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The British Library's collection of world and traditional music. Sound recordings and documentation from all around the world.
London, England
Joined March 2011
Tune in to today at 13:00 for a new episode of our British Library Sound Archive programme: we return to the ever wonderful Decca West Africa Series with a new selection of songs digitised from shellac discs held in our collection. @NTSlive.@soundarchive
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Join us at the British Library as Ngawang Lodup, Shohret Nur and Wu Fei perform a repertoire inspired by the ancient traditions of Dunhuang and the Silk Road. Find out more and buy tickets here:
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Coming up in the Library's Beyond the Bassline events series we have Joan Armatrading in Conversation, the Memoirs of Rikki Stein and a party with Queer Bruk and special guest Tiana Major9. Find tickets and more events here:
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This week in our Beyond the Bassline events series, Miquita Oliver discusses music with Andi Oliver, Olivia Dean, Pauline Black and Shingai. Generational Women: Stars of music in conversation.(Thurs 13 June). Find tickets and more events here:
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This week in our Beyond the Bassline events series:. John Blanke: the Black musician at the Tudor Court (Tues 4 June). An African - Reginald Mobley sings Ignatius Sancho.(Wed 5 June - free lunchtime concert). Find tickets and more events here:
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We have an exciting series of events coming up at the Library inspired by our exhibition Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music . Take a look at the full programme here:
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RT @soundarchive: 'Ripples of history: Sıbızğı recordings from northern Xinjiang'. New guest blog by Dr Xiaoshi Wei, Newton International F….
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The Sıbızğı Recordings from Northern Xinjiang Coll...
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RT @soundarchive: New blog post: Emmanuelle Olivier’s ‘Damara-Nama’ recordings and their return to Sesfontein, Namibia. .
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RT @soundarchive: New blog post from Jim Hickson, Hidden Collections Audio Cataloguer, World and Traditional Music. Photo of Edmundo Ros in….
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RT @britishlibrary: Listen in at 19.00 as @BBC6Music speaks to @coco_em and @NicholasCalvi10 two artists-in-residence from East Africa who….
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Nicholas Calvin Mwakatobe, Resonations 2023 artist in residence @britishlibrary, will be talking with Tanzanian musician John Kitime about sound archives and memory, tonight at Dar es Salaam's @nafasiartspace. Learn more here:
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RT @soundarchive: Recording of the Week: Flamenco runs in the blood. This week’s post was written by Finlay McIntosh, World and Traditiona….
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Dr Alejandro Martínez was a London-based GP with a passion for flamenco. An amateur guitarist himself, he was well connected within the professional scene and counted among his friends some of the...
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RT @soundarchive: New: Resonations 2023: focus on East Africa, supported by @BritishArts. Two new artists-in-residence: Emma Mbeke Nzioka….
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RT @soundarchive: British Library Sound Archive – Music from Nepal. Today (Wednesday) 22 March from 12 to 1 pm, live on .
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Have you recently started your PhD? Curious about the British Library, its unique collections and how to find what you need? Pick up the basics with our Doctoral Open Day introductory webinar on Monday 6th March, 2-4pm. Programme & registration:
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What is the British Library? What’s in the collection? How can I find what I need? Pick up the basics with this first introductory webinar.
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RT @IME_Bangalore: Over the last six months working with the @britishlibrary sound archive as a Resonations artist-in-residence, Rahul Giri….
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The research has been carried out with partner institutions in Australia and the Pacific: IPNGS, @PARADISEC_Aus, @AIATSIS, Solomon Islands National Museum and Vanuatu Cultural Centre.
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