Chapter 13 - Canada and the United States

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Chapter 13 introduces the music and associated cultural activities from North America. With the exception of Cape Breton fiddling, the music sites visited are from regions of the United States, including the Appalachias, Deep South, and Native American reservations. Salsa, originating in New York City, is also discussed. The underlying theme of the chapter is to present music styles generally not considered part of the mainstream from the United States to show the musical diversity of this nation.

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Buddy MacMaster, Maybelle Chisholm MacQueen and Quinn Bachand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p20qDKGiHdE
Three-Book Shape Note Singing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHPTUqhAbVA
“I’m a Soldier”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swJekkMYsdA
Cajun Music—Crowley Two Step: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J34ZQT7_NM
Pow Wow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s9z3IOpH1g
R-Krew Drum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfS4QhIMoyc
Young Thunder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7SjWxvrLmA

On Your Own Time Links

Links and Further Resources

Website:: Cape Breton Fiddlers; http://www.capebretonfiddlers.com/
Website:: Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings; http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/index.html
Website:: Celtic Music Centre; http://www.celticmusiccentre.com/
Popular Artists of Cape Breton Fiddling:
Audio:: Indian Bottom Association. Old Regular Baptists: Lined-Out Hymnody from Southeastern Kentucky. Smithsonian Folkways: SFW40106, 1997.; http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/old-regular-baptists-lined/id118382349
Book:: Dorgan, Howard. The Old Regular Baptists of Central Appalachia: Brothers and Sisters in Hope.; Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 2001.
Website:: Old Regular Baptist Churches; http://pages.suddenlink.net/orb/orb/index.htm
Website:: Sacred Harp & Related Shape-Note Music; http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~mudws/resource/
Book:: Cobb, Jr., Buell E. The Sacred Harp: A Tradition and Its Music. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2004.; http://www.ugapress.org/index.php/books/sacred_harp/
Book:: Eastburn, Kathryn. A Sacred Feast: Reflections on Sacred Harp Singing and Dinner on the Ground. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2008.; http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/product/Sacred-Feast,673390.aspx
Website:: Sacred Harp Musical Heritage Association; http://fasola.org/
Website:: The Sacred Harp Publishing Company; http://originalsacredharp.com/
Popular Artists of Appalachia (Lined Hymn & Shape Note):
Book:: Rosenberg, Neil V. Bluegrass: A History (20th Anniversary Edition). Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2005.; http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/35pyc6pm9780252072451.html
Book:: Rosenberg, Neil V., and Charles K. Wolfe. The Music of Bill Monroe. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2007.; http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/66aqb3ty9780252031212.html
Website:: Old Time Music; http://www.oldtimemusic.com/
Website:: International Bluegrass Music Association; http://www.ibma.org/
Website:: Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America; http://www.spbgma.com/
Audio:: Classic Bluegrass from Smithsonian Folkways. Smithsonian Folkways: SFW40092, 2002.; http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/classic-bluegrass-from-smithsonian/id261154690
Popular Artists of Bluegrass:
Audio:: Been in the Storm So Long: A Collection of Spirituals, Folk Tales and Children's Games from Johns Island, SC. Smithsonian Folkways: SFW40031, 1990.; http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/been-in-storm-so-long-a-collection/id260727493
Audio:: Classic African American Gospel from Smithsonian Folkways. Smithsonian Folkways: SFW40194, 2008.; http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/classic-african-american-gospel/id272149140
Audio:: In Him I Live — The Church of God and Saints of Christ. Lyrichord: LYRCD7423, 1995.; http://lyrichord.com/inhimilive-thechurchofgodandsaintsofchrist.aspx; http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/church-god-saints-christ-in/id49304262
Book:: Young, Alan. Woke Me Up This MorningBlack Gospel Singers and the Gospel Life. Jackson, MS: University of Mississippi, 1997.; http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/815
