Music of New Orleans, Vol. 1: Music of the Streets: Music of Mardi Gras
produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Folkways Records, 1958), 36 mins
Details
- Field of Interest
- American Music
- Description
- This fascinating collection of music from the streets of New Orleans was recorded between 1954 and 1958, and includes an inspiring variety of material, from vegetable peddlers' street cries to the musical saw and brass bands, from a shoeshine boy's hambone to Sister Dora Alexander's impassioned "Russia, Let God's Moon Alone," written the day after Russia launched a satellite.
- Content Type
- Music recording
- Duration
- 36 mins
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Ragtime
- Label
- Folkways Records
- Producer
- Moses Asch, 1905-1986
- Release Date
- 1958
- Subject
- American Music, World Music, Music & Performing Arts, American Studies, Blues, United States and Canada, Blues, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá, United States
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Blues, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá