Music of Haiti

Here's an awesome record of traditional Haitian music from the vast vinyl reserves of the UM music library. This one is from 1952  on the Ethnic Folkways label (FE 4432) and was recorded by Harold Courlander. The first side (featured here) features the traditional group Ayida Group of Port-au-Prince.
Tracks:
Cé Moin Ayida (Zépaule Dance)
Ayida Déesse Arc En Ciel (Mahi Dance)
Ayida Pas Nan Betise (Pétro Dance)
Vive Le Roi (Juba Dance)
Mambo Ayida (Congo Dance)
Legba Aguator (Nago Dance)

Enjoy!

SOUNDS IMPORTED 5/2/10: TANZANIA

Hey there World Music Fans, If any of you got to check out today's show it was loads of fun with strictly Tanzanian music. Many thanks to the freedomblues, globalgroovers, and worldservice music blogs for a bunch of the tunes on here:

Sharmila|Nmazi Mkinda (Black Star)
Mbaraka Mwinshehe & Orchestra Super Volcano|Hayati ndugu sembuli
Mbaraka Mwinshehe & Orchestra Super Volcano|Shida pts.1 & 2
Gogo men and Women led by Yobwa Chapi|Tanganyika
Pancras Mkwawa|Ngwidika sadanga wapamagulu
both from KMA 9 Kaleidophone Music of Africa Series Tanzania 1 by Hugh Tracey 1972
Hukwe Zawose|Lukunzi
Hukwe Zawose|Kononza Mduwo-Mbijili
Hukwe Zawose|Nhongolo
Zaramo boys led by Pembe Selemani at Dar-es-Salaam|Hongahonga lele
from Tanzania 1
Kibwana|Amana (Black Star)
Atomic Jazz Band|Njoo Mpenzi Njoo
Kiko Kids Jazz|Kenekubalile
Mlimani Park Orchestra|Usitumie Pesa Kama Fimbo
Lwp Majitu|Usinichanganye Mi
Juma Nature Feat. Professor Jay|Umoja Wa Tanzania
Ngayamiso Kitunga|Two Harusi wedding tunes On the Malimba Likembe
Fadhili William|Malaika
NUTA Jazz Band|Tufunge Ndoa
Ngayamiso Kitunga|“Harusi”
from Sound of Africa Series recorded by Hugh Tracey
Bela Fleck and the Zawose Family|Zawose
Bela fleck and Warema Masiaga Cha Cha|Pakugyenda Balebauo
Bela Fleck and Anania Ngoliga|Dunia Haina Wema/Thumb Fun
Ngayamiso Kitunga|“Sauti za Malimba”
Husuni Isike, Salumu Athman, Ramadhani Khuluwa|Manyanga drum rhythms
from Sound of Africa Series recorded by Hugh Tracey

Hear most of them again here.
-T

Past playlists

Hey there folks. I meant to post these earlier, but what with final projects and exams and things I've been slow to get to it, but here they are:

SOUNDS IMPORTED 4/18/10: ROMANIA

Sunday, April 18, 2010

by WVUM DJ

Tilinca (simple flute) | Batuta
Moldavian Flute | Joc din Deleni
Caval (large Flute) | Hora
Flute| The Lark
Twin Flute | Briu
Piculina | Hora Miresei
From Anthology of Romanian Folk Musik on Electrecord records from Bucharest
Ion Petre Stoican | Hora Lui Sile
Ion Petre Stoican | Mosule Te- As Intreba
Ion Petre Stoican | Hora Lâutâreascâ
from Songs from a bygone age: Vol 1
Cintec si Sirba
Sirba Din Muscel
  from Folk Dances of Roumania on Request Records
Ion Petre Stoican | Briu Din Oltenjta
Soloists and Orchestra of the House of culture of Bucharest |Ciocarlia (The Skylark)
          ”            | Am O JIubita Mititica (I have a Tiny Sweetheart)
          ”            | Doina Dela Oravitia (Doina From Oravita)
from Muzica Romaneasca on Request Records
Fraima | Fishtank ensemble from the album Samurai over Serbia
Cintec si Sirba
Sirba Din Muscel
  from Folk Dances of Roumania on Request Records

Orchestra Populara Radio | Melodii Ardenelesti
              ”                  | Ori Nu Ti Bade Pacat (Aren’t you sorry, Darling?) When I was young you loved me, but now I am Old and you left me
from Request Records “Aceasta Este Romania”
Kadife | Besena Rovena/ Beqare Moj [From Live at the Golden Festival]
Three Dances Played by the “Taraf” of Runc | “Braul”, “Sarba Din Brau”, “Village Folk Dance”
from Ethnic Folkways Library Folk Music of Rumania recorded by Bela Bartok
Ja’afar Hassan | They Taught me [from Choubi Choubi! Folk and Pop Sounds from Iraq [Sublime Frequencies]
Arrigo Barnabé | Crotalus terrificus
Caetano Veloso | Perdeu
          ”        | incompatibilidade de Gênios
Youssou Ndour et le Super Etoile | Ndakarou
Ashanti Brothers Band | Saa na yede beye wo
Burning Spear - Man in the Hills
Wailing Souls - Down on the Rocks
The Heptones - Country Boy

