Fieldwork for Every Island Has Its Own Song: Interview with Angelo Angelatos (Video 8) | Fieldwork for Every Island Has Its Own Song: Interview with Angelo Angelatos (Video 8) | Moving Image | Fieldwork Interviews Greek Americans Radio announcing Radio public speaking Radio stations Entertainment Radio broadcasters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Fieldwork for Every Island Has Its Own Song: Interview with Angelo Angelatos (Video 8)
- Date
- 1987-11
- Description
- One video cassette. 20 minutes. (Copy can be found on FV-5, S 1615.) Interview with Angelo Agelatos at WLVU Greek radio, Tarpon-Clearwater; discusses the importance of Greek radio to the Greek-American community. Created for the Every Island Has Its Own Song project. The finished product was a documentary about Nikitas Tsimouris, a Greek bagpipe player, and his family, and the Tarpon Springs Greek community he lived in. A co-production of WEDO-TV and the FFP, it was funded in part by the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. Offenbach narrated. Folklorist Michael researched, wrote and produced, and Yvonne Bryant was assistant producer.
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a_s1576_t82-005 | Interview with jazz musician Hal (Fess) Andrews | Sound | Fieldwork Interviews Oral histories Life histories African Americans Big band music Musicians Education Personal experience narratives Jazz music Ragtime music Ragtime songs Teachers Radio stations Dance music Nightclubs African Americans Segregation Jazz songs Popular songs Music business Music performance Jazz musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with jazz musician Hal (Fess) Andrews
- Date
- 1981-11-03
- Description
- Two reel to reels. Poor audio quality in some areas. Interview with Pensacola-based jazz musician Andrews. He discusses learning music; attending Tuskegee Institute; teaching chemistry in Pensacola; varities of jazz music; working with artists like Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington; working for a radio station in New York City; leading a big band in the 1940s and 1950s; and various nightclubs in the Pensacola area. Copied onto audiocassettes C83-5 & C83-6.
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a_s2029_01_tape04 | Mother's Day Serenatas radio broadcast | Sound | Fieldwork Music performance Radio programs Radio stations Radio broadcasters Holidays Calendar rites Singing Arts, Mexican Folk music Mexico Mexican Americans Music Latin America Latinos Mothers Day Mothers Day Songs and music Songs Serenades Rites and ceremonies Norteño music Serenatas Spanish language Musicians Bands (Music) Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Mother's Day Serenatas radio broadcast
- Date
- 1995-05-14
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. (Copied from a DAT tape -- FX95-5-3 -- which is not found in the collection.) This is a field recording of a radio broadcast (Radio Continental 1430AM) that began at 6am. it consisted of Mother's Day serenades, an long-term Mexican tradition that usually invovled musicians performing below a mother's window. Tomas Granado re-established the practice in the Homestead area. The station was owned by Amando and Alfredo Gallegos. La Fuerza del Norte consisted of Granado, David Avalos, Guadalupe Rivera, and Berto Espinoza. Los Errentes de Chua Nuevo Leon consisted of Alberto Espinoza, Juan Rivera, Leonal Pedraza, and Alberto Espinoza. The Mexican American Music Survey was created to document the musical traditions of Florida's various Mexican-American communities: Apopka, South Dade County, Immokalee, the St. Johns River Basin, and Central Florida. Funded by a grant from the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Community Folklife Program, the survey was conducted between 1994 and 1996 by folklorist Robert Stone. Among the musical traditions were serenatas, conjunto, quinceanara ritual music, ranchera Michoacana, mariachi, norteno, Tejano, and pop music. At the end of the project, a sampler music tape was created by the Florida Folklife Program for distribution to various libraries.
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a_s1576_02_c79-044 | Radio programs by Jim Coleman | Sound | Singers Musicians Radio programs Radio stations Music performance Singing Old time music Country music | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Radio programs by Jim Coleman
- Date
- 1978
- Description
- One audio cassette. Coleman of Silver Springs recorded several radio shows that he produced featuring his 78 rpm record collection, including performances by Faulkner, Kincaid, and Jimmy the Kid. Also includes several songs by Don Grooms.
