It is tremendous that you have posted these audio recordings that go with the seminal book. I'll be referencing them in my 'world music' class at Grossmont College in San Diego. Thank you!

Tulalip Tribes Lesson-5: ʔaləxʷ k̓ʷid (What time is it?) Recorded by Michelle Myles

ʔulub ʔi kʷi ʔiɬčəx̌ ʔal kʷi ɬup – 10:30am

x̌ʷəl ʔi kʷi ʔiɬčəx̌ ʔal kʷi ɬup – 9:30am

təqačiʔ ʔi kʷi ʔiɬčəx̌ ʔal kʷi ɬup – 8:30am

c̓uʔkʷs ʔi kʷi ʔiɬčəx̌ ʔal kʷi ɬup – 7:30am

yəlaʔc ʔi kʷi ʔiɬčəx̌ ʔal kʷi ɬup – 6:30am

cəlac ʔi kʷi ʔiɬčəx̌ ʔal kʷi ɬup – 5:30am

saliʔ ʔi kʷi ʔiɬčəx̌ ʔal kʷi ɬup – 2:30am

č̓uʔ ʔi kʷi ʔiɬčəx̌ ʔal kʷi ɬup – 1:30am

čəx̌gʷas sɬax̌ ʔi kʷi ʔiɬčəx̌ ʔal kʷi ɬup – 12:30am

This playlist features recordings from the Accents & Dialects and World & Traditional music collections of the British Library Sound Archive and has been curated by the artist Jill McKnight, as part of her exhibition 'Desire Lines' at Leeds Art Gallery and online from 25 March to 16 October 2022. Jill took inspiration from these collections and those of Leeds Art Gallery in the creation of her new artworks for the exhibition.

It also includes new recorded versions of the songs 'The Derby Ram' and 'The Cruise of the Calabar' performed by the Yorkshire Trans Choir, which were chosen by the artist for their focus on reinterpreting traditional folk songs with a political twist.

Further details on the project can be found by following this link: https://museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/leeds-art-gallery/desire-lines-by-jill-mcknight/

Credits:

'Three Jolly Fishermen', Steve Gardham, 1970, Roy Palmer Collection, British Library Shelfmark: C1023/62 © Steve Gardham.*

*We have been unable to locate all owners of the copyright in this material. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.

Three Jolly Fishermen, performed by Steve Gardham (1970)

Track 2 - "Nyimbo dza vhana (children’s songs)." See VC; also HM, pp. 90-97.

a) Ndo bva na tshidongo (“I walked out with a small dish”), VC, No. 50, an unusually long and original version sung by Tshinakaho Phafula of Luvhimbi in 1957. (1:00)

b) Two different versions of Funguvhu, tanzwa mulomo! (“Crow, wash your mouth!”), VC, No. 41, followed by Kula kwe’ Ndi vho-nnyi vhala? (“That little one said, ‘Who is that?’”), VC, No. 45, sung respectively by Johannes Tshikudo and Takalani Temudzani of Thengwe in 1957.  See HM, p. 24. (1:20)

c) Maelele! Mapengo thi mu funi zwone (“I love Mapengo very dearly”), VC, No. 38, sung by Matodzi Ne-Thengwe and Masindi Tshikudo of Thengwe in 1958.  See HM, p. 70.  (0:30)

d) Thoho yanga i a rema (“My head aches”), VC, No. 36, sung by Miriam Netshilema of Duthuni in 1960.  (0:41)

e) Thathatha!Tsindi i na nnda (“Thathatha! The loincloth is full of lice”), VC, No. 56, a song without a melody sung by Zwodangani Ne-Thengwe of Thengwe in 1956.  See HM, p. 28, for another song of the same type.  (0:35)

f) Two versions of Inwi haee Nyamudzunga! (“Hullo there, Nyamudzunga!”), VC, No. 34, sung by Zwodangani and Selina Ne-Thengwe of Thengwe and Gilbert Ligege of Duthuni in 1956.  See HM, p. 70.  (0:25)

g) Nde’ ndi ngei thavhani (“When I was there on the mountainside”), VC, No. 47, sung by Nkhumeleni Ralushai of Ha Ralushai, near Mbilwi, in 1956.  (0:30)
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About these recordings - In 1973 John Blacking's How Musical Is Man? was published by University of Washington Press. Blacking, an English anthropologist and ethnomusicologist, had been invited to the University of Washington as a Jessie and John Danz Lecturer in 1971, and his series of talks became the basis for this published work. How Musical Is Man? explores the role of music in society and culture and, conversely, the role of culture and society in music. Blacking draws on his field research with the Venda people of the Northern Transvaal, South Africa as well as his own musical background to demonstrate the relationships between patterns of sound and patterns of human organization inherent to all societies.

In response to requests for recordings of the musical examples in How Musical Is Man?, Blacking provided the University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives with an audio tape of samples of his own recordings of Venda music to make available for distribution. This music, along with Blacking's accompanying notes and additional photographs, is available here: http://www.music.washington.edu/ethno/blacking.html

Blacking Track 2 - "Nyimbo dza vhana (children’s songs)" (UW Ethnomusicology Archives)

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Blacking Track 2 - "Nyimbo dza vhana (children’s songs)" (UW Ethnomusicology Archives)

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