Grazz Matazz: Delinquent Minor

Grazz Matazz Music CD S818410

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass, Swing Jazz
[Tracklist]
01 Mapleview Rag (2:41)
02 Walkin' One And Only (3:13)
03 Sunburst (4:16)
04 Oh, Lady Be Good (4:09)
05 One Morning In May (3:07)
06 Delinquent Minor (4:21)
07 Send Me On My Way (3:08)
08 Mitch's Dilemma (3:32)
09 After You've Gone (4:21)
10 Yodel Lady (3:19)
11 Fat Man In The Bathtub (9:03)
[Credits]
Al Petteway (guitar/mandolin/bass/vocals) Pat Petterway (vocals/piano/guitar) Akira Otsuka (mandolin/mandola/vocals) Phil Bloch (fiddle) Mike Auldridge (dobro) Carl Fanning (banjo) Ronnie Freeland (percussion) Carolyn Kellock (bass) Béla Fleck (banjo) Larry Dowdy (bass) Pete Kennedy (guitar) Mark Schatz (bass) Carolyn Kellok (cello) Rick Watson (harpsichord) Jethro Bums (mandolin) Fred Smith (bass)
Producer: Robin Siegel, Photographer: Jim Tyndall, Engineer: Bill Wolf
[Notes]
YOU CAN'T judge a band by the company it keeps -- or can you? After listening to "Delinquent Minor" by the local acoustic trio Grazz Matazz, it hardly seems a coincidence that such stellar instrumentalists as Jethro Burns, Mike Auldridge, Bela Fleck and Pete Kennedy would want to contribute to this album. They know a good thing when they hear it. Take the opening tune: Arlo Guthrie's "Mapleview Rag," while a nifty showcase for Auldridge's Dobro, ultimately leaves no doubt that Grazz Matazz' Al Petteway (on guitar) and Akira Otsuka (on mandolin) can play in the big leagues. Fleet yet expressive, their solos distill the rag's southwestern flavor and fit nicely alongside the playing of fiddler Phil Bloch and banjo player Carl Fanning. The remaining member of the band -- rhythm guitarist, pianist and vocalit Pat Petteway -- makes her debut on a finger- popping rendition of Dan Hicks' "Walkin' One and Only." Petteway's reedy soprano voice is just right for western swing tunes. But it also has a decidedly plaintive edge at times, especially on the traditional tune "One Morning in May" and the jazz standard "After You've Gone," delightful performances both. (Mike Joyce/The Washington Post)

Elizabeth Mitchell: Sunny Day

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 45064

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2010
Genre: Children's, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Children's
[Tracklist]
01 Sunny Day (1:32)
02 Shoo Lie Loo (3:10)
03 Mr. Rabbit (1:33)
04 Ooki Na Kuri No Ki No Shita De (Under The Big Chestnut Tree) (1:15)
05 Keep On The Sunny Side (2:56)
06 Lovely Day (2:26)
07 Reggae In The Fields (2:07)
08 Ong Tal Sam (Little Spring) (1:48)
09 Tell It Again (1:22)
10 Green, Green Rocky Road (2:22)
11 School Days (3:43)
12 Mystery Train (2:36
13 Oh, John The Rabbit (1:51)
14 David's Mandolin (2:48)
15 This Little Light Of Mine (2:20
16 Fairy Tale Lullaby (2:30)
17 Elephants All Over The World (2:02)
18 Little Buckaroo (2:37)
19 Tsuki (Moon) (2:19)
[Credis]
Artist: Elizabeth Mitchell, Producers: Waren Defever and Daniel Littleton, Photographers: Tania Barricklo and Laura Levine, Artist: Ida Pearle, Designer: Sonya Cohen Cramer, Engineers: Warren Defever and Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
Sunny Day brings us "handmade" music of the finest kind, for folks of all ages. Elizabeth Mitchell, joined by her husband Daniel Littleton, daughter Storey, and lots of musical friends including Daniel Littleton and the Children of Agape choir from South Africa, weaves a tapestry of loving and spirited songs. Like her previous album You Are My Little Bird, Sunny Day reminds us of the beauty of the natural world and the magic found in the simplest moments of everyday life. 19 tracks, 43 minutes, 28-page booklet.

