Over 5,000 people have liked my Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/amoeba.records

The "American Roots Music" page I administrate on the social media Facebook page has had more than 5,000 likes. Many people may be wondering why a Japanese person would be interested in a page about American music. The site also has pages on Japanese ukiyoe and otaku culture created by foreigners, and in that sense, I don't think it's strange. The gender and age of those who "liked" the page. Let's take a look at the aggregate data on the gender and age of the people who "liked" the page. This is an estimate based on the information provided in the user's profile. The largest number of both men and women are aged 65 and above. This is surprising since social media is associated with young people. This is an estimate based on various factors such as age and gender entered by users in their Facebook profiles.

I once received a message from someone who found out that the administrator was Japanese, asking me to write in Japanese, but I replied that there were more foreigners. The top ten most viewed sites by country are as follows. The number in parentheses is the number of people.

1. United States (3,337)
2. Japan (274)
3. United Kingdom (236)
4. Canada (120)
5. Australia (93)
6. France (77)
7. Italy (73)
8. Germany (47)
9. Brazil (47)
10. Sweden (44)

As you can see, the overwhelming majority of visitors are from the United States, followed by the English-speaking countries of the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, and Europe, where most people speak English. Japan is second, but I think that's because it includes my Facebook friends. There are many pages with more than 10,000 visitors, so 5,000 is not a very impressive number. However, the current number of Facebook friends is 1,295, and since this is a unique theme, I guess you could say I have gained a good number of fans. So far, I've described milestones in units of 1,000 people. The next milestone is 6,000, or in Japanese terms, "六里塚", but I'm not sure when that will be.

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Jimmie Rodgers: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings

RCA - Legacy

Format: 6×CD, Album
Country: US
Released: May 17, 2019
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[DISK 1]
01 The Soldier's Sweetheart (03:05)
02 Sleep Baby, Sleep (03:00)
03 Ben Dewberry's Last Run (03:25)
04 Mother Was a Lady (03:20)
05 Blue Yodel (03:24)
06 Away Out On the Mountain (03:17)
07 Dear Old Sunny South by the Sea (02:45)
08 Treasures Untold (03:04)
09 The Brakeman's Blues (03:10)
10 The Sailor's Plea (03:02)
11 In the Jailhouse Now (03:18)
12 Blue Yodel No. 2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille) (03:17)
13 Memphis Yodel (03:30)
14 Blue Yodel No. 3 (Evening Sun Yodel) (03:11)
15 My Old Pal (03:03)
16 Mississippi Moon (Early Version) (03:12)
17 My Little Old Home Down In New Orleans (03:01)
18 You and My Old Guitar (02:58)
19 Daddy and Home (02:55)
20 My Little Lady (03:03)
21 I'm Lonely and Blue (Alternate Take) (03:15)
22 Lullaby Yodel (03:10)
23 Never No Mo' Blues (02:41)
[DISC 2]
01 My Carolina Sunshine Girl (02:58)
02 Blue Yodel No. 4 (California Blues) (03:01)
03 Waiting for a Train (02:44)
04 I'm Lonely and Blue (03:05)
05 Desert Blues (02:44)
06 Any Old Time (02:45)
07 Blue Yodel #5 (02:32)
08 High Powered Mama (02:56)
09 I'm Sorry We Met (02:18)
10 Everybody Does It In Hawaii (02:49)
11 Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues (02:51)
12 Train Whistle Blues (02:57)
13 Jimmie's Texas Blues (02:48)
14 Frankie and Johnny (Alternate Take) (02:50)
15 Frankie and Johnny (02:50)
16 Home Call (02:33)
17 Home Call (Alternate Take) (02:34)
18 Whisper Your Mother's Name (03:24)
19 Land of My Boyhood Dreams (02:34)
20 Land of My Boyhood Dreams (Alternate Take) (02:55)
21 Blue Yodel No. 6 (03:06)
22 Yodeling Cowboy (03:12)
23 My Rough and Rowdy Ways (02:31)
24 I've Ranged, I've Roamed, I've Travelled (Alternate Take) (02:59)
25 I've Ranged, I've Roamed, I've Travelled (02:50)
26 Hobo Bill's Last Ride (02:38)
[DISC 3]
01 Mississippi River Blues (Alternate Take) (02:32)
02 Mississippi River Blues (02:34)
03 Nobody Knows But Me (02:37)
04 Anniversary Blue Yodel (Blue Yodel No. 7) (02:53)
05 Anniversary Blue Yodel (Blue Yodel No. 7) (Alternate Take) (02:46)
06 She Was Happy Till She Met You (02:44)
07 Blue Yodel No. 11 (02:58)
08 Blue Yodel No. 11 (Alternate Take) (02:53)
09 A Drunkard's Child (03:19)
10 That's Why I'm Blue (02:17)
11 Why Did You Give Me Your Love? (Alternate Take) (02:25)
12 Why Did You Give Me Your Love? (02:33)
13 My Blue-Eyed Jane (02:46)
14 Why Should I Be Lonely? (03:07)
15 Moonlight and Skies (02:57)
16 Pistol Packin' Papa (02:54)
17 Take Me Back Again (03:07)
18 Those Gambler's Blues (02:49)
19 I'm Lonesome Too (03:17)
20 The One Rose (02:38)
21 For the Sake of Days Gone By (03:18)
22 Jimmie's Mean Mama Blues (03:16)
23 The Mystery of Number Five (03:00)
24 Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) (02:57)
[DISC 4]
01 In the Jailhouse Now #2 (02:54)
02 Blue Yodel #9 (02:37)
03 T.B. Blues (Alternate Take) (02:54)
04 T.B. Blues (02:59)
05 Travellin' Blues (Alternate Take 1) (02:43)
06 Travellin' Blues (02:44)
07 Travellin' Blues (Alternate Take 2) (03:08)
08 Jimmie the Kid (02:47)
09 Jimmie the Kid (Alternate Take) (02:54)
10 Why There's a Tear In My Eye (03:08)
11 The Wonderful City (02:55)
12 Let Me Be Your Side Track (Alternate Take 1) (02:47)
13 Let Me Be Your Side Track (02:40)
14 Let Me Be Your Side Track (Alternate Take 2) (02:48)
15 Jimmie Rodgers Visits the Carter Family (03:16)
16 The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers In Texas (03:15)
17 When the Cactus Is in Bloom (03:15)
18 Gambling Polka Dot Blues (03:22)
19 Looking for a New Mama (Alternate Take) (03:15)
20 Looking for a New Mama (03:19)
21 What's It? (03:09)
22 My Good Gal's Gone Blues (Alternate Take) (02:49)
23 My Good Gal's Gone Blues (02:46)
24 Southern Cannon-Ball (02:34)
[DISC 5]
01 Roll Along Kentucky Moon (Alternate Take) (03:24)
02 Roll Along Kentucky Moon (03:23)
03 Hobo's Meditation (03:06)
04 Hobo's Meditation (Alternate Take) (03:07)
05 My Time Ain't Long (03:20)
06 Ninety-Nine Year Blues (03:12)
07 Mississippi Moon (Later Version) (03:19)
08 Mississippi Moon (Alternate Take) (03:38)
09 Down the Old Road to Home (03:15)
10 Blue Yodel #10 (02:49)
11 Home Call (1932 Version) (02:42)
12 Mother, Queen of My Heart (03:20)
13 Rock All My Babies to Sleep (03:19)
14 Whippin' That Old T.B. (Alternate Take) (03:04)
15 Whippin' That Old T.B. (03:07)
16 No Hard Times (03:07)
17 No Hard Times (Alternate Take) (03:17)
18 Long Tall Mama Blues (03:23)
19 Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia (02:49)
20 Gambling Bar Room Blues (03:23)
21 I've Only Loved Three Women (03:08)
22 In the Hills of Tennessee (03:02)
23 Prairie Lullaby (03:13)
24 Miss the Mississippi and You (02:55)
[DISC 6]
01 Sweet Mama Hurry Home (02:44)
02 Blue Yodel #12 (03:21)
03 Dreaming with Tears in My Eyes (02:58)
04 Cowhand's Last Ride (03:00)
05 I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now (03:02)
06 Dreaming with Tears in My Eyes (Alternate Take) (02:51)
07 Yodeling My Way Back Home (02:34)
08 Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel (The Woman Make a Fool Out of Me) (03:16)
09 The Yodeling Ranger (02:29)
10 Old Pal of My Heart (02:59)
11 Old Love Letters (03:06)
12 Mississippi Delta Blues (03:26)
13 Somewhere Down Below the Dixon Line (02:55)
14 Years Ago (02:20)
15 The Singing Brakeman (09:21)
16 Pullman Porters (03:50)
17 In the Jailhouse Now, No. 2 (Overdubbed Version) (02:53)
18 Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8) (Overdubbed Version) (02:46)
19 Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia (Overdubbed Version) (02:48)
20 Mother, Queen of My Heart (Overdubbed Version) (03:06)
21 Never No Mo' Blues (Overdubbed Version) (02:45)
22 Blue Yodel #1 (T Is for Texas) (Overdubbed Version) (02:38)
23 Daddy and Home (Overdubbed Version) (02:33)
24 Memphis Yodel (Overdubbed Version) (02:34)
[Credits]
Jimmie Rodgers (guitar/vocals)
[Notes]
In the early 20th century known most widely for his rhythmic yodeling. Among the first country music superstars and pioneers, Rodgers was also known as The Singing Brakeman, The Blue Yodeler, and The Father of Country Music.

