December 07, 2021 14:42 - 1 hourA transcript for this episode can be found online, here. Music is a potent component of remembering. It works either as an unchosen catalyst, stirring up unbidden memories as a tune is fortuitously heard, or as a chosen vehicle serving as an intentional carrier of people’s remembered ...
Leonard Primiano on Catholic Kitsch
Culture in Everyday Life - October 07, 2021 09:05 - 45 minutesA transcript for this episode can be found on our website, here. The late Leonard Primiano discusses his research on Catholic kitsch in this guest lecture given at the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen.
The Future they Imagined: Daniel Kahn
Folk Will Save Us - June 14, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsFolk-punk Yiddishist Daniel Kahn speaks beautifully about community creation, autonomous cultural zones, and future-gazing. “It helps me to sing songs about the future that people back then imagined. In doing that, you can uncover all of these dreams that people had that didn’t come to fruition...
Copyrighting Tradition in the Internet Age: Creativity, Authorship and Folklore
Culture in Everyday Life - June 01, 2021 00:00 - 1 hourA transcript for this episode can be found online, here. Intro and outro music provided by Zazim. This recording of the 2016 David Buchan Lecture comes from the Elphinstone Institute Archives. It was delivered by Valdimar Hafstein, Professor in the Department of Ethnology, Folklore, ...
Recycled Stories: Health Legends, Epidemics and the Politics of Risk
Culture in Everyday Life - March 29, 2021 13:42 - 1 hourA transcript for this episode can be found online here. Elphinstone Institute’s Annual David Buchan Lecture The Elphinstone Institute is a centre for the study of Ethnology, Folklore, and Ethnomusicology with a research and public engagement remit covering the North-East and North of...
The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth: Rebekah Crisanta de Ybarra
Folk Will Save Us - September 09, 2020 16:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsCo-founders of Electric Machete Studios, Rebekah Crisanta de Ybarra and Xilam Balam share a tradition of resilience and resistance. Support the Show.
Like You're on the Mountain: Slavka Slavtcheva
Folk Will Save Us - September 09, 2020 16:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsNew Year’s dances and songs from the mountains are what Slavka Slavtcheva says capture the heart of Bulgarian folklore. Support the Show.
Music Became Everything: Ahmed Ismail Yusuf
Folk Will Save Us - September 09, 2020 16:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsPlaywright and author Ahmed Ismail Yusuf believes deeply that Somali poetry and song carries the soul of a people. Support the Show.
Preview: Folk Will Save Us
Folk Will Save Us - September 05, 2020 21:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsWorlds of resilience, solidarity, and beauty are alive in the work of folk artists and culture bearers. This new podcast tells the stories of artists mobilizing heritage music, poetry, and visual art forms as tools to build community and work for justice. Support the Show.
Ep. 4: George Fraker
Hide and Horn - January 16, 2020 05:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsBorn to a long line of Buffalo descendants, George Fraker has been building custom saddles and trees over a career spanning fifty years. With our first episode of 2020, George Fraker discusses the development of style, the intricacies of building saddle trees, and much more on this episode of Hi...
Hide & Horn Sampler: George Fraker & The Path to Custom Saddlemaking
Hide and Horn - November 29, 2019 03:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe push towards working solo often comes with a series of challenges. This is just as true in custom saddlemaking as in any other craft, where if you’re not working, you’re not making money. But while there are plenty of starving years working independently, the benefits for many in custom sadd...
Ep. 3: Dusty Smith
Hide and Horn - October 31, 2019 04:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsBorn and raised in Southwest Wyoming, Dusty Smith has been building custom saddles since 2006, and custom saddle trees since 2015. In this episode, Dusty Smith describes the intersection of these two crafts, how the changing role of horses impact the industry, and more on this episode of Hide & ...
Hide & Horn Sampler: Dusty Smith & The Art of Saddle Tree Production
Hide and Horn - September 30, 2019 02:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThough building saddles for over ten years, since 2015 Dusty Smith has been building custom saddle trees from his home shop in Buffalo, W. As one of the few individual tree makers in the world building for the public in large numbers, Dusty’s keen attention to detail in every tree built is an ar...
Ep.2: Andy Stevens
Hide and Horn - August 29, 2019 18:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsFor over 25 years, Andy Stevens has continued a family history of functional artistry through saddlemaking, leatherworking, and silversmithing. In this episode, Andy discusses his development in these art forms, the relationship between spaghetti and artistic design, and more on this episode of ...
Hide & Horn Sampler: Andy Stevens & The Western Folklife Center
Hide and Horn - July 24, 2019 17:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn a career spanning 25 years, Andy Stevens’ work in leather and saddlemaking has also included workshops and exhibit curation. In this episode, Andy reflects on his experiences at the Western Folklife Center during his time working and living in Nevada.
Ep.1: Intro & Overview
Hide and Horn - June 26, 2019 04:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHide and Horn is live! Our first episode provides a short overview of ranching history in the state of Wyoming, as well as the development of the Sheridan Style by legendary saddlemaker Don King. We end with a short setup for future works of contemporary saddlemakers. Follow us online: Instagra...
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