FOLKWAYS RECORDS

Inspired by Edgard Varese's work using pre-recorded sounds in music, Ann McMillan manipulates animal noises with electronics. The Village Voice comments, "[McMillan's] pieces deal with human vocal...

Mcmillan,Ann Whale - Wail In Peace CD1. Part I, Verse 1 2. Part I, Whale I 3. Part II, Verses 2 and 3 4. Part II, Whale II 5. Part III, Verses 4, 5 and 6 6. Part Iv, Whale III

Cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead looks back over her exceptional career, discussing with Howard Langer her interest in "primitive" societies, her first fieldwork experiences, and insightful...

RELATED LESSON PLAN "Ooooh, the Oud"1. Traditional Taqsim on the Qanoun 2. Taqsim on the 'Oud-Andalusian Style 3. Taqsim on the Nay 4. Taqsim on the Buzq 5. Ensemble and Percussion - Interplay...

Members Of Columbia University Antigone: Sophocles (In The Original Greek) CD1. Antigone, Ismene - Lines 1-99 2. Chorus, Creon, Guard - Lines 100-109, 155-174, 192-267, 276-294, 304-309, 315-331 3...

Another classic recording from Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon finds the powerhouse blues duo playing a collection of fine songs. Pete Seeger joins the guys for two tracks on the album: "Stew ball" and...

This album features big-voiced blues pianist and singer Memphis Slim and legendary bassist Willie Dixon, who is credited with having helped create the Chicago blues sound. Several tracks from this...

The music on this recording is at once far-reaching and intimate. It has a quality enjoyed well beyond contemporary fans of this style of music, and yet this recording gives the listener the sense of...

In the spoken introduction that opens this recording, Memphis Slim says, "I'm doing something now that I've always wanted to do. This is my interpretation of some of my favorite blues singers-some of...

Peter Chatman Jr.., aka Memphis Slim, stomps out a "progressive boogie and blues" on the piano. Self-taught in the honky-tonk juke joints of Tennessee, he produced some of the most powerful...

The name "The Men of No Property" is taken from a statement made by Wolfe Tone who is considered the father of Irish Republicanism: "If the men of property will not support us, they must fall. Our...

Mende Of Sierra Leone / Var Mende Of Sierra Leone / Var CD1. Mende Song 2. Mende Work Song 3. Mende Talking Drum 4. Muslim Prayers 5. Salia Koroma 6. Village Dancing 7. Mende Muslim Song 8. Mende...