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American Song (Alexander Street Press) [Click to Connect to Resource]

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Link to this Resource:

http://www.lib.jmu.edu/resources/connect.aspx?id=2690&s=6

Description:

American Song is a history database that will contain 50,000 tracks that allows people to hear and feel the music from America's past. The database will include songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys, songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests and more.
The first release includes 801 albums -- over 12,000 tracks -- from many labels, including Rounder Records, McNeil Music, Native Ground Music, Rebel Records, County Records, Smithsonian Folkways, and Document Records.

Note: American Song has been merged with African American Song. Please use this entry point or Music Online to access the information from African American Song.

You are now able to send tracks to your iPhone or Droid! Just click on the cell phone icon beside the track to view sending options. Tracks will be playable for 48 hours from off campus, but after 48 hours you must be connected to the JMU wireless network to play your tracks. For more information, click here.

Music Librarian's Notes:

Includes music that relates to almost every walk of American life, every ethnic group, and every time period--American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and anti-war protests,hymns, funny songs, college songs, sea shanties, shape note songs, and songs about topics as diverse as New York and electricity.

Coverage:

Pre-1960 - 1960

Resource Type:

Database

Location:

Campus/Remote

Available To:

JMU

No. of Simultaneous Users:

Unrestricted

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