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The KingstoniansHold DownHarlem Shuffle Records
Masahiko SatohBelladonna of Sadness (OST)Finders Keepers Records
Billy BrunerBilly BrunerAthens Of The North
Chip WickhamBlue To RedLovemonk
Earth To MickeyBrace & BiutL.A. Club Resource
Early Works: Funk, Soul & Afro Rarities from the ArchivesVarious ArtistsATA Records
BlotoErozjeAstigmatic Records
Flying LotusFlamagra (Instrumentals)Warp Records
FIT SiegelFormula EPFit Sound
Kelly FinniganI Called You Back BabyColemine Records
PintyMidnight MoodsWinged Feet
Gary Bartz & MaishaNight Dreamer Direct-To-Disc SessionsNight Dreamer
Pubblicazione PrivataVarious ArtistsHiroshima 45 Chernobyl 86 Windows 95
Paul & MarkQuiet WaterPreservation Records
Abdul Qadim HaqqThe Book of Drexciya Vol.1Tresor
Shanti YalahCreation part II / Wash & CleanA-Lone Productions
Willi WilliamsDon't Show Off / Messenger DubA-Lone Productions
Willi WilliamsSee It Deh / Creation In Dub Pt IIA-Lone Productions
Barrington LevyA Yah Me DehRoots From The Yard
Black RiotEarly Jungle, Rave and HardcoreSoul Jazz Records
Freddie McKayCreation / I-ManRoots From The Yard
FantelsEverywhereRoots From The Yard
Rico RodriguezMan From Wareika / Wareika DubCaroline Records
Bim ShermanMighty RulerRoots From The Yard
Linval ThompsonRiver JordanRoots From The Yard
Junior DelgadoTictionRoots From The Yard
Earth And StoneWicked A Fe Dress BackRoots From The Yard
Mood II SwingDo It Your Way (White Vinyl Repress)Groove On
Loleatta HollowayHit It n' Quit It (Jamie 3:26 & Cratebug Edit) [White Vinyl Repress]Salsoul
Love Saves the Day: A History Of American Dance Music Culture 1970-1979 (Part 1)Various ArtistsReappearing Records
Nat Birchall Meets Al BreadwinnerTradition Disc In DubTradition Disc
Jonny Nash & Suzanne KraftA Heart So WhiteMelody As Truth
Africa Airways Six: Mile High Funk 1974 - 1981Various ArtistsAfrica Seven
Nico Gomez and his Afro Percussion Inc.Baila ChibiquibanMatasuna Records
Interstellar Funk & Robert ValeraDevil's JuiceArtificial Dance
Awkward CornersDislocation Songs (feat. Sarathy Korwar)Shapes of Rhythm
FoolsFools' Harp Vol. 1Music From Memory
Norman Weeks & The RevelationsMiraclesHigh Jazz Records
Moris Zekler: Fuzz & Soul Sega From 70s MauritiusVarious ArtistsBorn Bad
Nah EetoWanawake (inc. Loefah remix)Swamp 81
Main SourceLooking At The Front Door / InstrumentalActual Records
Beatrice DillonWorkaroundPAN
The Wailing SoulsTrouble Maker / Run My PeopleSoul Jazz Records
The BankerBoopsie BooJah Fingers
Freddie McKayBring Back The Good Old DaysCommon Ground International
TNT RootsElohimJah Fingers Music
Barry MorganGlobal Confrontation / RipperJah Fingers
Carlene DavisIsm SchismSonic Sounds
Donovan JosephMood For LovingCommon Ground International
Vivian JonesSell We OutWise & Dubwise Recordings
Grupo De Capoeira Capoeira Angola 2: Brincado Na Roda
Smithsonian Folkways
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- 1. Playing In The Ring
- 2. Tradition
- 3. Rattlesnake
- 4. Chameleon
- 5. Precaution
- 6. Grande Joao Grande
- 7. Beauty
- 8. Japan
- 9. Bad Mood
Berimbau and voice rhythms intrinsic to Capoeira, performed by one of Salvador's top 'rodas'
Lord InvaderCalypso (1955)Smithsonian Folkways
One of Calypso's finest exponents, recorded in 1955
- Lord Invader – Brown Skin Girl
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Lead BellyLead Belly Sings Folk SongsSmithsonian Folkways
Vital 1940s recordings of 15 songs featuring Lead Belly performing solo and accompanied by Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, and Sonny Terry.
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Esso Steel Band of Bermuda Bermuda HoneymoonSmithsonian Folkways
In the 1950s, steel pan and calypso, imported from Trinidad and Tobago, were hot in Bermuda. Lloyd Simmons and Hubert Smith, Jr. sing calypso with the...
