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The Florida Folklife Collection houses more than 5000 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. Below are links to samples of the many sounds in the collection.

Podcasts

1.

Frank and Ann Thomas and Don Grooms -
Recorded on May 28, 1995

2.

Florida Mexican American Music Survey Sampler - The survey was conducted between 1994 and 1996
3.

Bluegrass Duo Jim and Jesse with the Virginia Boys - Recorded on May 23, 1998
 

Sacred Music
1.

How Tedious and Tasteless the Hours – White Springs Shape Note Singers

2.

By and By/Swing Down Chariot - The Williams Singers

3.

Traditional Seminole Song - Rev. Josie Billie

 

Folklorists
1.

Interview with folklorist John Marshall

2.

Interview with folklorist Peggy Bulger

3.

Interview with Barbara Beauchamp

 

Culture
1.

Limone Joseph discusses the Po Lambi
2.

Interview with East Indian dancer Nila Radhakrishnan

3.

Interview with Japanese flower arranger Atsuko Lefcourte

 

Klezmer Music
1.

Klezmer music - Jaime Bronsztein

 

Bluegrass & Old Time Music
1. Fox and Hound Chase – Samuel Thomas
3. Earls Breakdown - Frank Evans
4. Old Coon Dog – Arthur “Cush” Hoslton
 

Asian Music
1.

Spring Song - Toshiko Mishima & Shizue Baba

2.

Lelalela - Middle Eastern Ensemble

3.

Parakha, Parakha, Sangai Jano Ho (Wail My Dear, We Both Will Go Together) - A. Abhayadev Gautam

 

Sounds of the Florida Folk Festival
1.

State Announcement - Sarah Knott
2.

Invocation [in Mikasuki] - Josie Billie
3.

Life in the Swamp - Storyteller Lem Griffis

Latin Music
1.

Alma, Corazon, y Vida - Franco Manolo, Hilda Gonzalez, Nelson Zuleto

2.

El Gavilan Cjaropo - Jesus Rodriguez
3.

Camilia la Tejana - Mariachi Jalisco
 
 
  Folklife CD
     
Folklife CD 2   These sampler CDs produced by the State Archives of Florida, 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?

Florida Folklife ProgramThe 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
1.

Bella Mina
2.

Crow Dance
3.

Dat Old Black Gal
 

Blues Music
1.

How Long - Mary McClain and Willie James
2.

Something’s Got a Hold of Me - Ida Goodson
3.

That’s Alright - Johnny Brown

 

Greek Music
1.

Nikitas Tsimouris playing the tsabouna , a Greek Bagpipe
2.

Bouzouki players Spiros Skordilis and Nick Polemis
 

Occupational Groups
1.

Vegetable Cry - Tom Walton
2.

Interview with turpentiner Harry Cooper
3.

Interview with rancher Leon Moss

 

Folk Music
1.

Chicken Bone Special - Don Grooms
2.

Florida's Native Sons and Daughters - Frank and Ann Thomas
3.

Lake Seminole -Tom Walton
 
     

 

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