Contemporary World Music
This database will contain 50,000 tracks delivering contemporary genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and traditional music - Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku, etc.
The first release includes music from many labels, including: Topic, Playasound, Budamusique, Air Mail Music, Manuiti, Crossing Records, Lyrichord World Music, Navras Records, and INEDIT. Bela Lakatos & The Gypsy Youth Project, Etran Finatawa, Daby Balde, Sukke, Vakoka, Benjamin Escoriza, Nuru Kane, Don Shiva, Setona, Moussa Sissoko, Musafir, Lulendo, Ye Lassina Coulibaly, Yan Kadi Faso are just a few of the artists and ensembles contributing to the collection.
American Song
Database contains American roots music and pre-1960 American popular music: genres including country, folk, bluegrass, Cajun Zydeco, Western, old time, American Indian, blues, gospel, and shape note singing.
The first release includes music from many labels, including Rounder Records, McNeil Music, Native Ground Music, Rebel Records, County Records, Smithsonian Folkways, and Document Records. American Song will become the definitive source for American roots music and pre-1960 American popular music. It encompasses the great American musical genres including country, folk, bluegrass, Western, old time, American Indian, blues, gospel, and shape note singing - combined with powerful recordings by artists such as Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Peggy Seeger, Si Kahn, Lead Belly, Sleepy LaBeef, the New Lost City Ramblers, Otis Clay, Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, Nanci Griffith, The Lilly Brothers, Merle Travis, and many others.
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