Collects the recordings and ephemera of the OSQ (1909-1928), in all their shocking and confusing beauty…
Category: Audio
Carter: “The Legacy of the African-American Spiritual” (2010)
“They found a secret door to take them into that world where the tears are wiped away…”
UCSB: Early 20th Century Recordings
UCSB’s Edison wax cylinder collection provides a great many early recordings from the 1890s and 1900s, which is as close as modern recorded music gets to the 1860s*.
The Hardtacks 