 Memories
of Lac du Flambeau Elders is a collection of interviews
with fifteen Ojibwe elders of the Lac du Flambeau Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians in northern Wisconsin. |
Folklorists
Jim Leary and Rick March have distilled a definitive presentation
of Upper Midwestern traditional and ethnic music, from Ojibwe
drums to Norwegian fiddles, from polka to salsa, from gospel
choirs to southeast Asian rock bands. The book is a listener's
guide packed with photos, essays, and resources.
Also
available are Down Home Dairyland Recordings. |
Virtuoso
yodeling, accordion melodies, choral singing groups, alpine
dance bands—this CD brings together a sampling of the
best of Wisconsin's rich Swiss musical heritage. Swissconsin
was selected by the Library of Congress American Folklife
Center as among the best traditional music recordings issued
in 1988 |
Now
on CD, a toe-tapping re-release of 26 old-time music tunes by
Wisconsin's beloved Goose Island Ramblers, Bruce Bollerud, George
Gilbertsen, and Wendy Whitford, who began performing their special
blend of accordion, fiddle, guitar, and humor in the Madison
area in the 1960s. |
A
historical overview of Swiss music in America's most European
state, and a short autobiography of Rudy Burkhalter, an influential
performer whose varied career, in the Old World and the New,
epitomizes the Swiss American experience. |