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Field Recordings from Darfur

Following are the field recordings made by Linda Mason on her "women-to-women" visit to Darfur in January 2005. Two student-penned songs were brought to Darfur on this trip, and these field recordings are the responses Linda received after playing the songs for the women from her laptop. As you will hear when you listen to the tracks below, the women of Darfur responded with call-and-response singing, trilling, clapping, and in other musical and non-musical ways.

Upon Linda's return, the Women's Network at Berklee decided to reach out to the entire college community with the goal of making a full-length compilation CD to raise needed funds and awareness. A songwriting contest was announced and Berklee students, faculty, staff and alumni used these clips to create and inspire their songs. Over 40 songs were written and 18 selected for the recently released compilation


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Call-and-response singing. 0:54 9.0 mb
Clip 02
Spoken response to Berklee music. 0:27 4.6 mb
Clip 04
Trilling, clapping, talking. 0:15 2.8 mb
Clip 05
Male translator talking. 0:21 3.6 mb Clip 06
Talking, clapping, trilling. 0:43 7.2 mb Clip 07
Call-and-response singing, clapping, with translation. 0:29 5.0 mb Clip 08
Children singing, followed by applause and call-and-response talking. 0:51 8.6 mb Clip 10
Singing, trilling, clapping; spoken English commentary. 1:21 13.7 mb Clip 11
Call-and-response singing and trilling with clapping; spoken English of the words "women," "sisters," and "America." 1:56 19.6 mb Clip 12
Morning prayers in the distance; a rooster crows. 1:42 17.2 mb Clip 16
Begins with people speaking; a woman sings, children sing; some laughter, some translation (some gaps/skips). 5:02 50.9 mb Clip 17
Track begins with loud trilling, followed by singing, laughing. 0:38 6.5 mb Clip 18
Children singing, laughter, talking (some gaps/skips). 2:44 27.6 mb Clip 19
Singing, clapping, laughing, trilling. Some talk about the recording device two-thirds in (some gaps/skips). 2:30 25.3 mb Clip 20
Children singing (some gaps/skips). 1:57 19.7 mb Clip 21
Children singing and talking, followed by village sounds, and some singing near the end (some gaps/skips). 5:39 57.1 mb Clip 22

The women of Darfur respond to Berklee's music.

Photo by Susan Romanski

 

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