Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest Coast

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Pacific Northwest Indigenous Collection Vancouver Island Collection 1960's British Columbia Indigenous Canada Folklore
Year 1967
Label Folkways FE 4523 (USA)
Format 2LP VARIOUS ARTISTS
Genre folk, traditional, First Nations
Keywords First Nations
Purchase / Links folkways.si.edu
Value USD $30.00

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Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest Coast

By: Compilation

Origin: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest Coast

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26 tracks

  • Billy Assu - Wolf Song

    Track 1 Side 1 03:10

  • Mungo Martin - Wolf Song

    Track 2 Side 1 02:05

  • Fred Louie and Ella Thompson - Three Grizzly Bear Songs

    Track 3 Side 1 06:10

  • Mungo Martin - Grizzly Bear Song

    Track 4 Side 1 02:18

  • Mungo Martin - Raven Song

    Track 5 Side 1 03:00

  • Billy Assu - Raven Song

    Track 6 Side 1 01:41

  • Billy Assu - Raven Song

    Track 7 Side 1 01:25

  • Billy Assu - Potlach Song (transcribed)

    Track 1 Side 2 01:39

  • Billy Assu - Potlach Song

    Track 2 Side 2 00:58

  • Mungo Martin - Head Dress Song

    Track 3 Side 2 04:03

  • Mungo Martin - Feast Song

    Track 4 Side 2 15:26

  • Mungo Martin - Finishing Song

    Track 5 Side 2 00:51

  • Billy Assu - Hamatsa Song

    Track 1 Side 3 02:02

  • Billy Assu - Hamatsa Song (transcribed)

    Track 2 Side 3 02:26

  • Stanley Hunt - Hamatsa Song

    Track 3 Side 3 04:37

  • Mungo Martin, Abaya Martin - Mourning Song

    Track 5 Side 3 05:28

  • Mary Wamiss - Woman Medicine Song

    Track 6 Side 3 01:30

  • Mungo Martin - Ghost Song

    Track 7 Side 3 01:58

  • Mungo Martin, Abaya Martin - Ghost Song

    Track 8 Side 3 01:47

  • Mungo Martin, Abaya Martin - Love Song

    Track 1 Side 4 04:09

  • Billy Assu - Marriage Song

    Track 2 Side 4 01:49

  • Billy Assu - Paying for Daughter Song

    Track 3 Side 4 02:02

  • Mungo Martin, Abaya Martin - Cradle Song

    Track 4 Side 4

  • Dan Cranmer - Baby Song

    Track 5 Side 4 02:19

  • Mungo Martin, Abaya Martin - Cedar Bark Dance Song

    Track 6 Side 4 04:30

  • Mungo Martin, Abaya Martin - Gambling Song

    Track 7 Side 4 02:47

Insight

Dr. Ida Halpern (1910–1987), an Austrian-born Canadian musicologist, collected these tracks from several tribes along the British Columbia coast. Songs of the Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl) are the most prevalent here, but also included are the Ucluelet and Toquaht First Nations, with informants from the Nuu-chah-nulth and Da'naxda'xw Nations as well. The liner notes provide an exhaustive yet accessible analysis of the musical techniques of the coastal tribes, and of the musicians’ lives. Other recordings by Dr. Halpern include Kwakiutl: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest, Haida: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest, and Nootka: Indian Music of the Pacific North West Coast.

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