Smithsonian global sound for libraries
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution; Alexander Street Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]; [Alexandria, Va.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Folk music; Databases; Jazz; Bluegrass music
Other titles: Global sound
Description: Offers audio and video downloads, streaming media, educational resources, and detailed liner notes for traditional roots music.  The collection includes the published recordings owned by the non-profit Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label and the archival audio collections of the legendary Folkways Records, Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Monitor, Paredon and other labels. Includes music recorded around the African continent for the International Library of African Music (ILAM) at Rhodes University and material collected on the South Asian subcontinent from the Archive Research Centre for Ethnomusicology (ARCE), sponsored  by the American Institute for Indian Studies.
Notes: Title from home page (viewed Aug. 8, 2005).

Some content must be purchased.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.