Tag: world music

  • Free World Music Download from Alexander Street and Smithsonian Folkways!

    from Margaret Loebe, Alexander Street Press  Enjoy the delightful, summery mariachi song “Los dos amantes (The Two Lovers),” performed by Nati Cano’s Mariachi Los Camperos from the album iLlegaron Los Camperos: Nati Cano’s Mariachi Los Camperos (SFW40517). Nati Cano’s Mariachi Los Camperos brings you their solid-gold Mexican sound acclaimed by audiences at New York’s Lincoln…

  • Free World Music Download!

      World Music Download from Alexander Street and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings “Penny’s Farm,” performed by Pete Seeger, from the album The Complete Bowdoin College Concert, 1960 (SFW40184)    The featured download from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is“Penny’s Farm,” performed by Pete Seeger.Targeted by the infamous House Un-American Activities Committee, blacklisted, and under indictment for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions about his political beliefs, Pete Seeger persevered,…

  • Free! World Music Download

      World Music Download from Alexander Street and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Under the Double Eagle performed by J.C. Sutphin, from the album “American Banjo: Three-Finger and Scruggs Style”(SFW40037) This recording was the first bluegrass LP ever released. The reissue now contains 16 additional tracks, a total of 43 tunes played by the immortal Snuffy Jenkins and…

  • Free World Music Download – Tango!

    A beautiful milonga is free to download from Alexander Street Press! from Margaret Loebe at Alexander Street Press: World Music Download from Alexander Street and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings “Como mi suegra (Like My Mother-in-Law) – milonga” by Los Gauchos de Roldán from the album Button Accordion and Bandoneón Music from Northern Uruguay (SFW40561)      Our featured download from Smithsonian Folkways…

  • Free World Music Download

    from Margaret Loebe at Alexander Street Press: August 30, 2011 World Music Download from Alexander Street and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings  “Pretty Saro ” from the album Songs of Love and Politics by Peggy Seeger (SFW40048) Our featured download from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is “Pretty Saro,” performed by Peggy Seeger. A dominant figure in the folk song movement in the U.S.…