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From Every Stage: Images of America's Roots Music

From December 13, 2005 through January 29, 2006
Plaza Lobby and Steinberg Room Gallery
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498 (directions)

Steve Riley
Cajun band leader Steve Riley at the 1999 Crawfish Fest, Waterloo Village, Stanhope NJ. Photo by Stephanie P. Ledgin.

Bluegrass, folk, blues, zydeco, and cowboy country -- these genres are both America's roots and America's present. From Every Stage is a selection of photographs by noted journalist Stephanie P. Ledgin, revealing performances, practice and jam sessions. Among the performers are John Hartford, Odetta, Pete Seeger, Queen Ida, and Minnie Pearl in venues from the Grand Ole Opry to the Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival.