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| | A History of African Music |
 | | To put African music in an historical and social context, I compiled the following notes on African history, on the social context of African music, on the instruments and styles of African music, and on the popularisation of African music. | | | Originally jazz was dance music, a fusion of ragtime piano style with blues, spirituals and the brass music of marching bands common at the start of the twentieth century. | | | Because music is a total expression of life, shared by all the senses, different cultures and lifestyles have significant influences on the music. |
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http://www.acslink.aone.net.au/christo/histmain.htm
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| | African American music -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | African American music was often sanitized for white audiences, who would not have as readily accepted black performers, leading to genres like (A style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz) swing music, a pop-based outgrowth of jazz. | | | By the (The decade from 1940 to 1949) 1940s, (A recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else) cover versions of African American songs were commonplace, and frequently topped the charts, while the original musicians found little success. | | | In 1927, a concert survey of black music was performed at Carnegie Hall including jazz, spirituals and the symphonic music of (Click link for more info and facts about W.C. Handy) W.C. Handy's Orchestra and Jubilee singers. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/a/af/african_american_music.htm
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| | Listen to Yaya Diallo’s music on New Music Canada.Contact Onzou Records, info@onzou.com. | | | Yaya Diallo, custodian of West African music and culture, is the personification of a country renowned for its rich musical culture. | | | Nangape is Yaya Diallo's classic 1980 instrumental album of West African drumming, balafon and flute music reissued on CD in 2002 on Onzou Records. |
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http://www.onzou.com
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| | BBC - Music / Features - Echoes of Africa |
| | The Bikut-si music of Cameroon, to the musical bows of the forest-dwelling Ngbaka [more] | | | The music we love has its foundation in a blend of African and European sounds. | | | Lutes, flutes, zithers, oboes, violins and tambourines, influencing European music [more] |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/features/africa
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| | African Music Encyclopedia: Glossary: African Styles of Music |
| | Also called mbira-based music, one of the best examples of this sound is the music of Thomas Mapfumo. | | | is a musical style that grew out of '50s Cuban rhumba music mixing the kwassa kwassa dance rhythm with zouk and rhumba. | | | Dance music from Ghana and Eastern Nigeria, originating from the popular kpanlogo rhythm developed in Ghana in the 60's. |
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http://www.africanmusic.org/glossary.html
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| | African music on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Much music exists solely for entertainment, ranging from narrative songs to highly stylized musical theater. | | | Bibliography: See A. Jones, Studies in African Music (2 vol., 1959); R. Brandel, The Music of Central Africa (1961); F. Warren, The Music of Africa (1970); F. Bebey, African Music (1972); W. Bender, Sweet Mother: Modern African Music (1991). | | | Sub-Saharan African music has as its distinguishing feature a rhythmic complexity common to no other region. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/A/Africanm.asp
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| | African Music on the Internet |
| | An introduction to African music in 100 CDs is a directory arranged by country, name of artists or groups, CD titles, artists (including compilations), style of music, instrument, language, type of music, and label. | | | Their Music of Africa series is for those with a general interest in African music. | | | RootsWorld - on their albums, Kotto and Kchaba, from the music magazine. |
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http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/music.html
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| | African Music Hub |
| | Putumayo World Music - Established in 1993 to introduce people to the music of other cultures, Putumayo World Music is a specialist world music label who have produced some great African Music CD's and have helped promote African music artists. | | | The African Music Hub is at the heart of the African Music world. | | | He has his own band and working as musician and recording engineer he has met or worked with virtually everybody who was anybody in West African popular music from early highlife bandleaders like E.T. Mensah to the late Fela Kuti. |
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http://www.africanmusichub.com
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| | West African Music |
| | The process of traditional musicians (jelis) embracing, Africanizing, and integrating the guitar into their music culture, and then using it to move their music into the international arena of popular dance music is the focus of this article. | | | The rise of modern Mande music and of the electric guitar began with the independence of Guinea in 1958 when the new government launched a sweeping modernization policy in which European musical instruments (including electric guitars) were handed out, musicians were made civil servants, and a network of regional and national orchestras was established. | | | The acoustic guitar was first picked up in the 1920s or 1930s by jelis who began an Africanization process by adapting their balafon (xylophone), nkoni (lute), and kora (harp) repertories and playing styles to it. |
