Expressive Idaho

Raised on the Nez Perce reservation, Jenny Williams, a skilled Indigenous weaver, passes down generations of traditional handwork to people in her community.

For more than two decades, Chase Carter has been hand-making western saddles, now he's passing on his craft to his son. Expressive Idaho's producer met up with their family at the Blackfoot Ranch Rodeo.

This week on Expressive Idaho, Musician Damian Rodriguez shares tejano music through performance across the state and his program on the local bilingual community radio station Voz Latina KBWE.

Idaho Matters heads to the Melba home studio of weaver Linda Morton-Keithley to learn more about her craft and how she is outfitting modern cowboys with handmade gear.

After retiring and moving to Idaho nuclear scientist Gary Eller began playing bluegrass and oldtime with Gem State musicians. He wanted to learn historic songs from his new home, but no one was playing them. So he began a search - scouring archives, libraries and museums for historic Idaho songs from a time before radio and records were available in the region.

Idaho Matters takes a trip to the studio of Idaho blacksmith Susan Madacsi to find out more about the art of industrial forgery.

Each Monday we're bringing you our series Expressive Idaho where we visit the spaces of artists who are keeping folk traditions alive in our state.

For some, flamenco dancing is more than just an art form, it's a way to heal.

Hot August days on a ranch are the quieter times when Ryan Carpenter and his wife are able to halter break new colts in between bailing hay and other chores. Their ranch is on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, which sits on the border of Idaho and Nevada. It’s the same time of year they met their neighbor, Monte Cummins, more than 10 years ago.

From music to food, to Boise’s Basque Block and the Jaialdi Festival, to the Trailing of the Sheep in Ketchum, Basque culture plays a big role in southern Idaho and Dan Ansotegui has played an important role in promoting that.