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, as well as Cajun music from Louisiana, are 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.
Key Terms
- Acoustic
- Anthem
- Appalachia
- Ballad
- Bals de maison
- Banda típica
- Banjo
- Bible
- Bluegrass
- Blues
- Cajun
- Call and response
- Cantina
- Canton
- Céilidh
- Clerk
- Conjunto
- Creole
- Cuttin' heads
- Double-stops
- Dr. Watts
- Fais do-do
- Fasola singing
- Frottoir
- Fuging tune
- Guitar
- Harmonica
- Hymn
- Inuit
- Juke joint
- Kattajjaq
- La la
- Lined-hymn
- Long-meter song
- Mashriq
- Orquesta (also Banda)
- Peurt a beul
- Pow wow
- Precentor
- Psalms
- Reels
- Reels à bouche
- Sacred harp
- Shape notes
- Singing school
- Spiritual
- String bass
- Strophic
- Tejano
- Tejas
- Timber flute
- Totem
- Zouk
- Zydeco
Flashcards
Practice Quiz
Interactive Listening Guides
Videos
For more world music videos, visit the World Music YouTube Channel.
- 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
Canada
- 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:
- Buddy MacMaster
- Natalie MacMaster
- Ashley MacIsaac
- The Glengarry Bhoys
- Jerry Holland
- Audio:
- Jean Ritchie: Ballads from her Appalachian Family Tradition. Smithsonian-Folkways: SFW40145, 2003.
- http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/jean-ritchie-ballads-from/id82497122
- Website:
- Child Ballads (Lyrics and Tunes)
- http://www.contemplator.com/child/index.html
- Book:
- Child, Francis James. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Vol. 1 of 5: The Child Ballads. Charleston, SC: Forgotten Books, 2007.
- http://www.forgottenbooks.org/ (Search Child Ballads)
- Website:
- English Folk Dance and Song Society
- http://www.efdss.org/
- Website:
- English Folksongs from the Southern Appalachians
- http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/english-folk-songs/
- Popular Artists of Appalachia (Ballads):
- Hedy West
- Jean Ritchie
- Appalachian Karma
- Appalachian Celtic Consort
- 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:
- 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:
- Dorgan, Howard. The Old Regular Baptists of Central Appalachia: Brothers and Sisters in Hope.
- Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 2001.
- 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:
- 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/
- 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):
- Tim Eriksen
- Social Harp
- Sacred Harp Singers
- Word of Mouth Chorus
- United Sacred Harp Musical Association
- Audio:
- Classic Bluegrass from Smithsonian Folkways. Smithsonian Folkways: SFW40092, 2002.
- http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/classic-bluegrass-from-smithsonian/id261154690
- 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:
- International Bluegrass Music Association
- http://www.ibma.org/
- Website:
- Old Time Music
- http://www.oldtimemusic.com/
- Website:
- Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America
- http://www.spbgma.com/
- Popular Artists of Bluegrass:
- Bill Monroe
- Earl Scruggs
- Doc Watson
- Ralph Stanley
- Alison Krauss
- Ricky Skaggs
- Lester Flatt
- Béla Fleck
- 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://itunes.apple.com/us/album/church-god-saints-christ-in/id49304262
- Book:
- Young, Alan. Woke Me Up This Morning: Black 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:
- Black Gospel
- http://www.blackgospel.com/
- Website:
- Gospel Music Workshop of America
- http://www.gmwanational.net/
- Website:
- Negro Spirituals
- http://www.negrospirituals.com/
- Website:
- Sweet Chariot—The Story of Spirituals
- http://ctl.du.edu/spirituals/
- Popular Artists of African-American Spirituals and Gospel Music:
- Mahalia Jackson
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- The Staples Singers
- Aretha Franklin
- Marvin Sapp
- Yolanda Adams
- Fairfield Four
- The Winans
- 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
- 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:
- The Blues. Dir. Martin Scorsese PBS (Public Broadcasting System), 2003.
- http://www.pbs.org/theblues/
- DVD:
- In Search of Robert Johnson. Dir. Chris Hunt. Sony Music, 1992.
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272834/
- Website:
- The Country Blues
- http://www.thecountryblues.com/
- Popular Artists of Country Blues:
- Robert Johnson
- Charley Patton
- Son House
- Big Bill Broonzy
- Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Blind Willie McTell
- Blind Blake
- Skip James
- Blind Willie Johnson
- Lightnin' Hopkins
- Mississippi John Hurt
- Keb' Mo'
- Chris Thomas King
- 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
- 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/9780815340201/
- 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:
- Tito Puente
- Celia Cruz
- Arsenio Rodríguez
- Rubén Blades
- La India
- Oscar D'León
- Marc Anthony
- Fania All-Stars
- Eddie Palmieri
- Willie Colón
- Héctor Lavoe
- Johnny Pacheco
- Book:
- Bernard, Shane. Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues. Jackson, MS: University of Mississippi Press, 1996.
- http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/715
- Book:
- Brasseaux, Ryan André. Cajun Breakdown: The Emergence of an American-Made Music. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
- http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Music/MusicHistoryAmerican/?view=usa&ci=9780195343069
- Book:
- Kilpatrick, Blaire. Accordion Dreams: A Journey into Cajun and Creole Music. Jackson, MS: University of Mississippi Press, 2009.
- http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/1120
- Website:
- The Cajun French Music Association
- http://www.cajunfrenchmusic.org/
- Popular Artists of Cajun Music:
- Doug Kershaw
- BeauSoleil
- Geno Delafose
- Clifton Cheneir
- Balfa Brothers
- 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
- 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
- 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:
- Canyon Records
- http://www.canyonrecords.com/
- Website:
- Flutopedia
- http://www.Flutopedia.com/contents.htm
- Website:
- International Native American and World Flute Association
- http://worldflutes.org/
- Website:
- Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
- http://www.inuit.com/
- Website:
- Inuit Throat Singing
- http://www.ubu.com/ethno/soundings/inuit.html
- Website:
- Native American Music Awards
- http://www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com/home.cfm
- Website:
- Powwows.com
- http://www.powwows.com/
- Popular Artists of Native American Music:
- Robbie Robertson
- Buffy Saint Marie
- Martha Redbone
- Verdell Primeaux and Johnny Mike
- Red Earth
- R. Carlos Nakai
- Kevin Locke
- Joseph Firecrow