The Mulberry Bush

Catkins

Host Kelly Rypkema takes a look at one of New York's sturdy street trees -- and the unusual flowers this tree shares with passers-by.

2013 NEA National Heritage Fellowships Concert

On September 27, 2013, the NEA National Heritage Fellowships Concert took place at Lisner Auditorium in Washington, DC. Emceed by American Routes host Nick Spitzer, the concert celebrated the 2013 recipients of the NEA National Heritage Fellowship, the nation's highest honor in the folk & traditional arts. The 2013 recipients are singer/storyteller Sheila Kay Adams, storyteller, Ralph Burns, ceramicist Verónica Castillo, Irish fiddler Séamus Connolly, cimbalom player Nicolae Feraru, swamp blues singer and pianist Carol Fran, tradition bearer Pauline Hillaire, sacred harp singer David Ivey, Chicano musician Ramón Chunky Sánchez.

Here We Stand - Our Ground

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Recorded and mixed by Dave O Connell
Written by Here We Stand

Lyrics:
I'm sick of hearing the same line twice
Singing praise to the girl that changed their life,
It's all the same, I think things need a fucking change
It's becoming, too generic for me
This industry can change
Unlike us, we fucking stick to our guns
Pluck pluck, you can't steal our place punk.

I'm sick of throwing, words in phrases to see smiles on peoples faces
I'm just trying to be myself
Is that too much to ask?
Can you answer me that?
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It's all the same, I think things need a fucking change
It's becoming too generic.

It's all the same, I think things need a fucking change
Pluck pluck, you can't steal our place punk

Here we stand
Here we stay.

Alder catkins form in the fall but open in the spring ASMR

Alders have catkins which are a mass of flowers with pollen