Brooklyn Folk:
Voices from NYC’s International Folk Music Traditions

“Brooklyn Folk” celebrates the voices of NYC’s international Folk Music traditions. In the first of a new multimedia series by Brandon Perdomo (BPL Heritage Ambassador 2023), oral history interviews are paired with musical offerings, connecting heritage and memory with contemporary context.

These recordings are presented to the public as musical offerings and panels displaying artwork, photographs, and transcriptions.

Occitan folk, Yiddish Klezmer: voice, accordion, flutes, hurdy-gurdy
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Kréol Soul: voice, violin
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Sicilian folk, Spanish Flamenco: voice, guitar
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Iranian classical: kamancheh
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Immigrant Services Program

Brooklyn Public Library’s Folk Arts program is supported by funds from the New York State Council on the Arts.

Panel design by https://www.ahoi.co/