Christylez Bacon: Human Beat Box
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Series 4: On The Move / 4.3: Audio
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content: 1 Sound recording (digital audio file)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2017 June 29
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.SFF.2017, Item SFF2017_0629_OTM_Story_Circle_0007
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content: Archival materials
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content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Listening copies available
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content: Mark Puryear (presenter); Christylez Bacon; Nishta Raj ;Christylez Bacon (pronounced: chris-STYLES) is a GRAMMY-nominated, progressive hip-hop artist and multi-instrumentalist from Southeast Washington, D.C. As a performer, Christylez combines various instruments such as the West African djembe drum, acoustic guitar, and the human beatbox (oral percussion), all while continuing the oral tradition of storytelling through his lyrics.