Book:: Boyer, Horace Clarence, and Lloyd Yearwood. The Golden Age of Gospel. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2000.; http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/62amk2pf9780252068775.html
Website:: Negro Spirituals; http://www.negrospirituals.com/
Website:: Sweet Chariot — The Story of Spirituals; http://ctl.du.edu/spirituals/
Website:: Black Gospel; http://www.blackgospel.com/
Website:: Gospel Music Workshop of America; http://www.gmwanational.net/
Popular Artists of African-American Spirituals and Gospel Music:
Book:: Oliver, Paul. The Blues Fell this Morning. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990.; http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item1138125/?site_locale=en_GB
Book:: Palmer, Robert. Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta. New York: Penguin Books, 1982.; http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780140062236,00.html?Deep_Blues_Robert_Palmer
DVD:: In Search of Robert Johnson. Dir. Chris Hunt. Sony Music, 1992.; http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272834/
Audio:: Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings. Legacy Recordings (Sony/BMG Music), 1990.; http://www.amazon.com/Robert-Johnson-Complete-Recordings/dp/B000002757
Book:: Lomax, Alan. The Land Where the Blues Began. New York: Pantheon, 1993.; http://culturalequity.org/alanlomax/ce_alanlomax_books.php
DVD:: The Blues. Dir. Martin Scorsese PBS (Public Broadcasting System), 2003.; http://www.pbs.org/theblues/
Website:: The Country Blues; http://www.thecountryblues.com/
Popular Artists of Country Blues:
Book:: Washburne, Christopher. Sounding Salsa: Performing Latin Music in New York City. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2008.; http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/1557_reg.html
Book:: Waxer, Lisa. Situating Salsa: Global Markets and Local Meanings in Latin Popular Music. New York: Routledge, 2002.; http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780815340201/
Book:: Aparicio, Frances. Listening to Salsa: Gender, Latin Popular Music, and Puerto Rican Cultures. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1998.; http://www.upne.com/0-8195-5306-9.html
DVD:: Latin Music USA. Dir. Pamela A. Aguilar and Daniel McCabe. PBS (Public Broadcasting System), 2009.; http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/latinmusicusa/#/en/hom; Website:; Brown Planet — Musica Latina Fansite; http://www.brownplanet.com/
Popular Artists of Salsa:
Book:: Browner, Tara, ed. Music of the First Nations: Tradition and Innovation in Native North America.; Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2009.; http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/55rxe7np9780252022210.html
Book:: Browner, Tara. Heartbeat of the People: Music and Dance of the Northern Pow-wow. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2009.; http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/37cqb5fn9780252071867.html
Website:: Powwows.com; http://www.powwows.com/
Website:: Native American Music Awards; http://www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com/home.cfm
Website:: Canyon Records; http://www.canyonrecords.com/
Website:: International Native American and World Flute Association; http://worldflutes.org/
Website:: Flutopedia; http://www.Flutopedia.com/contents.htm
Book:: Stern, Pamela, and Lisa Stevenson. Critical Inuit Studies: An Anthology of Contemporary Arctic Ethnography. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2006.; http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/product/Critical-Inuit-Studies,671852.aspx
Website:: Inuit Gallery of Vancouver; http://www.inuit.com/
Website:: Inuit Throat Singing; http://www.ubu.com/ethno/soundings/inuit.html
Audio:: Heartbeat 2: More Voices of First Nation Women. Smithsonian-Folkways: SFW40455, 1998.; http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2423; http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/humma-ha-ba-ba/id151048359?i=151048808
Popular Artists of Native American Music:

Chapter 13 - Canada and the United States

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Flashcards

Practice Quiz

Videos

On Your Own Time Links

Links and Further Resources

Canada

The United States of America Lined Hymnody and Shape-Note Singing

Bluegrass

African-American Spirituals and Gospel

Country Blues

Salsa

Native American Music

The United States of America
Lined Hymnody and Shape-Note Singing