Since its inception in 1976, the American Folklife Center has routinely hosted public programs at the Library of Congress in the form of concerts, lectures, panels, and symposia. From 2006 on, most of these public programs have been video recorded and made available online. Included below is the video recording of an event featuring Baul performers.

Concert of Baul music native to the Indian state of Bengal. Bauls are known for devotional songs that honor the divine within. There are about 2500 Bauls in Bengal. Their philosophy rejects divisions of caste, creed and religion, and believes in self-searching. Their sung poetry has inspired everyone from Rabindranath Tagore to Bob Dylan and, in 2008, was inscribed in UNESCO's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This performance features Girish Khyapa, Rabi Das Baul, Arpan Thakur Chakraborty and Manas Acharya, all of whom sing and play traditional strings and drums. It also features Mamoni Chitrakar, who performs "pater gaan," traditional songs sung while unfurling colorful paintings that depict the stories narrated in the songs.

The International Storytelling Collection includes recordings from several international storytellers and storytellers specializing in international repertoires. For example, listen to recordings from Ephat Mujuru, Zimbabwean musician and storyteller; Brenda Wong Aoki, who specializes in telling Japanese and Chinese stories; Muriel Bloch, French storyteller; and others.