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http://echarry.web.wesleyan.edu/Afmus.html
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| | African American Music |
| | African American Music: From the beginnings to contemporary Black musical history. | | | They remembered the importance of music in the West African way of life—how almost every activity was accompanied by music appropriate to the occasion and how special kinds of music were provided for festivals (called "customs" in Africa)— and they continued these practices in the New World. | | | Perhaps worthy of special mention are the Pinkster festivals held in various cities of New York state, in whch African-Americans danced traditional dances to the music of drums and singing, while large crowds of white spectators watched the "exotic" scenes. |
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http://afgen.com/music.html
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| | One of the forthcoming releases from the folks at Rough Guide is their guide to the music of Sudan, and among the tracks is a selection by the great singer Mohammed Wardi, who recorded more than 300 songs in the 60s and 70s--to the best of my knowledge, none of them are available. | | | The members toyed with other musical projects in the years immediately following the breakup, but only Meneses is still active in music, playing free improv and experimental rock and jazz in Amsterdam. | | | It makes sense that the album was recorded in Ethiopia, as there are plenty of similarities the music shares with the sounds of this nearby country, but Wardi's gorgeous, high-pitched voice sounds more Arabic. |
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http://worldlydisorientation.blogs.com
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| | African Music Productions offers African Music Dance in Soukous, Reggae, Makossa, Zouk, Mapouka and Salsa Videos, DVDs ... |
| | on African soukous music, ndombolo ya solo, reggae music, salsa music, zouk music, makossa music, west african music, caribbean, soca rumba, calypso, South African music, mapouka dance, traditional Mandingo music, high life, and afropop music. | | | African Music Productions is proud to offer the best collections of African music dance | | | AfricanMusica.com is a one stop online music store for all types of african music. |
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http://www.africanmusica.com
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| | South Africa Music |
| | "South African Music Week is run by the MIDI Trust in partnership with the Department of Arts and Culture and a strategic partnership has been formed with the Department of Education." Music performance schedules, South African music overview, music career advice, links to related sites. | | | Has audio music (in Zulu) and sermons, accounts of their Ministers' conferences, photographs. | | | Has the text of the South African national anthem, in English, Zulu, Xhosa, Sesotho, Afrikaans, and a history of the anthem. |
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http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/southafrica/rsamusic.html
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| | African Music Featuring The Latest African CD's & DVD's. |
| | His introducction to music was in a local church choir, where he was the lead soprano singer and soloist. | | | Listen to African Music We feature the latest including soukous, ndombolo, zouk, highlife, mapouka, mbalax from all over Africa. | | | African Music Featuring The Latest African CD's & DVD's. |
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http://www.panafricanallstars.com
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| | Boston.com / A&E / Music / For South African Johnny Clegg, music is a road to racial harmony |
| | He simply wanted to perform the music he loved, and what he loved were the Zulu rhythms he heard as a child in South Africa. | | | In the late 1960s, Clegg became Mzila's musical apprentice, and the older man taught the eager teenager about Zulu music and traditional Inhlangwini dancing, characterized by aggressive high kicks. | | | In 1979, Clegg and Mchunu recorded their first album, "Universal Men," blending African and Western music. |
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http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2004/07/08/for_south_african_johnny_clegg_music_is_a_road_to_racial_harmony
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| | Fresh Music: RetroFresh |
| | They played a fusion of blues, folk, jazz and Eastern music and lifted South African pop of the early 70's from the syrupy blare of bubblegum music to new heights of progressive rock. | | | RETRO FRESH is an imprint label dedicated to the preservation of classic South African pop and rock music of the last 30 years…each release, many available for the first time on cd, has been digitally remastered with bonus tracks including live, studio out takes, demos and unreleased songs. | | | Bursting out of Durban at the turn of the decade the band were inspired by the then emerging 'New Romantics' musical movement that produced artists like Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, etc. "Slow Rain.." brings together for the first time, on one cd, both of the band's albums "This Day" and "Greed". |
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http://www.freshmusic.co.za/retrofresh.htm
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| | Yahoo! Groups : african_music |
