EPISODE · Aug 8, 2011 · 59 MIN

Episode 18

from Tapestry of the Times · host Smithsonian Folkways

Bedouin singing from the deserts of Sinai; Bottle-neck slide-guitar from Memphis blues man Furry Lewis; 1940’s vintage jazz from Mary Lou Williams; vocal harmonies from The Democratic Republic of Congo; a devotional song from Indo-Caribbean immigrants in Queens, New York.

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