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Roots of Black Music in America
VARIOUS ARTISTS
41 SONGS • 1 HOUR AND 18 MINUTES • JAN 01 1972
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1
Simpah - Simpa
Hausa Drum Group
02:03
2
Jumping Dance
Bahamian Drum Group
01:34
3
Atsiagbekor
Ewe Drum Orchestra
01:33
4
New York String Band
New York Street Musicians
01:31
5
Kendal
Female Wolof Singers
01:19
6
Everything the Monkey Do
Andros Island Musicians
01:09
7
Gio - Song
Gio Workers
01:44
8
New Orleans Street Drumming
Unspecified
01:36
9
New Orleans/Chicago Jazz Drumming
Baby Dodds
02:09
10
Anougble Festival
Baoule Drum Orchestra
01:29
11
New York Contemporary Jazz Drumming
Unspecified
02:01
12
Work Songs
Kpelle Bush Cutters
01:59
13
Work Song
Cameroonian Coffee Sifters
01:32
14
Work Song
Jamaican Construction Workers
01:28
15
Men's Wedding Song
Male Dogon Singers
01:26
16
Go Down, Old Hannah
Unspecified
01:36
17
Wives' Song / Alabama Children's Song (medley)
Unspecified
01:36
18
Akonodey
Akan Adowa Musicians
01:23
19
Country Song
Kumina Musicians
01:12
20
Mansa
Bafut Musicians
01:58
21
Samba Gilajagi
Wolof Gewel
01:38
22
Wasting My Time
J.D. Short
03:46
23
Tara
Wolof Gewel
02:20
24
Minstrels
Tuareg Musicians
02:01
25
Kentucky Banjo Instrumental
Unspecified
00:54
26
Virginia Banjo Instrumental
Wase Ward
01:27
27
Kentucky Banjo with Voice
Roscoe Holcomb
01:27
28
Instrumental
Kpelle Musician
01:39
29
Belly Harp
Bassa Musicians
01:53
30
Djourou
Baoule Musician
01:08
31
Vera Cruz-Style Harp
Yacqui Musician
01:28
32
Balafon
Mandingo Musicians
02:04
33
Baoule
Baoule Musicians
01:44
34
Marimba
Mexican Musicians
01:27
35
Musical Bow
Jon Wieh
00:59
36
I Have Two Wings
Utah Smith
03:28
37
Saddlehorse Blues
Daddy Hotcakes
03:12
38
When a Man Marries His Troubles Just Begin
Andros Island Musicians
02:41
39
Just a Little While to Stay Here
Eureka Brass Band
04:01
40
He's a Friend of Mine
Unspecified
02:42
41
Jazz at the Philharmonic, Blues, Part 3
Unspecified
03:47
(C) 2004 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 1972 Folkways Records