Comments on: World Folk Music

World Folk Music

OmieWise — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:03:15 -0800

Root Hog or Die has an extensive collection of links to world folk music repositories. There are over 60, with days and days of music to listen to. Some are comprised of field recordings, some are from old 78s, and some are from more contemporary sources, so you'll have to use your judgement about which you're comfortable visiting. The sites cover everything from Hmong music to Ossetian music to Northwest Fiddle Field Recordings.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:10:30 -0800

And don't sleep on the comments at the bottom, there are other good sites listed there.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:22:23 -0800

Thanks, OmieWise! I was going to link to a Hmong music FPP I made back in 2007 (do a previously thing, you know), but going back to the FPP I see that every single video clip is now gone from YouTube... bummer.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:29:01 -0800

There are several previously among all the things in that omnibus collection. I decided not to dredge up all the individual posts, but many of the American library collections were already represented on Metafilter.

By: Ahab

Ahab — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:32:05 -0800

Yes! Thank you! This is just wonderful.

By: fourcheesemac

fourcheesemac — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:39:40 -0800

Oh wow. Thank you.

By: olinerd

olinerd — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:40:22 -0800

Off topic, but I am positively thrilled to discover the original form of my grandfather's favorite saying, "Root hoggy die." Clearly by the time he picked it up it had gone through a bit of a game of telephone, and my family had never been able to track down where the heck it had come from. He passed away several years ago and, as my mother told everyone during the funeral, the origin remained a mystery. Thanks, Metafilter!

By: sswiller

sswiller — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:47:31 -0800

That's a great collection. Thanks for sharing.

By: Miko

Miko — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:50:43 -0800

oh boy oh boy oh boy Thanks.

By: Vibrissae

Vibrissae — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:01:45 -0800

Fantastic find! Thanks, Omiewise!

By: FelliniBlank

FelliniBlank — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:14:55 -0800

Eeeeeeeeggggggcellent, thanks too much.

By: humboldt32

humboldt32 — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:51:52 -0800

Seems like an opportune moment to point out that Download Them All is not supported in Chrome. *switches over to Firefox for a bit* Thanks for sharing

By: 1f2frfbf

1f2frfbf — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:01:33 -0800

I have been waiting for this for almost four years now! Great find, thanks!

By: J0

J0 — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:32:38 -0800

love this stuff for example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOTozbhQPn0 from http://www.sublimefrequencies.com/default2.asp (not a shill just a fan) great post thank you