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Black and White Shots Karl Hartwich chats with his mentor, Syl Liebl, between performances at the Hilltop Lounge's annual polka fest, outside Fountain City, Wisconsin. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Irma Thomas performs at the Lion’s Den, a club she owns near the French Quarter in New Orleans. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image The Bottle Rockets rehearse at the High Point in Festus, Missouri: (left to right) Mark Ortmann, drums; Brian Henneman, guitar; Tom Parr, guitar (back to camera); Tom Ray, bass. (Photo by John Junkerman) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Sylvester "Sunshine" Lee leads his group of young drummers in East St. Louis. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Little Milton hits a lick onstage at the Flowin' Fountain in Greenville, Mississippi. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image DL Menard plays for a Cajun dance and crawfish boil in his backyard in Erath, Louisiana. Leo Abshire joins in on fiddle. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Members of the Mississippi Mass Choir sing out their praises in Jackson, Mississippi: (left to right) Shirley Labranch, Marion Griffin, and Rhonda K.Smith. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Trombone Shorty’s young brass band performs for tips in Jackson Square, New Orleans. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image James Cotton on harmonica at a “midnight ramble” during the King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena, Arkansas. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Geno Delafose plays a zydeco dance at Slim's Y-Ki-Ki in Opelousas, Louisiana. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Ann Peebles waiting for her cue in a Memphis recording studio. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Independent folk-rock musician Ani DiFranco recording narration for The Mississippi: River of Song. (Photo by Jackson Hill) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Folk-rock musician Ani DiFranco is the narrator of The Mississippi: River of Song. (Photo by Jackson Hill) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Lori Barbero keeps the beat for the punk band Babes in Toyland. She performs at First Avenue, the Minneapolis club where she once worked as a waitress. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Henry Butler demonstrates the New Orleans sound for The Mississippi: River of Song crew. Left to right: John Paulson (sound), Foster Wiley (camera), Elijah Wald (writer), Brett Wiley (camera). (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image John Junkerman, producer/director of The Mississippi: River of Song, by the banks of the Charles River in Waltham, Massachusetts, where the series was produced. (Photo by Samantha Head) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Elijah Wald, writer of The Mississippi: River of Song, by the banks of the Charles River in Waltham, Massachusetts, where the series was produced. (Photo by Samantha Head) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Elijah Wald and John Junkerman, writer and producer/director of The Mississippi: River of Song, by the banks of the Charles River in Waltham, Massachusetts, where the series was produced. (Photo by Samantha Head) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image The Mississippi: River of Song crew filming an interview in a cabin in northern Minnesota. Left to right: Jana Odette (coordinating producer), Brett Wiley (camera), John Junkerman (producer/director), and Foster Wiley (camera). (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image The Mississippi: River of Song production crew filming on the riverfront in New Orleans. Left to right: Foster Wiley (camera), Brett Wiley (camera), and John Junkerman (producer/director). (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Kat Bjelland of Babes in Toyland performing at First Avenue, a club in the Twin Cities. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image John Koerner relaxes during a jam session in Dave Hull's living room in the Twin Cities. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Manny Lopez warms up on Bix Beiderbecke's cornet in Davenport, IA. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Greg Brown plays in his living room in Iowa City. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Rufus Thomas on stage at the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival. (© Photo by The Center for Southern Folklore) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Ann Peebles at a recording session in Memphis. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Jack Johnson gets ready to play at a juke joint in Bobo, MS. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Robert Lockwood, Jr. gets away from the crowd at King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena, Arkansas. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Leo Abshire plays the fiddle in D.L. Menard's backyard in Erath, LA. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image   Color Shots David and Roselyn belt it out on Royal Street in New Orleans. Roselyn plays the kalimba, or African thumb piano. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Children at the Georgia Avenue Elementary School in Memphis play clapping games, singing rhymes that have been passed down for generations and continue to evolve. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Geno Delafose performs at Slim's Y-Ki-Ki, a zydeco dance hall in Opelousas, Louisiana. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Folk musician John Hartford pilots the riverboat Twilight on the Mississippi River between Iowa and Illinos. (Photo by John Junkerman) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Coré Cotton rehearses with Sounds of Blackness in Minneapolis. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Randy Kingbird (left) of Chippewa Nation joins the dancing at a powwow in Inger, MN. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Paul Wilson and Arnie Anderson of Skål Club Spelmanslag practice in Brainerd, MN. (Photo by Charles Butler) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Carl Pertile of Sounds of Blackness takes a break during a rehearsal in Minneapolis, MN. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Bluegrass musicians jam at a festival in Hillsboro, IL. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image Fontella Bass performs at the St. Louis Blues Heritage Festival. (Photo by Joe Frisch) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image A zydeco dancer takes a break at Slim's Y-Ki-Ki in Opelousas, LA. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image The Soul Rebels perform at the Cozy Corner in New Orleans, LA. (Photo by Theo Pelletier) Thumbnail Preview Full Size Image
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