Lakota flute player, singer, and dancer, Kevin Locke (Lakota and Anishnabe), of Wakpala, South Dakota, recipient of a 1990 NEA National Heritage Fellowship, has died.
In Memoriam
Nebraska folklorist, storyteller, and Native activist, Roger Welsch, died on September 30th.
We are saddened to report the death of Art Rosenbaum, an American art professor emeritus at the University of Georgia, artist, musician, and folklorist.
We are sad to share the news of the loss of Michael "Mick" Maloney, folklorist and champion of Irish traditional music and culture, who passed away at the age of 77.
Esther Clinton, professor at Bowling Green State University's Department of Popular Culture, passed away on July 17, 2022.
New York City, Puerto Rico and the folklore/ethnomusicology world lost a major beat when Roberta (Bobbi) Singer died on June 12, 2022, at Portsmouth Regional Hospital in New Hampshire.
Pete Reiniger passed away last week at the age of 73.
We are saddened by the news that AFS Fellow Robert A. Georges has passed and share this remembrance from Simon Bronner: “I am saddened to report the death on January 31, 2022, of folklorist Robert A. Georges, who spent most of his
Gloria Dorson passed away last week in Indianapolis at the age of 90.
announcement from Southwest Folklife Alliance It is with humility and sadness that we share our beloved teacher, elder, and Tucson Meet Yourself Folklife Festival co-founder, Dr. James S. “Big Jim” Griffith has transitioned from this earth. Big Jim passed quietly and peacefully