Music online. Contemporary world music.
Streaming audio of over 268,000 albums of music from all the regions of the world, including more than 1,000 cultural groups. Important genres covered are reggae, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, plus traditional musics, such as...
| Format: | Audio Database |
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| Language: | English |
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Alexandria, VA :
Alexander Street Press,
2007-
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=http://coral.library.tamu.edu/resourcelink.php?resource=2434 |
| Summary: | Streaming audio of over 268,000 albums of music from all the regions of the world, including more than 1,000 cultural groups. Important genres covered are reggae, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, plus traditional musics, such as Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel and gagaku. Liner notes to the original recordings are available. |
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| Published: | Began in 2007. |
| Item Description: | Title from home page (viewed Dec. 18, 2007). Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity with minimum 56 kbps bandwidth; audio enabled: requires soundcard and speakers/headphones; firewall should allow MP3 and Windows Media content and must have port 1755 open; proxy servers must be able to handle Media Streams. PC and Mac compatible. |
| Access: | Access restricted to subscribing institutions. |