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Lord MelodyCaribbean Limbo MusicSmithsonian Folkways
How low can you go? Chances are, you’ll laugh (or at least giggle) before you reach your limit. These largely instrumental pieces with limbo-appropriate...
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Classic African-American Ballads / Various ArtistsClassic African-American Ballads from Smithsonian FolkwaysSmithsonian Folkways
Classic African-American Ballads is a sampling of an important, historic, and engaging slice of America's Black music heritage. The heyday of the Black...
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Classic Appalachian Blues / Various ArtistsClassic Appalachian Blues from Smithsonian FolkwaysSmithsonian Folkways
The "mountain cousin" of the Delta blues, Appalachian blues bears the stamp of a distinctive regional blend of European and African styles and sounds born...
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The Brute Force Steel BandMusic to Awaken the Ballroom BeastSmithsonian Folkways
In the streets of Antigua shortly following WWII, The Brute Force Steel Band began as one of the ensembles that would pioneer Caribbean steel pan music....
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Creole Songs of Haiti / Various ArtistsCreole Songs of HaitiSmithsonian Folkways
This recording combines vocal interpretations of Vodou (an Afro-Haitian religion) ceremonial songs and popular secular melodies by legendary Haitian singer,...
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J.D. Short and Son HouseJ.D. Short and Son House: Blues from the Mississippi DeltaSmithsonian Folkways
This album presents the distinctive blues born from the hardships of life—especially African-American life—in northern Mississippi. In addition...
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Louisiana Creole Music / Various ArtistsLouisiana Creole MusicSmithsonian Folkways
The French-speaking, black Creoles from the prairies of lower Louisiana produce a wide variety of music, from Cajun two-steps to the blues. This album...
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Music from the South / Various ArtistsMusic from the South Vol. 1: Country Brass BandsSmithsonian Folkways
The fieldwork for this album sought to explore sources that would lead listeners back to the decades between the emancipation of the slaves in 1863 and...
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Music of Haiti / Various ArtistsMusic of Haiti: Vol. 1 - Folk Music of HaitiSmithsonian Folkways
Folklorist, ethnographer and ethnomusicologist Harold Courlander, known for his important early work documenting the “vast unwritten literature,...
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Music of Haiti / Various ArtistsMusic of Haiti: Vol. 3 - Songs and Dances of HaitiSmithsonian Folkways
The Ayida Group, a troupe folklorique of Port-au-Prince that sprung (with many similar troops) out of a 1930’s—’40s social movement revaluing...
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McLeanElectro-Symphonic LandscapesSmithsonian Folkways
Composed by Priscilla McLean and Barton McLean, originally released in 1979
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The Seasons: Vermont For Magnetic Tape Collage & Instrumental EnsembleSmithsonian Folkways
Composed by Malcolm Goldstein, and originally released in 1983, the music consists of a magnetic tape collage of sounds recorded in Vermont during each...
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The Real CalypsoThe Real Calypso (1927-1946)Smithsonian Folkways
This compilation is an introduction to the golden age of calypso and to some of it's greatest exponents. The genre is known for its incisive social commentary,...
- The Real Calypso – Louis-Schmeling Fight
- 3. Louis-Schmeling Fight
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Street and Gangland RhythmsBeats And Improvisations By Six Boys In Trouble (1959)Smithsonian Folkways
Street percussion, drumming, songs and chants recorded in New York in 1959 by a group of street kids. Kind of like a prototype Haryou Percussion Group...
- Street and Gangland Rhythms – Ole
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Sarah Webster FabioJujus - Alchemy of the Blues (1976)Smithsonian Folkways
Super-tough funky, funky, funky female proto-rap poetry from Sarah Webster Fabio. Killer!
Armed with an incredible rhythm section this album is a classic...
- Sarah Webster Fabio – Sweet songs
- 2. Sweet songs
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Dabuyabarugu: Inside the Temple Sacred Music of the Garifuna of Belize (1982)Smithsonian Folkways
Deep Roots music from Belize.This album is a collection of music recorded during a dugu, a two week ceremonial feast that attempts to placate the...
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Drums Of The Yoruba of NigeriaDrums Of The Yoruba of Nigeria (1953)Smithsonian Folkways
The real deal. Bata Drums and other Nigerian drumming in their original context.
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Drums Of Haiti (1950)Music of Haiti, Vol 2Smithsonian Folkways
Heavy, heavy, heavy drum rhythms recorded in Haiti. Voodoo plus some Rara. This is like Soul Jazz Records' own "Voodoo Drums", only recorded in 1950! Produced...
