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Ethnomusicology, Folk Music, and World Music
Contents
Organizations,Institutions, Archives, Research Centers
Bibliography, Periodicals & Online Publications
Recordings
Anglo-American Folksong
Native American Music
Music of Asia
Music of the Middle East
Music of Eastern Europe, Russia
Music of Europe
Music of Africa
Music of the Caribbean, Latin and South America
Music of Oceania
Dance
Organizations,Institutions, Archives, Research Centers
Society for Ethnomusicology
African Music Archive, Institute of Ethnology and African Studies, Mainz
Alan Lomax Collection
American Folklife Center Home Page Lib. of Congress
American Folklife Center: Ethnographic Studies
American Folklife Center - Collections Available Online
Archives of African American Music & Culture
Archive of Maori and Pacific Music at the University of Auckland
Archive of World Music Harvard University
Ateliers d'ethnomusicologie ADEM
Australian Institute of Eastern music
British Forum for Ethnomusicology
British Library Sound Archive -World and Traditional Music Section
Boston College: John J. Burns Library-Irish Music Center
Center for Music of the Americas Florida State University
Center for Popular Music Middle Tennessee State University
Centro de Etnomusicología Andina Archivo de Música Tradicional Andina (Peru)
Ethnomusikolgie-Volksmusik: Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg Max Peter Baumann
European Seminar in Ethnomusicology
The Finnish Society for Ethnomusicology (Suomen etnomusikologinen seura ry)

The Global Music Archive Vanderbilt University
Hardanger Fiddle Association of America
Institut du Monde Arab
International Council for Traditional Music
International Native American Flute Association
Irish Traditional Music Archive
The Irish World Music Center
Jewish Music Research Center
Latin America Music Center Indiana Univ.
Latvian Ethnomusicology
Maailman musiikin keskus (Global Music Centre) in English!
Museum of Popular Instruments Research Centre for Ethnomusicology, Hellenic Ministry of Culture
New York Folklore Society
The Open University Musics and Cultures Research Group
Northwest Folklife Homepage
School of Oriental and African Studies, Univ. of London, Dept. of Music
Singhini Research Centre
Sociedad de Ethnomusicologia
Société française d'ethnomusicologiey
Society for Asian Music
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Svenskt visarkiv Centre for Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Research
Ethnomusicology at SIL International (Summer Institute of Linguistics)
UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology
University of Washington Ethnomusicology Home Page
Ethnomusicology Recording Archives
Ethnomusicology Musical Instrument Collection
University of Cyprus Ethnomusicology Research Program
World Music Institute

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Bibliography, Periodicals & Online Publications
Current Bibliography, Discography, Filmography, and Videography from SEM
Alan Lomax Archive - Catalog
Asian Music
British Library Sound Archive "International Music Connection" FULL TEXT
British Journal of Ethnomusicology contents
Cahiers des musiques traditionnelles
Descarga Journal FULL TEXT
Dirty Linen The Magazine Of Folk, Electric Folk, Traditional and World Music
Ethnomusicology
Ethnomusicology Online formerly EF/hm FULL TEXT
Ethnomusicology Research Digest ERD
European Meetings in Ethnomusicology Romanian Society for Ethnomusicology
FolkLib Index: A Library of Folk Music Links
Folk Music
Melomag: creative art from around the world
Music & Anthropology FULL TEXT
The Music Magazine India
Musical TraditionsThe Magazine for Traditional Music throughout the world. FULL TEXT
NTAMA-Journal of African Music and Popular Culture
Pacific Review of Ethnomusicology
portail ethnomusicologie
RPM Online: The Review of Popular Music International Association for the Study of Popular Music
RootsWorld an online magazine of world music Reviews, interviews, audio and articles covering the world's creative and folk music.
A Selection of Ethnic Music Styles from the collections of the Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Smithsonian Global Sound
Trans: transcultural music review = revista transcultural de música
Univ. of Chicago Press: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology
Verlag Ernst Kuhn ethno antiquariat
The World of Music bibliography: vols. 19-41, 1977-1999(3)
World Music Central

