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Music
Christine Kreamer is a curator at the National Museum of African Art, but in 1969 she was seventeen, sneaking out her bedroom window.
The music, the lights, the rhythmic nodding and singing along by the audience transported us all to a different but familiar time and a place.
Folklife Magazine explores how culture shapes our lives. We publish stories about music, food, craft, language, celebrations, activism, and the individuals and communities who sustain these traditions.