Gospel Music - Large
May’s Folkways’ finale finds two eastern North Carolina pastors sharing their different styles for spreading musical messages of faith.
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From folk art and folk music to simple pioneer living, many of North Carolina's residents have passed down history and traditions begun by the first state settlers. Folkways, hosted by Grammy Award-winning musician David Holt, introduces some of the people who strive to keep the state's history alive, either with splendid heritage handcrafting or continuing a vintage way of life that first appeared in the state's earlier days.
Dance! - Large
Next, the infectious energy of square dancing, flat footing, and clogging from a Swannanoa gathering at Warren Wilson College steps up on Dance!
Music of Surry County - Large
David Holt explains how a group of talented fiddle and banjo players from Surry County, NC, came to have a world-wide impact on Old Time Music. The mu...
The Banjo
While the banjo has enjoyed popularity in the South for over 100 years, its history in the world is much longer. The banjo actually originated in Afri...
Coastal Carvers
In Folkways Coastal Carvers, some of the most talented carvers on Harkers Island exhibit their wares and explain how they began making decoys and why ...
Earth Skills
Folkways Earth Skills introduces these participants, as well as the survival skills they are learning. Differentiating between edible and toxic plants...
The Guitar
Host David Holt begins by introducing Dale McCoy, who demonstrates his style of finger picking, a style viewers may recognize from The Potters of Seag...
Homestead Living
In Homestead Living, Eustace introduces us to activities nearly forgotten by most people, activities that are part of his everyday life. Building a sh...
Old-Time Fiddlers Convention
On the first weekend in June every year, men and women, young and old, gather together in Mount Airy, North Carolina for the annual Old Time Fiddlers ...
The Legend of Tom Dula
The Legend of Tom Dula shares the history of the song and some ideas about the story from some people who can trace their roots back to the Happy Vall...