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a_s1576_22_c86-165 | Recording of Fiesta Guajira on WQBA radio station | Sound | Musicians Music performance Spanish language Fieldwork Singing Arts, Cuban Cuban Americans Radio programs Radio stations Decimas Decimas, Cuban American (Spanish) Latinos Music Latin America Bands (Music) Radio broadcasters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Recording of Fiesta Guajira on WQBA radio station
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Description
- One audio cassette. (NOTE--the tape may not play. Has some damage.) The Cuban-American musical group Fiesta Guajira performs traditional punto cubano on a Miami radio show, "La Cubanisma"; with various features including sung décimas, greetings to relatives in Cuba read over the air, call-in sections and décima contests. The group consists of: Ricardo Capote (vocal), Martica (vocal), Agapito Gonzalez (vocal), Miguel Ramirez (vocal), Berto Acebedo (laud), Teodoro Moya (guitar). For images, see S 1667, box 1, folder 12. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1985 and 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms
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a_s1576_05_c81-036 | Recording of the Compas Creole radio show | Sound | Disc jockeys Fieldwork Radio announcing Radio programs Radio stations Arts, Haitian Haitian Americans Radio broadcasters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
a_s1576_t77-199 | Recording of WGRO radio station, Lake City | Sound | Radio broadcasters Radio announcing Radio stations Radio programs Weather Performing arts Country music Advertisements | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Recording of WGRO radio station, Lake City
- Date
- 1968-05-04
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. A brief recording of WGRO radio station of Lake City. Recorded on Saturday, 4 May 1968, the second day of the Florida Folk Festival. The recording features a weather report revealing that the temperature was over 100 that day. Also heard is singer Johnny Paycheck, and a local car dealer advertisement.
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a_s2029_01_tape10 | Rehearsal for serenatas radio broadcast | Sound | Fieldwork Music rehearsals Serenades Serenatas Performing arts Music performance Singing Radio stations Mothers Day Songs and music Latinos Mexican Americans Arts, Mexican Folk music Mexico Singers Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Rehearsal for serenatas radio broadcast
- Date
- 1995-05-13
- Description
- One DAT tape. Recording of a rehearsal at Radio Continental of a Mother's Day serenata performance. The Mexican American Music Survey was created to document the musical traditions of Florida's various Mexican-American communities: Apopka, South Dade County, Immokalee, the St. Johns River Basin, and Central Florida. Funded by a grant from the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Community Folklife Program, the survey was conducted between 1994 and 1996 by folklorist Robert Stone. Among the musical traditions were serenatas, conjunto, quinceanara ritual music, ranchera Michoacana, mariachi, norteno, Tejano, and pop music. At the end of the project, a sampler music tape was created by the Florida Folklife Program for distribution to various libraries.
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Cuban music performed live on WQBA | Cuban music performed live on WQBA | Still Image | Fieldwork Radio Radio programs Microphone Performing arts Cuban Americans Latinos Radio stations Sound studios Musicians Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cuban music performed live on WQBA
- Date
- 1985-08
- Description
- Eight color slides. A few of the images are dark. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1985 and 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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Images of Mother's Day serenatas radio broadcast performances | Images of Mother's Day serenatas radio broadcast performances | Still Image | Fieldwork Radio stations Radio announcing Arts, Mexican Performing arts Music performance Mexican Americans Latinos Mothers Day Songs and music Serenatas Bands (Music) Musicians Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of Mother's Day serenatas radio broadcast performances
- Date
- 1995-05-14
- Description
- One proof sheet with 22 black and white images. Three bands performing serenatas for a Mother's Day broadcast. Traditionally, these songs were performed outside of a mother's window. Tomas Granado was responsible for re-establishing the tradition in Homestead. The Mexican American Music Survey was created to document the musical traditions of Florida's various Mexican-American communities: Apopka, South Dade County, Immokalee, the St. Johns River Basin, and Central Florida. Funded by a grant from the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Community Folklife Program, the survey was conducted between 1994 and 1996 by folklorist Robert Stone. Among the musical traditions were serenatas, conjunto, quinceanara ritual music, ranchera Michoacana, mariachi, norteno, Tejano, and pop music. At the end of the project, a sampler music tape was created by the Florida Folklife Program for distribution to various libraries.
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