Folk Music in America celebrated with free download of 252 songs

Folk Music in America - LBC1 | The Library of Congress

Fans of American folk are advised to get clicking in the direction of the fabulous "Folk Music in America" collection, a series of 15 LP records published by the Library of Congress between 1976 and 1978. Released to celebrate the bicentennial of the American Revolution, the collection boasts 252 songs (12 hours of music) and was compiled by librarian/collector Richard K. Spottswood. Funded by a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts, the music mainly comes from the Library of Congress Archive of Folk Song (now Archive of Folk Culture), and covers the period from 1890-1976). Included in this fascinating selection are native American songs and instrumental music, blues, jazz and country music and songs brought into the States by immigrants from all over the world. The collection has been posted up by the Dinosaur Discs blog, and can either be downloaded in one big 1.1GB lump here – Folk Music in America, complete download – or be downloaded in themed smaller chunks below:

1. Religious Music – Congregational and Ceremonial
2. Songs of Love, Courtship, and Marriage
3. Dance Music – Breakdowns and Waltzes
4. Dance Music – Reels, Polkas, Etc.
5. Dance Music – Ragtime, Jazz, Etc.
6. Songs of Migration and Immigration
7. Songs of Complaint and Protest
8. Songs of Labor and Livelihood
9. Songs of Death and Tragedy
10. Songs of War and History
11. Songs of Humor and Hilarity
12. Songs of Local History and Events
13. Songs of Childhood
14. Solo and Display Music
15. Religious Music – Solo and Performance

This collection is archived by the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress, but is not available for free distribution, but only for purchase on CD-R or paid download.

  Folk Recordings Selected from the Archive of Folk Culture | The Library of Congress

Music of the Shakers

Folkways Records – FH 5378

Country: US
Released: 1976
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Gospel
[Tracklist]
A1 Fanfare
A2 The People Called The Shakers
A3 The Sermon
A4 Followers Of The Lamb
A5 Mother Ann's Song
A6 Oh I Love Mother
A7 Shepherdess Song
A8 Mother Ann's Song
B1 Sheep As I Go
B2 The Voice Of God
B3 Who Will Bow And Bend Like A Willow
B4 Come Life, Shaker Life
B5 Simple Gifts
B6 I've Set My Face For Zion's Kingdom
[Credits]
Glee clubs of Smith College and Amherst College (choral)
Directors: Edith Burnett and Vincent Brann, Choral director: Iva Dee Hiatt, Liner Notes: Vincent R. Tortora
[Notes]
Originating in England, the religious sect known as the Shakers arrived in the U.S. in 1774, led by "Mother Ann" Lee. Called Shakers by outsiders, due to their agitated movements during worship, they created a musical legacy of thousands of songs, some original, some adapted from outside sources. One of their songs, "Simple Gifts (The Gift to Be Simple)," has become widely known through composer Aaron Copeland's having incorporated it into his ballet Appalachian Spring. On this recording, the combined Glee Clubs of Smith College and Amherst College present a concert of Shaker songs, all sung in traditional unison style. A Fanfare, played on trumpet, opens the program. The liner notes present Shaker history and culture and excerpts from the songs, both words and music.

Dance Music: Breakdowns & Waltzes

The Library Of Congress – LBC-3

Series: Folk Music In America – Volume 3
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1976
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Kenesaw Mountain Rag: Seven Foot Dilly and His Dill Pickles
A2 She's Got Good Dry Goods: Little Buddy Doyle
A3 Green Meadow Waltz (Louka Zelen ): Adolph Hofner and His Orchestra
A4 Polska From Boda /S oldier's Joy: Edwin Johnson Swedish Trio
A5 Alabama Blues: Booker T. Sapps, Roger Matthews, and Jesse Flowers
A6 Boot That Thing: Booker T. Sapps, Roger Matthews, and Jesse Flowers
A7 Days of '49: The Bog Trotters
A8 Far in the Mountain: The Red Headed Fiddlers
B1 Warm Wipe Stomp: Macon Ed and Tampa Joe
B2 Aldeline Waltz: East Texas Serenaders
B3 Waltz: Mike Enis Group
B4 The Rabbit in the Pea Patch: Uncle Dave Macon and the Fruit-Jar Drinkers
B5 John Henry/Cripple Creek: Paul, Vernon, and Wade Miles
B6 Belle of Point Clare: Arteleus Mistric
B7 Acadian Air (waltz): Evangeline Band
B8 Old Joe: Nashville Washboard Band
[Creduts]
Producer: Richard Keith Spottswood
[Notes]
"A bicentennial project: Library of Congress Archive of Folk Song"; includes recordings from field and commercial sources. Program notes, including words of the songs, and bibliographical and discographical references inserted in container.

