# Blessing Tangban: Horned Owl

Halifax-based Nigerian singer/songwriter Blessing Tangban performing the song “Horned Owl” with her original lyrics, based on a melody taken from a field recording of John Josh, recorded by Carita Doggett Corse and Robert Cornwall at the Cow Creek settlement, Seminole Indian Reservation, Florida, on July 1, 1940. From the Florida WPA Recordings collection (AFC 1940/011: AFS 03892 B01). The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic recordings of traditional folk music. Artists were asked to put their own spin on these archival treasures, and to perform them at a special showcase during the Folk Alliance International conference in Montreal, Canada, in 2025. The showcase was recorded for this webcast.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 4 min
- By: Tangban, Blessing
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-10828/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/video-10828?play=1)