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If you have questions or a request,<strong><code><a href="https://forms.gle/q3XZu32A2hrHwNmu5">complete this form</a></code></strong>.</span></p> </div> <div id="s-lg-content-69762572" class=" clearfix"> <div style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>Selections from the UW Ethnomusicology Archives </strong></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div></div><div class="row s-lg-row"><div id="s-lg-col-1" class="col-md-3"><div class="s-lg-col-boxes"><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-28039187" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-28039187"><div id="s-lg-box-23896679-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-23896679" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Voices of the First People</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-23896679" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-54467460" class=" clearfix"> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><a href="https://guides.lib.uw.edu/vihilbert"><img alt="" loading="lazy" src="https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/61486/images/hilbert.jpg" /></a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><a href="https://guides.lib.uw.edu/vihilbert"><b><i>Voices of the First People</i></b></a> is a project created to honor the life and work of Vi Hilbert by making accessible audio and video recordings that are part of the Vi Hilbert Collection.</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-32653310" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-32653310"><div id="s-lg-box-27766917-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-27766917" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Aashish Khan and Zakir Hussain</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-27766917" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-64403974" class="s-lg-widget "><iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/AshishKhanAndZakirHussain" width="350" height="240" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> <div id="s-lg-content-67621677" class=" clearfix"> <p>View a selection of the Archives' unique films on the Internet Archive.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-32662569" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-32662569"><div id="s-lg-box-25467277-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-25467277" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Seattle Free Jazz Vibes</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-25467277" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-58693356" class=" clearfix"> <p><span style="font-size:12px;">In 1971, Seattle's <a href="https://www.historylink.org/file/20823"><strong>Milton Simons</strong> </a>(1923-1973) formed the band <strong>Jasis</strong> and recorded an album with Paul Dusenbury (piano and flute), Milt Gerard (bass), Jimmie Williams (drums). The masters came to UW as part of Kearney Barton’s archive. We’ve posted them below for your own spontaneous academic journey. And if free jazz is your go-to study soundtrack, check out <strong><a href="http://offcampus.lib.washington.edu/login?url=https://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Crecorded_cd%7C706347?account_id=14784&usage_group_id=95339"><em>John Coltrane Live in Seattle</em></a></strong> (UW NetID needed).</span></p> <p><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="300" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/556505604&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true" width="100%"></iframe></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div id="s-lg-col-2" class="col-md-3"><div class="s-lg-col-boxes"><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-36016082" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-36016082"><div id="s-lg-box-30623150-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-30623150" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">16mm Films</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-30623150" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-71513234" class=" clearfix"> <p><a href="https://archive.org/details/uw-ethnomusicology-archives"><img alt="" loading="lazy" src="https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/61486/images/Screen_Shot_2023-04-20_at_12.35.44_PM.jpg" /></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-33802027" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-33802027"><div id="s-lg-box-28745297-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-28745297" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">UWEA & ZM DAGAR on Spotify</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-28745297" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-66824145" class="s-lg-widget "><iframe src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/03S9YsiXzg2p1dMUtynfBW" width="300" height="200" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allow="encrypted-media"></iframe> </div> <div id="s-lg-content-67621672" class=" clearfix"> <p>Check out a selection of the Archives' ZM Dagar recordings on Spotify. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-32601633" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-32601633"><div id="s-lg-box-27722702-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-27722702" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Crocodile Cafe Collection</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-27722702" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-64301625" class=" clearfix"> <p><img alt="" loading="lazy" src="https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/61486/images/screen_shot_2011-04-28_at_9.31.28_am.png" />5 years of unique live audio and video recorded at the Crocodile Café by audio engineer Jim Anderson between 2002 and 2007, with 2,000+ artists performing in a variety of contexts: indie rock to punk, shoegazer to noise, hip-hop to math rock. <a href="https://guides.lib.uw.edu/research/croc">Click here for more info: </a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-32653327" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-32653327"><div id="s-lg-box-27766933-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-27766933" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Folk Music of Afghnistan</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-27766933" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-64404020" class="s-lg-widget "><iframe width="100%" height="300" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/1258480945&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/uwlibraries" title="UW Libraries" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">UW Libraries</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/uwlibraries/sets/wauem200604-1" title="Folk Music of Afghanistan, Vol. 1" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Folk Music of Afghanistan, Vol. 1</a></div> </div> <div id="s-lg-content-67621678" class=" clearfix"> <p>Selections from Professor Sakata's Afghanistan Collections were released on Lyrichord in the 1970s. Now hear them online.