music

A collection of more than two dozen songs sung by African American slaves.

Black Christmas music, is the universal language of joy, of hope, and of the assurance that personal salvation is at hand for all the children of God.

Using archival footage, historic photographs, filmed performances, and recorded interviews with musicians and historians, this ten part documentary series explores the history of jazz and its influence on American music.

The story of the American civil rights movement through its music, the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, and more, as they fought for justice and equality. Includes new performances of the freedom songs by top artists, archival footage, and interviews with civil rights foot soldiers and leaders. Freedom songs evolved from slave chants, from the labor movement, and even from the black church.

Traces the roots of the music from the Harlem Renaissance period as well as its social impact on society and its eventual acceptance into mainstream culture. Features commentary from historians and the performers themselves. Also includes classic performances from musicians such as Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Nat King Cole.

Contains detailed illustrated instructions to making early Native American traditional instruments including dance drums, tomtoms, and rattles out of everyday materials like coffee cans, inner tubes, flower pots, and airplane cloth.

Traces the history of American soul music, profiling the innterconnections among the genre's personalities, events, and achievements.

A documentary about Latin music in Canada, featuring eleven Latin groups in live performance and covering the plight of immigrant musicians from Latin America seeking success in a new country.