Texas Folklife: The Folklorist Next Door
Folklorists explore foodways, music, ritual celebrations, and more. Several episode producers participated in Texas Folklife's Community Folklife Fellowship program where they received mentorship, training workshops, and project support.
Learn more at TexasFolklife.org
This project is funded in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts
Executive Producer: Jeannelle Ramirez
Technical Producer: Lamont Jack Pearley
Texas Folklife: The Folklorist Next Door
Songs That Made Texas Home for South Asians
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This project documents how South Asian Texans sustain interfaith devotional music traditions through Qawwali, Bhajan, and Shabad Kirtan in Greater Houston. Using oral history interviews and field recordings, the project highlights how music fosters belonging, continuity, and coexistence within migrant communities.
Episode Produced by Sonny Mehta
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Series Credits
Executive Producer - Jeannelle Ramirez
Technical Producer - Lamont Jack Pearley
Learn more at TexasFolklife.org
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts