Pete Seeger and Sonny Terry

Recorded at their Carnegie Hall Concert

Folkways Records - FA 2412

Country: United States
Released: 1958
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Goofing-Off Suite- Opening Theme / Kumbaya / Twelve Gates to the City (07:14)
A2 Coal Creek March / Pay Day at Coal Creek / Roll Down the Line / Arkansas Traveler (08:47)
A3 Fox Chase / Right on That Shore/ Pick a Bale of Cotton (04:57)
B1 Rozhenkes Mit Mandlen / In Tarrytown/ Clean-O / Ladies Auxillary (08:57)
B2 Bells of Rhymney / Sinking of the Reuben James / Study War No More / Others (15:26)
B3 Passing Through (04:42)
[Credits]
Pete Seeger (banjo/guitar/chalil/vocals) Sonny Terry (harmonica/vocals)
Producer and Liner Notes: Pete Seeger, Photographer: Lawrence, Designer: Ronald Clyne, Recorder: Peter Bartok
[Notes]
Two popular Folkways Records artists, Pete Seeger and Sonny Terry, came together at Carnegie Hall in 1957 to combine banjo, harmonica, and vocals for an energetic sing-along performance. Seeger's commentary highlights the origins of the songs, which include Angola, Wales, and different areas of the United States. In addition to biographical information, the liner notes also offer lyrics and banjo and guitar tablature for selected songs.

Soldier Songs Sung by Hermes Nye with guitar

Folkways Records - FH 5249

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1959
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Historical
[Tracklist]
A01 Why, Soldiers Why (02:29)
A02 Ballad of the Tea Party (01:29)
A03 Free America (00:53)
A04 Bennington Skirmish (01:26)
A05 The Battle of Saratoga (01:58)
A06 Butternut Hill (01:31)
A07 Constitution and Guerrier (01:55)
A08 How Happy the Soldier (01:09)
A09 Benny Haven (02:28)
A10 Mustang Grey (02:02)
A11 Saro Jane (02:31)
A12 The Regular Army (02:06)
A13 The Boys of the Thirsty First (00:25)
B01 The Calvary Remount (01:48)
B02 Where the Privates Are! (02:36)
B03 Mademoiselle from Armentiers (01:50)
B04 I Landed in London (01:37)
B05 I Got Sixpence (02:59)
B06 I Don't Want to Join the Army (00:52)
B07 Gee But I Want to GO Home (01:25)
B08 The One Eyed Reilly (Reilly's Daughter) (01:21)
B09 Bell Bottom Trousers (01:37)
B10 The Officers Ride the Whale Boats (01:29)
B11 Were You with the Marines (02:48)
B12 The Engineers (01:49)
B13 The Fighting Q.M.C. (01:54)
[Credits]
Hermes Nye (guitar/vocals)
[Notes]
Performed by Hermes Nye, this collection of American War Ballads captures the experience of US Servicemen from before the Revolution through the World Wars. From pride and joy to fear and defiance, Nye and his guitar expertly recreates the gauntlet of emotions experienced by wartime soldiers through the ages. Explanations and descriptions for each song are included in the liner notes.

Ballads of the War of 1812

Sung by Wallace House with Lute

Folkways Records – FP 5002

Format: 2xVinyl, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1954
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Historical
[Tracklist]
A1 On the 8th Day Of November (01:11)
A2 Hail, Columbia (02:05)
A3 Song of the Vermonters (02:38)
A4 Jefferson and Liberty (01:32)
A5 Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier (01:17)
A6 O Benny Havens (01:00)
A7 Hey Betty Martin (01:34)
A8 Come All Bold Canadians (02:05)
A9 Constitution and Guerriere (02:34)
B1 Charge the Can Cheerily (03:27)
B2 The Hornet and The Peacock (02:44)
B3 Shannon and the Chesapeake (01:34)
B4 Perry's Victory On Lake Erie (03:12)
B5 James Bird (04:16)
C1 The Battle of Stonington (02:33)
C2 Ye Parliament of England (02:22)
C3 Star-Spangled Banner (01:48)
C4 The Patriotic Diggers (03:08)
C5 The Hunters of Kentucky (03:03)
C6 Yankee Volunteer (01:52)
D1 Old England 40 Years Ago (06:05)
D2 Hail Africa Band (01:54)
D3 Andrew Jackson (02:18)
D4 The Harrison Song (02:25)
D5 The Soldier Song (Aroostook War) (02:23)
[Credits]
Wallace House (lute/vocal)
Introduction and Notes: Moses Asch
[Notes]
Performed by Wallace House, this collection includes songs from both sides, American and English, sung from the perspectives of patriots and deserters alike. This album features extensive historical notes by Folkways founder Moses Asch and full lyrics for every song.

Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs, Vol. 2

With Cisco Houston and Sonny Terry

Folkways Records FA-2484

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1964
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Struggle
[Tracklist]
A1 Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy (02:36)
A2 Talking Hard Work (03:16)
A3 Whoopee Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies (02:50)
A4 A Picture from Life's Other Side (02:56)
A5 Hen Cackle (02:49)
A6 Danville Girl (02:49)
A7 Put My Little Shoes Away (02:33)
B1 Sally Goodin' (02:13)
B2 Hard, Ain't It Hard (02:45)
B3 Poor Boy (02:18)
B4 The Wreck of the Old 97 (01:53)
B5 Take a Whiff on Me (02:36)
B6 Bed on the Floor (01:59)
B7 Buffalo Gals (02:30)
B8 Going Down the Road Feeling Bad (02:55)
[Credits]
Woody Guthrie (guitar/vocals)
Recorder and Producer: Moses Asch, Liner Notes: Pete Seeger, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Woody Guthrie was one of America's most prolific songwriters, and of the thousand-odd songs he wrote between 1932 and 1952, some have become classics, recorded by countless musicians all over the world. This album presents some of the folk songs that inspired Woody.

The Piano Roll

Compiled and Edited by Trebor Jay Tichenor

RBF Records – RBF 7

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1964
Genre: Jazz, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Jazz, & Ragtime
[Tracklist]
A1 Bubbling Spring: Machine-cut piano roll (03:01)
A2 Southern Jollification: Machine-cut piano roll (04:12)
A3 Beautiful Creole: Machine-cut piano roll (02:33)
A4 Floreine: Machine-cut piano roll (02:30)
A5 Let 'Er Go: Mae Brown (02:41)
A6 Trail of the Lonesome Pine: Machine-cut piano roll (02:19)
A7 Rag Medley: Max Hoffman (02:34)
A8 Sunburst Rag: James Scott (02:39)
B1 Floating Down That Old Green River: Pete Wendling (01:38)
B2 Something Doing: Scott Joplin (03:10)
B3 Pianoflage: Roy Bargy (02:57)
B4 Dardanella: Ted Baxter and Max Kortlander (03:20)
B5 Sweet Georgia Brown: Lee Simms (02:55)
B6 Jazz Dance Repertoire: Pete Wendling (02:58)
B7 Satisfied Blues: Lemuel Fowler (03:09)
B8 Dr. Jazz's Raz-Ma-Taz: James P. Johnson (03:35)
[Credits]
Liner Notes: Trebor Jay Tichenor, Designer; Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
At one point during its heyday between 1900 and 1930, American factories produced player pianos six times faster than the country's population increased! This "masterpiece of engineering" performed a wide repertoire of classical and popular music, and The Piano Roll presents a range of tunes typically played by the standard home model.

Sonya Cohen Cramer - You've Been a Friend to Me

Recordings with Elizabeth Mitchell & Daniel Littleton, Last Forever, and the Seeger Family

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW40259

Format: CD, Album
Country: United States
Released: 2024
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist
01 Oh, Blue: With Penny Seeger Cohen (02:04)
02 A Squirrel Is a Pretty Thing: With Peggy Seeger (01:38)
03 When I Was Most Beautiful: With Pete Seeger (02:55)
04 Hide and Seek: With Last Forever (03:23)
05 In the Pines: With Last Forever (02:35)
06 Louis Collins / Spike Driver Blues: With Last Forever (03:50)
07 All for You: With Last Forever (05:45)
08 You've Been a Friend to Me: With Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton (03:24)
09 Black Jack Davey: With Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton (05:23)
10 No Place to Fall: With Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton (03:06)
11 Oh the Wind and Rain: With Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton (03:32)
12 The Blacksmith: With Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton (03:15)
13 Singing My Troubles Away: With Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton (02:57)
14 Lowlands: With Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton (05:04)
15 The Blackest Crow: With Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton (02:16)
16 Sidewalk Wildflower: Sonya Cohen Cramer (04:46)
17 A Life That's Good: Sonya Cohen Cramer (03:08)
[Credits]
Producer: Reid Cramer, Dick Connette, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Daniel Littleton, Liner Notes: Carla Borden, Designer: Visual Dialogue, Mastering Engineer: Oscar Zambrano
[Notes]
Sonya Cohen Cramer (1965–2015) was raised in a family committed to revitalizing the oldest songs of the American musical canon. Like her father John Cohen of The New Lost City Ramblers, Sonya shared a belief in the transformative qualities of folk songs and traditional ballads. You've Been a Friend to Me is the first collection featuring Sonya's singing, and it reveals the full arc of her musical life through collaborations with her aunt Peggy Seeger, uncle Pete Seeger, Elizabeth Mitchell, Daniel Littleton, and the folk-fusion group Last Forever. While shaped by the roots of her family tree, the radiating and clear sound of Sonya's voice is distinctly her own.

The Jewish Immigrant Experience in America

Songs & Stories by Joe Glazer

Collector Records – 1945

Format: CD, Album
Country: United States
Released: 2012
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Judaica
[Tracklist]
01 America, America (04:10)
02 Bulbes (01:27)
03 Lidl Fun Goldenem Land (03:12)
04 Rock-A-Bye Baby (04:10)
05 Mayn Yingele (02:19)
06 Di Grineh Kusineh (05:03)
07 Mayn Rue Plats (04:11)
08 Hail The Waistmakers Of 1909 (07:15)
09 Poem of the Triangle Fire (02:37)
10 Anthem of the Ilgwu (02:08)
11 Glory, Glory Amalgamated (03:16)
12 Mottl Der Operator (03:49)
13 The Cloakmaker’S Union (06:32)
14 Brivele Der Mamen (01:50)
15 The Ballad Of Robert Briscoe (03:05)
16 Goodbye Uganda, Israel Shalom (02:43)
17 Mene Mene Tekel (05:20)
[Credits]
Joe Glazer (guitor/vocals)
[Notes]
In this 1981 recording before a live audience, Joe Glazer commemorates the centennial of the beginning of the mass migration of Jews from Russia to America. Combining narration and song (in Yiddish and English), he tells the story of these immigrants’ experience in America, with an emphasis on the plight and struggles of immigrant workers. The songs range from Yiddish folk songs to union anthems to "Mene, Mene, Tekel" from the hit union musical of 1937, Pins and Needles.

Bricklayin' Union Man - Songs & Stories by Joe Glazer

Presented by the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsman

Collector Records – 1991

Format: CD, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1987
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Struggles
[Tracklist]
01 A Bricklayer In Heaven (05:09)
02 Down At The Union Hall (03:55)
03 I'm Union And Damn Proud Of It (02:04)
04 Casey Jones (04:15)
05 Bricklayin' Union Man (06:20)
06 Joe Hill (02:48)
07 Why Paddy's Not At Work Today (05:01)
08 Too Old To Work (05:19)
09 Union Maid (03:10)
10 That's All (02:56)
11 Solidarity Forever (03:15)
[Credits]
Joe Glazer (guitor/vocals)
[Notes]
Produced for the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen, and recorded live at an instructors' development program of the International Masonry Institute in 1987, this album features labor's troubadour, Joe Glazer, singing a variety of songs from the labor movement. Supportive of unionism and workers' struggles, the songs are all preceded by Glazer's commentary.

Early Ragtime Piano 1913-1930

Compiled and Annotated by David A.Jasen

RBF Records – RBF 33

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1977
Genre: Jazz, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Jazz, & Ragtime
[Tracklist]
A1 1915 Rag: Harry Austin Tierney (02:36)
A2 The Tramp Rag: Joe Batten (02:56)
A3 Delirious Rag: Harry Thomas (02:55)
A4 Breakin' the Piano: Billy James (02:56)
A5 Monkey Blues: Max Darewski (02:26)
A6 Fine Feathers: Willie Eckstein (03:02)
A7 Spring Feelin': Donald Thorne (02:33)
A8 You've Got to Be Modernistic: James P. Johnson (03:14)
B1 Frog-I-More Rag: Jelly Roll Morton (02:46)
B2 King Porter Stomp: Jelly Roll Morton (02:58)
B3 Dusting the Keys: Harry Snodgrass (03:00)
B4 Try it and Play It: Willy White (02:36)
B5 Pianola: Frank Westphal (03:22)
B6 Chimes: Willie Eckstein (03:02)
B7 Doing the Dominoes: Ronald Gourlay (02:46)
B8 Dancing Shadows: Raie Da Costa (02:55)
[Credits]
Producer: Samuel Charters, Photographer: Walker Evans, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
This compilation traces the genre's early days in the recording studio. It includes a reissue of the Victor Talking Machine Company's first piano ragtime disc in 1916, as well as several performances of English ragtime. These sides portray the piano in an era when recording technology struggled to capture the instrument's full range.

American Favorite Ballads Vol 5

Songs and Tunes as Sung by Pete Seeger

Folkways Records - FA 2445

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1962
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Red River Valley (02:10)
A2 Foggy Dew (02:00)
A3 Molly Malone (02:22)
A4 Ida Red (01:57)
A5 Talking Blues (02:05)
A6 Lolly Too-Dum (03:37)
A7 Riflemen of Bennington (02:14)
A8 Summertime (03:45)
B1 I've Been Working on the Railroad (01:27)
B2 Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (01:40)
B3 Farther Along (02:34)
B4 Ain't it a Shame (01:47)
B5 Leatherwing Bat (03:11)
B6 St. James Infirmary (02:35)
B7 T.B. Blues (04:09)
[Credits]
Pete Seeger (banjo/guitar/vocals)
[Notes]
Pete Seeger's life, music, and legacy encapsulate nearly a century of American history and culture. He has immersed himself in folk music and used it, like Johnny Appleseed, to "plant the seeds of a better tomorrow in the homes across our land." The songs in this collection of 139 American Favorite Ballads narrate tales of ordinary people and their extraordinary deeds, and show Pete at the crossroads of the past and the future putting his own stamp on America's folk song heritage while bequeathing it to generations to come.

Folksongs of Vermont sung by Margaret MacArthur

Folkways Records - FH 5314

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1962
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Traclist]
A01 The Needle's Eye (00:27)
A02 Carrion Crow (01:36)
A03 Gypsy Davy (01:57)
A04 Jennie Jenkins (02:00)
A05 Linktem Blue (00:20)
A06 Cherries Are Ripe (01:28)
A07 Trot Trot to Boston (00:53)
A08 This Very Unhappy Man (01:40)
A09 Aunt Jemima (01:15)
A10 Gorion-Og (03:57)
A11 The Scolding Wife (00:56)
A12 Riddles (00:24)
B01 Old Mr. Grumble (02:11)
B02 Single Again (01:21)
B03 New Hampshire Miller (03:03)
B04 What the Old Hen Said (01:15)
B05 Mother in the Graveyard (02:17)
B06 Marlboro Merchants (06:40)
[Credits]
Margaret MacArthur (autoharp/dulcimer/vocals)
Liner Notes: Margaret MacArthur, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Born in 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, Margaret MacArthur spent her childhood moving around the western United States. Her first contact with folk music came in 1933, when her father began work at an Arizona timber company with displaced cowboys and folk singers who had collected songs throughout their travels. In 1948 MacArthur moved to Vermont, where she gathered the songs presented here from churches, friends, and broadsides found near her farm. When speaking of her death, Margaret MacArthur’s granddaughter Robin wrote, "On her deathbed she was sick with morphine, most of her memory gone, but she could still remember the lyrics to any ballad we asked her to sing. This music had etched itself into her soul; song and landscape and self had twined into a fabric that was lasting, resounding, and full of grace."

Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection

Smithsonian Folkways – SF CD 40200

Format: 3xCD, Compilation, Remastered
Country: United States
Released: 2012
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
1-01 This Land Is Your Land (Alternate Version) (02:44)
1-02 Pastures of Plenty (02:25)
1-03 Riding in My Car (Car Song) (01:49)
1-04 The Grand Coulee Dam (02:10)
1-05 Talking Dust Bowl (01:51)
1-06 So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh (Dusty Old Dust) (03:40)
1-07 Ramblin' Round (02:14)
1-08 Philadelphia Lawyer (02:28)
1-09 Hard Travelin' (02:31)
1-10 Pretty Boy Floyd (03:00)
1-11 Hobo's Lullaby (02:23)
1-12 Talking Columbia (02:28)
1-13 The Sinking of the Reuben James (03:00)
1-14 Jesus Christ (02:37)
1-15 Gypsy Davy (02:49)
1-16 New York Town (02:35)
1-17 Going Down the Road (Feeling Bad) (02:56)
1-18 Hard, Ain't It Hard (02:42)
1-19 The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done (The Great Historical Bum) (02:17)
1-20 This Land Is Your Land (Standard Version) (02:16)
1-21 Jarama Valley (02:52)
1-22 Why, Oh Why? (03:27)
1-23 I've Got to Know (05:32)
2-01 Better World A-Comin' (03:05)
2-02 When That Great Ship Went Down (The Great Ship) (03:17)
2-03 A Dollar Down and a Dollar a Week (01:35)
2-04 Talking Centralia (03:24)
2-05 1913 Massacre (03:35)
2-06 Dirty Overalls (01:55)
2-07 My Daddy (Flies a Ship in the Sky) (02:33)
2-08 Worried Man Blues (02:58)
2-09 Hangknot, Slipknot (02:30)
2-10 Buffalo Skinners (03:16)
2-11 Howdi Do (01:40)
2-12 Jackhammer John (02:36)
2-13 The Ranger’s Command (02:49)
2-14 So Long, It's Been Good to Know You (WWII Version) (02:45)
2-15 What Are We Waiting On? (02:07)
2-16 Lindbergh (03:10)
2-17 Ludlow Massacre (03:28)
2-18 Bad Lee Brown (Cocaine Blues) (02:14)
2-19 Two Good Men (03:45)
2-20 Farmer-Labor Train (02:49)
2-21 The Jolly Banker (02:50)
2-22 We Shall Be Free (03:01)
3-01 I Ain’t Got No Home (In This World Anymore) (03:26)
3-02 Them Big City Ways (02:27)
3-03 Do Re Mi (03:33)
3-04 Skid Row Serenade (03:00)
3-05 Radio Program: The Ballad Gazette With Woody Guthrie (14:20)
3-06 BBC: Children’s Hour July 7, 1944 (08:53)
3-08 WNYC Radio Program: Folk Songs of America December 12, 1940 (16:24)
3-09 Reckless Talk (01:42)
3-10 All Work Together (02:39)
3-11 My Little Seed (02:30)
3-12 Goodnight Little Cathy (02:20)
[Credits]
Woody Guthrie (guitar/harmonica/vocals)
Producer, Liner Notes: Robert Santelli, Jeff Place, Liner Notes: Peter LaChapelle, Guy Logsdon, Audio Restoration: Pete Reiniger, Eric Conn, Joe Gastwirt, David Glasser, Charlie Pilzer, and LeAnn Sonenstein
[Notes]
Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection is a 150-page large-format book with 3 CDs containing 57 tracks, including Woody's most important recordings such as the complete version of "This Land Is Your Land," "Pretty Boy Floyd," "Ain’t Got No Home in This World Anymore," and "Riding in My Car." The set also contains 21 previously unreleased performances and six never-before-heard original songs, including Woody's first known—and recently discovered—recordings from 1939.

Songs of Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon

Folkways Records - FA 2385

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1960
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Joggie Boogie (03:28)
A2 Stewball (03:36)
A3 John Henry (02:28)
A4 Kansas City No.1, 2 and 3 (07:50)
B1 Have You Ever Been to Nashville Pen? (02:32)
B2 Roll and Tumble (02:58)
B3 Beer Drinking Woman (02:32)
B4 Chicago House Rent Party (05:00)
B5 44 Blues (02:36)
B6 Unlucky (02:45)
[Credits]
Memphis Slim (piano/vocals) Willie Dixon (bass)
Photographer: David Gahr, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
This album features big-voiced blues pianist and singer Memphis Slim and legendary bassist Willie Dixon, who is credited with having helped create the Chicago blues sound. Several tracks from this album are also included on Smithsonian Folkways' Memphis Slim: The Folkways Years (SFW40128).

Everhart

Folkways Records - FTS 31060

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1978
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass & Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Going Down This Road Feeling Bad (02:12)
A2 Red Wing (02:11)
A3 Muddy Waters (03:14)
A4 Train Whistle Blues (02:15)
A5 The Battle of New Orleans (02:56)
A6 Renegade (02:08)
B1 Brownville (02:18)
B2 Banks of the Ohio (03:19)
B3 Columbus Stockade Blues (02:30)
B4 Blue Yodel #1 (03:09)
B5 Wabash Cannonball / Orange Blossom Special / Last Train (05:53)
[Credits]
Bob Everhart (guitar/harmonica/vocals)
Producer: Harold L. Luick, Liner Notes: Bob Everhart, Photographer: Tom Reeves and Brent Cox, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Traditional country music performer Bob Everhart recorded six albums for Folkways Records between 1978 and 1985. Everhart began his musical career playing tenor saxophone in a rock & roll band. Following a stint as a radio announcer in the 1970s, Everhart turned to his first musical love; traditional country and bluegrass music. For this inaugural recording, Everhart, on 12-string guitar and harmonica, performs a mix of his original compositions and traditional country songs. He is backed by an ensemble of 5-string banjo, dobro, mandolin, and bass. Everhart closes this recording with a medley of railroad songs, "Wabash Cannonball," "Orange Blossom Special," and "The Last Train."

Singing BRAC for BRAC's 75th Anniversary

Collector Records – 1924

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1975
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Talking BRAC: Joe Glazer and Seldom Scene (04:34)
A2 Daddy What's A Train?: Joe Glazer (03:16)
A3 Casey Jones: Joe Glazer (02:11)
A4 Many A Man Killed On The Railroad: Joe Glazer (01:08)
A5 Union Train: Joe Glazer (02:56)
A6 Solidarity Forever: Joe Glazer and Seldom Scene (02:33)
B1 This Train's A Clean Train: Joe Glazer and Seldom Scene (02:14)
B2 Danville Girl: Joe Glazer (03:35)
B3 Pat Works On The Railroad: Joe Glazer (02:18)
B4 The Ballad Of Eugene Victor Debs: Joe Glazer (03:43)
B5 That's BRAC: Joe Glazer (01:57)
B6 We Shall Not Be Moved: Joe Glazer and Seldom Scene (02:51)
[Notes]
Founded in a cigar shop in 1899 by 33 members, the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks or BRAC represents 46,000 members in what is now known as the Transportation Communications International Union. Joe Glazer,"Labor's Troubadour" sings some of the most famous songs of the railroad, including "Joe Hill" in celebration of BRAC's 75th anniversary. The album premieres "Talking BRAC," a song written by Glazer especially for this occasion that chronicles the history of this powerful organization. The Seldom Scene, Washington D.C.-based bluegrass legends, are the backing band for many tracks.

Early Syncopated Dance Music

Cakewalks, Two-Steps, Trots and Glides

Folkways Records – RBF 37

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1978
Genre: Jazz, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Jazz & Ragtime
[Tracklist]
A1 At a Georgia Camp Meeting: John Philip Sousa and Arthur Pryor (02:39)
A2 Smoky Mokes: The Columbia Symphony Orchestra (02:53)
A3 Creole Belles: The Metropolitan Orchestra (02:44)
A4 King Chanticleer: Prince's Band (03:01)
A5 Kerry Mills Ragtime Dance: The Zonophone Concert Band (02:18)
A6 Kentucky Kut Up: Pryor's Band (02:38)
A7 The Minstrel Band: Pryor's Band (02:36)
A8 Grizzly Bear: Pryor's Band (02:17)
B1 Gertrude Hoffman Glide: The Walter B. Rogers Band (02:52)
B2 Too Much Mustard: The Walter B. Rogers Band (02:55)
B3 Everybody Two-Step: Military Band (02:59)
B4 The Horse Trot: Military Band (02:43)
B5 One Step Instruction: G. Hepburn Wilson (03:53)
B6 Bon Ton One Step: Conway's Band (02:49)
B7 The Dancing Deacon: Hell Fighters Band (03:16)
B8 Bees Knees: Original Memphis Five (03:14)
[Credits]
Producer: David A. Jasen, Cover Artwork: L. Fellows, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Lively, singable, and simple, cakewalks, two-steps, and other social dance rhythms captured the minds and feet of the American dancing public at the beginning of the twentieth century. This selection introduces a variety of these hopping tunes, as well as an unusual instructional track that teaches listeners how to dance the one-step.

Ann Savoy - Another Heart

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW440256

Format: CD / Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 2024
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Cajun & Zydeco
[Tracklost]
01 Cajun Love Song (04:03)
02 A Heart Needs a Home (04:04)
03 Waterloo Sunset (03:54)
04 Gabie's New Year's Lament (04:32)
05 Stolen Car (04:42)
06 Triste Samedi / A Hurricane Song (04:30)
07 Time Goes on My Love (04:44)
08 Something's Got a Hold on Me (03:12)
09 Tin Angel (03:33)
10 Lord of the Reedy River (03:34)
11 Who Knows Where The Time Goes (03:46)
[Credits]
Ann Savoy (guitar/accordion/fiddle/vocals)
Producer and Mixing Engineer: Dirk Powell, Liner Notes Editor: Carla Borden: Designer: Caroline Gut, Independent Mastering: Eric Conn
[Notes]
For decades, Ann Savoy has been revered for her vibrant recordings and performances of Louisiana Cajun music, as well as for her unparalleled deep-digging into the history of southwest Louisiana's traditional music. Now we join her in a different musical adventure, Another Heart—the spiritual follow-up to her 2006 collaboration with Linda Ronstadt, Adieu, False Heart. With the magical touch of producer Dirk Powell, Savoy explores a wide array of musical influences that date back to her childhood and adolescence in Richmond, Virginia. Featuring several new originals alongside renditions of tunes by The Kinks, Donovan, Bruce Springsteen, Sandy Denny, and more, this album offers a glimpse into Savoy’s formative years and the sounds that set her on the path to become a cherished musical icon.

Memphis Slim - Favorite Blues Singers

Folkways Records - FA 2387

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1973
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Introduction (01:34)
A2 Won't Do That No More (03:54)
A3 When I've Been Drinking (03:02)
A4 Mojo Blues (03:42)
A5 Broke and Hungry (03:33)
A6 Muddy Water (02:33)
A7 Prison Bound (03:27)
B1 Queen Bee (02:15)
B2 Backwater Blues (03:47)
B3 It Was a Dream (04:16)
B4 Mean Mistreating Mama (03:50)
B5 Digging My Potatoes (02:20)
B6 Yancy Special (04:48)
[Credits]
Memphis Slim (piano/vocals)
Liner Notes: Frederic Ramsey, Jr., Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
In the spoken introduction that opens this recording, Memphis Slim says, "I'm doing something now that I've always wanted to do. This is my interpretation of some of my favorite blues singers—some of the greatest blues singers of all time." In addition to Memphis Slim's thoughtful performances, this album features transcribed fragments of interviews with the bluesman.

Joe Glazer - Union Train

Collector Records – 1925

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1975
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Bye Bye Black Smoke Choo Choo (03:56)
A2 Danville Girl (03:27)
A3 Pat Works On The Railroad (02:18)
A4 Many A Man Killed On The Railroad (01:07)
A5 The Ballad of Eugene Victor Debs (03:43)
A6 Union Train (02:45)
B1 Casey Jones (04:07)
B2 Daddy, What's A Train? (03:16)
B3 The Wreck Of The Royal Palm (02:20)
B4 Casey Jones (02:04)
B5 Hobo's Meditation (03:32)
B6 This Train's A Clean Train (02:03)
[Credits]
Joe Glazer (guitar/vocals) Mike Auldridge (dobro) Alan Bennett (banjo)
[Notes]
For decades Joe Glazer, "Labor's Troubadour" inspired workers in mills, factories and on railways. In this collection of music, Glazer reminisces of the struggles and triumphs of the railroad worker. He writes, "This album is dedicated to all the workers who lost limbs and lives on the railroads, to the John Henrys who built the Big Bend tunnels and the Casey Joneses who drove the big eight wheelers, to the waymen and the brakemen, the telegrapher and the firemen, the conductors and the switchmen, the clerks and the craftsmen, the planners and the builders; and, yes, to the hoboes who rode the rods and the empty boxcars."