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The New Mexico Black History Month Festival presents "Roots Revival"

Thurs. 2/7 10a:  On February 8, the 2nd annual New Mexico Black History Month Festival presents an original show, "Roots Revival," at Popejoy Hall in Albuquerque.  The original cabaret performance uses song, dance, and spoken word to chronicle the journey of African Americans from West Africa to the present-day United States.  Spencer Beckwith speaks with the Founder and Director of the Festival, Albuquerque vocalist Cathryn McGill.

Spencer Beckwith reports on the arts for KUNM. For ten years, until March of 2014, Spencer was the producer and host of KUNM's "Performance New Mexico," a weekday morning arts program that included interviews with musicians, writers and performers. Spencer is a graduate of the acting program at the Juilliard School, and, before moving to New Mexico in 2002, was for many years a professional actor based in New York City.