Links
General
World Music Central
http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/
Dedicated to World Music, this site features the latest news, CD and concert reviews, articles and resources about traditional and contemporary fold and roots music around the world. It also includes cross-cultural fusions and hybrids.
A Sweet Lullaby for World Music (Stephen Feld)
http://www.deepforestmusic.com/dfpress_00-00-00sweetlullabyforworld.htm
Stephen Feld investigates the controversy over perceived 'pillaging' of the world Music heritage by Western musicians. The song which sparked the controversy, a lullaby named "Rorogwela" sung by Afunakwa, a Northern Malaita woman, was used as a vocal sample in a 1992 single "Sweet Lullaby" by the French electronica duo Deep Forest.
RootsWorld
http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/
An online world music magazine containing articles, interviews, reviews, news and audio files of world music. Includes regional menus with loads of material particular to each region - Africa, Europe, Asia, The Americas and The Pacific.
Ubuweb Ethnopoetics: Soundings
http://www.ubu.com/ethno/soundings.html
Jerome Rothenburg introduces soundings by the voice within a range of cultures and genres. Audio files can be downloaded and include Celtic Mouth Music, Ella Fitzgerald, Indonesian Ketjack,Inuit Throat Music and Tuvan Throat Singing.
BBC Radio3 Guide to World Music
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/world/guide.shtml
These guides contain ten tracks for each country - Haiti, Mali, Romania, Venezuela, South Africa or Finland. Listen to the whole programme, or click on an individual track to hear the music clip and the story behind it.
American Musicological
Society
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/music/ams
Click on Web sites of interest to musicologists for a list of valuable link sites.
Glossary of Folk Instruments and styles from around the world
http://www.hobgoblin-usa.com/info/glossary.htm
Glossary of Folk Instruments and styles from around the world.
Glossary of Musical Instruments and styles
http://www.oddmusic.com/resources/glossary.html
Glossary of Musical Instruments and styles.
BBC On Location Audio Features
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/onlocation/index.shtml
A permanent audio archive of unique footage which highlights the diversity of music from 28 countries around the world.
The British Library Sound Archive: World and Traditional Music
http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/wtm.html
One of the world's largest collections of recordings of traditional, folk or world music.
Africa
Youssou N'Dour: Africa's world musician
http://www.unesco.org/courier/1998_08/uk/dires/txt1.htm#e1
Sophie Boukhari and Seydou Amadou Oumarou interview Youssou N'Dour, Senegal's leading figure in World Music.
Dancedrummer.com
http://www.dancedrummer.com/
An excellent site about Traditional West African Drumming. It contains percussion lessons -with instructional movies, texts, and manuscripts and drum set orchestrations. There is an interactive african instrument museum and sections on Anlo-Ewe history, ethnology and ethnomusicology.
Ntama: Journal of African Music and Culture
http://ntama.uni-mainz.de/
An online journal of African Music and culture, with links to other African music sites, articles, reviews, and a special feature page.
Echoes of Africa
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/features/africa/
Discusses the influence of styles of music from many African nations, including the islands of Africa - Cape Verdean and Madagascan music.
C. K. Ladzekpo - African Music and Dance
ttp://www.bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/ladzekpo
Master drummer, composer and choreographer, C.K. Ladzekpo is director of the African Music program at the University of California. His website is a comprehensive study of the music and dance of the Ewe people of Ghana.
Afropop Worldwide
http://www.afropop.org
A comprehensive guide to African and World music via radio and the web. Download a free song twice each week, but only on Tuesdays and Fridays. Listen to a variety of song samples on the playlist by browsing through countries from the menu under each continent. An excellent way to discover the music of countries worldwide.
African Music Hub
http://www.africanmusichub.com/
A portal for African Music with access to sites, information, news, discussion forum and mail list.
West African Drumming and Percussion Music
http://www.african-drumbeat.co.uk/
West African drumming rhythms and percussion music from Senegal, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Guinea and particularly rhythms associated with Djembe, Sabar, and Kpanlogo drums.
Mbira
http://www.mbira.org/
The Mbira from Zimbabwe is the traditional instrument of the Zezuru tribes of the Shona people. This site describes the music, the instrument and its role in the culture, and the singing and healing traditions.
Europe
Michela Musolino
http://www.michelamusolino.com
Michela Musolino specializes in performing Sicilian Folk music. She researches and gathers traditional music throughout Italy and is committed to sharing this musical tradition with audiences worldwide.
Sephardic Song
http://www.wzo.org.il/en/resources/view.asp?id=1596
A comprehensive article by Judith Cohen in which she discusses all facets of Sephardic Song - its origins and history, style of singing, instrumental accompaniment and genres.
Magic Carpet - world music in the heart of Europe
http://www.radio.cz/en/html/magic_carpet.html
This section of Radio Praha is a good place to start investigating the music of the Czech Republic. It has overviews of many different musicians and styles of music with links to relevant websites.
