Sonny Terry's Washboard Band

Folkways Records – FA 2006

Format: Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Repress
Country: US
Released: 1955
Genre: Blues, World, & Country
Style: Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 The Woman is Killin' Me (2:27)
A2 Custard Pie Blues (2:51)
A3 Diggin' My Potatoes (2:57)
A4 Crazy Man Blues (3:12)
B1 Wine-Headed Woman (2:25)
B2 My Baby Done Changed the Lock on That Door (3:34)
B3 Sonny's Jump (instrumental)
(3:12)
B4 Louise (4:14)
[Credits]
Sonny Terry (harmonica/washboard/vocals)
Liner Notes: Harold Courlander
[Notes]
Blind harmonica player and singer Sonny Terry recorded a few records during the 1930s and 1940s, but found wider fame in the folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s. This recording features a washboard band—an ensemble that includes washboard, washtub bass (a development from the African earth bow), bones, and sometimes guitar, or as heard here, harmonica.

Field Recorders' Collective – FRC312

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2009
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Appalachian Music
[Tracklist]
01 Dock Talks About Performing (2:57)
02 Down South Blues (2:15)
03 Peggy Walker (2:22)
04 Intro to Papa Build Me A Boat (0:38)
05 Papa Build Me A Boat (2:01)
06 Intro to Black Bottom Blues (0:40)
07 Black Bottom Blues (1:53)
08 Country Blues (4:51)
09 Intro to Prayer Of A Miner's Child (0:40)
10 Prayer Of A Miner's Child (2:37)
11 The Wagoner's Lad (3:20)
12 Pretty Little Napanee (2:37)
13 Intro to Sugar Blues (0:31)
14 Sugar Blues (1:43)
15 Omie Wise (2:36)
16 My Loved Ones Are Waiting For Me (2:35)
17 Bright Sunny South (3:05)
18 I Hope I Live A Few More Days (3:39)
19 Mistreated Mama Blues (1:22)
20 Turkey in theStraw (1:06)
21 Intro to Drunkard's Lonely Child (0:38)
22 Drunkard's Lonely Child (2:34)
23 Banjo Clog (1:13)
24 Intro to Rowan County Crew (0:20)
25 Rowan County Crew (3:59)
26 More About theRowan County Crew (0:30)
27 Intro to Coal Creek March (2:42)
28 Coal Creek March (1:57)
29 Mixed Blues (3:32)
30 One Little Word (2:37)
31 Wabash Cannonball (2:16)
32 Will Sweethearts Know Each Other There? (2:09)
33 Dock's Birth (0:40)
34 Sugar Baby (2:04)
35 Intro to Hook And Line (1:32)
36 Hook And Line (0:35)
37 Spanish Fandango (1:08)
38 Reuben's Train (1:53)
39 Cuba (2:05)
[Credits]
Dock Boggs (banjo/vocals) Kate Peters Sturgill (guitar/vocals)
[Notes]
These selections are from a Dock Boggs concert at Appalachian State University (Boone, NC) on November 11, 1966. Accompanying Dock on guitar and singing is Kate Peters Sturgill. Both were from near Norton in Wise County, Virginia (Kate helped her cousin, A. P. Carter collect songs in the 1930s). Dr. Cratis Dearl Williams, founding Dean of the ASU Graduate School, and who is considered the father of Appalachian studies, arranged for the concert. Wilson Roberts was in attendance and recalls, "…the room was small, the lighting allowing for easy eye to eye contact between audience and performer.” There are several references to Doc Watson who, with his son Merle, was in the audience." Dock also talks about the origins of some of his songs and how he came to make them his own. Three tapes of the concert were made, all of which were misplaced over the years until Wilson Roberts tracked down the one remaining copy represented on this CD. – Lynn Frederick, from information provided by Wilson Roberts & Mike Seeger "Recordings for sale and information about the musicians and collectors can be found at www.fieldrecorders.org."

