Archive: January 2017 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Stephanie Hall; (Year) 2017; (Month) January

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

Music and a Mystery to Celebrate the Chinese New Year

January 27, 2017

Happy Chinese New Year! The Year of the Rooster begins on Saturday, January 28th. To celebrate, here are four recordings of Chinese music recorded on Victor in 1902 and 1903. We hope that someone reading this article might be able to tell us more about these songs. The recordings are part of the collections of …

Posted in: Asian American History, Chinese Americans, Folk Music

Who’s Afraid of Friday the Thirteenth?

January 12, 2017

Posted by: Stephanie Hall

Friday the 13th may be considered an unlucky day in some parts of Europe and in North America. For some, the day can cause great anxiety, called paraskevidekatriaphobia, meaning fear of Friday the 13th. The idea that Friday the 13th is unlucky is not very old. It seems to have arisen in the 19th century. …

Posted in: Beliefs

Refined by: (Author) Stephanie Hall; (Year) 2017; (Month) January