# Thea Hopkins: Red Wing

Boston-area singer/songwriter Thea Hopkins, a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, performing her original new lyrics for “Red Wing,” from a field recording of singer Lillian Short, recorded by Vance Randolph in Galena, Missouri, in October, 1941. From the Vance Randolph collection, 1941-1972 (AFC 1941/001: AFS 5294 A3). The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic recordings of traditional folk music. Artists were asked to put their own spin on these archival treasures, and to perform them at a special showcase during the Folk Alliance International conference in Montreal, Canada, in 2025. The showcase was recorded for this webcast.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 4 min
- By: Hopkins, Thea
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-10840/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/video-10840?play=1)