Recording Details

SFW40487
Bosavi: Rainforest Music from Papua New Guinea
Various Artists


Notes - Two generations of Bosavi musicians and 25 years of field recordings: a comprehensive and intimate musical portrait of life in a Papua New Guinea rainforest community. Includes the contemporary music of the youngest generation of guitar band composers, and performances of many traditional everyday and ritual styles featuring their parents. Recorded and annotated by Steven Feld, producer of Voices of the Rainforest and author of Sound and Sentiment. Three CDs. 193 minutes. 47 tracks. 80-page booklet with photos and extensive notes.

Country(s) - Papua New Guinea

Culture Group(s) - Bosavi

Keyword(s) - Ceremonial; Ritual music; Sound effects; Work songs; World music

Instrument(s) - Guitar



Year of Release - 2001

Record Label - Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Source Archive - Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Credits - Recorded by Steven Feld ; Produced by Steven Feld




Tracks -
101 My Father, My Heart
Kemuli String Band
Duration:3:20




102 Kemuli
Kemuli String Band
Duration:2:30




103 Oh No!
Kemuli String Band
Duration:2:29




104 What We Said
Kemuli String Band
Duration:2:20




105 My Mother
Kemuli String Band
Duration:3:04




106 Really Hungry!
Lus Mangi Grin Neks String Band
Duration:4:55




107 Sadness
Lus Mangi Grin Neks String Ban
Duration:2:57




108 BBK Brother
Difalasulu String Band
Duration:2:45




109 E-yo, E-yo
Tasi Kabulo: String Band
Duration:3:02




110 Long Ago
Gusuwa String Band
Duration:3:37




111 Father, Mother
BVDC String Band
Duration:3:14




112 Where Has My Mother Gone?
BVDC II String Band
Duration:5:00




113 Rosi, Rosi
BVDC II String Band
Duration:3:26




114 Blue Mountain
BVDC II String Band
Duration:3:10




115 Sorry, My Sister! You People Go!
BVDC III String Band
Duration:3:29




116 Air Niugini Plane
BBK String Band
Duration:3:04




117 One Time
BBK String Band
Duration:2:41




118 The Sun Is Setting
Gasali Mates String Band
Duration:2:57




119 My Sweetheart
Gasali Mates String Band
Duration:3:43




201 A men's work group clears a new garden
Fifteen working men
Duration:8:44




202 Ulahi sings while scraping sago pith
Ulahi
Duration:4:38




203 Ulahi sings while making sago
Ulahi
Duration:1:25




204 Fo:fo: and Miseme sing at their sago place
Fo:fo:, Miseme
Duration:2:21




205 Ulahi and Eyo:bo sing with afternoon cicadas
Ulahi, Eyo:bo
Duration:2:47




206 Ulahi and Eyo:bo sing at a waterfall
Ulahi, Eyo:bo
Duration:6:20




207 Men's vocal quartet with seed-pod rattles
Kulu, Gigio, Seyaka, and Kogowe
Duration:3:35




208 A large men's collective work group sing and whoop
Bosavi men
Duration:3:21




209 Gaima plays the bamboo jew's harp
Gaima
Duration:1:54




210 Voices of the forest: a village soundscape
Bosavi village
Duration:25:06




301 Funerary sung-weeping group
A weeping group
Duration:2:16




302 Funerary sung-weeping by Gania and Famu
Gania, Famu
Duration:4:21




303 Funerary sung-weeping by Hane
Hane
Duration:6:54




304 Seance gisalo song by Aiba with weeping
Aiba
Duration:8:45




305 Ceremonial gisalo performed by Halawa
Halawa
Duration:14:03




306 Group ceremonial drumming, ilib kuwo:
Costumed, dancing drummers
Duration:9:26




307 Ceremonial ko:luba song-1
A:siya and Go:bo
Duration:2:29




308 Ceremonial ko:luba song-2
A:siya and Go:bo
Duration:1:58




309 Ceremonial ko:luba song-3
Amini and Mei
Duration:2:44




310 Ceremonial ko:luba song-4
Amini, Gaso, and chorus
Duration:1:35




311 Ceremonial iwo: song-1
Bosavi men
Duration:1:03




312 Ceremonial iwo: song-2
Bosavi men
Duration:0:54




313 Ceremonial iwo: song-3
Bosavi men
Duration:1:32




314 Ceremonial iwo: song-4
Bosavi men
Duration:1:12




315 Women's ceremonial iwo: song-1
Ulahi, Ea, Gania, and Gisa
Duration:1:49




316 Women's ceremonial iwo: song-2
Ea, Ulahi, Gania, and Gisa
Duration:1:50




317 Ceremonial sabio duet
Wano, Gaso
Duration:3:30




318 Ceremonial sabio quartet
Wano, Gaso, Gigio, and Sowelo
Duration:4:34