Applied Folklore

Applied Folklore

male
Applied folklore is the branch of folkloristics concerned with the study and use of folklore and traditional cultural materials to address or solve...
Nelly Furtado

Nelly Furtado

female, 30 years old
Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2 1978) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist of Portuguese descent. Furtado came...
Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax

male, deceased (2002)
Alan Lomax (January 31, 1915 - July 19, 2002) was an important American folklorist and musicologist. He was one of the great field collectors of...
Jane Yolen

Jane Yolen

female, 70 years old
Jane Yolen (born February 11, 1939 in New York City) is an American author, and editor of almost 300 books. These include folklore, fantasy,...
Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang

male, deceased (1912)
Andrew Lang (March 31 1844, Selkirk - July 20 1912, Banchory, Kincardineshire) was a prolific Scots man of letters. He was a poet, novelist, and...
Bang Bang

Bang Bang

male
"Bang Bang" (real name is believed to be Thomas Dudley) was an eccentric elderly gentleman in Dublin in the 1950s and 1960s who achieved fame as a...
Alan Dundes

Alan Dundes

male, deceased (2005)
Alan Dundes, (September 8 1935 - March 30, 2005) was a folklorist at the University of California, Berkeley. His work was said to have been central...
Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg

male, deceased (1967)
Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 - July 22, 1967) was an American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer, and folklorist. He was born in...
Violeta Parra

Violeta Parra

female, deceased (1967)
Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval was a notable Chilean folklorist and visual artist. She set the basis for "New Song," La Nueva Canción chilena, a...
Jorge Cafrune

Jorge Cafrune

male, deceased (1978)
Jorge Antonio Cafrune (Jujuy, August 8th 1937 - Buenos Aires, February 1st 1978) was a one of the most popular argentinian folklorist singers of...