Showing posts with label world music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world music. Show all posts

Friday, December 3, 2010

FOR for week of Dec. 06

Featured Online Resource
Dec. 06, 2010

Every week, the Ort Library brings you a new and outstanding resource from the Web or from one of the library's databases. To get an archive of all FOR entries, click here. Also, you can suggest a website that provides well-organized access to useful info.

THIS WEEK'S Featured Online Resource

The BBC has unveiled a new archive of world music, allowing you to sample the musical traditions of more than 40 countries. India, Corsica,China, Cuba, Iran, Brazil, Mozambique, Turkey – they’re all represented in this eclectic collection of indigenous music. BBC 3 traveled to each country (including several conflict zones) to record the music. Featuring 100s of hours of free recordings, this archive is now available to a global audience. You can start exploring by selecting a recording by country name or via a world map.