News
General news from the Montana Folk Festival.
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Face Painting – Martin’s Masks
Joan Martin, owner of Martin’s Masks. Joan started Martin’s Masks in 2017 after the company she was working for as…
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Diane Scalese
Diane embarked on her journey into engraving in 1986, around the same time her husband, Bob, delved into crafting bits…
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Glenn Brackett
Glenn Brackett, a renowned fly-rod maker and devoted fisherman, traces his passion for angling back to his formative years spent…
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Glenn Goldthwait
Interested in smithing from the time he was a teen, Glenn Goldthwait began his dream of a rural, self-sustaining life…
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Marc Brogger
Marc Brogger, a fifth-generation Western horseman, has built over 900 saddles since the start of his career in 1981. He…
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Maude Knudsen
The first loom Maude sat down to was threaded to an overshot draft. As a beginner, she let her foot…
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Mike Ryan
Over the course of his 45-year career in crafting Western and working boots and shoes, Mike Ryan has meticulously crafted…
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Rose Williamson
Olivia “Rose” Williamson, owner and operator of Lady Pompadour Beadwork and Design, has garnered widespread recognition within the Apsáalooke community…
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Terry Hill
Terry Hill, a fourth-generation Montanan, spent 29 years as a game warden for the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife &…
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Tom Dean
Tom Dean, a completely self-taught artist, discovered his passion for woodwork at the age of 45, beginning his experimentation in…
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Cindy Kittredge
Presenter: Interviews on Stage – Sunday Born and raised on her family’s Montana ranch where the Great Plains rise up…
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Michael Korn
Presenter: Interviews on Stage – Saturday Mike has been involved in numerous field work, projects and folk festivals across the…
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Choro Das 3
Brazilian Choro For 19 years, Choro das 3 was a family band formed by the three sisters: Corina (flute and…
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Hailu Mergia
Ethiojazz Hailu Mergia was born in 1946 in the Shewa Province of the Ethoipian Empire. and moved to the capital Addis…
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Reverie Road
Irish | Springfield, Illinois Reverie Road is a fresh, eclectic celtic combination, featuring fiddler Winifred Horan and accordionist John Williams…
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The Fox Family and Friends
Meti Fiddle | Harlem, Montana Jamie Fox is a Métis fiddler of the Aaniih and Nakoda tribes of Montana. The…
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Sonia and Ismael
Flamenco | New York, NY Hailed by The New York Times as “a furnace of earthy sensuality”, Sonia Olla was…
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The Wagaku Collective
Japanese Traditional | Los Angeles, California The Wagaku Collective (和楽器コレクティブ) is Terry Nguyen, Shih-wei Wu and Wes Hayashi. The Los…
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Sam Platts
Country and Western Swing | Seguin, Texas Sam Platts and the Plainsmen, based in Seguin, Texas, play traditional country…
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Howard Knight
Howard Knight started tooling leather because of 4-H. As a child whose family bred and trained Thoroughbred horses, his upbringing…
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Mr. Sipp
Mississippi Delta Blues | McComb, Mississippi Castro Coleman a-k-a Mr. Sipp, was born August 25, 1976 to Johnelle and the…
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Kala Ramnath
Hindustani Violin | Redwood City, California Maestro Kala Ramnath with her ‘Singing Violin’ stands among the world’s finest, most inspirational…
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Mehrnam Rastegari
Iranian Kamancheh | Brooklyn, New York Mehrnam Rastegari is a well-established Iranian musician and film score composer, singer, violinist, and…
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79rs Gang
Mardi Gras Indians | New Orleans, Louisiana Behind the splendid theater and music of the Mardi Gras Indian parade lies…
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Nobody’s Business
Old-Time | Mouth of Wilson, Virginia Nobody’s Business is an Old-Time Stringband that hails from the Grayson Highlands mountain region of…
