sound culture is a Folklife Festival podcast series featuring stories, songs, and fieldwork gathered on the National Mall and around the world. The Star Spangled Banner (Folklife Remix) from a ...

Jimi Hendrix playing his guitar during his set at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Playing with Jimi Hendrix is Billy Cox. Photo by Henry Diltz/Corbis via Getty By the time Jimi Hendrix took the ...

Amid ongoing debate on issues of protest and patriotism during the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” before National Football League games, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran living in St. Mary’s ...

“The Star-Spangled Banner” is so ubiquitous in American public life that it’s difficult to hear the song as a song—a living, breathing entity that thrives when reinterpreted by skilled musicians. Such ...

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...