| | All African Music events, festivals, concerts and listings are welcome. | | | We discuss all aspects of African Music, Concerts, Recordings, Festivals, and let each other know of upcoming events and concerts. | | | All are welcome to join just bring a love of African Music. |
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http://www.africanmusicgroup.com
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| | ILAM - Links To Other African Music Sites |
| | The music of the Cheza band is a blend of African styles with rock and folk influences -- a new-world hybrid. | | | Mhumhi Records is a not-for-profit record label that is dedicated to preserving and sharing some of the amazing music that is happening in Southern Africa today. | | | Comprehensive index to indigenous and exotic Zimbabwean music. |
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http://ilam.ru.ac.za/links.htm
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| | Other African Music Resources Online |
| | Included is a catalogue of Hugh Tracey's well-known Music of Africa series of recordings, with sound samples, and a catalogue of the more detailed 250 LP collection, the Sound of Africa. | | | From Zimbabwe originates a musical style, for which is available a lot of information and further links at the Shona Music homepage. | | | Ladzekpo - African Music and Dance, who is living and teaching in the USA. |
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| | BBC - Press Office - Brenda Fassie, Madonna of the Townships |
| | People needed music to put them out of the misery of the lives they were living at the time... | | | This tribute-laden programme — part of the BBC Africa season - recalls the highs and lows of Fassie's life, whose music tells her story and that of many black South Africans whose aspirations she articulated in song. | | | Fassie's highs included record sales and an array of music accolades, including four consecutive South African Music Awards. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/10_october/21/fassie.shtml
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| | Africanspice.com - The African Music Internet Radio |
| | Should African Music be fused with western style of music ? | | | Burning Spear Celebrating the Release of his new CD Reggae icon Burning Spear will release his new upcoming album nationwide entitled OUR MUSIC, on September 20 - the more... | | | Former member of Star Band de Dakar and Orchestra Baobab, Thione Seck has been an important figure on Senegal’s music scene since the 1960s. |
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http://www.africanspice.com
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| | African Music, African Music Albums, African Musicians, African Bands, Reviews, Labels, Discographies, and more, from ... |
| | Amadou Bagayogo talks about his life and music with Mariam, and their hit album, Dimanche a Bamako. | | | African Music, African Music Albums, African Musicians, African Bands, Reviews, Labels, Discographies, and more, from Afropop Worldwide, the experts on African music | | | Dedicated to African music and the music of the African Diaspora |
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http://www.afropop.org
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| | Black History & Classical Music |
| | The primary emphasis of the Web site is on composers of instrumental music, but composers of opera, choral music and songs are also represented. | | | Classical music has been enriched by such contributions as long as it has existed. | | | The African American conductor Paul Freeman is Founding Musical Director of the Chicago Sinfonietta, an unusually inclusive orchestra whose mission is "Musical Excellence Through Diversity". |
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http://chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com/History.html
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| | African Music Webring |
| | All styles of music are presented from the traditional Morna and Coladeira to the modern Cabo-Zouk. | | | Rooted in traditional music, the group has developed a new brand of music and dance they have dubbed "Nokoko" -- innovative rhythms and dances to an electrifying blend of jazz and African music. | | | continues to break new ground in music, creating recordings that offer the listener a multicultural sampling of music designed to uplift the spirit and enrich the mind. |
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http://v.webring.com/hub?ring=africanmusic
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| | African Music and African Culture @ web62.com Internet Television |
| | Enjoy a live music video with Yoruba Singer Gbenga Olaniyi from Nigeria. | | | An African Live music video from Burkina Faso, which reveals the beauty of African spirit, music, joy and culture. | | | Google search results have gone down a lot and many good music sites have been thrown out of their index making now Yahoo the much better search solution for music and videos. |
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http://www.web62.com/africanmusic.html
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| | African Studies Center Africa: Music, Videos and Films |
| | The Zimbabwe Music Festival is the largest annual gathering in North America for students, teachers, performers, and fans of Zimbabwean music. | | | Includes information on music and culture of the Ewe and other African ethnic groups, along with related graphics, sound, and videos. | | | Web resources include: "The Voice of African Music" Newsletter, calendar of events, and information on African artists touring the US. |
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http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/About_African/ww_aud.html
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| | www.retroafric.com - Classic Sounds From The Pioneers Of African Dance Music |
