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Santería In A Globalized World: A Study In Afro-Cuban Folkloric Music, Nathan Montgomery May 2018

Santería In A Globalized World: A Study In Afro-Cuban Folkloric Music, Nathan Montgomery

Lawrence University Honors Projects

The Yoruban people of modern-day Nigeria worship many deities called orichas by means of singing, drumming, and dancing. Their aurally preserved artistic traditions are intrinsically connected to both religious ceremony and everyday life. These forms of worship traveled to the Americas during the colonial era through the brutal transatlantic slave trade and continued to evolve beneath racist societal hierarchies implemented by western European nations. Despite severe oppression, Yoruban slaves in Cuba were able to disguise orichas behind Catholic saints so that they could still actively worship in public. This initial guise led to a synthesis of religious practice, language, and …


History Of The Blues, Dan Rager Dec 2014

History Of The Blues, Dan Rager

Dan Rager

This all inclusive History of the Blues introduction begins as early as 1400, when the first global trading routes began. Two early maps are enclosed from this period showing the direction and locations from which people, food and supplies were moved.

This research presentation illustrates African tribes such as the Arada, Dahomey and Fulani who sang music in their daily rituals and ceremonies long before they were moved to other continents. Early developmental music elements are introduced including spirituals, worksongs, Scottish ballads, Methodist and Baptist hymns, call and response, guttural effects, interpolated vocality, falsetto and blue notes. All of these …


0802: Kay Wildman Collection, 1900-2006, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 2013

0802: Kay Wildman Collection, 1900-2006, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

The Kay Wildman Collection explores the history of music in Huntington, WV. This collection consists of oral histories, photographs, newspaper clippings, and research materials. In most of the oral histories you will find a copy of the interview on a CD and a typed outline of the interview. A diary by Robert Grant, a member of numerous musical groups in Huntington, can also be found in this collection. This diary covers the period of time Grant was a student at Marshall University with some additional entries that go beyond that period of time.


Ua1b2/1/6 Oral History, Paula Trafton, Gertrude Bale May 2006

Ua1b2/1/6 Oral History, Paula Trafton, Gertrude Bale

WKU Archives Records

Interview conducted by Paula Trafton with Gertrude Bale, retired music education teacher.


Summer 2006, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 2006

Summer 2006, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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Newspaper format. "The WMPG 'Zine"


Summer 2005, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jul 2005

Summer 2005, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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Summer 2005


Spring 2005, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 2005

Spring 2005, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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Fall/Winter 2005, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 2005

Fall/Winter 2005, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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Fall 2004, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 2004

Fall 2004, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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Summer 2004, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 2004

Summer 2004, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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Spring 2004, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 2004

Spring 2004, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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Fall 2003, 909 Wmpg Fm Oct 2003

Fall 2003, 909 Wmpg Fm

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Summer 2002, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 2002

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Summer 2001, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 2001

Summer 2001, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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Summer 2000, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 2000

Summer 2000, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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No abstract provided.


Winter/Spring 2000, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 2000

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Fall/Winter 2000, Wmpg 90.9 Fm Jan 2000

Fall/Winter 2000, Wmpg 90.9 Fm

WMPG Program Guides

WMPG program guide for Fall/Winter 2000

Includes notes from Program Director, information on shows and events, and schedule.


Summer 1999, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 1999

Summer 1999, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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Winter/Spring 1999, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 1999

Winter/Spring 1999, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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Spring 1998, Wmpg 90.9 Fm Apr 1998

Spring 1998, Wmpg 90.9 Fm

WMPG Program Guides

WMPG program guide for Spring 1998

Includes notes from Program Director, information on shows and events, and schedule.


Fall 1998, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 1998

Fall 1998, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

WMPG Program Guides

No abstract provided.


Fall 1997, Wmpg 90.9 Oct 1997

Fall 1997, Wmpg 90.9

WMPG Program Guides

WMPG program guide for Fall 1997

Includes notes from Program Director, information on shows and events, and schedule.


Winter/Spring 1997, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 1997

Winter/Spring 1997, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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Summer 1997, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 1997

Summer 1997, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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"WMOG Bares it All! Live Broadcasts in Public"


Winter 1996, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 1996

Winter 1996, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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Summer 1996, 90.9 Wmpg Fm Jan 1996

Summer 1996, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

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