ROOTS OF BLACK MUSIC / VARIOUS

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Condition: New, UPC: 0930702694224, Publication Date: 05/30/2012, Type: COMPACT DISC, Style: POP/INT'L & WORLD MUSIC,

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tracks

CD 1
Drums And Drum Styles
Simpah - Simpa
Jumping Dance
Atsiagbekor
New York String Band
Kendal
Everything The Monkey Do
Gio - Song
New Orleans Street Drumming
New Orleans / Chicago Jazz Drumming
Anougble Festival
New York Contemporary Jazz Drumming
Voices And Vocal Styles
Work Songs
Work Song
Work Song
Men's Wedding Song
Go Down, Old Hannah
Wives' Song / Alabama Children's Song (medley)
Akonodey
Country Song
Mansa
Samba Gilajagi
Wasting My Time
CD 2
Some Other Instruments
The Banjo
Tara
Minstrels
Kentucky Banjo Instrumental
Virginia Banjo Instrumentals
Kentucky Banjo With Voice
Instrumental
The Harp
Belly Harp
Djourou
Vera Cruz-Style Harp The Xylophone
The Xylophone
Balafon
Baoule
Marimba
The Musical Bow
Musical Bow
Some Examples
I Have Two Wings
Saddlehorse Blues
When A Man Marries His Troubles Just Begin
Just A Little While To Stay Here
He's A Friend Of Mine
2:42

notes

(From folkways.si.edu website)

"This two volume-collection, is a survey of instrumental and vocal music from African cultures as well as from African American musicians in the southern United States. Producer Samuel Charters created the album with the intent to provide musical examples from "two worlds" through traditional offerings of African tribal music, cultural roots that were forcefully suppressed during the period of slavery in America, and African American music evocative of the influence of its predecessors. 41 songs, 1.3 hours, with liner notes featuring an introduction by Samuel Charters, descriptions of songs, and examples of archival documents describing early African music and black music in the southern United States".

Countries:
Bahamas; Cameroon; Gambia; Ghana; Jamaica; Liberia; Mali; Mexico; Nigeria; Senegal; United States.

Culture Groups:
African American; Afro-Jamaican; Akan; Anglo-American; Bafut; Baoulé; Bassa; Dan; Dogon; Hausa; Kpelle; Manya; Tuareg; Wolof.

Instruments:
Balafon; Banjo; Bass; Claves; Cymbals; Djourou; Drum; Drum kit; Gong; Guitar; Guitar, acoustic; Halam; Harp; Maraca; Marimba; Musical bow; Piano; Rattle (Musical instrument); Scraper (Musical instrument); Vocals; Woodblock; Xylophone.

Languages
Akan; Bafut; Dan; Dogon; English; Jamaican Creolized KiKongo; Kpelle; Manyakan; Tamasheq; Wolof.

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