News
General news from the Montana Folk Festival.
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Callie Kellem, Leatherworker
Montana Folklife Demonstrator Kellem Custom Works | Sheridan, MT Callie Kellem is a custom leatherworker currently residing in Sheridan Montana.…
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Cassie Ubaldo, Backcountry Outfitter/Packer
Montana Folklife Demonstrator Upper Canyon Outfitters | Alder, MT Cassie Ubaldo is a fifth generation Montanan who grew up at…
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Julia and Dan Schwarz, Bootmakers
Montana Folklife Demonstrator Schwarz Custom Boots | Dillon, MT Julia Schwarz was born and raised in Idaho, a stone’s throw…
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Dana and Tracy Eklund, Cinch Makers
Montana Folklife Demonstrator Big Sky Mohair Cinches | Bozeman, MT Big Sky Mohair Cinches is a two-sister team based out…
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LaVonne Stucky, Shepherdess and Wool Spinner
Montana Folklife Demonstrator The Wool Mill and Serenity Sheep Farm Stay | Belgrade, MT LaVonne Stucky lives on a farm…
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Julie Norman, Fiber Artist
Montana Folklife Demonstrator The Pieceful Ewe | Molt, MT Julie has been knitting since she was a pre-teen and spinning…
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Brigid & Johnny Reedy
Montana Traditions Stage Performer | Whitehall, MT Featured at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada for the past…
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Halladay Quist
Montana Traditions Stage Performer | Kalispell, MT Musician, model and actress Halladay Quist was born and raised under the Swan…
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Linda Svendsen and Mike Parsons
Montana Traditions Stage Performer | Bozeman, MT Linda Svendsen has made a professional life out of adventure, horses and music. She…
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Tracy Morrison
Montana Traditions Stage Performer | Boise, ID Tracy Morrison is a folksinger-songwriter and storyteller known for writing powerful laments and story songs…
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Little Jane & The Pistol Whips
Montana Traditions Stage Performer | Livingston, MT Little Jane & the Pistol Whips is a Montana band fronted and formed…
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Maggie Mae Monaghan, Fishing Guide
Montana Folklife Demonstrator MaeFly Outfitters | Belgrade, MT Maggie Mae Monaghan grew up in the small town of Harrison, Montana…
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Led Kaapana
Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar | Kaneohe, HI Led Kaapana’s mastery of stringed instruments, particularly slack key guitar, and his extraordinary baritone…
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Mick Moloney, Billy McComiskey, Athena Tergis, Niall O’Leary
Irish Traditional | Philadelphia, PA “No one has succeeded more in taking this once vital part of Irish American culture…
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Rahim AlHaj Trio
Iraqi Oud, Iranian Santour, and American percussion | Albuquerque, NM The Rahim AlHaj Trio features Iraqi oud virtuoso and composer…
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Charlie Walden
Old Time Fiddle | Wilmette, IL Charlie Walden began playing fiddle at age 14 when inspired by players in a…
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Jasmine Bell and North Bear
Native American Hoop Dancing and Drumming | Riverton, WY Jasmine Bell travels the world performing and teaching the sacred hoop…
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Yuliyana Krivoshapkina
Traditional Yakut Khomus | Yakutsk, Sahka Republic, Russia Yuliyana Krovoshapkina is a virtuoso in the art of the khomus, the…
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Rahzel
Hip Hop Beatbox | New York, NY One of the biggest names in beatboxing today, preeminent master Rahzel is redefining…
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Himalayan Heritage Band
South Asian | Kathmandu, Nepal The Boston area is home to a large and growing Nepalese community and the Himalayan…
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Garifuna Collective
Garifuna Traditional | Belize and Guatemala The Garinagu people, whose language and culture is called Garifuna, descend from shipwrecked Africans whose ancestry…
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Jason Samuels Smith
Jazz Tap | New York, NY Jason Samuels Smith is one of the most dynamic tap dancers of his time.…
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Carolyn Martin
Western Swing | Fort Worth, IN From honky tonks in Texas and Tennessee to European concert halls, fans have come…
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Rosa Tatuata with Michela Musolino
Italian Traditional | New York, NY Michela Musolino grew up in a household where Sicilian dialect was spoken so the…
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Taj Weekes and Adowa
Reggae | Castries, Saint Lucia Taj Weekes is a dreadlocked Rastafarian musician, bred in the Caribbean but shaped by intercontinental…
