Explore these wonderful online music archives and listen to, and learn about, the music and musicians. You'll be truly amazed at the treasures you'll find!
Jazz Classics Archive - Free downloads, borrows, and streaming of jazz classics courtesy of the Internet Archive. See also the David W. Niven Collection of Early Jazz Legends, another Internet Archive collection with jazz recordings going back to 1921.
The Alan Lomax Archive - Alan Lomax field recordings of folk musicians throughout the American South, Southwest, Midwest, and Northeast, as well as in Haiti and the Bahamas.
Henry Reed Collection: Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier - U.S. Library of Congress collection of traditional fiddle tunes.
Cylinder Audio Archive - Before there were records, sound was recorded on cylinders. Discover and listen to some of the earliest recorded music (and other sounds).
Folkstreams - This is a truly amazing collection of documentary films focusing on the culture, struggles, and arts of unnoticed Americans from many different kinds of communities. The films are driven more by sheer engagement with the people and their traditions, and have unusual subjects, odd lengths, and talkers who do not speak "broadcast English."
Archive of Southeast Asian Music - A range of music from across Southeast Asia.
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