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The Florida Folklife Collection houses more than 5,000 audio records which cover a wide range of material, including public musical performances, fieldwork recordings and over fifty years of the Florida Folk Festival. Descriptions of these recordings can be found in our searchable database. MP3 files for festivals from 1954 through 1979 are available online. Below are links to samples of the many sounds in the collection.

Florida Folk Festival Recordings 1954-1979

Podcasts

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Sonia Malkine (MP3)

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Cowboy Jim Bob Tinsley (MP3)

3.

Vassar Clements and Friends (MP3)

Sacred Music

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Amazing Grace - Florida-Alabama Progressive Seven-Shape Note Singing Convention (MP3)

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I’m Going to Die with the Staff in My Hand - Amigo Male Singers (MP3)

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By and By/Swing Down Chariot - The Williams Singers (MP3)

Folklorists

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Interview with Barbara Beauchamp (MP3)

Culture

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Limone Joseph discusses the Po Lambi (MP3)

Klezmer Music

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Jaime Bronsztein (MP3)

Bluegrass & Old Time Music

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Cuckoo Bird - Doc Watson and Merle Watson (MP3)

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Fox and Hound Chase – Samuel Thomas (MP3)

Asian Music

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Lotus - Ann Yao (MP3)

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Lelalela - Middle Eastern Ensemble (MP3)

Sounds of the Florida Folk Festival

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Life in the Swamp - Storyteller Lem Griffis (MP3)

Latin Music

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Alma, Corazon, y Vida - Franco Manolo, Hilda Gonzalez, Nelson (MP3)

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Camilia la Tejana - Mariachi Jalisco (MP3)




These sampler CDs produced by the State Archives of Florida, Look A-Yonder Comin'..., Shall We Gather at the River, Music from the Florida Folklife Collection and More Music from the Florida Folklife Collection, span fifty years of the Florida Folklife Collection.

WHERE DO THE RECORDINGS COME FROM?
	The largest part of the Florida Folklife Collection consists of records, notes, images, and recordings generated by professional folklorists working in the Florida Folklife Program during its first twenty years (1976-1995). The Florida Folklife Program documents and presents the folklife, folklore, and folk arts of the state. Its full-time staff of professional folklorists, based in the Florida Bureau of Historic Preservation, coordinates a wide range of activities and projects designed to increase awareness about Florida's traditional culture. For further information, see the Florida Folklife Program Web site.

Zora Neale Hurston

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Bella Mina (MP3)

Blues Music

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How Long - Mary McClain and Willie James (MP3)

Greek Music

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Bouzouki players Spiros Skordilis and Nick Polemis (MP3)

Occupational Groups

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Interview with rancher Leon Moss (MP3)

Folk Music

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The Water is Wide - The Beers Family (MP3)

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Chicken Bone Special - Don Grooms (MP3)

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Sonia Malkine French folk singer Sonia Malkine possessed a delicate and captivating vocal approach.		Dale Mabry Field: From Army Air Base to College Campus In 1945, administrators asked returning veterans if they would be willing to attend classes at Florida State College for Women (FSCW) in Tallahassee.		Physician's Journal In 1843, Dr. John M. W. Davidson of Gadsden County began recording medical recipes and treatments in a small, leather-bound notebook.

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