Featured Concert: Sons of Membertou
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content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2024 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2024 Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Series 3: Audio
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content: 1 Sound recording
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content: 2024 July 1
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content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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content: CFCH.SFF.2024, Item SFF2024_0701_IVA_PotomacAtrium_0007
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Listening copy available
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content: Cynthia Chavez Lamar; Cliff Murphy (Presenter); Sons of Membertou: Austin Christmas (drums, vocals, Membertou Mi'kmaw Nation/Kuntewiktuk); Graham Marshall (drums, vocals, Membertou Mi'kmaw Nation/Kuntewiktuk); J.R. Isadore (drums, vocals, Membertou Mi'kmaw†Nation/Kuntewiktuk); John McEwan (drums, vocals, Membertou Mi'kmaw†Nation/Kuntewiktuk); Diíorr Greenwood (cedar flute, skater, DinÈ) Representing First Nations in Nova Scotia, Canada, Sons of Membertou present Mi'kmaw music traditions through drum repertoire and the Mi'kmaw language. This concert publicly kicks off a collaboration with the group that will culminate in a future Smithsonian Folkways album.  Presented with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and the Embassy of Canada to the United States to mark Canada Day.