Part of the British Library sound archive, the World and traditional music collection is one of the world’s largest collections of published and unpublished recordings of music from all over the world, dating back to as early as the 19th century. The collection represents commercial and ethnographic archival recordings variously described as traditional, folk and ‘world music’.
https://www.bl.uk/collection-guides/world-and-traditional-music
https://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music
Contact:
Michele Banal – Lead Curator of World and Traditional Music
michele.banal@bl.uk
Andrea Zarza Canova – Curator of World and Traditional Music
andrea.zarza@bl.uk
Federation of Folk and Traditional Music Collections 