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Join us for the American Folklife Center’s Homegrown 2022 concert, starting August 17 at noon. WÖR: Folk and Early Music from Belgium
Note: The videos won’t appear until about noon on June 1, at which point they’ll be at the link! If you visit the link before that, you can check out our blog…and subscribe!
On August 17 at noon, we’ll premiere a brand-new concert video by the Belgian band WÖR. With finely textured arrangements, WÖR injects new energy into 18th-century melodies from the Flanders region of Belgium. Their sound has elements of folk, early music, and jazz, and shines an inventive spotlight on the tunes preserved in old Flemish manuscripts. The band members include Fabio Di Meo (baritone saxophone), Jeroen Goegebuer (fiddle), Bert Ruymbeek (accordion), Jonas Scheys (guitar), and Pieterjan Van Kerckhoven (bagpipes, baroque musette, saxophone). WÖR has toured in Europe, Australia, Canada, and the United States. Much of their current repertoire is built around Belgian manuscripts from the vast carillon repertoire from the Low Countries. In the late Middle Ages, the carillon (a set of tuned bronze bells suspended in a large tower) used to function like a radio station, playing the hits of the day to everyone in the surrounding area.
The concert, along with an interview with the band, will be embedded in a blog post at Folklife Today. At noon on August 17, you’ll find it at the link below. If you visit the link before that, you can explore the blog, and then subscribe so you’ll receive notification of the concert when it becomes available.