Preserving the Stories of America

This National Film Board of Canada documentary traces the history of the fiddle’s arrival in Canada 300 years ago via Scottish traders from Orkney Island.

RollerJam: The Last Roll captures the final night of Staten Island’s RollerJam USA, celebrating the vibrant New York roller-skating community that gathered there for nearly two…

A history of rural southeastern traditional American music, as told and played by Mike Seeger and Alice Gerrard. Mike and Alice recount their own involvment with this music, and…

In 1940, the Kilgore College Rangerettes became the first dancing drill team in the nation. They have been performing at half-time shows during college football games ever since.…

Stoney Knows How is an extended interview with \'Stoney\' St. Clair, an ebullient little man with the gift of gab of a circus tout and a fund of bizarre stories about tattooing…