Contents: Disc one, The stringband era. Pan American blues -- Muscle Shoals blues (DeFord Bailey) -- Gray Eagle (Taylor's Kentucky Boys) -- G rag (Georgia Yellow Hammers, with Andrew Baxter) -- K.C. railroad blues (Andrew and Jim Baxter) -- Dallas rag (Dallas String Band) -- Bill Cheatem (James Cole String Band) -- Turkey buzzard blues (Peg Leg Howell and Eddie Anthony) -- Corinne Corinna (Charlie McCoy...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Records 1998
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY FROSummary: In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary, part music film, part historical record, created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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3 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SUMContents: Mouse on the hill (Warner Williams) (3:44) -- Casey Jones (K.C. Douglas) (1:23) -- John Hardy (Lead Belly) (2:43) -- Railroad Bill (John Jackson) (3:33) -- Stewball (Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon) (3:33) -- John Henry (Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee) (4:04) -- St. James Infirmary (Snooks Eaglin) (2:20) -- Staggerlee (Stackolee) (John Cephas and Phil Wiggins) (5:03) -- Lost John (convicts at the...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES CLASummary: The story of the American civil rights movement through its music, the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, and more, as they fought for justice and equality. Includes new performances of the freedom songs by top artists, archival footage, and interviews with civil rights foot soldiers and leaders. Freedom songs evolved from slave chants, from the labor movement, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama Films 2010
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SOU1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SOU
Contents: The revolution will not be televised (Gil Scott-Heron) -- Sounds from the bush (Mandingo Griot Society with Don Cherry) -- Red, black, and green (Roy Ayers Ubiquity) -- Malcolm X (Philip Cohran & the Artistic Heritage Ensemble) -- Sweet songs (Sarah Webster Fabio) -- Vibes from the Tribe (Phil Ranelin) -- Desert fairy princess (Horace Tapscott with the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra) -- Strong...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017