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Recordings & Videos
The Listening Post Robert Garfias. "mini-reviews" and recommended listening not confined to ethnomusicological recordings
Robert Garfias - Films and Field Recordings
Current Bibliography, Discography, Filmography, and Videography from SEM
Early Sound Recordings in the Field Steven E. Schoenherr
Labels and Distributers
Record Company Addresses links from Dirty Linen
AIMP (Archives internationales de musique populaire) Collection of Geneva Ethnographic Museum from ADEM
Afropop Worldwide
Allegro Imports World music catalog
Alula records
Ara-music: Arabic Music Cds
ARC Music
Arhoolie
Ateliers d'ethnomusicologie CD, disques
Bear Family
beatofindia.com
barraka el farnatshi recordings from Morroco
Bishop Museum
calabash music
Canyon Records
celestial harmonies
Center Records
Descarga Latin recordings, books
Deep Down Productions
Ellipsis Arts
eworldsrecords
Felmay Italy
Globestyle
HumanSongs.com Folkloric and WorldBeat Music
Indian House
Kereshmeh Records Persian music
Khazana: India Arts Online- Music Recordings & Instruments
American Folklife Center. Library of Congress
Lyrichord World Music
Music of Mongolia - discography
Maison des Cultures du Monde
Multicultural Media Home Page
Mhumbi records
Mundo Etnico Anthology of Pacific Music
Naxos World
Oliver Sudden Productions
Onzou Records West Africa
Putumayo World Music
RomSky.com music from romania
Rootsworld
Rounder Records Catalogue By label from the Rounder Record Group
Music of Siberia - discography
Smithsonian/Folkways
Smithsonian Global Sound
Sonic Safari Music
Sublimefrequencies
SWP Records Hugh Tracey, ILAM, Compact Discs
Temple Records
Topic
Tradisom Portugal
Traditional Crossroads
Music of Tuva - discography
UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World
Village Pulse
World Music Store/Multicultural Media
World Music Central




Sites by Geographical Region

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British/Irish/American Folk Music
English folk and traditional music on th Internet
Richard Robinson's Tunebook (Anglo tunes in gif format)
English folk and traditional music on the Internet A guide to resources
Folk stuff
folkmusic.org
Ceolas celtic music archive
Celtic Lyrics
Ancient Music of Ireland
Music Making in Belfast
Turlough O'Carolan: Carolan Tunes
Irish World Music Centre
The Celtic World from RootsWorld Folk Music Site Search
The Virtual Tunebook
Henrik Norbeck's Tune Index
An ABC Library of Morris Tunes
Eric Foxley's Music Database
Child Ballads
Sacred Harp Singing
Folk Music, An Index to Recorded Resources
The Folk Music Webring
California Gold from L.C. American Memory Project
America Music Resources on the Web Eric Charry
The Phonograph Turntable and Performance Practice in Hip Hop Music Miles White

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Native American
Native American Music
The Infography about Native American Music
Great Lakes Powwows Virtual Tour
Gathering of Nations Pow wow
Center Records (Lakota)
Native American Sites
Ohwejagehka Iriquois earth songs
Inuit Throat Singing
Omaha Indian Music
American Indian Radio
WOJB Ojibway

