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- Date Released: January 1, 1964
- Genre: International
- Style: Australia
- Label: Folkways Records / Smithsonian Folkways
Powerful aboriginal songs from the unforgiving Outback
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We Say...
For the Australian Aborigines, singing and songs are part of everyday life. More than most in the world, their culture is connected to the earth (a fact that was even truer in 1964 when these field recordings were made). And that, perhaps, is why most of these short pieces have no titles. In a nomadic existence, song names become superfluous; all they need are voices uttering familiar words and the accompaniment of a didgeridoo, and instruments don't come any more natural than a branch hollowed out by termites. Interestingly, where titles do occur, as on "A99" or "Wat Keriba Ged," the songs become more formal and structured, some accompanied by guitar in a simple approximation of Western styles, but lacking the raw power of the other material that taps into the deep well of history. It can be unmelodic, even brutal at times, yet it's a reflection of the way the Aborigines have lived their lives for millennia in the unforgiving Outback.
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| 01. |  |
Song with didjeridu |
1:12 |
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| 02. | |
Song with didjeridu |
0:52 |
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| 03. | |
Song with didjeridu |
1:04 |
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| 04. | |
Untitled Song
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0:53 |
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| 05. | |
Untitled Song
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1:06 |
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| 06. | |
Untitled Song
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0:59 |
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| 07. | |
Untitled Song
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1:00 |
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| 08. | |
Untitled Song |
0:55 |
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| 09. | |
Untitled Song |
1:02 |
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| 10. | |
Untitled Song |
0:57 |
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| 11. | |
Untitled Song |
1:31 |
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| 12. | |
Untitled Song |
0:58 |
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| 13. | |
Untitled Song |
1:44 |
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| 14. | |
Song by Kupangu
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1:42 |
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| 15. |
Song by Kupangu
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0:43 |
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| 16. |
Song by Kupangu
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0:41 |
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| 17. | |
Song by Kupangu
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0:51 |
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| 18. |
Song by Kupangu
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0:41 |
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| 19. |
Song by Kupangu
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0:42 |
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| 20. | |
Untitled Song |
0:52 |
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| 21. | |
Song by male group |
0:46 |
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| 22. |
Song by male group |
0:41 |
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| 23. |
Song by male group |
0:45 |
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| 24. | |
Song by male group |
1:00 |
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| 25. |
Song by male group |
0:41 |
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| 26. |
Song by male group |
0:45 |
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| 27. | |
Song by male group |
0:49 |
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| 28. |
Male solo
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0:45 |
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| 29. |
Male solo
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0:28 |
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| 30. |
Female group
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0:45 |
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| 31. |
Female group
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0:36 |
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| 32. | |
Song by Albert and Rosie
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0:52 |
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| 33. | |
Song by Albert and Rosie
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0:51 |
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| 34. | |
Song by Christopher Jeffrey
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0:57 |
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| 35. |
Song by Christopher Jeffrey
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0:40 |
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| 36. |
Ti· Ti
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0:28 |
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| 37. | |
Bora
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0:55 |
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| 38. | |
Way keriba ged
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1:42 |
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| 39. | |
A99
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2:19 |
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| 40. | |
Keyp Yok Adud Ged
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2:05 |
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| 41. | |
Song by John Bon
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1:47 |
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41 Total Tracks, 41:02 Total Length
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