Country music – New Mexico
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Charlemaud Curtis Collection of Southwestern Music, Interviews and Programs
Collection
Identifier: MSS-847-BC
Abstract
The Curtis collection contains a wide variety of recordings including music, programs and interviews. They range from Navajo, Pueblo, Keresan, Laguna and Mescalero Apache and songs and dances, Spanish alabados, Christmas plays, and wedding dances and popular music, to Anglo American fiddle and cowboy tunes and African American gospel music. Also included are some songs from the Cheyenne and Plains Indians, the Tarahumara of Chihuahua, the Indians of Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia and Peru, and a...
Dates:
1960-1987
Peter White Collection of New Mexico Fiddle Music
Collection
Identifier: MSS-848-BC
Abstract
This collection contains recordings of New Mexican fiddlers performing in their homes and at state fiddle contests, and a live KUNM folk music show. Included are discussions of the evolution of American folk songs, bowing techniques, history of the performers, etc. Represented are old style New Mexico, Texas, and Appalachian fiddle tunes, Anglo-American and Celtic folk songs.
Dates:
1977-1980