Finnish Music Information Centre
http://www.fimic.fi
Covers all aspects of Finnish music - contemporary, folk and world, popular and jazz. There are links to audio files, news and resources.
Traditional Music in Romania
http://www.eliznik.org.uk/RomaniaMusic/index.htm
A good general description of the music and instruments, including a summary instruments played in regions and by country.
Bulgarian Music - Gaida.com
Folk Music of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
http://www.contemplator.com/folk.html
A large collection of traditional folk tunes with lyrics and MIDI files, arranged in chronological order, or by country.
Ancient Music of Ireland
http://www.morbic.com
Early Irish Music and other Celtic Music including Carolan's Compositions and Dance Music can be accessed on this site. MIDI files of the compositions discussed are available for download.
The Icelandic Music Page
http://www.musik.is/English.html
Links to music, musicians, composers, and styles and genres of Icelandic music.
BBC Radio 3 World Music: On Location Greece
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/onlocation/greece.shtml
Listen online to a special location feature. Lucy Duran traveled to two of the remotest parts of Greece in search of traditional music.
Asia
The Classical Music of Persia (Iran)
http://www.dovesong.com/positive_music/archives/world/Persia.asp
A text library contains information about Persian music history and tradition. Mp3 audio files of rare recordings are available for download.
The Classical Music of India (North Indian Ragas)
http://www.dovesong.com/MP3/MP3_India.asp
Descriptions, scales and mp3 files of morning, afternoon, evening and night ragas plus rhythm patterns. These files can be downloaded.
The Throat Singers of Tuva
http://www.mikalina.com/Texts/tuva_singers.htm
Known locally as khoomei or khoomii singing, from the Mongolian word for "throat", throat-singing is a part of an expressive culture and an artifact of the acoustics of the human voice. This article explores the legends and techniques of the style.
Types of Throat Singing with Tips
http://khoomei.com/types.htm
Although still under construction at the time of review, the site contains a lot of information about styles and techniques of throat singing. Included are audio and video clips, but the lessons offered are only available for a fee.
Deborah Koh's MP3 Page of Chinese Folk Music
http://www.dovesong.com/MP3/MP3_China_Deborah.asp
Deborah Koh has provided descriptions and analyses of 13 Chinese Folk songs. Each song is available as an mp3 file for download.
Gendhing Jawa - Javanese Gamelan Notation
http://www.calarts.edu/~drummond/gendhing.html
Barry Drummond has mad his comprehensive collection of Javanese Gamelan scores available for viewing and printing. The files are all in .pdf format and categorized according to music style as well as alphabetically.
Krakatau
http://www.krakatau2000.com
The website of Indonesia's leading jazz fusion group.
American Gamelan Institute
http://www.gamelan.org
Provides access to a catalogue of scores, recordings, videos, articles and educational resources, as well as further links to sites on gamelan and Indonesian music.
The Internet Chinese Music Archive
http://www.ibiblio.org/chinese-music/
This collection of music is all in audio format and available for download either through a browser or via ftp. It covers all aspects of Chinese music and includes links to other web pages.
The Americas
Descarga.com
http://www.descarga.com
Online journal about Latin American music. Articles, archives, glossary of terms, artists.
Music of Bolivia
http://www.llajta.org/musica.html
A collection of Bolivian music in real audio and media player formats.
Play Like A Pro
http://www.lpmusic.com/Play_Like_A_Pro/Tips/index.html
Quicktime lessons and tips on playing Latin American percussion.
Alexpertout.com
http://www.alexpertout.com/
Lessons on playing Latin American percussion.
Bbc.co.uk Reggae
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/features
The BBC features section presents in-depth coverage of various angles of music, highlighting artists and genres. It includes Echoes of Africa, Reykjavik Underground, Paris In The 20s and Reggae.
So Musical.Com
http://www.somusical.com/musical-styles/regional-and-ethnic/inuit/
Links to articles on Inuit music and musicians, including drumming and throat singers.
Boleadora.com: Music from the Andes and Nearby regions
http://boleadora.com/andes.htm
Real audio files from an extensive collection of music from the Andean Cordillera. Click on MORE to access many more files that also contain more information about the music, with examples representing Argentina, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, and Uruguay.
Piazolla.org
http://www.piazzolla.org/
Dedicated to the music of Astor Piazolla, tango musician and composer from Argentina, the site is in both English and Spanish and contains articles, sound files, videos, interviews, biographies and much more.
The Pacific
Aboriginal Art and Culture
http://www.aboriginalart.com.au/
Select Didgeridoo from the menu to access the Didgeridoo University pages. The site contains a comprehensive tutorial with audio files on how to play the didgeridoo. There is also a section on the history of the instrument, traditional music and contemporary music.
