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SMITHSONIAN GLOBAL SOUND
Winter 2007 Newsletter

Dear Smithsonian Global Sound Customer,
Thank you for your support this year. We are a nonprofit endeavor, and your purchases sustain both our mission and the music. We look forward to serving you in 2008 with even better ways for you to discover and appreciate other people, other value systems, and other realms of human accomplishment. You can learn more about your own heritage as well, wherever you may live. In an increasingly mobile world, we aim to connect people through sound.

Happy listening!

‘Tis the season to celebrate holiday singing traditions around the world, free teaching materials on iTunes U, GRAMMY nominations, and new releases from Central Asia and Collector Records.

SMITHSONIAN GLOBAL SOUND SONGS TO MAKE WINTER BRIGHT
Explore holiday singing traditions in cultures around the world, including carols and game songs for children, in this special Smithsonian Global Sound feature. Find the music of your cultural heritage on Smithsonian Global Sound to share with your friends and family this season.

FREE TOOLS FOR TEACHING NOW ON iTUNES U
Not just for the classroom anymore, our popular Tools for Teaching are now available on iTunes U. Download our free lesson plans, activities, videos, and more, and sync them with your computer or iPod. Lifetime learners will also enjoy taking their favorite Smithsonian Global Sound videos and podcasts with them wherever they go.

GRAMMY NOMINATED RECORDINGS ON SMITHSONIAN GLOBAL SOUND
Congratulations to Smithsonian Folkways Recordings for two Best Traditional World Music nominations, for Singing for Life: Music of Hope, Healing, and HIV/AIDS in Uganda and When the Soul is Settled: Music of Iraq. These recordings reflect the talented voices and powerful stories Smithsonian Global Sound shares with the world. Also, congratulations to Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto from Colombia for their 2007 Latin GRAMMY award for Un Fuego de Sangre Pura.

NEW MUSIC FROM CENTRAL ASIA AND COLLECTOR RECORDS
Smithsonian Global Sound welcomes three new recordings in the acclaimed Music of Central Asia series from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. Also enjoy newly digitized recordings of American folk and labor songs from Joe Glazer’s Collector Records.

NEW AND NOTABLE

American Favorite Ballads Vol. 5 by Pete Seeger
American Favorite Ballads Vol. 5 by Pete Seeger

 

Central Asia 6: Spiritual Music of Azerbijan
Central Asia 6: Spiritual Music of Azerbijan

 

Nobel Voices for Disarmament
Nobel Voices for Disarmament: 1901-2001

CURATOR'S PICKS

First Flight: Early Calypsos from the Emory Cook Collection
First Flight by Might Sparrow

 

W.E.B. DuBois: A Recorded Autobiography, Interview with Moses Asch
W.E.B. DuBois: A Recorded Autobiography

 

Songs and laments of the Luba-speaking Songe and Hemba people
Songs and Laments of
the Songe

Continue to visit www.smithsonianglobalsound.org for more access to rare recordings and performances of music and sound from around the world.

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