| | Pino’s party grooves and the Funk Imperative which underlines his musical philosophy make these dance tracks sound just as vital today as they did back then. | | | He made a huge impression on the young Fela Kuti who praised him effusively but his music has remained largely unheard for the past 30 years. | | | Geraldo Pino (aka Gerald Pine) is one of the hidden heroes of African popular music. |
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http://www.retroafric.com
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| | Ntama Journal of African Music and Popular Culture |
| | The African Music Archive at Mainz University is the home of NTAMA. | | | Ntama Journal of African Music and Popular Culture | | | This article is a sequel to my one-hour video/DVD "African Guitar". |
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http://ntama.uni-mainz.de
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| | World Music |
| | Director Simon Broughton interviews a cross-section of musicians in his film, Breaking the Silence: Music in Afghanistan : creators of folk, religious, pop, and film music tell their stories, some passionately, others with a sense of shell-shocked acceptance.... | | | As a young girl in Canada, Ahluwalia was exposed to various types of Indian music, but found herself drawn to ghazals in particular. | | | Rather than relying on showboating, however, Danças Ocultas are virtuosos of economy and silence, each of their parts carefully woven together to create musical landscapes that are both comfortably familiar and wholly unique... |
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http://www.rootsworld.com/rw
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| | World Book African American Music |
| | Black spirituals are one of the best known and earliest forms of American music. | | | In the late 1900's, a new American musical form called rap emerged. | | | To listen to the music on this site, you'll need the Real Player plug-in. |
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http://www2.worldbook.com/features/aamusic/html/intro.htm
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| | Africanhiphop.com :: Hip hop from the motherland :: African Rap |
| | Included is also the music video of his track 'Raak wys' which Africanhiphop.com started making with him in 2002. | | | The webcast is interactive as it allows African emcees to upload their own tracks, which are added to the playlist. | | | The archive footage that I have accessed is remarkable documentary material that includes performances and a music video recorded in Amsterdam. |
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http://www.africanhiphop.com
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| | Putumayo World Music - Official Site |
| | In light of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, Putumayo World Music is donating all proceeds from its critically acclaimed albums New Orleans and Mississippi Blues through the end of the year to relief efforts in the area. | | | A collection of cross-cultural fusions and laid-back beats inspired by the musical traditions of Asia. | | | Join us for a musical journey around the globe! |
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http://www.putumayo.com
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| | UW Libraries - Music Library - Ethnomusicology |
| | Discography of recorded Tuvan, Mongolian, and Siberian Music | | | African Music Encyclopedia Music from Africa and the African Diaspora | | | New Zealand - The Music of the Maori |
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http://www.lib.washington.edu/music/world.html
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| | Amazon.com: Books: African Music: A People's Art |
| | African Rhythm and African Sensibility : Aesthetics and Social Action in African Musical Idioms by John Miller Chernoff | | | Subjects > Entertainment > Music > Musical Genres > Ethnic & International > General | | | The Garland Handbook of African Music by Ruth M. Stone |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1556521286?v=glance
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| | SUGAR MUSIC: Cape Town based South African music store |
| | Sugar Music is also part of Mabu Vinyl, Cape Town's foremost vinyl store. | | | Sugar Music is a CD shop based in Cape Town and run by Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman. | | | GEMM - The Global Electronic Music Marketplace |
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http://sugarmusic.gemm.com
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| | Amazon.com: African Tribal Music & Dances: Music |
| | Having purchased and listened to many, many cd's on African and Afro-centric music this one rates right down the middle. | | | It has a good selection of different kinds of music, vocal, percussion, string, etc. The main reason I like it so much is that it features Babatunde Olatunji on tracks 2,3, and 14-20. | | | Explore Similar Items: 20 in Music, and 1 in DVD |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000001V3X?v=glance
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| | African Music Radio Programs |
| | African pop music has had a home on Seattle non-commercial radio since the 1970s. | | | Although not devoted to solely to African music, KRAB-FM was the early pioneer having several shows touching on African themes, including music. | | | "Since 1992, we have been sharing the vibrant sounds of contemporary and classic African music with the Boston area and beyond." Africa Kabisa is hosted and produced by DJ Julia Goldrosen and co-hosted by Cyriaque Puemi Sukam. |
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http://members.aol.com/dpaterson/radio.htm
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| | Amuzine - African Music Magazine |