Folk Songs of New York City sung by June Lazare

Folkways Records – FH 5276

Format: Vinyl, Album, LP
Country: US
Released: 1966
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A01 Michael Roy (1:48)
A02 Hicks the Pirate (3:11)
A03 Express Song (2:07)
A04 The Two Orphans (2:03)
A05 The Patriotic Diggers (2:10)
A06 Magistrate's Song (2:00)
A07 Jolly Old Roger (2:46)
A08 The Brooklyn Strike (3:11)
A09 The New York 'Prentice Boy (3:03)
A10 Down in Dear Old Greenwich Village (2:35)
B01 Westfield Disaster (3:07)
B02 Billy Barlow (3:14)
B03 Castle by the Sea (3:27)
B04 The Three Sisters (3:02)
B05 Dead Rabbits Fight with the Bowery Boys (3:18)
B06 The Knickerbocker Line (1:58)
B07 Great Police Fight (Riot at City Hall) (2:04)
B08 Jim Fisk (2:55)
B09 The Shoddy Contractor (2:21)
B10 Mrs. Cunningham's Darling Baby (1:42)
[Credits]
June Lazare (guitar/vocals)
Liner Notes: June Lazare, Designer: Irwin Rosenhouse
[Notes]
Released in 1966, this collection of twenty evocative folk songs illuminates a perhaps-unrecognizable New York City. In contrast to the nineteenth century world of gang violence, melodrama, corruption, and river pirates they chronicle, these songs are presented with simplicity and charm. For example, listen to Lazare tell the tale of the great police fight of 1857 while providing basic guitar accompaniment.

Western Express: 36 Exciting And Rare Country & Western Songs

MCA Coral 0082.036-2

Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: Germany
Released: 1994
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Country, & Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 San Antonio Rose: Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys
A2 Alla En El Rancho Grande: Rex Allen
A3 Nine Pound Hammer: Tex Williams
A4 Red River Valley: Jimmy Wakely
A5 Why Baby, Why: Red Sovine, Webb Pierce
A6 Louisiana Moonlight: Jimmy C. Newman
A7 Six Days On The Road: The Texas Troubadors
A8 Hey, Mr. Bluebird: Ernest Tubb & The Wilburn Brothers
A9 Roses Are Red: Webb Pierce
B1 Tennessee Saturday Night: Red Foley
B2 Tupelo County Jail: Webb Pierce
B3 This Land Is Your Land: Tompall Glaser & The Glaser Brothers
B4 River Of No Return: Tex Williams
B5 The Huntin's Over For Tonight: Grandpa Jones
B6 Knoxville Girl: The Wilburn Brothers
B7 Fiddler's Dream: Tommy Jackson
B8 Will The Circle Be Unbroken: Red Foley
B9 Detroit City: Billy Grammer
C1 Blue Moon Of Kentucky: Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
C2 I Like Mountain Music: Roy Acuff
C3 500 Miles: The Greenwoods
C4 Bye Bye Love: Johnnie And Jack
C5 Cheyenne: Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
C6 Cool Water: The Sons Of The Pioneers
C7 I Bought A Rock For A Rocky Mountain Girl: Wilf Carter
C8 Cowboy's Lament (The Streets Of Laredo): Burl Ives
C9 In The Jailhouse Now: Webb Pierce
D1 My Dixie Darling: The Carter Family
D2 Cripple Creek: Jimmy Martin
D3 Sparkling Brown Eyes: Webb Pierce
D4 My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountain: The Carter Family
D5 My Hillbilly Baby: Ernest Tubb
D6 She'll Be Coming 'round The Mountain: Al Mcleod's Country Music Dance Band
D7 The WeaversAcross The Wide Missouri (Shenandoah)
D8 Cotton Fields: The Osborne Brothers
D9 The Last Round Up: The Ranch Boys
[Notes]
Manufactured in Western Germany by TELDEC "Telefunken-Decca" Schallplatten-Ges.mbH., Heussweg 25, 2 Hamburg 19. Licensed by MCA Records, Inc. Universal City, California, U.S.A.