Chris Thile & Michael Daves: Sleep With One Eye Open

Nonesuch 527603-2

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2011
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 Rabbit In The Log (2:42)
02 Cry, Cry Darling (3:05)
03 Loneliness And Desperation (2:27)
04 Tennessee Blues (3:03)
05 20/20 Vision (3:16)
06 You're Running Wild (2:36)
07 Ookpik Waltz (3:42)
08 My Little Girl In Tennessee (2:50)
09 Sleep With One Eye Open (3:19)
10 Rain And Snow (3:34)
11 Mississippi Waltz (2:27)
12 Bury Me Beneath The Willow (3:47)
13 Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms (3:12)
14 Billy In The Lowground (3:18)
15 It Takes One To Know One (3:18)
16 If I Should Wander Back Tonight (3:48)
[Creduts]
Chris Thile (mandolin/vocals) Michael Daves (guitar/vocals)
Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz, Designer: Evan Gaffney, Photographer: Eric McNatt, Engineers: Joshua Vance Smith, Mark Petaccia, Robert C. Ludwig and Vance Powell
[Notes]
Mandolin god Chris Thile – former and current leader of Nickel Creek and the Punch Brothers, respectively – is generally known for kicking bluegrass forward: Check out his down-home covers of Radiohead's "Morning Bell" and Pavement's "Spit On A Stranger." This ridiculously blazing set with hot-shit Brooklyn guitarist Michael Daves, recorded at Jack White’s Third Man studio in Nashville (where they also cut a 7″ single with White, "Man In The Middle/Blue Night"), focuses instead on old timey material by Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, and others. Dusty museum pieces they’re not: The uptempo jams are wild-picking shred fests, and the ballads cut deep. On a soulful reading of the traditional "Rain and Snow" (a Grateful Dead staple), the pair's high lonesome harmonies are hollered up like pleas from the depths of a coal mine. That's a place these city-slickers have probably never been. But no doubt they understand the rock-bottom blues. --Rolling Stone

Bound for Glory: Songs and Story of Woody Guthrie

Folkways Records FA 2481

Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1956
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Stagolee (3:42)
A2 Little Sack of Sugar / Ship in the Sky / Swimmy Swim (6:00)
A3 Vigilante Man (4:13)
A4 Do Re Mi (3:04)
A5 Pastures Of Plenty (2:50)
A6 Grand Coulee Dam (3:27)
B1 This Is Your Land (3:15)
B2 Talking Fishing Blues (4:05)
B3 The Sinking of the Reuben James (3:50)
B4 Jesus Christ (3:22)
B5 Better World A-Coming (3:51)
[Credits]
Woody Guthrie (guitar/vocals) Will Geer (Narration)
Recorder: Moses Asch, Editor: Millard Lampell, Designer: Anton Refregier
[Notes]
"Woody's songs have a way of taking hold, because they speak in the voice of the people that you can't beat down, you can't scare and you can't starve out. They are songs with the rhythm of work in them, with the echo of anger against poverty and meanness. Songs filled with the determination of a people to damn well endure," writes Millard Lampell in this album's liner notes.

Tipple, Loom & Rail: Songs of the Industrialization of the South sung and played by Mike Seeger

Folkways Records FH 5273

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1966
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 A Factory Girl (2:31)
A2 Coal Creek Troubles (4:19)
A3 Edward Lewis (2:28)
A4 Come All You Coal Miners (2:11)
A5 The Miner's Blues (2:49)
A6 Harlan County Blues (2:55)
A7 Cotton Mill Blues (3:13)
A8 The Reckless Motorman (3:05)
B1 The New Market Wreck (3:44)
B2 Cotton Mill Colic (2:41)
B3 The Virginia Strike Of '23 (2:26)
B4 Roane County Strike At Harriman, Tennessee (3:02)
B5 The Hard Working Miner (2:58)
B6 Hard Times In These Mines (2:37)
B7 Spinning Room Blues (2:39)
B8 The Death Of John Henry (2:54)
[Credits]
Mike Seeger (fiddle/guitar/vocals)
Liner Notes: Archie Green
[Notes]
As the American South moved from a primarily agrarian economy to an industrial one, the change was felt strongly by country musicians, and it revolutionized every aspect of their music. In Tipple, Loom, & Rail Mike Seeger explores the style and commentary of southern industrial songs. Extensive liner notes by labor scholar and folklorist Archie Green in a new, easy to read format.

Classic Protest Songs from Smithsonian Folkways

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40197

Format:CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released:2009
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style:Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Freedom Now Chant: Mass-meeting Participants In Hattiesburg, Mississippi (0:26)
02 Jesus Christ: Woody Guthrie (2:37)
03 Bourgeois Blues: Lead Belly (2:18)
04 Black, Brown, And White: Big Bill Broonzy (2:42)
05 Baby, I've Been Thinking: Janis Ian (2:41)
06 Blowin' In The Wind: The New World Singers (2:28)
07 This Land Is Your Land: Steve Forbert, Jack Hardy, Jill Burkee & Mark Dann (4:39)
08 Turn, Turn, Turn: Liz Getz (3:04)
09 As Long As The Grass Will Grow: Peter La Farge (5:07)
10 Talking Pay TV: Phil Ochs (2:34)
11 Masters Of War: The Bergerfolk (4:07)
12 Waist Deep In The Big Muddy: Pete Seeger (2:57)
13 Agent Orange: Peggy Seeger (3:51)
14 Strange Fruit: Brother John Sellers (2:20)
15 How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live: New Lost City Ramblers (3:34)
16 I'm Going To Write The Governor Of Georgia: Champion Jack Dupree (3:13)
17 When We Make It Through: Barbara Dane (5:25)
18 Evicted Tenant: Sis Cunningham (2:06)
19 Corrido De César Chávez: Los Perros Del Pueblo Nuevo (3:02)
20 Gone, Gone, Gone: Red Shadow (2:14)
21 Spirits Of The Revolution: Larry Estridge (5:09)
22 We Shall Overcome: Guy Carawan (3:40)
[Credits]
Compiler: Mark Gustafson, Compiler and Liner Notes: Jeff Place, Engineer: Pete Reiniger, Photographer: Diana Davies
[Notes]
War, social injustice, personal plaints, and calls for action have long fueled musical creation and performance. In Classic Protest Songs, Mark Gustafson and Jeff Place tap the historic Smithsonian audio collections to compile 22 songs favored by leaders of antiwar, civil rights, industrial labor, farm worker, and other struggles to air their grievances. Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Janis Ian, Big Bill Broonzy, Pete Seeger, Barbara Dane, Guy Carawan, Phil Ochs, and other marquee artists let their voices ring out with calls for peace and justice.