- Drums Of Haiti (1950) – Bumba Dance
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Music From The Villages Of Northeastern NigeriaRecorded In The FieldSmithsonian Folkways
Excellent recordings from the North-Eastern villages of Nigeria - varying from drums and voice to marimba type instruments and loads more. Double CD.
- Music From The Villages Of Northeastern Nigeria – Music of the Ga'anda People: Ga'anda Xylophone Band
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Rhythms of RaptureSacred Musics of Haitian Vodou (1995)Smithsonian Folkways
Excellent recordings of Haitian voodoo music in all its many forms and variations. Comes with superb booklet.
Cuts from live Vodou ceremonies are juxtaposed...
- Port-Au-Prince Zepol – Vye Gran O (Song for Ezili)
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Roots Of Black Music In AmericaSome Correspondences Between The Music Of The Slave Areas Of West Africa, USA and CaribbeanSmithsonian Folkways
How the music of USA, the Caribbean and Western Africa is connected by the slave trade with comparisons between the various musics and instruments in the...
- Waje Ward – Virginia Banjo Instrumental
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Drums Of TrinidadTribal Rhythms From CarriacouSmithsonian Folkways
Six man drum orchestra. This recording of hand drumming from Port of Spain demonstrates African-derived rhythms performed in Trinidad and the broader Caribbean...
- Drums Of Trinidad – Calypso in Drums
- 1. Calypso in Drums
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Brazil: Songs of ProtestZelia Barbosa Sings of the Sertao & Favela (1968)Smithsonian Folkways
Killer, killer, killer 60s hard bossa! There are tough versions of 'Carcara' (check out the audio), Edu Lobo's 'Cheganca', 'Opiniao' and other protest...
- Brazil: Songs of Protest – Carcara (The Vulture)
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Mary Lou WilliamsBlack Christ of the Andes (1964)Smithsonian Folkways
Super-rare and highly sought-after classic modal jazz album finally reissued!HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
- Mary Lou Williams – It Ain't Necessarily So
- Mary Lou Williams – Miss D.D.
- Mary Lou Williams – Koolbonga
- 2. It Ain't Necessarily So
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Mary Lou WilliamsFootnotes to Jazz, Vol. 3: Jazz Rehearsal, I (1950)Smithsonian Folkways
After rediscovering a tin box full of acetate recordings of jazz rehearsal sessions, Folkways founder Moe Asch pieced together a sequence that shows the...
- Mary Lou Williams – Little Joe
- 1. Little Joe
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Mary Lou WilliamsMary Lou Williams: The Asch Recordings 1944-47 (1977)Smithsonian Folkways
Originally recorded and released in 1944, Mary Lou Williams recorded exclusively for Asch during this period. Williams's style was in a state of transition...
- Mary Lou Williams – Roll Em
- Mary Lou Williams – Satchel Mouth Baby
- Mary Lou Williams – Persian Rug
- 2. Roll Em
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Mary Lou WilliamsMary Lou's MassSmithsonian Folkways
The long-awaited reissue of Mary Lou Williams's magnum opus of religious jazz: Mary Lou's Mass. Newsweek called the score "an encyclopedia of black music,...
- Mary Lou Williams – Willis
- Mary Lou Williams – O.W
- Mary Lou Williams – Credo
- 1. Willis
- 2. O.W
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Mary Lou WilliamsThe History of Jazz (1978)Smithsonian Folkways
- Mary Lou Williams – Medi I (Modern Blues Jazz)
- Mary Lou Williams – Nite Life (Kansas City Swing)
- 1. Medi I (Modern Blues Jazz)
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Mary Lou WilliamsZodiac Suite (1945)Smithsonian Folkways
Originally released in 1945, Smithsonian Folkways proudly celebrated the 50th anniversary of the original Asch Records release of Mary Lou Williams' work,...
- Mary Lou Williams – Gemini
- Mary Lou Williams – Leo
- Mary Lou Williams – Aquarius
- 3. Gemini
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Traditional Drumming and Dances of GhanaTraditional Drumming and Dances of Ghana (1976)Smithsonian Folkways
Recordings from the Ashanti, Asafo, Lobi and Krobos regions, including 'talking drums'. Wicked rhythms!
- Traditional Drumming and Dances of Ghana – Kete Drumming
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Sarah Webster FabioBoss Soul: 12 Poems by Sarah Webster Fabio (1972)Smithsonian Folkways
Tough, tough, tough proto-female rap featuring raw percussion and super-funky accompaniment. This is like Gil Scott Heron's '125th and Lennox' album meets...