John Fahey: Death Chants, Breakdowns & Military Waltzes

Takoma – TAKCD-8908-2

Country: US
Released: 1998
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Acoustic, Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Sunflower River Blues (2:33)
02 When The Springtime Comes Again (3:50)
03 Stomping Tonight On The Pennsylvania/Alabama Border (6:58)
04 Some Summer Day (3:20)
05 On The Beach At Waikiki (2:55)
06 Spanish Dance (1:53)
07 John Henry Variations (5:40)
08 The Downfall Of The Adelphi Rolling Grist Mill (3:35)
09 Take A Look At That Baby (1:25)
10 Dance Of The Inhabitants Of The Palace Of King Philip XIV Of Spain (2:28)
11 America (7:52)
12 Episcopal Hymn (1:10)
13 Sunflower River Blues (3:19)
14 When The Springtime Comes Again (4:53)
15 Stomping Tonight On The Pennsylvania/Alabama Border (5:36)
16 Some Summer Day (3:25)
17 On The Beach At Waikiki (2:40)
18 Spanish Dance (2:05)
19 John Henry Variations (5:11)
20 Take A Look At That Baby (1:25)
21 America (5:00)
22 Episcopal Hymn (1:22)
[Credits]
John Fahey (guitar)
Art Direction: Jamie Putnam, Designer: Linda Kalin
[Notes]
In the 1960s, Fahey was the type who gave future discographers nightmares by not only re-recording albums in their entirety and issuing them under the exact same title, but using the exact same catalog number. This is a 1967 re-recording of the 1963 album Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes, although only ten of the 12 tracks are re-recordings; the other two ("The Downfall of the Adelphi Rolling Grist Mill" and "Dance of the Inhabitants of the Palace of King Philip XIV of Spain") are the original versions from the 1963 LP. The material, of course, is still outstanding, so the differences to note are in the playing. The fidelity is clearer, and having improved his technique Fahey probably felt more satisfied with these renditions. But as often happens on remakes, it must be said that the originals have an intangibly more affecting, more mysterious quality that does not come through as strongly on the more carefully executed rehauls. You don't have to agonize about choosing between one or the other anymore, because the 1967 version of Death Chants is now available on CD, on a single disc (Takoma TAKCD-8908) that also includes the harder-to-find 1963 version of Death Chants.-- AllMusic Review by Richie Unterberger

Walkie in the Parlor with Fiddler Beers and Evelyne

Folkways Records – FA 2376

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1960
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 The Leatherman (2:35)
A2 The Lark in the Morn (1:33)
A3 Walkie in the Parlor (1:49)
A4 Hindside Before (1:06)
A5 My Las' Ride Comin' on the Heavenly Train (1:28)
A6 Return from the Deep (2:57)
A7 The Sailor Boy (3:24)
A8 Sulphur Molasses (2:45)
A9 The Old Soldier (0:32)
B1 Old Jim Gray (2:09)
B2 Johnny Came A-Courtin' (3:31)
B3 Lord Randall (3:38)
B4 The Wandering Jew (2:00)
B5 The Big Mud Turtle (2:27)
B6 The Castle Grand (2:47)
B7 The Little Red Lark of the Mountain (1:29)
[Credits]
Bob Beers (fiddle/psaltery) Evelyne Beers (fiddle/vocals) Martha Beers (psaltery/guitar/vocals)
[Notes]
Backed by the psaltery, a plucked instrument in the zither family, Evelyne and Bob "Fiddler" Beers perform songs from the Anglo-American tradition, including a selection of pieces handed down by Bob's grandfather, George Sullivan.

Cowboy Ballads sung by Cisco Houston

Folkways Records – FA 2022

Format: Vinyl, LP, 10", Album
Country: US
Released: 1952
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country, Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Chisholm Trail (1:50)
A2 Diamond Joe (2:20)
A3 I Ride An Old Paint (2:00)
A4 Little Joe, The Wrangler (2:35)
A5 The Dying Cow-Boy (2:50)
B1 Stewball (2:15)
B2 Trouble In Mind (3:20)
B3 Sweet Betsy From Pike (2:00)
B4 Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail (2:05)
[Credits]
Cisco Houston (guitar/vocals)
Producer: Moses Asch, Liner Notes: J.D. Robb, Illustrator: Ben Shahn
[Notes]
Cisco Houston's first solo album on Folkways Records represents a small portion of the artist's repertoire of American folk music. Extensive liner notes (complete with a glossary of cowboy slang such as "dogie: a calf that lost its mammy and whose daddy has run off with another cow") accompany this collection of tunes of the lonely cowboy and his guitar.

Songs of the West sung by Dave Fredrickson

Folkways Records – FH 5259

Format: Vinyl, LP, Clear Yellow
Country: US
Released: 1961
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country, Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Frenchman's Ranch (3:21)
A2 Lone Star Trail (2:56)
A3 Farewell, Fair Ladies (3:39)
A4 Billy the Kid (2:03)
A5 Pretty Boy Floyd (2:39)
A6 Mole in the Ground (2:45)
A7 Hang Me (3:16)
A8 George Campbell (2:32)
A9 More Pretty Girls Than One (1:55)
B1 Jack of Diamonds (3:08)
B2 Austin's Fair City (3:12)
B3 Gypsy Davy (2:41)
B4 Bonnie Blue Eyes (3:36)
B5 Girl I Left Behind (3:39)
B6 The Fair Maid from the Plains (2:48)
B7 Letter Edged in Black (2:31)
B8 Cowboy's Life is a Very Dreary Life (1:06)
B9 Big City Jail (1:32)
[Credits]
Dave Fredrickson (guitar/vocals)
Liner Notes: Roger Abrahams, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
By his own admission, Dave Fredrickson is less a folk singer than a singer of old-time songs. He performs, with his guitar, in the relaxed style of the cowboy singers of days gone by, and his diverse repertoire is drawn from cowboy records, traditional singers, field recordings from the Library of Congress, and from books. His renditions of what he calls "Okie" and "Hillbilly" music convey a warmth and integrity that can be heard throughout this compilation of night-herding songs, ballads, and musical accounts of cowboy life. Liner notes include excerpts from a letter by Fredrickson, song lyrics, and notes on the songs.

Ed and Dana McCurdy: On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand

Folkways Records – FTS 32430

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Sacred
[Tracklist]
A1 Old Hundredth (1:29)
A2 Bound For The Promised Land (1:57)
A3 Through All The World Below (1:49)
A4 Satan's Kingdom (1:43)
A5 On My Journey Home (1:36)
A6 Amazing Grace (2:17)
A7 Let Us Break Bread Together (2:59)
A8 Paul And Silas (1:48)
A9 Just A Closer Walk With Thee (3:20)
B1 Lonesome Valley (1:58)
B2 Brighten The Corner (2:23)
B3 The Great Speckled Bird (1:36)
B4 Farther Along (4:05)
B5 Life Is Like A Mountain Railroad (3:18)
B6 Love Lifted Me (2:30)
[Credits]
Ed McCurdy (guitar/vocals) Dana McCurdy (guitar/vocals) Brian Flahive (harmonium)
Illustration and Liner Notes: Ed McCurdy, Designer: Brian Flahive, Engineer: Scott Salem
[Notes]
This collection of traditional religious music features 16 tracks performed by folk singer and actor Ed McCurdy and his son Dana. Ed McCurdy is most famous for his anti-war classic, "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream," popularized by Pete Seeger and performed by numerous other musicians including Johnny Cash and Simon and Garfunkel. Liner notes feature an introduction to music by Ed McCurdy and a brief introduction to each song.

Warehouse Tracks

Western Jubilee WJRC127623

Country: US
Released: 2002
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Tracklist]
01 There's a Rainbow over the Range: Sons of the San Joaquin (2:52)
02 The Old Spinning Wheel: Norman Blake, Rich O'Brien (3:24)
03 Santa Rosa: Jim Ibbotson (2:48)
04 Billy Gray: Katy Moffatt (4:21)
05 Warehouse Opus 36: John McEuen (2:44)
06 Dog: Bryan Bowers (3:00)
07 Whole Load: Waddie Mitchell (3:08)
08 Jack of Diamonds / Black Mountain Blues: Skip Gorman (3:57)
09 Cattle Call: Wylie & the Wild West (2:57)
10 Don't Tell Me: R. W. Hampton (2:44)
11 Little Jimmy in the Swamp: Norman Blake, Nancy Blake (4:28)
12 I Will Miss Ireland: Juni Fisher (5:19)
13 Leaving Stoer: Cowboy Celtic (5:41)
14 The Raven: Peter Rowan (1:59)
15 Red River Valley: Don Edwards (4:13)
[Credits]
Producer and Engineer: Butch Hause, Producer: Scott O'Malley, Photographers: David Pahl and Donald Kallaus, Designers: David Weed, Kathleen Collins and Victoria Ward
[Notes]
Representing ten years of live performances, Warehouse Tracks presents fifteen selections from the Western Jubilee Warehouse Theater in Colorado Springs. Formerly a freight house owned by the Santa Fe Railroad, it became the flagship venue of the cowboy and Western label Western Jubilee Recording Company, hosting several concerts annually and serving frequently as the label’s recording studio. Featured on this release are live recordings from several of the label’s noted artists, including Sons of the San Joaquin, Norman Blake, and Don Edwards, as well as "guests" Skip Gorman, John McEuen, and more. Warehouse Tracks showcases the immense talent that has congregated around the Warehouse Theater, celebrating the vitality of the music of the American West