Gennett Old Time Music Classic Country Recordings 1927-1934

JSP Records – JSP77130

Format: 4 x CD, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 2010
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country, Old Time
[Disc One]
01 When I Was Single My Pockets Would Jingle: John D. Foster (03:00)
02 Good Bye, My Darlin': John D. Foster (03:06)
03 My Sarah Jane: John D. Foster (02:24)
04 Storms May Rule the Ocean: John D. Foster (02:28)
05 The Cabin with Roses at the Door: John D. Foster (03:14)
06 My Boyhood Happy Days: John D. Foster (03:15)
07 Some Day I'll Wander Back Again: John D. Foster (03:19)
08 We Can Only Have One Mother: John D. Foster (03:10)
09 Taylor's Quickstep: John D. Foster (03:02)
10 Richmond Blues: John D. Foster (03:03)
11 These Bones Gwine Rise Again: John D. Foster (02:56)
12 My Carolina Home: John D. Foster (03:13)
13 Let Her Go I'll Meet Her: John D. Foster (02:53)
14 She's Only a Bird in a Guilded Cage: John D. Foster (02:43)
15 Meet Me in the Moonlight: John D. Foster (02:53)
16 There's More Pretty Girls Than One: John D. Fosterd (02:42)
17 Two Faithful Lovers: John D. Foster (02:52)
18 Cabin with Roses at the Door: John D. Foster (03:13)
19 Six Months Ain't Long: John D. Foster (03:03)
20 New River Train: Ernest V. Stoneman (02:53)
21 John Hardy: Ernest V. Stoneman (03:10)
22 Kenney Wagner's Surrender: Ernest V. Stoneman (02:23)
23 The Poor Tramp Has to Live: Ernest V. Stoneman (03:06)
24 Long Eared Mule: Ernest V. Stoneman & His Grayson County Boys (03:06)
25 Round Town Gals: Ernest V. Stoneman & His Grayson County Boys (03:04)
[Disc Two]
01 The Arkansas Traveler: Red Fox Chasers (03:08)
02 Turkey in the Straw: Red Fox Chasers (03:11)
03 Did You Ever See the Devil, Uncle Joe?: Red Fox Chasers (03:04)
04 Wreck on the Mountain Road: Red Fox Chasers (02:37)
05 Stolen Love: Red Fox Chasers (02:45)
06 Tell Mother I'll Meet Her: Red Fox Chasers (03:19)
07 Weeping Willow Tree: Red Fox Chasers (02:44)
08 Little Sweetheart Pal of Mine: Red Fox Chasers (03:04)
09 Put My Little Shoes Away: Red Fox Chasers (02:56)
10 Mississippi Sawyer: Red Fox Chasers (03:10)
11 Twinkle Little Star: Red Fox Chasers (02:55)
12 Looking to My Prayer: Red Fox Chasers (02:36)
13 We Shall Meet on That Beautiful Shore: Red Fox Chasers (02:45)
14 May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister: Red Fox Chasers (02:53)
15 Something Wrong with My Gal: Red Fox Chasers (02:42)
16 Honeysuckle Time: Red Fox Chasers (02:40)
17 The Blind Man and His Child: Red Fox Chasers (02:48)
18 Makin' Likker in North Carolina, Pt. 1: Red Fox Chasers (03:09)
19 Makin' Likker in North Carolina, Pt. 2: Red Fox Chasers (02:33)
20 Virginia Bootleggers: Red Fox Chasers (02:50)
21 Naomi Wise: Red Fox Chasers (02:55)
22 Devilish Mary: Red Fox Chasers (02:40)
23 Six Feet of Earth Makes Us All One Size: Oscar L. Coffey (02:53)
24 My Dear Old Mountain Home: Oscar L. Coffey (03:05)
25 He's Only a Miner Killed in the Ground: Ted Chestnut (02:32)
[Disc Three]
01 Deer Walk: Fiddlin' Doc Roberts (03:07)
02 The Devil in Georgia: Fiddlin' Doc Roberts (03:12)
03 Take Those Lips Away: Fiddlin' Doc Roberts (03:01)
04 Jacks Creek Waltz: Fiddlin' Doc Roberts (03:13)
05 Martha Campbell: Fiddlin' Doc Roberts (03:07)
06 The Girl I Left Behind Me: Fiddlin' Doc Roberts (03:07)
07 Rocky Mountain: Fiddlin' Doc Roberts (03:06)
08 Cripple Creek: Fiddlin' Doc Roberts (02:36)
09 Old Buzzard: Fiddlin' Doc Roberts (02:37)
10 Arkansas Traveler: Fiddlin' Doc Roberts (02:45)
11 Johnny Inchin' Along: Fiddlin' Doc Roberts (03:09)
12 Buck Creek Gal: Fiddlin' Doc Roberts (02:35)
13 I've Got a Girl Named Susie: Fiddlin' Doc Roberts (03:04)
14 Run Smoke Run: Fiddlin' Doc Roberts (02:51)
15 Gray Eagle: Taylor's Kentucky Boys (02:40)
16 Forked Deer: Taylor's Kentucky Boys (02:45)
17 Sourwood Mountain: Taylor's Kentucky Boys (02:36)
18 Coal Creek: March Marion Underwood (02:48)
19 Eighth of January: Ted Gossett's Band (02:44)
20 Fire on the Mountain: Tommy Whitmer (02:52)
21 Wild Geese: Ted Gossett's Band (02:53)
22 Fox Chase: Ted Gossett's Band (02:59)
23 Little Birdie: John Hammond (02:49)
