Bosavi: Rainforest Music from Papua New Guinea

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. For further information about the community that created this music, visit the Bosavi Peoples Fund website.

RELATED RECORDING
Voices of the Rainforest recorded by Steven Feld

RELATED LESSON PLAN
"The Jew’s Harp: Vibrating Through Many Cultures"

Track Listing

101	My Father, My Heart	Kemuli String Band	03:20
102	Kemuli	Kemuli String Band	02:30
103	Oh No!	Kemuli String Band	02:29
104	What We Said	Kemuli String Band	02:20
105	My Mother	Kemuli String Band	03:04
106	Really Hungry!	Lus Mangi Grin Neks String Band	04:55
107	Sadness	Lus Mangi Grin Neks String Band	02:57
108	BBK Brother	Difalasulu String Band	02:45
109	E-yo, E-yo	Tasi Kabulo: String Band	03:02
110	Long Ago	Gusuwa String Band	03:37
111	Father, Mother	BVDC String Band	03:14
112	Where Has My Mother Gone?	BVDC II String Band	05:00
113	Rosi, Rosi	BVDC II String Band	03:26
114	Blue Mountain	BVDC II String Band	03:10
115	Sorry, My Sister! You People Go!	BVDC III String Band	03:29
116	Air Niugini Plane	BBK String Band	03:04
117	One Time	BBK String Band	02:41
118	The Sun Is Setting	Gasali Mates String Band	02:57
119	My Sweetheart	Gasali Mates String Band	03:43
201	A men's work group clears a new garden	Fifteen working men	08:44
202	Ulahi sings while scraping sago pith	Ulahi	04:38
203	Ulahi sings while making sago	Ulahi	01:25
204	Fo:fo: and Miseme sing at their sago place	Fo:fo:, Miseme	02:21
205	Ulahi and Eyo:bo sing with afternoon cicadas	Ulahi, Eyo:bo	02:47
206	Ulahi and Eyo:bo sing at a waterfall	Ulahi, Eyo:bo	06:20
207	Men's vocal quartet with seed-pod rattles	Kulu, Gigio, Seyaka, and Kogowe	03:35
208	A large men's collective work group sing and whoop	Bosavi men	03:21
209	Gaima plays the bamboo jew's harp	Gaima	01:54
210	Voices of the forest: a village soundscape	Bosavi village	25:06
301	Funerary sung-weeping group	A weeping group	02:16
302	Funerary sung-weeping by Gania and Famu	Gania, Famu	04:21
303	Funerary sung-weeping by Hane	Hane	06:54
304	Seance gisalo song by Aiba with weeping	Aiba	08:45
305	Ceremonial gisalo performed by Halawa	Halawa	14:03
306	Group ceremonial drumming, ilib kuwo:	Costumed, dancing drummers	09:26
307	Ceremonial ko:luba song-1	A:siya and Go:bo	02:29
308	Ceremonial ko:luba song-2	A:siya and Go:bo	01:58
309	Ceremonial ko:luba song-3	Amini and Mei	02:44
310	Ceremonial ko:luba song-4	Amini, Gaso, and chorus	01:35
311	Ceremonial iwo: song-1	Bosavi men	01:03
312	Ceremonial iwo: song-2	Bosavi men	00:54
313	Ceremonial iwo: song-3	Bosavi men	01:32
314	Ceremonial iwo: song-4	Bosavi men	01:12
315	Women's ceremonial iwo: song-1	Ulahi, Ea, Gania, and Gisa	01:49
316	Women's ceremonial iwo: song-2	Ea, Ulahi, Gania, and Gisa	01:50
317	Ceremonial sabio duet	Wano, Gaso	03:30
318	Ceremonial sabio quartet	Wano, Gaso, Gigio, and Sowelo	04:34