| | The SA Rock Encyclopedia is an archive of South African pop and rock music - past, present and future - and includes sections on classic albums, rock legends, rock lists, charts, trivia, family trees, a hall of fame, weblinks and more... | | | Unfortunately we are unable to get permission for the full song, but the complete lyrics are here... | | | Links to the world of SA Rock - artists, gig guides, resources, record labels, recording studios, music trivia and more at: http://www.rock.co.za/files |
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http://www.cd.co.za
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| | African Music |
| | Similarly, the music of East Africa is distinguished from that of Central Africa by a number of instruments, and from that of southern Africa, which traditionally emphasizes certain kinds of choral organization and complex forms of musical bows. | | | Thus, the savanna belt of West Africa forms a music area distinct from the Guinea Coast because of its virtuosic instrumental styles and the presence of a class of professional praise singers, or griots, in that area. | | | African music and dance, therefore, are cultivated largely by societies in sub-Saharan Africa. |
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http://afgen.com/african_home.html
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| | ARC World Music - Official Site |
| | Our site is possibly the most extensive collection of world and folk music from around the world. | | | We specialize in top quality world and folk music. | | | On our site we have all our albums listed in our catalogue together with RealAudio™ for many of the albums. |
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http://www.arcmusic.co.uk
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| | African Pages |
| | Join the African Music Discussion List to discuss all aspects of African Music, Concerts, Recordings, Festivals, and Upcoming Events. | | | Soukous Information on soukous music with books and CD recommendations. | | | Guitar African guitar playing with some examples, midi files, real audio and transcriptions. |
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http://www.notz.com/african_pages.htm
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| | 3rd Ear Music - Hidden Years, Township Jazz |
| | However, the choice of music, material and stories from the archives, is up to the individual musicians. | | | Whether 3rd Ear Music owns the music it recorded or not - it will only be made available with permission, in writing, from the rights holders. | | | 3rd Ear Music's Hidden Years Archive Project is a unique collection of alternative SAfrican music. |
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http://www.3rdearmusic.com
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| | Africassette Music |
| | We are also a record label...releasing the best of 'Afro-Atlantic' music. | | | Africassette Music is a worldwide retailer of African and World Music | | | Try "New Music" for the latest releases, "Label" for releases under the Africassette label, |
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http://www.africassette.com
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| | African Music Encyclopedia: Youssou n'Dour |
| | The most famous band in Africa, The Super Etoile, guided by Youssou N'Dour has crafted and invented a thoroughly modern African pop style, one which has gone on to influence artists as diverse as Peter Gabriel and Paul Simon. | | | It was Gabriel, in fact, who introduced N'Dour to American and British artists via his So album (in 1986) and took N'Dour and The Super Etoile on the road with him in a subsequent world tour. | | | Back to The African Music Encyclopedia: Music From Africa and the African Diaspora |
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| | Free Music Downloads ♫ Free MP3s - EZ-Tracks! |
| | Download and listen to your favorite music for Free! | | | The music industry's newest scheme to maximize profits is bound. | | | Create your own favorite music CDs and enjoy. |
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http://www.EZ-Tracks.com
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| | African-American Sheet Music from Brown University (American Memory, Library of Congress) |
| | Civil War period music includes songs about African-American soldiers and the plight of the newly emancipated slave. | | | The Development of an African-American Musical Theatre 1865-1910 | | | Twentieth century titles feature many photographs of African-American musical performers, often in costume. |
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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/rpbhtml/aasmhome.html
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| | African Music Encyclopedia |
| | To hear about what's happening in African music around the world join the AfricanMusic maillist |
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| | Zimbabwean Music Festival |
| | The Zimbabwean Music Festival is an annual celebration of Zimbabwean music and culture. | | | A fun-filled three-day weekend of concerts, workshops, community conversations, a marketplace and more, Zimfest is the largest annual gathering in North America of students, teachers, performers, and fans of Zimbabwean music. | | | About Zimfest Zimfest Association Past Festivals Mailing List News Feed Music Links |
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| | African Polyrhythms |
| | While European classical music has developed complex harmonies of tones, African music has developed a complex interweaving of contrasting rhythmic patterns. | | | It is a music of multiple layers of rhythms. | | | In West Africa, societies such as the Yoruba, the Eve, the Akan and the Ibo possess a music rich in rhythmic vitality. |
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http://www.ancient-future.com/africa.html
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