Awesome Tapes from AfricaThis is music you won’t easily find anywhere else—except, perhaps in its region of origin.
British Library SoundsListen to a selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which come from all over the world and cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds.
FolkstreamsThe films on Folkstreams were produced by independent filmmakers. These documentaries focus on the culture, struggles, and arts of unnoticed Americans from many different kinds of communities. The filmmakers were driven more by sheer engagement with the people and their traditions than by commercial hopes. Their films have unusual subjects, odd lengths, and talkers who do not speak "broadcast English." Although the films won prizes at festivals, were used in college classes, and occasionally were shown on PBS, they found few outlets in video shops, commercial theaters, or television.
The Global JukeboxThe Global Jukebox is a growing space to connect with our deep heritage through the expressive arts of singing, dancing, and conversing from around the world.
Global Music ArchiveThe Global Music Archive is a resource center for traditional and popular song, music, and dance of Africa and the Americans. Hosted by Vanderbilt University, the Digital Collection of East African Recordings provides searching and browsing by region, language, ethnic group, and and musical instrument.
Internet Archive's Live Music LibraryInternet Archive's Live Music library is a community committed to providing the highest quality live concerts in a lossless, downloadable format.
Library of Congress - National JukeboxThe Library of Congress presents the National Jukebox, which makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. The Jukebox includes recordings from the extraordinary collections of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation and other contributing libraries and archives.
NPRMusicMusic coverage including news, reviews, interviews and streaming audio.
Pandora Internet RadioWith Pandora you can explore this vast trove of music to your heart's content. Just drop the name of one of your favorite songs, artists or genres into Pandora and let the Music Genome Project go. It will quickly scan its entire world of analyzed music, almost a century of popular recordings - new and old,
Recorded Sound ArchivesPart of the Florida Atlantic Special Collections. The Recorded Sound Archives were originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.
UCSB Cylinder Audio ArchiveThe UCSB Library invites you to discover and listen to its online archive of cylinder recordings; donate to help the collection grow; and learn about how these sounds and songs create an audio history of American culture.
YouTubeA great source for contemporary music, lyrics, and other vocal performances.
