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Louisiana University's Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism is asking for donations in support of their effort to save more than 1,800 field recordings Louisiana University's Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism is asking for donations in support of their effort to save more than 1,800 field recordings ......(Continue Reading) Ilmatar's Inspirations: Nationalism, Globalization, and the Changing Soundscapes of Finnish Folk Music Ilmatar's Inspirations: Nationalism, Globalization, and the Changing Soundscapes of Finnish Folk Music By Tina K. Ramnarine University of Chicago Press ......(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)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)Rainbow Quest: the Folk Music Revival and American Society, 1940-1970. - book review By Ronald D. Cohen University of Massachusetts Press (Amherst, Ma), 2002, ISBN 1558493484, 384 pages, pbk., $24.95 Although the folk revival left a distinct imprint on American culture during the...(Continue Reading)
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