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Folk Songs and Music from Malta
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produced by George Bonavia (Folkways Records, 1964), 45 mins
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produced by George Bonavia (Folkways Records, 1964), 45 mins
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French Canadian Country Dances
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produced by Alain Blanchet (Folkways Records, 1982), 36 mins
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produced by Alain Blanchet (Folkways Records, 1982), 36 mins
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Griots: Ministers of the Spoken Word
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produced by Samuel Barclay Charters, 1929-2015 (Folkways Records, 1975), 1 hour 22 mins

West African griots are gatekeepers of their culture, repositories of oral tradition. Hear centuries-old histories from Gambia and Mali, accompanied by stringed instruments and drums. This recording features a recitation describing the beginnings of the slave trade with the Portuguese and Dutch in the early 1600s.

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produced by Samuel Barclay Charters, 1929-2015 (Folkways Records, 1975), 1 hour 22 mins
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Haitian Dances
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produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Folkways Records, 1954), 23 mins

Haitian guitarist and composer Frantz Casseus charged himself with the mission of building a repertoire for guitar blending Haitian folk music and European classical music, much as Villa Lobos had done for music in Brazil. The result, while largely overlooked, is as tantalizing as flamenco and possesses an unpar...

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produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Folkways Records, 1954), 23 mins
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Hammer Dulcimer Played by Chet Parker
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produced by Patrick B. Murphy, fl. 1978-2015 (Folkways Records, 1966), 47 mins
Released in 1966, when the hammer(ed) dulcimer's future was uncertain, this album features medleys of mostly old time fiddle tunes played on this psaltery-like instrument. Chet Parker lived in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he was involved in the "Old Dulcimer Players' Club," a group devoted to preserving and enjo...
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produced by Patrick B. Murphy, fl. 1978-2015 (Folkways Records, 1966), 47 mins
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Hassidic Tunes of Dancing and Rejoicing
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produced by Andre Hadju and Yaakov Mazor (Folkways Records, 1978), 48 mins
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Hungarian Folk Music from the Kis-Küküll? Region of Central Transylvania, Romania
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produced by László Kürti, fl. 1984 (Folkways Records, 1985), 51 mins
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Hungarian Folk Music in the United States
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produced by László Kürti, fl. 1984 (Folkways Records, 1983), 44 mins
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Alegria
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produced by Bernard Keiler, fl. 1962; in Instruments and Music of Indians of Bolivia (Folkways Records, 1962), 2 mins
“The native music of Bolivia is as varied as the landscape of that fascinating country. From the shores of Lake Titicaca 12,000 feet above sea level to the lush valleys of Cochabamba and Tarija instruments and styles of music range from the monotonous pentatonic incantation played by a group of sicuris (panpiper...
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produced by Bernard Keiler, fl. 1962; in Instruments and Music of Indians of Bolivia (Folkways Records, 1962), 2 mins
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Irish Dance Music
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produced by Reg Hall, fl. 1973 (Folkways Records, 1973), 46 mins

Reg Hall brings together a comprehensive collection of traditional Irish dance music spanning from 1928-1963. Hall explains that much of the music collected on this album was made "largely as popular music for restricted sale to Irish country working-class people at home and in the ghettos in England and America"....

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produced by Reg Hall, fl. 1973 (Folkways Records, 1973), 46 mins
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