American Song is a database of thousands of streaming songs from the American past on topics that relate to almost every walk of American life, ethnic group, and time period. Includes songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys; songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and anti-war protests, hymns, funny songs, college songs, and sea shanties. It is a source for American roots music and pre-1960 American popular music, including country, folk, bluegrass, Western, old time, American Indian, blues, gospel, and shape-note singing. The recordings come from Rounder Records, the Smithsonian Institution, Document Records, and other labels. Part of Alexander Street's Music Online. Some files include liner notes about the recordings. Waveform View allows you to create and share audio clips. Users can also create and share playlists.
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.