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This database is a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions.  It includes over 35,000 individual tracks of music, spoken word and natural and human-made sounds.  Users may browse by musical instrument, geographic area, or cultural group, among other fields.

The collection also encompasses:

     World Music Archives, a cultural soundtrack about the history and literature of nations and peoples from every continent.

     Topics in History, includes ballads from the American Revolution, War of 1812, or the American Civil War; freedom and protest songs from the Civil Rights era; songs from the Slave Coast; Canada's history in song, and more.  Many speeches are also found here.

     Readings of biographies, memoirs, plays, and poetry, in some cases spoken by the authors themselves.

     Children's Collection, including counting games, childhood songs, holiday tunes, stories, and sing-alongs from around the world.

Searches can be simple or advanced.

Links are available to browse offerings by country, genre, cultural group, language, instrument, artist, ensemble, album or label.  Additionally, browse categories of American folk, blues, bluegrass, old time country, American Indian, world, jazz, classical and Broadway, spoken word and sounds, or children's.