Songs of Love, Courtship, & Marriage

The Library Of Congress – LBC 2

Series: Folk Music In America – Volume 2
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1976
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Love is a song: Lonnie Johnson
A2 That's all right, baby: Mose "Clear Rock" Platt
A3 Two Menominee flute songs: John Okimase
A4 Little Sarah: James Rachel, John Estes
A5 Going to Richmond: Jimmie Strothers
A6 Come back to me in my dreams: Bill Monroe
A7 María, María: Lydia Mendoza y Cuarteto Mendoza
A8 If one won't, another one will: Carter Family
A9 Joe Bowers: J.C. White
B1 Renewed love blues: Little Buddy Doyle
B2 Your small and sweet: Segura and Herbert
B3 You are a little too small: Carolina Tar Heels
B4 Lily Monroe: Uncle Alex Dunford
B5 Midnight on the stormy deep: Blue Sky Boys
B6 The married man: Emry Arthur
B7 Emily: Sam Manning
B8 Three nights in a bar room: Wade Mainer
[Credits]
Producer: Richard Keith Spottswood
[Notes]
"A bicentennial project: Library of Congress, Archive of Folk Song"; includes recordings from field and commercial sources. Program notes, including words of the songs, and bibliographical and discographical references (10 p. ill.) inserted in container.

Religious Music: Congregational & Ceremonial

The Library of Congress - LBC1

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Series: Folk Music In America – Volume 1
Country: US
Released: 1976
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Nobody's fault but mine (1st version): Milledgeville, Georgia Singers
A2 Lebt friedsam, sprach Christus: Amish Singers of Kalona, Iowa
A3 Hosanna! Jesus reigns: Elder Walter Evans and Congregation
A4 The Lord will provide: Lenville Ball
A5 Little David, play on your harp: Brother Claude Ely "The Gospel Ranger"
A6 I know my name is there: Stoneman's Dixie Mountaineers
A7 Travelin' to that new buryin' ground: Banks, Bentley, Blake, and Vosburg
A8 Pascola dance music: Yaqui Indian musicians
A9 My soul is a witness: Austin Coleman, Joe Washington Brown, and group
B1 Down on the old camp ground: Dinwiddie Colored Quartet
B2 Do you call that religion?: Banks, Bentley, Blake, and Vosburg
B3 ifty miles of elbow room: Rev. F. W. McGee and Congregation
B4 Birchas kohanim: Cantor Isaiah Meisels and Congregation
B5 Antioch: Allison's Sacred Harp Singers
B6 Bells of love: Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1
B7 I am the vine: Elder Otis Jones and Congregation
B8 God's got a crown: Arizona Dranes and choir
B9 A1 Nobody's fault but mine (2nd version): Milledgeville, Georgia Singers
[Creduts]
Producer: Richard Keith Spottswood
[Notes]
This is the first record in a series that provides many examples of the traditional music which forms an essential part of the American heritage. The selections have been chosen from field and commercial sources going back to the 19th century. This LP spans seven decades, from The Dinwiddie Colored Quarter (1902) to Lenville Ball (1971). -- AllMusic Review by Roundup Newsletter

Mary Lou Williams Presents Black Christ of the Andes

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW CD 40816

Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released: 2004
Genre: Blues, World, & Country
Style: Blues, Ragtime
[Tracklist]
01 St. Martin De Porres (6:32)
02 It Ain't Necessarily So (4:41)
03 The Devil (4:00)
04 Miss D.D. (2:28)
05 Anima Christi (2:48)
06 A Grand Night For Swinging (3:06)
07 My Blue Heaven (3:21)
08 Dirge Blues (2:57)
09 A Fungus A Mungus (3:21)
10 Koolbonga (3:21)
11 Forty-Five Degree Angle (2:50)
12 Nicole (3:37)
13 Chunka Lunka (3:07)
14 Praise The Lord (5:55)
[Credits]
Mary Lou Williams (piano) Jimmy Mitchell (vocals) George Gordon Singers (choir) Ray Charles Singers (choir) Larry Gales (bass) Percy Heath (bass) Theodore Cromwell (bass) Budd Johnson (bass clarinet) Budd Johnson (tenor saxophone) Grant Green (guitar) George Chamble (drums) Percy Brice (drums) Tim Kennedy (drums)
Reissue Producer and Liner Notes: Fr. Peter F. O'Brien, S.J., Reissue Producer: Mary Monseur, Atesh Sonneborn and Daniel Sheehy, Liner Notes: Eddie Meadows and Jacob Love,　Designer: Sonya Cohen Cramer, Photographer: Carl Van Vechten, Chuck Stewart, Dennis Stock and Tom Caffrey, Engineer: Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
Mary Lou Williams, the "First Lady of Jazz," was an extraordinary pianist, composer, arranger, and master of blues, boogie woogie, stride, swing, and be-bop. Williams' complex harmonies and brilliant phrasing, rooted in spirituals and blues, border on the avant-garde. Black Christ is both a powerful secular statement and a call to the divine. Duke Ellington said, "[She was] beyond category—a pianist who sums up in herself the full essence of jazz and expresses it with skill and perception that few other jazz musicians have even approached." Originally issued in 1964, this CD contains an additional 4 unreleased tracks, new extensive liner notes, and historic photos. 53 minutes.

Bergerfolk: Sing of Sunshine and Rainbows

Folkways Records – FTS 32417

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1974
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Darling Pal Of Mine (3:02)
A2 Hobo's Lullaby (4:56)
A3 One, Two, Three (1:07)
A4 What Did You Learn In School Today? (2:09)
A5 Buffalo Boy (2:15)
A6 Crow's Creek (1:41)
A7 Rainbow Race (2:50)
A8 Sail Away (2:28)
A9 Roseanne (2:41)
B1 Get Together (3:06)
B2 This Old World (1:25)
B3 La Volette (3:02)
B4 Holy Ra Cuckoo (2:16)
B5 Sourwood Mountain (1:27)
B6 You Are My Sunshine (1:12)
B7 Sunshine (3:50)
B8 Blue Eyes (2:55)
B9 Michael (2:30)
[Credits]
The Bergerfolk: Steve Berger, Phoebe Berger, Claudia Berger, Jennifer Anne Berger, Margaret Louise Berger, Jonathan Glenn Berger and Emily-Kate Berger
Liner Notes: Phoebe Berger, Designer: Ronald Clyne, Photographer: Mort Mace
[Notes]
On this 1974 recording, musical family band The Bergerfolk, composed of father Steve, mother Phoebe Berger, and four of their children, Jennifer Anne, Margaret Louise, Jonathan Glenn, and Emily-Kate, perform a wide selection of traditional and modern folk music covers. The Bergerfolk open with a song first performed by the Carter Family, "Darling Pal of Mine," and close with the spiritual "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore." Along the way they perform Tom Paxton's "hat Did You Learn in School Today," the late-1960s folk rock anthem "Get Together," originally recorded by the Youngbloods, and John Denver's "Sunshine." Lyrics and instrumentation credits for all tracks are included in the liner notes.

