USA

Early African American

• Songs of Sam Lucas (19th century black minstrel composer)
• Field recordings, vol. 3, Mississippi 1936-1942
  

Banjo

• The Banjo and African American Music Culture (Oxford African American Studies Center)
• banjo roots blog
• Banjo roots (on myspace)
• Civil War era black banjo player

Gospel

• Reverend C. L. Franklin (on myspace)

Salsa

• ballroomdancers.com (salsa dance syllabus videos)
• Orquesta de la Luz (Madison Square Garden)
• Tony Vega, “Busca el Ritmo“
• Jorge Santana and Fania All Stars in Africa
• Dog dancing salsa

Jazz

• Cab Calloway, “Jumpin’ Jive” (from Stormy Weather, 1943)
• Langston Hughes, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” (1921); various interpretations; Langston Hughes and Africa (Harold R. Isaacs)