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Asia
The Asian Free Reed Robert Garfias
The Bamboo Origins of Far Eastern Bridged Zithers Robert Garfias
Some Thoughts on the Origins of Gagaku Robert Garfias
Hula Halau in Japan: A Case Study of Hula Schools in Tokyo Yoko Kurokawa
Music and Dance of the Bukidnon-s of Mindanao Hans Brandeis
A Kiosk of Information Related to Okinawan Music Robert Garfias
Throat Singing
Discography of recorded Tuvan, Mongolian, and Siberian Music
Music of Tuva
Australian Institue of Eastern Music
on blending North & South Indian Vocal Styles Sumathi Krishan (Newsletter, Oct. 1995)
on Raga John Napier (Newsletter, Oct. 1995)
A Short Guide to Indian Music (Newsletter, April 1997)
The Violin in Indian Music John Napier (Newsletter, May 1997)
Understanding an Indian music Performance (Newsletter, June 1997)
Techniques of Classical Indian Dance: Bharatanatyam Malathi Nagarajan (Newsletter, Aug. 1997)
Professional Weeping: Music, Affect, and Hierarchy in a South Indian Folk Performance Art Paul D. Greene
Koshur Mausiquee Kashmiri music
Foundation of India Art
Sarod.com Amjad Ali Khan
On Musicians' Speech About Music: Musico-Linguistic Discourse of Tabla Players Lowell Lybarger
Shakuhachi Main Menu
Sound of Bamboo
John Thompson and the Guqin Silk String Zither
Cambodian Performing Arts Sam-Ang Sam
Bhangra: Punjabi Beats Go Global
The Music Magazine India
Beatofindia.com
Music from Korea
Chinese Music by Organized Groups in Victoria between 1949-1995 Wang Zheng Ting
Huê and Tài Tú Music of Viet Nam: The Concept of Music and Social Organisation of Musicians Lê Tuân Hùng
Quan H? Singing in Ritual-festivals in B?c Ninh Region (Vietnam) Lê Ng?c Chân
Vietnamse Music in Australia: A General Survey Le Tuan Hung
The Infography about Music -- Laos
The Infography about Music -- Thailand
The Infography about Music -- Vietnam

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Middle East and North Africa
Music, Myth, and History in the Mediterranean: Diaspora and the Return to Modernity Philp Bohlman
Links to Middle Eastern Music Sites
Middle East Studies Association
Middle East Studies Association Bulletin
Made in America: Historical and Contemporary Recordings of Middle Eastern Music in the United States Anne K. Rasmussen, The College of William and Mary
Listening to Umm Kulthûm Virginia Danielson, Harvard University
Recent Recordings of Traditional Music from the Arabian Gulf and Saudi Arabia Kay Hardy Campbell, Boston, MA
Arab Music - Part One Ali Jihad Racy and Jack Logan
Arab Music - Part Two Ali Jihad Racy and Jack Logan
Arab Music - Part Three Ali Jihad Racy and Jack Logan
Arab Music - Part Four Ali Jihad Racy and Jack Logan
TURATH.org
Introduction to Sufi Music and Ritual in Turkey Irene Markoff, York University
Music of Algeria: Selected Recordings Dwight Reynolds, University of California-Santa Barbara
New Recordings of Turkish Classical Music Walter Feldman, University of Pennsylvania
Introduction to Traditional Iranian Dastgâh Music Margaret Caton, Los Angeles CA
The Qur'ân Recited Mahmoud Ayoub, Temple University
Solo Improvisation (Taqâsîm) in Arab Music Scott L. Marcus, University of California, Santa Barbara
Discography of Arab and Turkish Classical Music
Iranian/Persian Music
Persian Classical Music
The Kurdish Music articles on the Kurdish Music are written by Kendal NEZAN
The Ethnic Musical Instruments Co.
A Master Percussionist: Vince Delgado
Egyptian Music-Seven Millennia of Performance
Playing a Middle Eastern Percussion Instrument
Lebanon2000.com
Music, song, and dance from Al Mashriq
Turkish music.org
Setar
Ancient Sound of Anatolia:the Baglama
Different tunes for Dastgah e Mahoor
Iranian Classical Music
Afgani rebab, east/west fusion
Music in the Afghan North 1967-1972 Mark Slobin
Saramusik: Histoire musique arabe et orientale

