Music

From the Library of Congress' American Folklife Center.

"Brings together, in digital form, two categories of primary and secondary resources: research and teaching materials collected by University of Wisconsin faculty and staff; and unique or valuable items related to these fields held by the U. of Wis."

This Web site of the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College, Chicago, offers some resources useful to students beginning research on the music of Africa or the black diaspora.

This site contains a wealth of resources about musical instruments and instrument groups as well as a geographical browser and a guide to instrument collections in the United States and Canada.

Links to sites related to ethnomusicology provided and maintained by the University of Washington.

"A multimedia reference archive and resource center providing access to sound recordings and images related to indigenous music from communities in Africa and the Americans." [Choice]

African Studies page maintained by Columbia University Libraries; provides links to numerous academic and popular websites relating to African studies/culture.

Includes liner notes and audio samples from all musical and spoken word recordings issued by Folkways and its affiliates. Site also includes complete audio for selected songs of more recent releases and short video presentations.

Good link to sources relating to various aspects of ethnomusicology; includes access to issues of the Journal of the Society for Ethnomusicology.

The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip, from the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

A lengthy list of useful websites maintained by Queens Community College.