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The Harry Smith @ 100 festivities continue as we j The Harry Smith @ 100 festivities continue as we join our dear friends at @smithsonianfolkways to celebrate 75 years since the iconic independent label Folkways Records was founded by Marian Distler & Moses Asch in New York City! First up, on July 6th you can see a screening of Harry’s “Early Abstractions” as part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The program is free and open to the public! Check out @smithsonianfolkways page for more details about the festival. 🎶🪕🎶
On this very day, 100 years ago, one of the most u On this very day, 100 years ago, one of the most unique characters to ever grace this planet was born. Whether through his paintings, his records, his collages, his films, his work as a shaman, his many collections, or his persnickety attitude, Harry Everett Smith left an indelible mark on underground culture. With the many events and exhibitions celebrating his life this year, we hope that a new generation will be able to appreciate and be inspired by his many contributions. HAPPY 100 HARRY! 📷: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy of the Allen Ginsberg Trust
Beth Orton’s rendition of ‘Frankie’ Beth Orton’s rendition of ‘Frankie’
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Happy 100th birthday Harry Smith! Celebrating @abc Happy 100th birthday Harry Smith! Celebrating @abconcerts Paper airplanes strewn about, welling guests for three days of events. #harrysmith@100
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An ode to Harry Smiths “Anthology of American Fo An ode to Harry Smiths “Anthology of American Folk Music” @shovel_dance_collective takes it to the next level!
A capella encore from Shover Dance Collective. A capella encore from Shover Dance Collective.
Venediktus Tempelboom at Harry Smith celebration. Venediktus Tempelboom at Harry Smith celebration. Passion and intensity coming from his 12 string guitar! #harrysmith@100
Harry Smith@100!! Get ready Brussels! Concerts, fi Harry Smith@100!! Get ready Brussels! Concerts, films, talk and more. May 28/29
Just in time for Harry’s 100th birthday at the e Just in time for Harry’s 100th birthday at the end of the month, we are so proud to see that his story and accomplishments have finally been added to the venerable @britannica where it will live until the end of the Internet. Image: Harry Smith, photographed by Allen Ginsberg in Ginsberg’s kitchen, c. 1980s 📷 Courtesy of Harry Smith Archives. Photograph copyright Allen Ginsberg Estate . . . #harryeverettsmith #harrysmitharchives #allenginsberg #beatgeneration #anthologyofamericanfolkmusic
John Szwed's “Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times John Szwed's “Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith” @anthologyfilmarchives Tuesday April 18th at 7:30 pm. For the last four years John Szwed has been tracing the life of Harry Smith. Smith was a witness and a player in a period that began in the 1940s, unfolded in the ’50s, and exploded in the ’60s, and that brought about major revolutions in the arts, the social sciences, and in society itself. “Cosmic Scholar” will be published in August 2023 #cosmicscholar #harrysmith #harrysmitharchives #anthologyfilmarchives
This series of fascinating and fastidious Typewrit This series of fascinating and fastidious Typewriter Drawings is oft-overlooked when considering the body of Harry's work. From what we know, these were created between the 1970s and the 1980s. Note the stationary from the Hotel Breslin in the last slide, which is now the Ace Hotel. Harry lived at the Breslin from 1977-1985. . . . #harryeverettsmith #harrysmitharchives #typewriterdrawing #beatgeneration #eastvillagenyc #breslinhotel
For our friends in and around Brussels, Belgium! For our friends in and around Brussels, Belgium! Via @abconcerts : This year marks the 100th anniversary of visual artist, experimental filmmaker, musicologist, graphic designer, bohemian, anthropologist and record collector Harry Smith (°1923). That’s why AB is hosting a celebration of his master collector piece ‘Anthology Of American Folk Music’ over the course of three days. This collection is widely acknowledged as the bible for American folk music and features 84 songs, all recorded between 1927 and 1932. In the late 90’s the compilation album even received a Grammy Award for ‘Best Historical Album’. Rolling Stone described ‘The Anthology’ as ‘One of the greatest releases of all time!’ His fanbase? Beck. Beth Orton. Bob Dylan. Elvis Costello. Jack White. Jeff Tweedy (Wilco). And: Nick Cave, who borrowed both ‘Stagger Lee’ and ‘Henry Lee’ from ‘The Anthology’. That’s plenty of reason for an elaborate tribute on the day Harry Smith would have turned 100 years old. AB is inviting some exquisite musical guests such as Meskerem Mees, Mount Eerie, Sam Amidon (w/ special guest Beth Orton), The Golden Glows, Mike Gangloff, Shovel Dance Collective and Venediktos Tempelboom. They will collectively dive deep into ‘The Anthology’ and come back up with some personal covers or adaptations of their favourite songs. And some of them will simply tell their story in the spirit of Smith’s work. Rani Singh (director of the Harry Smith Archives and Harry Smith’s former personal assistant) and Bret Lunsford (author of the recently published book ‘Sounding for Harry Smith’) will join us for a Q&A about the legacy he left behind. The documentary ‘The Old Weird America’ tells the story behind ‘The Anthology’ and pianist Giovanni Di Domenico will improvise muscially to Smith’s short animation films ‘Early Abstractions’.
Excerpts from a beautiful essay penned by the won Excerpts from a beautiful essay penned by the wonderful @raymondfoye for @brooklynrail about Harry’s close friend and sometimes rival Jordan Belson. Visit brooklynrail.org to read the full essay 🧿 Image: Jordan Belson, untitled, 1952. Hand painted animation still. Watercolor on paper. 5.75 x 7.75 inches. Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery. . . . #harrysmith #harryeverettsmith #harrysmitharchives #jordanbelson #raymondfoye #outsiderart #experimentalart
Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith. Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith. A biography by John Szwed!! Publication date is August 22,2023. ⚡️💥🔥⭐️🪐#CosmicScholar #harrysmitharchives
It’s official! The first solo exhibition of Harr It’s official! The first solo exhibition of Harry Smith‘s groundbreaking work will open at @whitneymuseum this fall on October 4th! We can’t wait to expand some minds and share his idiosyncratic genius with the masses. Link to exhibition details in bio. ⚗️ . . . #harrysmitharchives #harryeverettsmith #whitneymuseum #mahagonny #warholfoundation #anthologyofamericanfolkmusic
🌲 EVERGREEN🌲 Over 70 years later, Harry’s 🌲 EVERGREEN🌲 Over 70 years later, Harry’s Anthology still rings true, garnering a perfect 10 from @pitchfork 💎 Link in bio to read the full beautifully-penned and painstakingly researched review from @currincy . . . #harryeverettsmith #anthologyofamericanfolkmusic #harrysmitharchives #pitchfork #bobdylan #johnfahey #folkways
Thanks to the wonderful @currincy and the Library Thanks to the wonderful @currincy and the Library of Congress, we now know that Harry’s Anthology of American Folk Music was one of the first records purchased for the White House Record Library in 1973! More shocking perhaps is the implication that Smith & Richard Nixon might’ve shared common ground 😂 . . . #harrysmitharchives #harryeverettsmith #anthologyofamericanfolkmusic #richardnixon
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