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An introduction to the music and history of the North African Berbers
As music from North Africa and the Middle East has become more available internationally, the contributions of North Africa's first residents, the Berber, ......(Continue Reading) Various Songs of the African Coast: Cafe Music of Liberia and Ghana. - Brief Article - sound recording review
Guthrie Alberts The first five songs on this album are sung over bright, swinging, "palm wine" acoustic guitar and a percussive scraper--a sound familiar ......(Continue Reading)Last chorus - Michael Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer, Melvin Wine, West Virginia fiddler; and other deaths in folk music - Obituary
MICHAEL BABATUNDE OLATUNJI 1927-2003 African music's foremost ambassador of the power of rhythm, Michael Babatunde Olatunji passed away from complications ......(Continue Reading)Short cuts - brief reviews of folk music recordings
TOM and BARBARA BROWN, Prevailing Winds, (Wild Goose 306). Lovers of English folk songs will welcome this second recording from the forty-year West County veterans. Traditional songs like "Sir Fran...(Continue Reading)Romancing the Folk: Public Memory & American Roots Music. . - book review
By Benjamin Filene (University of North Carolina Press, 2000) In 1999, the popular DJ and electronic performer Moby released Play, an album of vintage ......(Continue Reading)
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