The Carter Family On Border Radio 1939 Vol. 3

Arhoolie Records – 413

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1999
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Tracklist]
01 Theme / Cannon Ball Blues (2:19)
02 The Story Of Charlie And Nelly (1:36)
03 One Little Word / Alabama Gal (2:54)
04 You Are My Sunshine / Happy Or Lonesome (2:56)
05 Oh, Susanna / On My Way To Canaan's Land (2:37)
06 Going Back To Texas / Great Speckled Bird (3:34)
07 Oh, Death / Don't Bury Me On The Lone Prairie (3:07)
08 When The Spring Roses Are Blooming / Chinese Breakdown (2:29)
09 Way Down Yonder In The Cumberland Mts. / Let The Church Roll On (1:55)
10 Broken Engagement / I Shall Not Be Moved (4:17)
11 Dark Haired True Lover / In Your Care (3:15)
12 Theme / Station ID (1:17)
13 Theme / The Old Lades' Home (2:30)
14 The Winding Stream (2:28)
15 Miner's Blues / Columbus Stockade Blues (3:46)
16 No Home / Prisoner's Dream (3:52)
17 Something Got A Hold Of Me / Spirit Of Love (2:50)
18 Worried Man Blues (1:52)
19 Giddyup Go / Sittin' On Top Of The World (2:48)
20 My Virginia Rose (2:13)
21 Cyclone Of Rye Cove (1:59)
22 Wade In The Water / Charlie Brooks (3:36)
23 Anchored In Love (2:07)
24 I've Been Working On The Railroad / I'll Be Satisfied (2:52)
25 Theme Out & Station ID (1:01)
[Credits]
Sara Carter (guitar/autoharp/vocals) Maybelle Carter (guitar/vocals) A.P. Carter (vocals) Janette Carter, Helen Carter, June Carter, and Anita Carter (guitar/autoharp/vocals)
Producer: Chris Strachwitz, Liner Notes: Ed Kahn, Artwork: Beth Weil, Designer: Wayne Pope and Craig Millman
[Notes]
In 1938 and 1939, the first family of American country music, the Carter Family, recorded transcriptions for radio broadcast on Mexican border radio stations. The recordings featured A.P. Carter, his wife Sara, sister-in-law Maybelle, A.P. and Sara’s daughter Janette (listed as Jeanette in the liner notes), and Maybelle’s three children, Helen, June, and Anita. In 1963, 17 transcription discs were discovered at station XET in Monterrey, Mexico. In 1995, Arhoolie Records released three CDs containing material from the 17 discs. In Volume 3, the Carters sing a mix of country, western, gospel, and children’s songs including "You Are My Sunshine," "Oh, Susanna," "Great Speckled Bird," "Sitting On Top of the World," "Wade in the Water," and "I've Been Working on the Railroad."

The Carter Family On Border Radio 1939 Vol. 2

Arhoolie Records – 412

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1997
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Tracklist]
01 Theme / Why There Is A Tear In My Eyes (2:58)
02 Sleep Baby Sleep / Just Another Broken Heart (3:37)
03 Corina (1:21)
04 I Can Not Be Your Sweetheart / Red Wing (3:21)
05 A Broken Down Saint (2:13)
06 Weeping Willow (0:45)
07 You Are My Flower / Gathering Flowers From The Hillside (3:50)
08 The Last Letter / I Wouldn't Mind Dying (3:33)
09 Who's That Knocking At My Window? (2:03)
10 Diamonds In The Rough / The Fatal Wedding (3:00)
11 It's Hard To Please Your Mind / Death Is Only A Dream (2:41)
12 Theme / XET Station Break (1:01)
13 Theme / The Church In The Wildwood (2:02)
14 Are You Tired Of Me, Darling? / Sourwood Mountain (2:48)
15 Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie / My Bonnie Blue Eyes (3:21)
16 Yankee Doodle / Storms On The Ocean (2:58)
17 Sugar Hill (0:40)
18 Hello Stranger (2:07)
19 Cowboy Jack (1:38)
20 Nobody's Darling / Funny When You Feel That Way (4:03)
21 Dixie Darling (1:37)
22 Shortning Bread / Soldier And His Sweetheart (2:22)
23 Polly Wolly Doodle All Day / My Gold Watch And Chain (2:31)
24 River Of Jordan (1:39)
25 I Will Never Marry / God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign (3:53)
[Credits]
Sara Carter (guitar/autoharp/vocals) Maybelle Carter (guitar/vocals) A.P. Carter (vocals) Janette Carter, Helen Carter, June Carter, and Anita Carter (guitar/autoharp/vocals)
Producer: Chris Strachwitz, Liner Notes: Ed Kahn, Artwork: Beth Weil, Designer: Wayne Pope and Craig Millman
[Notes]
In 1938 and 1939, the first family of American country music, the Carter Family, recorded transcriptions for radio broadcast on Mexican border radio stations. The recordings featured A.P. Carter, his wife Sara, sister-in-law Maybelle, A.P. and Sara's daughter Janette (listed as Jeanette in the liner notes), and Maybelle’s three children, Helen, June, and Anita. In 1963, 17 transcription discs were discovered at station XET in Monterrey, Mexico. In 1995, Arhoolie Records released three CDs containing material from the 17 discs. In Volume 2, the Carters sing a mix of country, western, and gospel songs and perform several instrumentals, including a guitar duet between Sara and Maybelle on "Shortning Bread."

The Carter Family On Border Radio 1939 Vol. 1

Arhoolie Records - 411

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1995
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Tracklist]
01 XET Station Break, Introduction, Theme Song / The Wandering Boy (2:44)
02 I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home / In The Highways (3:17)
03 Room For You And Me (1:36)
04 Cumberland Gap / Lonesome Valley (2:33)
05 Just Another Broken Heart (1:05)
06 Darling We Are Growing Older / The Old Texas Trail (3:35)
07 Cowboy's Wild Song To His Herd / Maple On The Hill (3:14)
08 New River Train / Lover's Lane (2:51)
09 My Sweetheart Is A Poor Working Girl / Waves Of The Sea (2:58)
10 On The Sea Of Galilee (1:32)
11 The Curtains Of Night (1:38)
12 Just A Few More Days Of Sorrow (2:28)
13 Theme Out & XET Station Break (1:22)
14 Intro & Theme / When Our Lord Shall Come Again (2:36)
15 The Happiest Days Of All (1:27)
16 By And Bye / We Shall Rise (3:22)
17 Engine 143 / Jealous Hearted Me (3:22)
18 Untitled / What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul? (2:54)
19 Beautiful Brown Eyes & Sweet Fern (2:40)
20 I Have No Loving Mother Now (2:06)
21 Western Hobo (1:51)
22 Single Girl (2:04)
23 I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes (1:33)
24 The Sun's Gonna Shine In My Back Door Someday / Give Me The Roses While I Live (2:53)
25 You Denied Your Love (2:15)
26 No Telephone In Heaven (2:29)
27 Theme Out & XET Station Break (1:11)
[Credits]
Sara Carter (guitar/autoharp/vocals) Maybelle Carter (guitar/vocals) A.P. Carter (guitar/vocals) Janette Carter, Helen Carter, June Carter, and Anita Carter (guitar/autoharp/vocals)
Producer: Chris Strachwitz, Liner Notes: Ed Kahn, Artwork: Beth Weil, Designer: Wayne Pope and Craig Millman
[Notes]
In 1938 and 1939, the first family of American country music, the Carter Family, recorded transcriptions for radio broadcast on Mexican border radio stations. The recordings featured A.P. Carter, his wife Sara, sister-in-law Maybelle, A.P. and Sara’s daughter Janette (listed as Jeanette in the liner notes), and Maybelle’s three children, Helen, June, and Anita. In 1963, 17 transcription discs were discovered at station XET in Monterrey, Mexico. In 1995, Arhoolie Records released three CDs containing material from the 17 discs. In Volume 1, the Carters perform their signature theme, “Keep on the Sunny Side,” to open their broadcasts and sing a mix of country, western, and gospel songs including “Single Girl, Married Girl,” a song they first recorded in 1927.