From the Mountains to the Sea with Jeff and Gerret Warner

Running Time: 96 minutes Event Date: 2018/07/20

"From the Mountains to the Sea is a two-hour live presentation with multimedia, focusing on the Anne and Frank Warner collection, one of the great treasures in the American Folklife Center archives, containing a wealth of material collected by the husband-and-wife team of folklorists from 1938 to 1966, as they traveled through rural America in search of old songs. This important collection contains such seminal field recordings as North Carolina farmer Frank Proffitt's rendition of the murder ballad "Tom Dooly." This field recording was adapted and recorded in 1958 by The Kingston Trio, whose version became a number one hit, won the very first Grammy in country music, and set off the folk boom of the 1960s. Frank Warner was also a popular folksinger, and the Warners' sons, Jeff and Gerret, got their start as musicians backing up their dad on his recordings and performances. They have been renowned performing musicians for more than 50 years. Career musicians and filmmakers, they created this two-hour live multimedia presentation about the Warner collection, featuring not only their own performances, but also the voices of the singers recorded by their parents across rural America, along with corresponding photographs of the tradition bearers and their homes. It is full of the warmth of the Warners and the country wit of their new friends. Jeff and Gerret grew up listening to the songs and stories of the traditional singers their parents met during their folksong collecting trips, and they offer valuable insights into the lives and adventures of one of the nation's most eminent families of folksong collectors. In so doing, they contribute immensely to our understanding of the Warner collection, one of the most important in the American Folklore Center archives. The event was co-sponsored by the Folklore Society of Greater Washington.

  For more information, visit the website of the Library of Congress

The Folk Music of the Newport Folk Festival 1959-60 Vol.2

Folkways Records FA 2432

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1961
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Blues, Folk, Bluegrass
A1 The Midnight Special: Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (3:31)
A2 Living with the Blues: Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (2:57)
A3 Instrumental: The New Lost City Ramblers (1:07)
A4 Hop High Ladies: The New Lost City Ramblers (1:36)
A5 Take a Drink on Me: The New Lost City Ramblers (2:19)
A6 As I Was Out Walking: Frank Warner (2:14)
A7 Fod!: Frank Warner (1:46)
A8 Asheville Junction: Frank Warner (1:57)
B1 Rake and a Rambling Blade: Fleming Brown (3:17)
B2 Tom Hubbard: Fleming Brown (4:16)
B3 Talking Dust Bowl: John Greenway (3:00)
We Shall Overcome: Guy Carawan (3:50)
[Credits]
Liner Notes: Irwin Silber, Photographers: Dave Gahr, W. Field and Ted Bettancourt
[Notes]
This volume is half of a two-recording set that includes recordings not issued on the Vanguard or Elektra Newport compilations. Intended to represent music from the American South and then-current trends in folk singing, the album features Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, the New Lost City Ramblers, Frank Warner, John Greenway, Guy Carawan, and Fleming Brown.

Cisco Houston Sings Songs of the Open Road

Folkways Records FA 2480

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1960
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country Blues, Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Mule Skinner Blues (6:32)
A2 Git Along Little Dogies (1:58)
A3 The Erie Canal (1:47)
A4 Hobo's Lullaby (1:54)
A5 East Virginia Blues (1:39)
A6 Travel On (1:37)
B1 Pie In The Sky (3:05)
B2 Mysteries Of A Hobo's Life (1:09)
B3 Soup Song (1:36)
B4 Beans, Bacon And Gravy (2:22)
B5 Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (3:11)
B6 Cryderville Jail (3:16)
B7 I Ain't Got No Home (1:42)
[Credits]
Cisco Houston (guitar/vocals)
Producer and Recorder: Moses Asch, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
In the liner notes, Cisco Houston writes that he's been from coast to coast at least thirty times and has traveled a "good part" of the world as well. This album presents thirteen songs about the tribulations and joys of life on the road.