The Folklore Society presents a weekend of workshops and concerts that feature Byther Smith, Eddie C. Campbell, John Williams, the Evening Light Brothers, Frank Fairfield, and others.
The Berwyn venue hosts its annual Fourth of July festival, featuring Trombone Shorty, Bonerama, the Blasters, Joe Ely, Susan Cowsill, C.J. Chenier, and others.
Anthony Coleman reframes the post-ragtime proto-jazz of Jelly Roll Morton, one-of-a-kind mongrel folkie Michael Hurley cuts an album with Ida, and Tompkins Square collects three discs of off-the-grid black gospel.