Stuart M. Frank: Songs of Sea and Shore

Folkways Records – FH 5256

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1980
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Jack Munro (Johnny's Gone A-Sailing) (3:20)
A2 Rambling Sailor (2:36)
A3 Mary Anne (3:21)
A4 The Whaleman's Lament (3:15)
A5 The Star of County Down (1:49)
A6 Fonn Gaedealta (2:16)
A7 Ri an Siodaian (The King of the Fairies) (1:35)
A8 She's Like a Swallow (2:46)
A9 Homeward Bound (2:32)
B1 Hearts of Gold (4:58)
B2 The Harp without the Crown (The Girls of Dublin Town) (3:09)
B3 Harbour Grace (1:19)
B4 The Captain Calls All Hands (2:58)
B5 A Young Virgin (2:20)
B6 The Gull (8:25)
[Credits]
Stuart M. Frank (concertina/guitar/melodeon/vocals)
Enginner: Ken Mahler, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Songs of Sea and Shore is a collection of traditional chanties from the eastern seaboard of North America, many of them with roots in Britain or Ireland. Stuart Frank, who launched the Mystic Seaport and Sea Music Festival, sings and accompanies himself on guitar, concertina, or melodion. Liner notes by Frank provide song lyrics and background on each tune.

Sing Out!: Hootenanny with Pete Seeger and the Hooteneers

Folkways Records – FN 2513

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1963
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 All I Want is Union (2:14)
A2 Put My Name Down (2:49)
A3 Talking Un-American Blues (3:31)
A4 In Contempt (2:09)
A5 The Gray Goose (2:11)
A6 Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies (2:08)
A7 Raise a Ruckus Tonight (2:40)
B1 I've Got a Right (2:48)
B2 Jefferson and Liberty (1:37)
B3 Another Man Done Gone (1:32)
B4 The Preacher and the Slave (Pie in the Sky) (2:52)
B5 Boll Weevil (2:37)
B6 The Popular Wobbly (2:32)
B7 John Henry (3:42)
B8 We Shall Overcome (3:24)
[Credits]
Pete Seeger (vocals)
Liner Notes: Irwin Silber
[Notes]
This collection contains songs recorded between 1950 and 1955, either live at hootenannies sponsored by Sing Out! magazine, issued as 78rpm records on the defunct Hootenanny Records label, or recorded for special projects organized by Sing Out!. Taken together, they typify the hootenanny tradition of audience participation, topicality, and variety.

Old Love Songs & Ballads from the Big Laurel, North Carolina

Folkways Records – FA 2309

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1964
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Appalachian Music
[Tracklist]
A1 Pretty Saro (Pretty Sara): Cas Wallin (3:01)
A2 Fine Sally: Cas Wallin (2:17)
A3 Juba: Lee Wallin (0:43)
A4 Neighbor Girl: Lee Wallin (2:14)
A5 Soldier Traveling From the North: Dillard Chandler (3:26)
A6 The Sailor Being Tired: Dillard Chandler (3:08)
A7 Hick's Farewell: Dillard Chandler (4:00)
A8 In Zepo Town: Lisha Shelton (3:24)
A9 Don't You Remember: Lisha Shelton (2:39)
B1 Awake, Awake: Dillard Chandler (4:16)
B2 Mathie Groves: Dillard Chandler (6:14)
B3 Love Has Brought Me to Despair: Berzilla Wallin (2:50)
B4 Johnny Doyle: Berzilla Wallin (3:59)
B5 Conversation With Death: Berzilla Wallin (5:26)
[Credits]
Producer, Recorder, Photographer and Designer: John Cohen, Recorder: Peter Gott
[Notes]
Compiled from field recordings made in 1963, this album offers a view of musical life in the Laurel River region of North Carolina, where dances and "workings"—days of common labor followed by evenings of merriment—were once common. Anecdotes in the liner notes from the singers bring the world of Big Laurel to life.

37th Old Time Fiddler's Convention at Union Grove North Carolina

Folkways Records – FA 2434

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1962
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Old Time
[Tracklist]
A01 Introductory Remarks: H.P. Van Hoy (0:31)
A02 Blackberry Blossom: Charlie Higgins (1:39)
A03 Instrumental: The Old Timers (1:11)
A04 Old Richmond: A.L. Hall Band (2:29)
A05 River Stay Away From My Door: Knight, Charlie and His Country Music Boys (1:49)
A06 Lost John: Red Parham and the Haywood County Ramblers (1:28)
A07 Hitchhiker's Blues: The Brushy Mountain Boys (2:57)
A08 Whoa Mule: Yadkin County Ramblers (1:40)
A09 May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister: Grandma Davis (1:34)
A10 I Shall Not Be Moved: Bascom Lamar Lunsford and the Laurel River Band (2:20)
A11 Sally Ann: The Old Timers (2:08)
A12 Dance All Night: Kenneth Edwards and the Sunny Mountain Boys (2:05)
B01 Twinkle Little Star: The Mountain Ramblers (1:26)
B02 Ruben: The Blue Grass Mountain Boys (2:30)
B03 Billy in the Lowground: The Lonesome Strangers (1:04)
B04 Whiskey Took My Daddy Away: Louise Edmonds (1:45)
B05 Teardrops in My Eyes: The Friendly City Playboys (2:32)
B06 Grey Eagle: The Surry County Ramblers (1:40)
B07 Fire on the Mountain: The Dixie Ramblers (1:28)
B08 Back Up and Push: The Friendly City Playboys (1:55)
B09 Sally Ann: The Mountain Ramblers (2:01)
B10 Some Closing Remarks: H.P. Van Hoy (1:00)
[Credits]
Producer and Recorder: Mike Seeger, Recorder: Lisa Chiera, Photographer and Designer: John Cohen
[Notes]
First held in 1924 to help raise money for a public high school and to build community spirit, the Union Grove Convention is the oldest continuous festival of its kind in America. The tracks on this compilation were recorded at the Convention in 1961 and present virtuosic talent and deep repertoire.

Jean Ritchie: Marching Across The Green Grass and Other American Children's Game Songs

Asch Records – AH 752

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1968
Genre: Children's, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Sailor, Sailor On the Sea (2:49)
A2 Pussy Got the Measles (2:01)
A3 Train A Comin' (1:58)
A4 Shady Grove (1:28)
A5 Marching Across The Green Grass (1:56)
A6 All Little Ones are Sleeping (2:55)
A7 Hunt the Cows (1:59)
A8 Goin' To Boston (2:11)
B1 All You Jolly Huntsmen (1:37)
B2 The Bluebird Song (2:35)
B3 King Quine Song (1:50)
B4 Open The Window (2:20)
B5 Old Raggy (1:46)
B6 Lazy John (2:14)
B7 Bandy Rowe (2:51)
B8 Old Bald Eagle (1:18)
[Credits]
Jean Ritchie (dulcimer/guitar/vocals)
Designer: Ronald Clyne, Photographer: George Pickow
[Notes]
Jean Ritchie is one of America's finest and best known traditional singers. She grew up in Viper, Kentucky, and is part of the famous "Singing Ritchies of Kentucky."On this 1968 recording, Ritchie, accompanying herself on Appalachian dulcimer and guitar, is assisted by her two young sons, Peter and Jon. She presents American children's game songs, many of which she learned and played herself as a child. Others, however, are original compositions, or traditional but with modifications she has found to be helpful. Liner notes include instructions for playing the games, background information, and the songs' lyrics.

