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| Rhiannon Giddens (formerly of the Carolina Chocolate Drops) |
she has been on the cover of a few publications recently,
as she's just come out with a solo album.
we always enjoy seeing local talent make it big!
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| RG & co hanging out with fans after a set |
there were so many volunteers & tech support ~
plus this banana
my parents came over for the afternoon
& vow to do the entire festival
next year!
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| Joseph & Grandpa |
we all enjoyed hearing
this Iraqi duo
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| beautiful drum |
Rahim AlHaj playing the oud
we got up close & personal during his set
as it POURED rain & the only cover
was over the stage!
one of our local public art groups
facilitated a temporary sculpture project
called Rise Together
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| while this looks like just a pile of discarded ladders...it was a carefully-constructed sculpture you could walk under (if you dared). |
the Headliner: Mavis Staples!
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| she is 76 & amazing! |
i thoroughly enjoyed the sign language interpretation
of Mavis Staples' music
(from a purely aesthetic point-of-view)
& her fabulous band doing a percussion jam
a classic even i know....i'll take you there
can't be a North Carolina festival
without some stunning NC pottery
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| Ben Owen's tent |
someone who may or may not be him
at the pottery wheel
& it, also, wouldn't be a NC festival
without Carolina blue skies
we checked out a LOT of performers,
like this Taiko group from
San Francisco
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| it was ALL 20-somethings except this one man who was typically on the back row - until this! |
and, of course, there was Southern Gospel rockin' it
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| The Ingramettes (their mother, Maggie Ingram, passed away recently) |
until next year, Folk Festival!
love, Greensboro
the same weekend,
BERNIE SANDERS
came to town
&
we were there!
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| the podium pre-Bernie |
the CROWD pre-Bernie
more than 9,000 strong
his campaign manager
announcing the Bern!
"The government belongs to all of us,
not just a handful of very wealthy people."
looking at everyone's shoes
(trying to rest my old back,
which had already done 3 days
of the folk festival)
while Bernie talks about income inequality
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| Bernie! (Samuel's in the teal shirt on the right - & Joseph is in the white shirt kind of in front of him) |
BERNIE!
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| two out of three of us will be voting in this election (as will all of these voters surrounding us, we hope) |
