Sounds of the South

Sound recording (taken from an informational video) of tobacco growers employing a 'Burley Spiker' machine to easily cure harvested plants by bundling and stacking tobacco plants on a spike.

Audio file of the song "Cross Road Blues"

Original sound recording of a Minorcan immigrant to Florida performing a traditional song used to teach children the letters of the alphabet.

Recording of the "Rammer Jammer" cheer, performed by the University of Alabama marching band and chanted by fans after the 2011 Iron Bowl victory against Auburn University. Recorded and uploaded to YouTube by Michael Casagrande of The Daily Bama Blog.

Recording of a South Carolinian woman explaining a vocal children's game.

This is a live recording of Jazz at the Mary Lou Center of Duke University. The sounds consists of call and response between the alto saxophone and trumpet.

Sound recording of Mich Faulkner performing a clogging routine.

Sound recording of the Duke University marching band drum section rehearsing outdoors.

Youtube recording of a Remington 770 hunting rifle being fired in a field at cans for target practice.

Sound recording of the first known recording of the iconic negro spiritual song "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" by the Fisk Jubilee Singers in 1909.