Cisco Houston: Hard Travelin'

Folkways Records – FA 2042

Format: Vinyl, 10", Album
Country: US
Released: 1954
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Hard Traveling (1:30)
A2 Stagolee (Stagger Lee) (1:52)
A3 The John B. Sails (Sloop John B.) (1:52)
A4 The Frozen Logger (2:12)
A5 Turtle Dove (2:28)
B1 True Love on My Mind (1:18)
B2 Dink's Song (2:22)
B3 Hound Dog (2:37)
B4 Gypsy Dave (Gypsy Davy) (1:42)
B5 Intoxicated Rat (1:52)
B6 The Girl in the Wood (3:08)
[Credits]
Cisco Houston (guitar/vocals)
Producer and Liner Notes: Kenneth S. Goldstein
[Notes]
Woody Guthrie described singer and actor Cisco Houston as a man who "likes hard hitting songs and hard hitting people. He likes to meet and to sing with the people." This album features both traditional and recently composed songs, as well as extensive liner notes by folklorist Kenny Goldstein.

Dave Van Ronk: Down in Washington Square

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW CD 40213

Format: 3 x CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: Oct 29, 2013
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country Blues, Folk
[Tracklist]
1-01 Duncan and Brady (3:06)
1-02 River Come Down (Bamboo) (3:48)
1-03 Spike Driver Blues (3:15)
1-04 John Henry (2:29)
1-05 Backwater Blues (3:04)
1-06 K.C. Moan (3:03)
1-07 Haul on the Bowline (1:21)
1-08 Just a Closer Walk with Thee (3:03)
1-09 Gambler's Blues (2:46)
1-10 Sweet Substitute (2:34)
1-11 Bed Bug Blues (2:48)
1-12 Winin' Boy (2:40)
1-13 Georgie and the IRT (3:33)
1-14 Betty and Dupree (3:38)
1-15 Come Back, Baby (3:55)
1-16 My Baby's So Sweet (2:36)
1-17 Black Mountain Blues (4:04)
1-18 Yas-Yas-Yas (2:06)
2-01 Willie the Weeper (2:51)
2-02 Dink's Song (3:46)
2-03 Santy Anno (1:46)
2-04 Leave Her, Johnny (1:31)
2-05 Tell Old Bill (4:30)
2-06 Careless Love (2:58)
2-07 Standing by My Window (4:58)
2-08 Please See My Grave Is Kept Clean (2:58)
2-09 Had More Money (3:09)
2-10 If You Leave Me, Pretty Mama (3:09)
2-11 Hesitation Blues (2:35)
2-12 In the Pines (3:09)
2-13 Oh, What a Beautiful City (3:16)
2-14 Mean Old Frisco (2:57)
2-15 Stackalee (2:46)
2-16 How Long (3:52)
2-17 Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down (4:53)
2-18 House of the Rising Sun (6:10)
3-01 Hootchie Kootchie Man (3:15)
3-02 Reckless Blues (2:31)
3-03 Trouble in Mind (2:26)
3-04 Oh Lord, Search My Heart (3:57)
3-05 God Bless the Child (3:18)
3-06 Losers (3:18)
3-07 Another Time and Place (4:30)
3-08 Garden State Stomp (2:52)
3-09 Motherless Children (3:13)
3-10 Don't You Leave Me Here (I'm Alabama Bound) (4:43)
3-11 Spike Driver Blues (6:50)
3-12 Down South Blues (5:12)
3-13 St. James Infirmary (Gambler’s Blues) (4:26)
3-14 Ace in the Hole (4:23)
3-15 Going Down Slow (3:29)
3-16 Buckets of Rain (3:55)
3-17 Jelly Jelly (3:03)
3-18 Sometime (Whatcha Gonna Do) (2:37)
[Credits]
Dave Van Ronk (guitar/vocals)
Photographer: Craig Mierop, Designer: Jackson Foster, Engineer: Pete Reiniger, Compiler: Jeff Place
[Notes]
Called "The Mayor of MacDougal Street," Dave Van Ronk (1936-2002) was a leading figure in the Greenwich Village music scene for more than four decades. He epitomized the urban "folksinger"— apprenticing through immersion in the music revival's New York City epicenter of Washington Square Park. Drawing from and developing a wide repertoire of songs, guitar techniques, and performing skills, he mentored younger musicians and songwriters such as Bob Dylan, Jack Hardy, Suzanne Vega, Christine Lavin, and many others. Down in Washington Square includes 16 never-before-released recordings coupled with tracks from the Smithsonian Folkways archive, spanning early live recordings made in 1958 (one year before his first Folkways album) to his final studio recordings in 2001, just months before his death. It paints a musical mosaic of Van Ronk's artistry and expands his legacy, keeping alive the genius of a legendary performer who inspired audiences, musicians, and a major motion picture — Inside Llewyn Davis, written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Three CD box set, 54 tracks, nearly three hours of music, 40-page booklet with extensive notes.

The Stoneman Family: Old-Time Tunes of the South

Folkways Records – FA 2315

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1957
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Country, Old Time
[Tracklist]
A01 Say, Darling, Say: Ernest V. Stoneman (1:41)
A02 Black Dog Blues: Ernest V., Hattie and Vann Stoneman (2:21)
A03 When the Springtime Comes Again: Ernest V. Stoneman (1:50)
A04 Stoney's Waltz: Ernest V. Stoneman (2:02)
A05 New River Train: Ernest V. and Hattie Stoneman (3:38)
A06 Hallelujah Side: Ernest V. Stoneman (2:27)
A07 Cumberland Gap: Hattie Stoneman (1:04)
A08 Hang John Brown: Ernest V. Stoneman (2:48)
A09 Bile Them Cabbage Down: Ernest V. Stoneman (2:10)
A10 The Wreck of the Old Ninety-Seven: Ernest V., Hattie, Gene and Vann Stoneman (2:57)
B01 Lonesome Road Blues: J.C. Sutphin, Vernon Sutphin, and J.J. Neese (1:58)
B02 Little Sadie: Louise Foreacre (1:43)
B03 Late Last Night: Louise Foreacre (1:45)
B04 Frankie Was a Good Girl: Louise Foreacre (2:21)
B05 I Met a Handsome Lady: H.N. Dickens (2:25)
B06 John Henry: J.C. and Vernon Sutphin (1:37)
B07 The Cruel War: Louise Foreacre (2:42)
B08 The Golden Pen: H.N. Dickens (4:04)
B09 The Arkansas Traveler: H.N. Dickens (1:31)
B10 A Rose in Grandma's Garden: Louise Foreacre: 3:42)
B11 Lost John: J.C. and Vernon Sutphin (1:23)
[Credits]
Ernest V. Stoneman (guitar/autoharp/harmonica/vocals) Hattie Stoneman (banjo/fiddle) Vann Stoneman (bass) Gene Stoneman (guitar) Vernon Sutphin (banjo) J.J. Neese (fiddle) Louise Foreacre (banjo/fiddle) H.N. Dickens (banjo/vocals) Gene Cox (banjo)
Producer and Liner Notes: Ralph Rinzler, Recorder: Mike Seeger, Designer: Cliff Condak
[Notes]
Originally from Carroll County, Virginia, the Stoneman family moved to the Washington, DC area during the Depression, where they continued to play old-time music after harsh economic conditions cut short Ernest "Pop" Stoneman's recording career for Okeh and Edison. This album features tunes and songs from Pop, Mrs. Stoneman, and their children.

