093074048726

Bosavi: Rainforest Music From Papua New Guinea

Various Artists

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Format: 3CD

Cat No: SFW40487

Release Date:  27 March 2001

Label:  Smithsonian Folkways

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  3

Barcode:  093074048726

Genres:  World Music  

  • Description

    Two generations of Bosavi musicians and 25 years of field recordings: a comprehensive and intimate musical portrait of life in a Papua New Guinea rainforest community. Includes the contemporary music of the youngest generation of guitar band composers, and performances of many traditional everyday and ritual styles featuring their parents. Recorded and annotated by Steven Feld, producer of Voices of the Rainforest and author of Sound and Sentiment. Three CDs. 193 minutes. 47 tracks. 80-page booklet with photos and extensive notes.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. My Father, My Heart - Kemuli String Band
      • 2. Kemuli - Kemuli String Band
      • 3. Oh No! - Kemuli String Band
      • 4. What We Said - Kemuli String Band
      • 5. My Mother - Kemuli String Band
      • 6. Really Hungry! - Gasali Mates II String Band
      • 7. Sadness - Lus Mangi Grin Neks String Band
      • 8. BBK Brother - Difalasulu String Band
      • 9. E-yo, E-yo - Tasi Kabulo: String Band
      • 10. Long Ago - Gusuwa String Band
      • 11. Father, Mother - BVDC String Band
      • 12. Where Has My Mother Gone? - BVDC II String Band
      • 13. Rosi, Rosi - BVDC II String Band
      • 14. Blue Mountain - BVDC II String Band
      • 15. Sorry, My Sister! You People Go! - BVDC III String Band
      • 16. Air Niugini Plane - BBK String Band
      • 17. One Time - BBK String Band
      • 18. The Sun Is Setting - Gasali Mates String Band
      • 19. My Sweetheart - Gasali Mates String Band

      Disc 2

      • 1. A Men's Work Group Clears A New Garden
      • 2. Ulahi Sings While Scraping Sago Pith
      • 3. Ulahi Sings While Making Sago
      • 4. Fo:fo: And Miseme Sing At Their Sago Place
      • 5. UIahi And Eyo:bo Sing With Afternoon Cicadas
      • 6. Ulahi And Eyo:bo Sing At A Waterfall
      • 7. Men's Vocal Quartet With Seed-pod Rattles
      • 8. A Large Men's Collective Work Group Sing And Whoop
      • 9. Gaima Plays The Bamboo Jew's Harp
      • 10. Voices In The Forest: A Village Soundscape

      Disc 3

      • 1. Funerary Sung - Weeping Group
      • 2. Funerary Sung - Weeping By Gania And Famu
      • 3. Funerary Sung - Weeping By Hane
      • 4. Seance Gisalo Song By Aiba With Weeping
      • 5. Ceremonial Gisalo Performance By Halawa
      • 6. Group Ceremonial Drumming, Ilib Kuwo:
      • 7. Ceremonial Ko:luba Song - 1
      • 8. Ceremonial Ko:luba Song - 2
      • 9. Ceremonial Ko:luba Song - 3
      • 10. Ceremonial Ko:luba Song - 4
      • 11. Ceremonial Iwo: Song - 1
      • 12. Ceremonial Iwo: Song - 2
      • 13. Ceremonial Iwo: Song - 3
      • 14. Ceremonial Iwo: Song - 4
      • 15. Women's Ceremonial Iwo: Song - 1
      • 16. Women's Ceremonial Iwo: Song - 2
      • 17. Ceremonial Sabio Duet
      • 18. Ceremonial Sabio Quartet