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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
Audio Examples
13.1
Canada: Cape Breton fiddling. “E Minor Jigs” performed by Buddy MacMaster, fiddle, and Mac Morin, piano, from the recording entitled Buddy MacMaster: The Judique Flyer, Stephen MacDonald Productions, Atlantic Artists SMPCD 1012, n.d. Used by permission.
13.2
USA: Ballad singing “Edward” performed by Edith B. Price, from the recording entitled Eight Traditional British-American Ballads from the Helen Hartness Flanders Collection, Middlebury College, 1953. Courtesy Helen Hartness Flanders Collection Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont.
13.3
USA: Old Regular Baptist lined hymn. “And Must This Body Die,” performed by congregation led by Elder Larry Newsome, from the recording entitled Grace ‘Tis a Charming Sound:Pleasant View Old Regular Baptist Church in Worship. Privately issued CD by Terry E. Miller and members of the Advanced Field and Lab Methods in Ethnomusicology Class, Kent State University, Spring, 2000. Used by permission.
13.4
USA: Singing school shape-note music. “Exhortation” performed by Sacred Harp singers at Hopewell Primitive Baptist Church near Cullman, Alabama, 1971. Recorded by Terry E. Miller. Used by permission.
13.5
USA: Bluegrass. "True Life Blues" by Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys from the recording entitled Live Recordings 1956-1969: Off the Record Volume 1, SFW40063, courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. (p) (c) 1993. Used by permission
13.6
USA: African-American Spiritual. “Come and go to that land” recorded by Terry E. Miller at Gethsemene Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1986. Used by permission.
13.7
USA: African-American Gospel Choir. “God is Good All the Time” performed by New Hope Baptist Choir, from the recording titled God is Good: The Total Musical Experience at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Akron, Ohio. Privately issued CD by Terry E. Miller and members of the Advanced Field and Lab Methods in Ethnomusicology Class, Kent State University, Spring, 1998.
13.8
USA: "Sweet Home Chicago" by Robert Johnson from The Complete Recordings. Sony/BMG, 2008. Used by permission of Sony Music Entertainment.
13.9
USA: Salsa. “Quitate de la Via Perico,”performed by Tolú,from the recording entitled Bongó de VanGogh, Tonga Productions TNGCD 8405, 2002. Used by permission.
13.10
USA: Cajun music. “La talle des ronces” performed by Adam and Cyprien Landreneau and Dewey Balfa, from Lousiana Cajun from the Southwest Prairies, Recorded 1964–1967, Volume 2, Rounder 6002, 1989. Used by permission of Concord Music Group, Inc.
13.11
USA: Plains Chippewa Song. "Rock Dance Song" by Francis Eagle Heart Cree, Boy Joe Fayant, and Leo J. Wilkie from the recording entitled Plains Chippewa/Metis Music from Turtle Mountain, SFW40411, courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. (p) (c) 1992. Used by permission.
13.12
USA: Native American Flute. "Courting Song" by John Rainer, Jr. from the recording entitled Music of New Mexico: Native American Traditions, SFW40408, courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. (p) (c) 1992. Used by permission
Video Links
For more world music videos, visit the World Music YouTube Channel .
- Buddy MacMaster, Maybelle Chisholm MacQueen & 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
Audio Book
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On Your Own Time
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:
- 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.
- https://www.forgottenbooks.com/en/books/EnglishandScottishPopularBallads_10209723
- 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:
- Dorgan, Howard. The Old Regular Baptists of Central Appalachia: Brothers and Sisters in Hope. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 2001.
- https://utpress.org/title/old-regular-baptists-of-central-appa/
- 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.
- https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9780803248632/
- 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
- 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:
- 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:
- 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://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.
- https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/W/Woke-Me-Up-This-Morning
- 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:
- 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:
- Mahalia Jackson
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- The Staples Singers
- Aretha Franklin
- Marvin Sapp
- Yolanda Adams
- Fairfield Four
- The Winans
- 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
- Website:
- Robert Johnson: Official Website
- https://www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org
- 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:
- 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:
- Waxer, Lisa. Situating Salsa: Global Markets and Local Meanings in Latin Popular Music. New York: Routledge, 2002.
- https://www.routledge.com/Situating-Salsa-Global-Markets-and-Local-Meanings-in-Latin-Popular-Music/Waxer/p/book/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:
- Kilpatrick, Blaire. Accordion Dreams: A Journey into Cajun and Creole Music. Jackson, MS: University of Mississippi Press, 2009.
- https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/A/Accordion-Dreams
- Book:
- Bernard, Shane. Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues. Jackson, MS: University of Mississippi Press, 1996.
- https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/S/Swamp-Pop
- Book:
- Brasseaux, Ryan André. Cajun Breakdown: The Emergence of an American-Made Music. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
- https://global.oup.com/academic/product/cajun-breakdown-9780195343069?q=Cajun%20Breakdown&lang=en&cc=us
- Website:
- The Cajun French Music Association
- http://www.cajunfrenchmusic.org/
- Popular Artists of Cajun Music:
- Doug Kershaw
- BeauSoleil
- Geno Delafose
- Clifton Cheneir
- Balfa Brothers
- 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:
- Robbie Robertson
- Buffy Saint Marie
- Martha Redbone
- Verdell Primeaux and Johnny Mike
- Red Earth
- R. Carlos Nakai
- Kevin Locke
- Joseph Firecrow