- Sarah Webster Fabio – Work it out
- Sarah Webster Fabio – Glimpses
- 1. Work it out
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Yoruba Drums from Benin, West AfricaYoruba Drums from Benin, West AfricaSmithsonian Folkways
Benin, West Africa is the home to several Yoruba religious cults based on a pantheon of gods. Overlapping rhythms embedded with symbolic religious meanings...
- The Bata Repetoire for Egungen in Pobe – Ako
- 1. The Bata Repetoire for Egungen in Pobe – Ako
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Arabic And Druse MusicArabic And Druse Music (1956)Smithsonian Folkways
Recorded in Israel in 1956.
- Arabic And Druse Music – Ud Music
- 1. Ud Music
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Folk Music of EthiopiaFolk Music of EthiopiaSmithsonian Folkways
Deep stuff. Recorded in 1951 - you can hear traces of the Ethiopiques in these recordings.
- Folk Music of Ethiopia – Oh My Country (Ethiopia) - Male Voice with Begenna
- 1. Oh My Country (Ethiopia) - Male Voice with Begenna
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Ritual Music of EthiopiaRitual Music of Ethiopia (1973)Smithsonian Folkways
Super-deep ritual music from Ethiopia. Check the soundclip!
- Ritual Music of Ethiopia – Kammba Drum Solo (Wallano tribe) / Woyisha cow horn (Wallano tribe)
- 1. Kammba Drum Solo (Wallano tribe) / Woyisha cow horn (Wallano tribe)
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Music Of MoroccoMusic Of Morocco (1966)Smithsonian Folkways
- Music Of Morocco – Aissawa Dancers
- 1. Aissawa Dancers
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Africa:The Sounds & Music Of The CongoSmithsonian Folkways
Rhythms and songs from Africa.
- Africa: – Song of the Ekonda (Baoto Folk Song)
- 1. Song of the Ekonda (Baoto Folk Song)
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Gambian Griot Kora DuetsGambian Griot Kora Duets (1979)Smithsonian Folkways
Deep stuff! Recorded in Gambia.
- Gambian Griot Kora Duets – Yeyengo - High Life Tune (Tomora Ba Tuning)
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Music Of MaliMusic Of Mali (1966)Smithsonian Folkways
Music of Mali.
- Music Of Mali – Taureg Minstrels at Timbuktu (with Two Lutes)
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Songs of War and Death from the Slave Coast:Songs of Death (1982)Smithsonian Folkways
Heavyweight songs and drums recorded in Ghana. All relate to death!
- Songs of War and Death from the Slave Coast: – Gogodzi (Mourning Song) - 1:57
- 2. Gogodzi (Mourning Song) - 1:57
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Lord MelodyCalypso 1962Smithsonian Folkways
This recording gives listeners more calypsos from one of the most famous calypsonians of all time, Lord Melody. The Cyril Diaz Calypso Combo and the March...
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John Crow Say..Jamaican Music of Faith, Work and Play (1981)Smithsonian Folkways
Fascinating roots Jamaican recordings recorded by John Storm Roberts in 1981.
- John Crow Say.. – I Saw the Lighthouse
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Folk Music Of JamaicaFolk Music Of Jamaica (1956)Smithsonian Folkways
Heavyweight roots music from Jamaica, very-percussion heavy. Recorded by ex-prime minister of Jamaica, Edward Seaga, in his musical anthropological days!...
- Folk Music Of Jamaica – Kumina "Country" Songs - 3:15
- 2. Kumina "Country" Songs - 3:15
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Ancient Slavonic ChantsIvan Koukouzel Angeloglassny Ensemble (1994)Smithsonian Folkways
Sacred voices, recorded in Bulgaria.
- Ancient Slavonic Chants – Voskreseniya Den (The Day of the Resurrection)(Neophyte Riisky- from Easter Matins)
- 3. Voskreseniya Den (The Day of the Resurrection)(Neophyte Riisky- from Easter Matins)
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Griots:Ministers of the Spoken Word (1975)Smithsonian Folkways
Super-deep music from Mali, Gambia and Senegal. A double CD featuring Griot Music, Africa's story tellers, also known as the ministers of the spoken word!...
- Griots: – Nege Sirimang
- 2. Nege Sirimang
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Angela DavisAngela Davis Speaks (1971)Smithsonian Folkways
Radical Black Panther and black communist speaks out! Fascinating stuff including inteviews about and around the radical poet.
- Angela Davis – Introduction
- 2. Introduction
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