Oktoberfest, the world’s largest folk festival all things beer begins after ceremonial keg-tapping
Oktoberfest has begun. Mayor Dieter Reiter officially kicked off Oktoberfest at noon Saturday by popping the tap on the first keg of beer, signalling the start of the festival's 189th edition. Thousands of beer lovers celebrated the first clinking of mugs at Munich's fairgrounds during the world's largest folk festival. Munich will open its first […]
‘Am I Racist?’ director Justin Folk targets DEI dreck with humor
Director Justin Falk understands why people are likening his film “Am I Racist?” to the 2006 comedy “Borat.” Borat had Sacha Baron Cohen going undercover as a rude Kazakh. Am I Racist? had Matt Walsh of What Is a Woman fame as a DEI “expert.” Both were improvisational gimmicks in the Candid Camera mold. Each […]
Donald Trump Becomes Mexican Folk Hero in Songs on Assassination Attempt
Multiple Mexico corridorPosts of songs, including folk songs and narrative folk songs, that tell the story of former President Donald Trump’s near-fatal assassination attempt on July 13 have been circulating on social media over the past week, with many expressing joy at Trump’s divine protection and for being a “fearless” man. Corridos is a traditional […]
GOP praises ‘folk hero’ Vance as Democrats warn of Trump ‘clone’- Washington Examiner
MILWAUKEE – Republicans are leaning into Sen. J.D. Vance’s (R-OH) rise-from-poverty backstory as Democrats attempt to reduce the senator to a carbon copy of former President Donald Trump. In the hours after Trump chose Vance as his running mate at the GOP’s nominating convention in Milwaukee, President Joe Biden retorted that he saw no difference […]
University Granted £1.5 Million to Study ‘White-Centricity’ of Folk Music
Woke academics have been given almost £1.5m of taxpayers’ money to study the “white-centrism” of British folk music and how to “decolonise” the art form. Researchers from the University of Sheffield will set out to “examine the white supremacy of folk music repertoire, performers and audiences by conducting fieldwork that will shed light on long-standing […]
Who is John Poulakidas? Yale folk hero led upset win over Auburn
Folk heroes appeared out of nowhere during this period, and Yale’s John Poulakidas quickly cemented his status as a legend. Poulakidas scored 28 points on Friday, a day after Oakland’s Jack Goelke etched his name forever in March Madness history by leading No. 14 Oakland to a takedown for red-hot Kentucky. He led them to […]
‘Qualified’ member of Gov. Hochul’s reparations commission hates on Israel and blames ‘White Folk’ for the weather
New York Gov. Cathy Hochul (D) in December appointed a reparations commissioner tasked with determining how to redistribute New Yorkers’ money along racial lines to atone for the actions of people long dead. ratified the bill establishing the association. while in the governor’s office shown At the outset, the commission said that while funding could […]
Hirondelle: Hirondelle review – the Brothers Gillespie’s Franco-Scottish adventure | Folk music
○3 albums and many tours, gillespie brothersTwo brothers from Northumberland have won hearts with their combination of songs and close vocal harmonies carved from the rocks, grass and skies of their homeland.upon Yrondale They combine acoustic folk with two other traditions. The Provençal tradition is represented by the trio Tanto Quéry Siam, which champions the […]