Folk Music U.S.A.: Volume One

Compiled by Harold Courlander With by Charles Edward Smith

Ethnic Folkways Library – FE 4530

Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1959
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Field Recording, Country, Cajun, Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 John Henry: Virgil Perkins and Jack Sims (4:10)
A2 Grizzly Bear: Negro Prison Camp Worksong (3:31)
A3 Blowing the Train: Percy Randolph (2:52)
A4 Six Thousand Miles from Nowhere: Snooks Eaglin (3:06)
A5 Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson (3:24)
A6 Amasee: Children's Ring Game Song: Unspecified (1:34)
B1 Spooky Drums: Baby Dodds (2:19)
B2 Black Jack Davy: Mary Jo Davis (3:09)
B3 Drunken Sailor: Unspecified (1:19)
B4 Ellen Smith: Pete Steele (1:38)
B5 Run, Run: Elizabeth Cotten (0:57)
B6 Mole in the Ground: Bascom Lamar Lunsford (2:49)
B7 Rolling River: Murph Gribble, John Lusk & Albert York (2:45)
C1 Allons Danser Colinda: Roy Brule (1:51)
C2 Sourwood Mountain: Hobart Smith (1:22)
C3 Diamond Joe: Cisco Houston (2:24)
C4 Siete Leguas: Peter Hurd (2:24)
C5 Matachines Dance: Unspecified (1:33)
C6 Moonlight Song: Unspecified (2:08)
D1 War Dance Song: Unspecified (1:28)
D2 Esta Navidad: Unspecified (3:06)
D3 Aguinaldo Cagueño: The "Trobador" De La Montana & the Puerto Rican Quartet (4:17)
D4 If We Never Meet Again: Children of Diamond Rural School, St. Croix, Virgin Island (0:55)
D5 Rocky Road: Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (2:43)
D6 Inviting-In Dance Song: Otis Ahkivigak (1:05)
[Credits]
Producer: Charles Edward Smith and Harold Courlander, Designer: Donald Clyne
[Notes]
This wide-ranging anthology of American folk music was compiled by noted folklorist Harold Courlander from recordings, many of them field recordings, made in the 1940s and ’50s. Almost all the performers on the collection—who include Cisco Houston, Elizabeth Cotten, and Snooks Eaglin—learned their music from oral tradition. Selections represent a broad spectrum of American folk music, from Puerto Rico to the north coast of Alaska. Extensive liner notes, written by Charles Edward Smith, delve into the characteristics of American folk music and provide detailed information, with lyrics, for each of the 25 selections.

The Carolina Tar Heels

Folk-Legacy Records – FSA 24

Format: Vinyl, LP Country: US
Released: 1964
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Old Time
[Tracklist]
A1 Goin' To Georgia (3:22)
A2 My Brushy Mountain Home (3:48)
A3 Courtin' In The Rain (2:30)
A4 Dango (1:50)
A5 I Was Born Four Thousand Years Ago (1:50)
A6 Garley's Fox Chase (1:51)
A7 If I Was A Mining Man (1:49)
A8 This Morning, This Evening, Right Now (2:57)
B1 Mama Scolds Me For Flirtin' (3:15)
B2 Crescent Limited (1:52)
B3 Go Wash In That Beautiful Pll (2:20)
B4 Knockin' On The Henhouse Door (1:55)
B5 Ain't Gonna Be Treated This-A-Way (3:11)
B6 Jimmie Settleton (1:41)
B7 Drake's Reel (1:07)
B8 Bull Dog Down In Sunny Tennessee (2:20)
B9 Hide-A-Me (3:23)
[Credits]
Dock Walsh (banjo/vocals) Drake Walsh (fiddle) Garley Foster (guitar/harmonica/vocals)
Recorder and Liner Notes: Archie Green and Eugene W. Earle
[Notes]
The first incarnation of the Carolina Tar Heels, featuring the group’s mainstay, Dock Walsh, first performed and was recorded in the late 1920s. Featuring a shifting line-up in the coming years, a recording of Walsh and company, billed as the Tar Heels, was featured on the groundbreaking 1952 compilation the Anthology of American Folk Music. On this recording, originally released by Folk-Legacy Records in 1962, Walsh is joined by his son Drake and longtime collaborator Garley Foster for a program of old-time music and Appalachian folk songs. In addition to four original compositions, the 17 tracks have Anglo-American or African American origins, reflecting the context of "race records" and "hillbilly music" surrounding the group’s first performances decades earlier. Filled with feeling, this collection stands in good company with other great Appalachian field recordings of the era, and is a special title in Folk-Legacy's early catalog. Extensive liner notes include comments detailing the history of the group and songs.

A Golden Ring of Gospel: Sharon Mountain Harmony

Folk-Legacy Records – FSI 86

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1982
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Gospel, Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 I've Been Listening (2:12)
A2 Glory Bound (2:33)
A3 Turtle Dove (2:28)
A4 Climbing High Mountains (2:07)
A5 Peace Like A River (1:21)
A6 Done Found My Lost Sheep (3:48)
A7 I Want To Die Easy (2:49)
A8 Blessed Quietness (3:47)
B1 Oh, He's Taken My Feet (2:33)
B2 Lord, I Want More Religion (2:09)
B3 Trouble So Hard (1:29)
B4 I Will Arise (2:32)
B5 Bright Morning Star (2:15)
B6 Time Has Made A Change In Me (2:15)
B7 Been In The Storm So Long (3:38)
B8 There Are Angels Hovering 'Round (3:24)
[Credits]
Lucy Simpson (vocals) Mary Alice Amidon (vocals) Peter Amidon (vocals) Caroline Paton (vocals) Rock Creek (vocals)
[Notes]
In the spirit of the "golden ring", this album exemplifies the communal, non-competitive, joyous music-making by friends at Folk-Legacy Records on Sharon Mountain. The comforting grace of Lucy Simpson leading hymns, Peter and Mary Alice Amidon brightly blending, the trio Rock Creek (Wally Macnow, Tom McHenry, and Bill Destler) adding richness and fullness to each song, and Caroline Paton lending her harmony make for a warm chorus that invites you in the circle to sing along. These songs are rooted in the tradition of American spirituals that remain a timeless source of renewal for all.

The Award Winning Country Gentlemen

Rebel Records – SLP-1506

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1972
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Walking Down The Line (2:06)
A2 The Legend Of The Rebel Soldier (2:56)
A3 Redwood Hill (2:38)
A4 C.G. Express (2:24)
A5 Little Bessie (3:35)
A6 Old Pine Tree (3:06)
B1 Hickory Hollow's Tramp (2:31)
B2 Country Roads (2:32)
B3 Secret Of The Waterfall (3:06)
B4 Breakin It Down (2:24)
B5 Get In Line Buddy (2:14)
B6 New Freedom Bell (2:40)
[Credits]
Charlie Waller (guitar/vocals) Doyle Lawson (mandolin/vocals) Bill Emerson (banjo/vocals) Bill Yates (bass/vocals)
Liner Notes: Len Holsclaw, Photographer: Jim McGuire, Engineer: R.D. Homer
[Notes]
Not only does Award Winning Country Gentlemen culminate a major shift in direction for the Country Gentlemen, it is also quite possibly their finest album. Charlie Waller had to reassemble the group in the early '70s, bringing in a new lineup -- including mandolinist Doyle Lawson, bassist Bill Yates and banjoist Bill Emerson -- that helped move the Country Gentlemen even further into contemporary music. On Award Winning, the band covers songs by rock and folk songwriters like Bob Dylan and Gordon Lightfoot, bringing a bluegrass attitude and instrumentation to the contemporary numbers. The result is a stunning record, with a great selection of songs and simply stunning musicianship.-- AllMusic Review by Thom Owens