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Today on Current State: Our live broadcast from the 2013 Great Lakes Folk Festival. We'll talk with festival acting director Lora Helou; local folk artist…

For 13 years, our first guest this evening has played a role in the Great Lakes Folk Festival. Today, Lora Helou is the festival's acting director, and to…

The music schedule at the Great Lakes Folk Festival features several Michigan acts this year. They include the swing dance music of Paulette Brockington…

Among the dozens of people plying their crafts here at the Great Lakes Folk Festival weekend are members of the Michigan Traditional Arts Apprenticeship…

Bob Blackman's name is virtually synonymous with folk music in mid-Michigan. He's been associated with the Great Lakes Folk Festival for many, many years.…

One of the vendors at the Great Lakes Folk Festival is the Nyaka AIDS Orphans project. The organization offers paper-bead necklaces and traditional…

Hmong folk singer Mai Zong Vue travels to the Great Lakes Folk Festival from Wisconsin. She spoke with Current State's Mark Bashore about the music of her…