Aboriginal Music: Aboriginal Art Online
http://www.aboriginalartonline.com/culture/amusic.html
Here you will find information on traditional music and the didjeridu. The site also contains separate pages on contemporary Aboriginal music.
Manikay.com
http://www.manikay.com/
Dedicated to the didjeridu and traditional music of the top end (Arnhem Land), this excellent website provides audio, film and video clips, library, discussion forums and discography. The section on didjeridu and music also contains examples of Moyle's music notation and discusses issue of authenticity.
Folk Australia
http://www.folkaustralia.com/
An alphabetical index of folk musicians in Australia, including groups performing world music. The site
also contains articles, reviews, interviews, links to acoustic folk musicians and a link to Sinply Australia - the online magazine on Australian folklore, music and heritage.
Australian Folk Songs
http://folkstream.com/songs.html
This collection of Australian traditional and bush songs has words, music and information about each song. It has a comprehesive bibliography and discography and many articles about Australian folk songs and the Folk Revival.
Vietnamese music in Australia by Le Tuan Hung
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~aaf/viet.htm
Le Tuan Hung and Dang Kim Hien are two Melbourne-based composer-performers who create original works with Vietnamese influences as well as Vietnamese traditional music and cross-cultural music.
Tigramuna
http://www.tigramuna.com.au
Carlos Villanueva, a Chilean musician residing in Australia performs his own compositions with his Latin Jazz performing ensemble. Audio files, video clips and rhythm patterns included on the site.
Music Archive of the Pacific
http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/arts/music/musicarchive/ArchiveHome.html
Sound files and articles on indigenous music from Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Nations and New Zealand.
Diaspora World Beat
http://www.diaspora.com.au/
Australia's first world music portal on the web with links to the fantastic music, artists, festivals and world music events in Australia
Folk Alliance Australia
http://www.folkalliance.org.au
Australia's peak organization for folk life.
Eastside Arts
http://www.paddingtonuca.org.au/ea/index.html
A cultural centre with a major program of performing and visual arts events staged within historic 1877 Uniting Church Buildings. It is a centre where audiences can come and enjoy and participate in a wide range of cultural activities.
Café Carnivale
http://www.musicaviva.com.au/cafe/
Established in the year 2000 to provide performance opportunities for Sydney musicians of non-English speaking backgrounds,
JAM - Folk Federation of NSW
http://jam.org.au/moxie/links/index.shtml
Formed in 1970 the NSW Folk Federation aims to present, support and encourage the performance of folk music, folk song, folk dance and spoken word by providing an opportunity or artists, audience, groups, clubs and festivals to get together.
Trad n' Now
http://www.tradandnow.com/
News, reviews and information on traditional and contemporary music, dance, storytelling and reports on live performances in Australian and beyond.
The Boite - Melbourne
http://www.boite.asn.au
Supports excellent artists from diverse cultural communities, promotes audience development through innovative presentation and emphasises access and participation.
South Australian Folklife Centre
http://www.folk-sa.asn.au/
The South Australian Folk Centre is one of Adelaide's best live music venues, and the home of the Folk Federation of South Australia.
Viva Magazine
http://www.vivamagazine.com.au/
Features articles on the latino lifestyle as experienced in Australia as well as throughout the Spanish-speaking world.
Huapala: Hawaiian Music and Hula Archives
http://www.huapala.org/
Dedicated to the perpetuation of the Hawaiian culture, this site contains songs, lyrics, audio files, hula chants, steps and instruments. Each song is researched and relevant anecdotes or history is included at the bottom of the lyrics page.
Hawaiian Music Sites
http://www.hawaiianlinks.com/hl/music.html
A directory of links to Hawaiian music, Mele and chants, musical instruments. Organizations, artists and recordings.
New Zealand Folk Song
http://folksong.org.nz/waiata.html
An excellent site containing songs, lyrics, simple MIDI files, references and links to information about Maori songs.
Instruments
Zithers and lutes
Further information about Asian zithers and lutes can be found at:
http://aris.ss.uci.edu/rgarfias/kiosk/chungkto.html
http://www.philmultic.com/home/instruments/
Oud
To find out more about the oud, visit:
http://www.oud.gr/
More information about Joseph Tawadros, the young Australian player born in Cairo:
http://www.josephtawadros.com/
Information about Arabic scales can be found at:
http://www.maqamworld.com/
Gambus
In Indonesia and Malaysia the gambus is the local relative of the oud.
Compare the original gambus to the oud by visiting the following links:
http://www.asza.com/igambus.shtml
To find out more about the gambus as played in Malaysia, visit the following sites.
You can see other examples of Malaysian instruments as well as videos of dance performances:
http://allmalaysia.info/msiaknow/arts/gambus.asp
http://www.musicmall-asia.com/malaysia/instruments/gambus.html
Video samples of dance and accompaniment from a traditional Malay ensemble in Singapore can be found at:
http://www.srimahligai.com/