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British Library: World and Traditional Music
Ethnographic recordings of indigenous cultures from around the world.
Classic Jazz Online
Downloadable .mp3 files of recordings from the 1920s to the 1950s.
Digital Library of Appalachia: Music
Appalachian music recorded from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Europeana Collections: Music
Traditional music audio files from various European cultures.
Folkstreams.net
Documentary films on American folklife and music.
The Global Jukebox
Songs,and dances from around the world, with tools for comparing, contrasting, and analyzing.
Internet Archive: Audio Archive
Old-time radio, podcasts, audiobooks, poetry readings, and live music.
LOC: National Jukebox
More than 10,000 78 rpm disc sides issued by the Victor Talking Machine Company between 1900 and 1925.
LOC: Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip
Field recordings of folk music from the southern United States.
Phonobase
Searchable French database of digitized cylinder and 78 RPM recordings.
UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive
Digitized audio files of cylinder recordings, which were produced from 1877-1929.
Vietnam War Song Project
This Youtube channel collects musical and spoken word recordings that present pro- and anti-war positions on the conflict.
Youtube
A large repository of vintage recordings online.
Spoken Word
American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Video clips, some with transcriptions, from Public Broadcasting news reports.
American President Speech Archive
Transcripts of speeches and major statements by every U.S. President. Many with audio files.
British Library Sounds: Oral History
90,000 selected recordings of music, spoken word, and human and natural environments.
Oral Histories of the American South: Civil Rights
Audio recordings of interviews with participants in the movement to desegregate public life in the South.
Poetry Audio Recordings: A Guide to Online Resources
An annotated list of websites containing audio recordings of poets reading their own work.
TED Talks
Short talks on topics ranging from the arts, science, and business, to global political issues.
Youtube
A vast repository of spoken word recordings, on a wide range of topics.
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