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Mike Beck, neo-cowboy singer/songwriter, is an authentic voice of the American West. He has inspired people for years with his singing, his songwriting, his sublime guitar and his storytelling. He is now being featured in a documentary directed by Chris Simon and produced by Sageland Media. You can check out Mike's music at www.mikebeck.com. Stay turned!

Venezuelan llanera harpist Eligio Garcia performs "Pajarillo" at his home in Salt Lake City, 2018

Venezuelan llanera harpist Eligio Garcia performs "Cascada" with his son, Coco Garcia and others at Park City, Utah, 2018

Venezuelan llanera harpist Eligio Garcia performs "Alma Llanera" at his home in Salt Lake City, 2018

Eligio Garcia plays harpa Llanera at the 2017 Venezuela Festival In Salt Lake City, UT

Venezuela Cantado plays at the Venezuela Festival 2017 featuring Carlos "Coco" Garcia - vocals and Eligio Garcia on harp "Pajarillo"

Wayne and Nate Appelhans play the "Appelhans Polka." from the in-progress Dutch Hop Documentary.

This is a sample of an in-progress documentary on Dutch Hop polka, a music and dance tradition of the Volga Germans. To learn more visit us at www.dutchhop.com. You can make a tax-deductible donation there, too! We've shot wonderful scenes and are now raising money for editing. Thank you for watching!!

This clip features Dr. Gerry Haslam commenting on the work of California-Okie poet Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel. It also includes Wilma reading her poem K-Mart Bench Companion. Subscribers, I didn't know it would go out to you all! I put this up for a grant application.

This is an excerpt from Down An Old Road: The Poetic Life of Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel featuring two of her most poignant poems. Find out more at www.sagelandmedia.com.

This in-progress sampler from the Dutch Hop Documentary Project shot in Torrington, WY and Northern Colorado. It features Dutch Hop music by John Fritlzer and his Polka Band and the Polka Nuts. Interviews with community members and experts give context to this unique regional tradition. Funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Art Works, the Wyoming Arts Council, the Wyoming Community F...

Here is a little sample of our in-progress documentary on the Dutch Hop musical tradition. This was shot at Septemberfest, 2013 in Torrington, WY. In addition to delightful dancing and music by the John Fritzler Polka Band, it reveals how to make 800 cabbage burgers in 2 days. Yum!!! This is only a small taste of this wonderful music and dance tradition. Stay tuned!

Doug Groves, cowboy and craftsman, deals with cows from birth to death. He transforms a cow's hide into traditional cowboy tools and art. This piece was made with Meg Glaser for the Western Folklife Center's exhibit on cowboy crafts, "Back at the Ranch"

Chris Layer pipes the river

A Prince Albert Wind

The Gospel According to Johnny Cash

Kenny Hall & Sweets Mill.mov

Alleghany Jubilee.mov

How Strachwitz found Lightnin' Hopkins

What the heck is mouse music?

Kenny Hall, Turkey in the Straw, Fresno Chiles

This Ain't No Mouse Music! Sampler

Pujili Headdress

Recycling in the Marketplace : Senegal

Steel drums in Trinidad & Tobago

Old Pants Find New Life

Grand County EMT

Norm Nevills & Kent Frost

Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts