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SMITHSONIAN
GLOBAL SOUND
Spring 2008 Newsletter
Dear
Smithsonian Global
Sound Customer,
2008 marks the 60th
anniversary of Folkways
Records and the 20th anniversary of Smithsonian
Folkways Recordings. Moses Asch
founded Folkways Records in 1948 to document "people’s
music," spoken word, instruction, and sounds from around
the world. The Smithsonian acquired Folkways from the
Asch estate in 1988, and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
has continued the Folkways commitment to cultural
diversity, education, increased understanding, and
lively engagement with the world of sound.
Smithsonian
Global Sound is proud to be an
extension of these missions, offering increased access
to their recordings and linking them with other sound
archives around the world. Please help us honor and
celebrate the 60/20 anniversaries by exploring their
collections at Smithsonian
Global Sound.
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FREE
DOWNLOADS FROM FOLKWAYS RECORDS
How
best to celebrate 60 years of documenting and preserving
our audio heritage? With six free tracks from the
historical collection, of course! Download
for free music by Pete Seeger, Mbuti
Pygmies, Civil Rights Movement freedom singers, and
other recordings that demonstrate the breadth and depth
Moses Asch’s Folkways Records.
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NEW
MERENGUE RECORDING ROCKS SMITHSONIAN GLOBAL SOUND
La India
Canela is a dynamic accordion player
and fiery leader of a merengue típico band from the
Dominican
Republic. Merengue is
the most popular musical export from the
Dominican
Republic, and merengue
tipico is the beloved traditional form centered on the
accordion, percussion, and improvisation. Download her
new album Merengue
Típico from the Dominican Republic
and watch
video interviews and performances from
her recent recording sessions with Smithsonian Folkways
in the Dominican
Republic.
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SOUNDS
OF AMERICA ONLINE RADIO
PROGRAM
In
partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of
American History, Smithsonian
Global Sound presents Sounds of
America, a monthly streaming radio
program exploring musical traditions in the
USA. Hear
music from Smithsonian Global
Sound and American History collections
and read commentary from American History Museum curators.
Recent programs explore freedom songs of the Civil
Rights Movement and women in traditional American folk.
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WATCH
NOW ON GLOBAL SOUND LIVE
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Grupo Raíz in performance and
conversation about nueva canción
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La Drivers Union Por Por Group
demonstrate their unique honk horn music
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Inuit throat-singing demonstration
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NEW
AND NOTABLE
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La India Canela:
Merengue from the Dominican
Republic
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Tony Trischka: Territory
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Puntilla: A Tribute to Tío Tom
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CURATOR
PICKS
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Qawwali by Meraj Ahmed and Party
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Lullabies of the World
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Discover Indonesia
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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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