Down Home the Musical Heritage of the American South with Regina Carter Talk Free Tue, June 17, 2014, 5:30pm 1 hr Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel Street FREE
Down Home the Musical Heritage of the American South with Regina Carter
Regina Carter
is a MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Fellow whose work has explored the
African roots of the violin. Her most recent album is inspired by her
family background in Alabama, where her grandfather was a coal miner.
In this talk, together with historian and Yale professor Crystal Feimster, Ms. Carter discusses cultural heritage, identity and the power of improvisation.
In this talk, together with historian and Yale professor Crystal Feimster, Ms. Carter discusses cultural heritage, identity and the power of improvisation.
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