The McIntosh County Shouters hail from coastal Georgia and specialize in the performance of the ring shout--a sacred movement associated with Gullah Geechee communities. The video above is a recording of the McIntosh County Shouters, performing at the Library of Congress on December 2, 2010 as part of the Homegrown Concert Series at the American Folklife Center.  

In 2015, "Jayme Stone's Lomax Project" was released, focusing on songs collected by folklorist and field recording pioneer Alan Lomax. Stone brought together distinctive and creative roots musicians to revive, recycle and reimagine traditional music. The ensemble performs a version of "That's Alright" -- a spiritual associated with Gullah Geechee communities -- at 33:53 during the video above. 

In April 2024, Dr. Melissa Cooper gave a lecture titled "Collecting Survivals: Sapelo Island, Georgia and the Search for the Gullah Folk" at the Library of Congress, as part of the American Folklife Center's Benjamin A. Botkin Lecture Series. Dr. Cooper is an associate professor of history at Rutgers University-Newark, who specializes in the study of African American cultural and intellectual history and the history of the African Diaspora. In the lecture, she discusses her research on the emergence of "the Gullah" in scholarly and popular works beginning in the 1920s and the 1930s. Using Georgia as a case study, Cooper explores the forces that initially inspired interest in Black southerners' African heritage and the legacies of early research and publications that made Sapelo Islanders famous, including historic fieldwork and documentation materials that are now part of the American Folklife Center Archive. 

John Fenn of the American Folklife Center speaks with Quentin Baxter, Kevin Hamilton, Quiana Parler, Clay Ross, and Charlton Singleton, of the band Ranky Tanky. The conversation covers the musical backgrounds of each member, the emergence of Ranky Tanky as a band, and the ways in which their music engages with tradition and community. This conversation took place on July 28, 2022 in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress.

In April 2024, American Folklife Center staff members Dr. Nancy Groce and Dr. Douglas D. Peach interviewed Dr. Melissa Cooper about her life and research. Cooper is an Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University-Newark and author of Making Gullah: Race, Sapelo Islanders, and the American Imagination (University of North Carolina Press, 2017). In the interview, Groce and Peach speak with Cooper about the influences on her scholarship, surprising elements of her recent research, and her work prior to academia. This oral history interview was conducted in conjunction with Cooper's 2024 Benjamin A. Botkin Lecture, titled "Collecting Survivals: Sapelo Island, Georgia and the Search for Gullah Folk," which is available for viewing here.