Native American Music

Native American Music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_music
An article that provides an overview of Native American music, including its history and its regional characteristics, audio samples, and links to related articles.

San JuanPueblo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo_music
The San Juan Pueblo is one nineteen communities of Pueblo Indians. This article offers a discussion of characteristics of Pueblo music.

http://www.indianpueblo.org/ipcc/sanjuanpage.htm
This page offers information on the culture of the San Juan Pueblo.
 
Seneca Indian Music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois_music
The Seneca Tribe is one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League. This article offers a brief discussion of the characteristics of Iroquois music.

Ethnic Music in the United States

Reggae

Reggae
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggae
This article provides an overview of this popular music style, including its origins and styles, a list of major reggae music festivals, two audio samples, and internal and external links to related articles and websites.

Bob Marley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_marley
An article about this famous reggae musician, including his biography, a discography, an audio sample, and numerous internal and external links to related articles and websites.

http://www.bobmarley.com/
The official website for Bob Marley Music, Inc. includes an extensive biography, lists of his songs, albums and recorded live concerts, with audio and video clips, photographs, news, and more.

Peter Tosh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tosh
An article about this famous reggae musician, including his biography, a list of some of his recordings, and internal and external links to related articles and websites.

http://www.ptosh.com/index.html
The official website for the Peter Tosh Foundation offers Tosh’s biography and discography, audio samples, photographs, and information about the Foundation.

Latino Music

Bossa nova
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bossa_nova
An article about this Brazilian musical style, including its origins and structure, and a list of important bossa nova artists.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4812661
This page offers an audio file of a segment from National Public Radio’s All Things Considered that explores traditional bossa nova as performed by Brazilian singer Celso Fonseca.

Stan Getz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Getz
A biography and partial discography of this well-known jazz musician.

Flaco Jimenez
http://www.flacojimenez.com/
The official website for this important Tex-Mex accordionist includes his biography, news, photographs, audio and video clips, and more.

http://www.rootsworld.com/interview/flaco.html
An interview with Jimenez.

Antonio Carlos Jobim
http://www.geocities.com/vienna/opera/9223/jobimdata.htm
A concise biography of this important Brazilian composer.

Mariachi
http://www.mariachi.org/history.html
A history of this Mexican musical style.

Tex-Mex (Tejano, Conjunto)
http://smithsonianeducation.org/migrations/bord/txmxcon.html
This article offers a history of this important Mexican-American musical style that is known variously as Tejano, Tex-Mex, or conjunto.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejano_music
An article on Tejano music.

Tito Puente
http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/en/tito_puente.html
A biography of this well-known salsa artist.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4182521
This page offers an audio file from National Public Radio of a review of Puente’s album El Rey: Live 1984.

Salsa
http://www.salsa-merengue.co.uk/revealit/musicsal.html
An article describing this vibrant Latin-American musical style.

http://www.salsa-merengue.co.uk/revealit/histsal/prologue.html
A history of salsa.

Selena
http://www.gale.com/free_resources/chh/bio/selena.htm
A biography of the late Tejano singer.

http://q-productions.com/selena.html
The “official” website for Selena, it offers her biography, a list of her awards, photographs, and a discography and videography.

Cajun and Zydeco Music

Cajun and Zydeco Music
http://www.lsue.edu/acadgate/music/history.htm
An excellent article on the history of Cajun, Creole and Zydeco music.

http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1991/2/91.02.02.x.html
Although intended for teachers to use in teaching about Cajun culture and music, this curriculum guide provides a useful history of Cajun culture and music.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Louisiana
An article that touches not only on Cajun and Zydeco music, but on other musics, such as Creole and swamp pop, as well.

Clifton Chenier
http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/chenier_clifton/bio.jhtml
Offers a biography of this well-known zydeco artist and a discography with audio samples.

http://www.arhoolie.com/titles/474.shtml
Offers audio excerpts of performances by Chenier.

Klezmer

Klezmer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klezmer
An article on this lively Jewish musical tradition, including its history, characteristics, and lists of important klezmer musicians and ensembles.

http://www.klezmershack.com/articles/aboutklez.html
An article on the recent revival of klezmer music, including links to related articles.

Klezmatics
http://www.klezmatics.com/
The Klezmatics are another popular klezmer ensemble, and their site offers a wide variety of information about their group and music. Included are a discography with audio samples, a biography of the band and its members, a list of their recent and upcoming appearances, articles about the band, and more.

Klezmer Conservatory Band
http://www.klezmerconservatory.com/
Yet another excellent klezmer ensemble, the Klezmer Conservatory Band offers on their website a biography of their group and its members, reviews of their performances, a discography with audio samples, and other information of interest.

Music of South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean

Andean Music
http://otto.cmr.fsu.edu/~cma/andes.htm
An article that offers a concise description of this ethnic musical style.

http://boleadora.com/andes.htm
This website offers a large number of audio files of Andean music, many photographs of the Andes, and numerous links to related websites.

Latino Music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_American_music
An article on the various styles of music found in Latin America, with links to specific musical styles.

http://www.vistawide.com/spanish/spanish_music.htm
This website offers descriptions and audio samples of numerous different Latin American musical styles.