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12 Jun

PORTLAND: The time to celebrate Harry is upon us! We’ve got a smorgasbord of events on deck to close out Smith’s centenary year.

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10 May

***PORTLAND***
SAVE THE DATE for Harry Smith: Portland’s Prodigal Son!
Join us, along w/author & musician Brett Lunsford, poet Katherine Factor, publisher Darrin Daniel, & our friends at Mississippi Records for 3 days of Harry-centric programming to celebrate his 101st birthday!

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25 Apr

Fascinating new essay by our friend @kramermj just published in Cambridge’s Modern American History Journal:
“The Global Jukebox and the Celestial Monochord: Alan Lomax and Harry Smith Compute Folk Music in Cold War America”

https://www.michaeljkramer.net/when-folk-music-met-the-computer/

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26 Feb

✨Osaka! Come to Futuro Café on February 28th to marvel at the films of Harry Smith/Jordan Belson/Will Carra featuring Louise Landes Levi! Complete with live music soundtrack by Kawabata Makoto! ✨

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6 Feb

Shoutout to illustrator/graphic designer Taylor Rushing by way of the @Folkways newsletter for naming Harry’s Kiowa Peyote Meeting as one of his favorite cover designs from the label!

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