Drop on down in Florida : field recordings of African American traditional music 1977-1980

The Resource Drop on down in Florida : field recordings of African American traditional music 1977-1980
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Drop on down in Florida : field recordings of African American traditional music 1977-1980
Title remainder
field recordings of African American traditional music 1977-1980
Statement of responsibility
edited by Dwight DeVane and Blaine Waide ; with contributions from Peggy A. Bulger, Doris J. Dyen, and David Evans
Title variation
Field recordings of African American traditional music 1977-1980
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Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Based on four years of fieldwork throughout the state, the Florida Folklife Program released the two-album, 27-track LP Drop on Down in Florida: Recent Field Recordings of Afro-American Traditional Music in 1981. The album was intended to highlight American music traditions for a statewide public audience, blues and sacred traditions in particular. In recent years, the Folklife Program sought the opportunity to produce an expanded reissue of the album that would include previously unissued fieldwork recordings and photos. Drawing upon extensive fieldwork materials now housed in the State Archives of Florida, the expanded reissue includes nearly 80 previously-unreleased minutes of music on 28 new tracks, plus numerous photos documenting the musicians and communities that perpetuated these traditions
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FWR
Date of event
1977-1980,
Form of composition
multiple forms
Format of music
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Language note
Sung in English
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Various performers
Place of event
Florida
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