African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Smithsonian/Folkways: CD SF 40412 (on container: SF CD 40412)., sound recording; 1 compact disc, Field recordings recorded, compiled, and annotated by Kenneth Bilby in 1977-1978 and 1991, in Moore Town, Charles Town, Scott's Hall, and Accompong.
Chicago, IL: Columbia College Chicago, Center for Black Music Research
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Many of the song texts are in creole or ritual languages., 214 sound discs (digital) + 2 v. of log sheets, Field recordings, primarily of music, made as part of Bilby's ethnographic and ethnomusicological fieldwork. Jamaica and French Guiana are particularly well represented, but the collection also includes recordings from Antigua, Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Guadeloupe, St. Vincent, Suriname, Tobago, Trinidad, and the U. S. Virgin Islands, as well as Cuban music recorded in New York.
Blumenfeld,Larry (Editor) and Wentz,Brooke (Music compiler)
Format:
Sound Recording
Language:
Various languages.
Publication Date:
1996
Published:
Roslyn, N.Y.: Ellipsis Arts
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
2 sound discs: digital; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (128 p.), Celebrating the world's indigenous musical traditions, this book-and-music package spans all seven continents. Includes Garifuna, Australian aborigines, etc. Field recordings of folk music, songs, and chants; Principally excerpts from previously released recordings; discographic history given on disc container. Issued in container with booklet Voices of forgotten worlds: traditional music of indigenous people compiled and edited by Larry Blumenfeld. Music compiled by Brooke Wentz.