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Eastern Europe and Russia
The Infography about Music -- East-European Folk
The Hungarian Music Page
The Romanian Doina Robert Garfias
Romica Puceanu: Romanian Gypsy Singer Robert Garfias
They Call Themselves Roma Michal Shapiro from Rootsworld
Lost Trails
Albamuzika Albania
The role of movement in Russian panpipe playing Olga Velitchkina
German and Klavdia Khatylaev : The art of magnificent duet from the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
The Infography about Music -- Bulgarian

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Europe
Finland from Rootsworld
Digital archive of Finnish Folk Tunes
Cultural dynamics and minority identity in music: An Ethnomusicological Case Study of the Swedish-Finnish Popular Music in the Dancehalls of Gothenburg Pekka Suutari
Swedish Traditional Music
Flamenco Page gromco
The Launeddas Sardinia
Musique traditionnelle de France
Joik and the theory of knowledge (Saami chant) Ánde Somby
The Pontic Music Home Page
Kavals and Dzamares: End-blown Flutes of Greece and Macedonia Anthony Tammer
Oud Greece
Musicians of the Mediterranean (from EOL)
Music, Myth, and History in the Mediterranean: Diaspora and the Return to Modernity Philp Bohlman
Repertories and identities of a musician from Crete Tullia Magrini
The Croats and the question of their Mediterranean musical identity Svanibor Pettan
On Jewish and Muslim musicians of the Mediterranean Amnon Shiloah
American Nyckelharpa Association
The Dissemination of the Nyckelharpa Gunnar Ternhag & Mathias Boström,
Nyckelharpa
What is a Nyckelharpa
Swedish bagpipe music

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Africa
African Music and Drumming Resources on the Web
African Music Archive University of Mainz
RootsWorld's African Music Resources
Ghana Music

West African djembe, dun dun drumming
Latin America, the Caribbean, South America
Latin American Resources from Univ. of Texas
LatinoWeb: Art and Music
Music in Dominica
Merengue: The Music (extracted from "Teaching & Salsa" by Loo Yeo)
Salsa Stories" A community history Virtual Tour
Salsa: The Music (from "Teaching & Salsa" by Loo Yeo)
Salsaweb
WNUR Roots Music Info Source-Continental Drift
SKA! SKA! SKA!
Reggae- 3 FAQs
Ernesto's Tango Page
Cybertango
World-Wide Samba Home Page
Bienvenidos a la primera página de folklore cordobés Argentina
Candombe=The Drumming of Uraguay
Candombe
Andean Musical Instruments
Descarga.comLatin music
The Infography about Brazil -- Popular Music
Brazilian Music
Timba, Salsa from Cuba
THE BERIMBAU; Heart of Capoeira
The Brazilian Sound
Holy Week in Campanha
Salsa2salsa

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Oceania
The Infography about Music -- Oceania (Pacific Islands)
Mundo Etnico
Folk Australia online resource form Australian folk music
iDIDJ Australia-Australian didgeridoo cultural hub
Research in New Zealand Performing Arts Open-access peer reviewed journal
The Didgeridoo Page
Music Archive for Australia
Australian Bush Music & Dance: Wongawilli style
Collaborative Music Making Anne Norman
Manikay.com Traditional Aboriginal Arnhem Land Music
Archive of Maori and Pacific Music Univ. of Auckland
Music Archive of New Zealand
New Zealand - The Music of the Maori
Music Samples of New Zealand
The Glorius Gamelan Virtual Tour
Music Archive for Papua New Guinea
Traditional Music of the Ethnic Minorities on the Philippine Islands
Kwayas, Kandas, Kiosks Tanzanian Popular Choir Music Gregory Barz
Sarawak Sape Borneo

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General

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Dancing and Dance Music
Country Dance and Song Society
English Folk Dance Project
Ernesto's Tango Page ( 7-Mar-1995)
Flamenco
esFlamenco.com
Folkedance and folkmusic in Denmark