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div id="s-lg-col-3" class="col-md-3"><div class="s-lg-col-boxes"><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-29166419" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-29166419"><div id="s-lg-box-24840193-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-24840193" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Global Field Recordings</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-24840193" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-57015609" class=" clearfix"> <p><a href="http://offcampus.lib.washington.edu/login?url=https://www.ethnomusicology.amdigital.co.uk/" target="_blank"><img alt="" loading="lazy" src="https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/61486/images/Screen_Shot_2020-08-31_at_4.31.39_PM.jpg" />Global Field Recordings </a> </p> <p><a aria-expanded="false" data-target="#" data-toggle="dropdown" id="s-lg-admin-edit-content-link" role="button" title=""><i></i></a></p> <p>Unique field recordings from UW and UCLA. UW content features recordings made by UW ethnomusicology founder Robert Garfias and includes music from Bali, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Japan, Korea, Laos, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Nicaragua, Mexico, Myanmar, the Philippines, Romania, Zimbabwe and beyond (UW login required). </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-34962901" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-34962901"><div id="s-lg-box-29714747-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-29714747" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Native NW Online</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-29714747" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-69264036" class=" clearfix"> <p><a href="http://guides.lib.uw.edu/native-nw/"><img alt="" loading="lazy" src="https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/61486/images/UW_CylinderImage_20210929.jpg" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://guides.lib.uw.edu/native-nw/">Learn </a><a href="http://guides.lib.uw.edu/native-nw/">about </a>the Archives' work in a WSU-led, 36-month, Mellon/CLIR funded project to to advance the practice of collaborative curation with nine regional Tribes. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-33027764" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-33027764"><div id="s-lg-box-28082602-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-28082602" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Smithsonian Global Sound</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-28082602" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div class=""><ul id="s-lg-link-list-67616580" class="s-lg-link-list s-lg-link-list-2"><li class=""><div id="s-lg-content-65173209" class=""><span><a href="https://offcampus.lib.washington.edu/login?url=https://orbiscascade-washington.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/view/action/uresolver.do?operation=resolveService&package_service_id=110923133880001452&institutionId=1452&customerId=1450&VE=true" target="_blank" onclick="return springSpace.springTrack.trackLink({link: this,_st_type_id: '2',_st_content_id: '65173209',_st_inc_return: this});">Smithsonian's Global Sound</a></span><div id="s-lg-link-desc-65173209" class="s-lg-link-desc">A virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions. Contains over 3,000 albums from over 30 publishers and archives, including Folkways, Cook Records, and ARCE in Gurgaon, India.</div></div></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-35570555" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-35570555"><div id="s-lg-box-30237080-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-30237080" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">American Sabor</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-30237080" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-70560264" class=" clearfix"> <p><a href="https://content.lib.washington.edu/wwrweb/American-Sabor.html"><img alt="" loading="lazy" src="https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/61486/images/american-sabor.png" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://content.lib.washington.edu/wwrweb/American-Sabor.html">Online collection</a> developed by UW faculty that serves as a companion to their book <a href="http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/BERAME.html">American Sabor: Latinos and Latinas in US Popular Music / Latinos y latinas en la musica popular estadounidense</a>. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div id="s-lg-col-4" class="col-md-3"><div class="s-lg-col-boxes"><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-38818748" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-38818748"><div id="s-lg-box-33015142-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-33015142" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Ethnographic Sound Archive</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-33015142" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-77512665" class=" clearfix"> <p><img alt="Musicians of Herat: Recording musicians, Mohammad Omar (sorna) and Khalifa Dohlchi Sarwa (dhol)" loading="lazy" src="https://d3crmev290s45i.cloudfront.net/content/1011861xxx/1011861636/1011861636-size-exact-1180x0.jpg" /></p> <p><a href="https://orbiscascade-washington.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01ALLIANCE_UW/1juclfo/alma99162614974801452">Ethnographic Sound Archives Online</a> brings together over 2,000 hours of previously unpublished historic field recordings from around the world, alongside their supporting field notes, photos, films, and ethnographers' metadata. UW's Hiromi Lorraine Sakata collections featuring music from  Afghanistan and Pakistan are included.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-34644224" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-34644224"><div id="s-lg-box-29444331-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-29444331" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Archives on Instagram</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-29444331" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-68606392" class=" clearfix"> <p><a href="http://www.instagram.com/uw_ethnomusic_archives/"><img alt="" loading="lazy" src="https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/61486/images/Screen_Shot_2022-09-15_at_3.17.48_PM.jpg" /></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-28038395" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-28038395"><div id="s-lg-box-23895958-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-23895958" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Barton on Light in the Attic</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-23895958" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-54466119" class=" clearfix"> <p><span style="font-size:12px;">We partnered with <a href="https://lightintheattic.net/">Light in the Attic Records</a> on <a href="https://lightintheattic.net/releases/6260-kearney-barton-architect-of-the-northwest-sound"><em>Kearney Barton Architect of the Northwest Sound</em>.</a> We provided the music from our underground archival recesses, and they provided the exquisite (and green) double LP release. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><a href="https://lightintheattic.net/releases/6260-kearney-barton-architect-of-the-northwest-sound"><img alt="Record cover for the LP Architect of the Northwest Sound by Kearney Barton" loading="lazy" src="//libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/61486/images/Screen_Shot_2020-05-06_at_3.07.04_PM.jpg" /></a></span></p> <p><span class="rangySelectionBoundary" id="selectionBoundary_1588802930379_6045219145494214" style="line-height: 0; 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