Smithsonian Folkways: Environmental Sounds 30th March 2022

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SOUP TO NUTS W/ SCARY THINGS

Friday mornings get scary - Bempah & JK elevating your vibe right in time for the weekend.

Two hours of exploratory Indian classical sounds from legendary tabla player and percussionist Zakir Hussain, selected by Arushi Jain. "When Zakir Hussain died last December, the world lost not only an immensely talented tabla player and percussionist, arguably the greatest of his generation, but also an extraordinary philosopher of sound. Via his band Shanti, as well as his many collaborations with artists like George Harrison, The Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, Ravi Shankar, Herbie Hancock, Shivkumar Sharma Béla Fleck, Charles Lloyd, and Yo-Yo Ma, Hussain merged North and South Indian music as well as jazz, Western classical, and tabla to extraordinary effect. His music was effervescent, curious and dynamic." - Arushi

Field Recordings

Regular hours from the D.C. archivists and record label, famed for uncovering + documenting folk and global traditional music.

Collection: Flora & Fauna

Tracklist

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Telephone And Intercom
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A Reverberant Valley
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Swimming

Fifteen Working MenFifteen Working Men
A Men's Work Group Clears A New Garden (Excerpt)
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Surf Textures (Excerpt)
Baka PygmiesBaka Pygmies
Cameroon: The Water Drum (Extract)
The La Drivers Union Por Por GroupThe La Drivers Union Por Por Group
Por Por Horn-To-Horn Fireworks
Biray BirdBiray Bird
Biray Bird (Magpie, Robin)
The BororoThe Bororo
BRAZIL: Aije (The Sounds Of The Bull-Roarers)
Ann McMillanAnn McMillan
Part I, Whale I
Unknown ArtistUnknown Artist
Highlights Of Seneca Carrera Glen Trophy Race, And Grand Prix Race (Excerpt)
Unknown ArtistUnknown Artist
Door Chimes
Belled Sheep In DorkasBelled Sheep In Dorkas
Belled Sheep Of Dorkas
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Bellringing (Excerpt)
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Station Announcement
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Rain (Excerpt)
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Taxi-Out, Takeoffs
Unknown ArtistUnknown Artist
Rain (Excerpt)
Unknown ArtistUnknown Artist
Pacific Region: Pacific Tree Frog, Mating Chorus / Pacific Tree Frog, Chorus With Individual Calls Of California Canyon Tree Frog / Great Plains Toad, Mating Chorus (Excerpt)
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Harmonics On The Wind
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Pouring
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Plastic Laminator
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A Street Piano In Trafalgar Square
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No. 4958 Returning To Yard With Empties
Birds And Insects Of The Berok RiverBirds And Insects Of The Berok River
Bird Songs And River Sounds
Unknown ArtistUnknown Artist
Acetylene Torch
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Warm-Up And Take-Off Of Jet
Tony SchwartzTony Schwartz
Airport Public Address System
Unknown ArtistUnknown Artist
Riflery
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Late Afternoon Until Dark: Partridge, Drongo, Bulbul, Crickets
Unknown ArtistUnknown Artist
High Latitude Sounds Recorded At Various Speeds: Dawn-Chorus , Swishes, Whistlers, Tweeks (Excerpt)
Lambertville (N.J.) Drum And Bugle Corps
Lambertville Drum And Bugle Corps
Bosavi VillageBosavi Village
Voices Of The Forest: A Village Soundscape (Excerpt)