SOUNDS IMPORTED 4/25/10: CHINA

by WVUM DJ

Bana | Cabinda A Cunene
Hermeto Pascoal | Ursula
        ”            | Renan
Professor Wei Chung Loh | Dance Prelude (played on pipa)
        ”    |  Flying Flowers Falling upon Emerald Green Grass (pipa)          both from Lyrichord records “Chinese Classical Music”
Dynamic Africana | Igbehin Lalayo Nta
Wu Man | Xiyang Xiaogu (Flute and Drum at Sunset)
Dayan Ancient Music Association | Wannian Hua (Eternal Flowers)
Chan Hon-kwong | Wild Geese Descend On Level Sand
Wu Man | Dengjue jiaohui (Lanterns and Moon Competing in Brilliance)
National Folk Ensemble of China | Shawl dance
                ”    | Tao-Ching
” | Folk Melody of the Peking Region
The Spirit of Nature | Horse Racing (played on Erhu (bowed fiddle) and Yangqin (Hammered Dulcimer)
” | Flowing Water (Played on Guqin 7-string Zither)
              ” | Great Waves Washing the Sand (pipa and Yangqin)
Stephen C. Cheng | “Picking Tea Leaves and Chasing Butterflies”, “Purple Bamboo”
Wu Chao-han | Thunderstorm
Li I | Great Wave Washes The Sand
Yü Liang-mo | Song at the Frontier
Li Yung-nien | Some Western Tunes
The Spirit of Nature | Birds Amid Tree Shadows
Coupé Coupé | Leogane
Manu Dibango | Oriental Sunset
Safi Abdullah | Africa is Burning

4/4/10: FINLAND

Many thanks to Trevor for all the music and pronunciation help he provided for this show:
Urho Myllmãki - Mylläri-Juuseen
” - Kolmen ruplan valssi
Arja Kastinen - Tarakkamies
Scandinavian Music Group - Vieläkö Soitan Banjoa?
Scandinavian Music Group - Näin minä vihellän matkallani
Scandinavian Music Group - Mustana, Maidolla, Kylmänä, Kuumana
Föflö spelmanslag - Målarins Polka
Maria Söderberg - Vad Äger Sjöman Ett Hjärta
Finntroll - Trollhammaren--->

Ensiferum - LAI LAI HEI
Järvelän Pelimannit - Purppurin Alotus
    ‘’    - Talapakan Valssi
PMMP Lautturi
Eleanoora Rosenholm Tai-Panin paholainen
John Stark & Aino Karelia - Tuomi on Virran Reunalla(Beside the Stream)
    ‘’            - Finnish Polka (By a Cuckoo Clock)
    ‘’            - Vienan rannalla (At the Viena River)
      ‘’          - Kreivin Sylissa Istunut
      ‘’          - Finnish Waltz
Last 5 from Folkways Tunes and Songs of Finland (FW 856)
Värttinä - Riena / Anathema
Värttinä - Valhe / The Lie
Blatentsaine - Liipolan sottiisi / Liipola Schottise
Värttinä - Sepän Poika
Värttinä - Synti / The Sin
Värttinä - Tauti
Värtina - Aijo
Värttinä - Nahkaruoska
Värttinä - Lumotar / The Enchantress
Eino Tulikari - Voi jos ilta joutuisi
Gjallarhorn - Eldgjald
check 'em out here and part 2.
Let me know what you think.

--T

SOUNDS IMPORTED 3/28/10: VIETNAM

Hey guys, I know this is about a week late, but hey better than never:

Bai Trong Lay and Thet
Buddhist Chants and Prayers
Bai Ha -
all 3 from UNESCO collection A Musical Anthology Of the Orient: Vietnam II
Various Artists|Jeux de gongs plats, cing (2)
From Musique Mnong Gar du Vietnam On French Ocora Label(1972 OCR 80)
Respectrul Invitation to the Goddess of the West
Xang Xê
Both from UNESCO: Vietnam II

Tran Van Khe/Hai/Ngoc|Improvisation Dans Le Style Du Chau Van Et Du Hau Van
Khe/Hai/Ngoc|Improvisation Dans Le Mode Quang
Khe/Hai/Ngoc|Improvisation Dans Le Mode Triste-Solo De Dan Tranh
Khe/Hai/Ngoc|Improvisation Dans La Nuance Modale Xuan
Khe/Hai/Ngoc|Improvisation Dans Le Mode Da-Mac
all 5 from “Vietnam: Improvisations, New Traditional Music” from French Ocora Label performers: Tran Van Khe (lute, zither, ceremonial drum); Tran Quang Hai (spoons, sapeke clappers); Tran Thi Thuy Ngoc (wood block). Recorded at Radio France on July 12th, 1973

Mong Trung |“The Wind Blows and Bends the Weeping Willow” - from UNESCO: Vietnam II
Various Artists|Tambour et gongs plats
Various Artists|Jeux de gongs plats, cing (mnong buu nor)
Various Artists|Jeux de gongs plats, cing
Various Artists|Jeux de gongs plats, cing (maa’ bolöö)
Various Artists|Lamentations funebres
From Musique Mnong Gar du Vietnam

Calebass-Zither :Ting Ning
Concert of Gongs
Calebass-Khene: Knboat
Folk Dance of Thai Pople :Dance Xoe
all 4 from Music of Vietnam Ethnic Folkways Library FE 4352

Various Artists|Cithare tubulaire idiocorde
Various Artists|Le Lithophone de Ndut Lieng Krak
Khai Trang, Nhip mot and Nhip Ba
From Vietnam Court Theatre Music: Hat-Boi
Tune for Vong Co
Later elaboration on Vong Co
old Vong Co
New Vong Co
Scene from Modern Cai Luong
from Music from North and South Vietnam The sung poetry of The north, Theatre music of the south Recorded and annotated by Stephen Addiss on Asch Mankind Series AHM 4219
Than Chu (incantation)
Hat Nam
both from Vietnam Court Theatre Music

Dang Dan Cung Dang Dan
Luu Thuy (Flowing Water)
Both from Ceremonial Music in Hue Imperial Palace and Court, The Music of Vietnam Vol. 2 - Imperial Court Music-Hue

You can check out most of these tunes here.
I got the old Ocora label Vietnamese stuff from the awesome blog different waters.
Let me know if you dig!
-T