24 Purty Polly: John Hammond (03:08)
25 As Free a Little Bird as Can Be: John Hammond (02:32)
[Disc Four]
01 Richmond Cotillion: Da Costa Woltz'sSouthern Broadcasters (02:55)
02 John Brown's Dream: Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters (02:43)
03 Merry Girl: Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters (02:59)
04 Yellow Rose of Texas: Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters (02:49)
05 I Know My Name Is There: Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters (02:44)
06 Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb: Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters (02:52)
07 Wandering Boy: Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters (02:50)
08 Take Me Back to the Sweet Sunny South: Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters (02:46)
09 When You Ask a Girl to Leave Her Happy Home: Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters (02:37)
10 Old Joe Clark: Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters (02:45)
11 Evening Star Waltz: Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters (02:44)
12 Home Sweet Home: Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters (02:35)
13 Last Days in Georgia: Byrd Moore (02:57)
14 Flop Eared Mule: Byrd Moore (03:02)
15 That Old Tiger Rag: Byrd Moore (03:09)
16 Favourite Two Step: Byrd Moore (03:03)
17 Careless Lover: Byrd Moore (03:13)
18 Mama Don't Allow No Low Down Hangin' Round: Byrd Moore (03:04)
19 The Bully of the Town: Byrd Moore (02:54)
20 Snatch 'Em Back Blues: Byrd Moore (03:12)
21 Bed Bugs Makin' Their Last Go Round: Byrd Moore (03:19)
22 All Night Long: Byrd Moore (03:18)
23 When the Snowflakes Fall Again: Byrd Moore (03:01)
24 Birmingham Jail: Byrd Moore (03:03)
[Credits]
Jim Booker (fiddle) John Booker (guitar) Kahle Brewer (fiddle) Guy Brooks (fiddle) Ted Chestnut (vocals) Oscar Coffey (banjo/vocals) Bob Cranford (harmonica/vocals) Da Costa Woltz (banjo/vocals) John D. Foster (guitar/vocals) Bolen Frost (banjo) Enos Gossett (guitar) Ted Gossett (fiddle) John Hammond (guitar/vocals) Jesse James (mandolin/vocals) Benny Jarrell (fiddle/vocals) Frank Jenkins (banjo/fiddle/vocals) Asa Martin (guitar/vocals) Paul Miles (banjo/vocals) Byrd Moore (guita/vocals) Earl Nossinger (guitar) Fiddlin' Doc Roberts (fiddle/mandolin) Melvin Robinette (fiddle/vocals) Leonard Rutherford (fiddle/vocals) Ernest V. Stoneman (guitar/harmonica/vocals) Earl Sweet (banjo) Herbert Sweet (fiddle) A.P. Thompson (guitar/vocals) Marion Underwood (banjo) Tommy Whitmer (fiddle) Justin Winfield (guitar/vocals) Pete Woods (banjo) Willie Young (guitar)
Liner Notes: Pat Harrison, Source Material: Tony Russell and Charles K. Wolfe
[Notes]
Although best known for its jazz releases, Fred Gennett's self-named Gennett Records label also did extensive recording in the rural folk genre, tracking various singers and string bands from the South in the 1920s and 1930s. This expansive four-disc set compiled by Chris King collects nearly 100 of these rare sides issued between 1927 and 1934, including early recordings by Ernest Stoneman, the Red Fox Chasers, Fiddlin' Doc Roberts, and a trio of lovely claw hammer banjo pieces from John Hammond. Modern country grew out of these kinds of back-porch performances, and what they lack in polish and sleekness they more than make up for with pure heart and soul.

The Helen Carter Collection

Old Homestead Records – OHCD4019

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1999
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Tracklist]
01 Poor Wildwood Flower (2:22)
02 Tickling The Frets (1:36)
03 Dark And Stormy Weather (3:10)
04 Hello Stranger (2:23)
05 I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow (2:48)
06 The Winding Stream (4:08)
07 Red River Blues (2:00)
08 Helen's Mandolin Rag (1:53)
09 Is This My Destiny (2:48)
10 A Lonesome Day (4:13)
11 Carter Guitar Medley (1:48)
12 Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room (3:10)
13 Clinch Mountain Love (3:02)
14 Poor Old Heartsick Me (3:01)
15 Why Do You Weep Dear Willow (2:45)
16 If You Were Losing Him To Me (2:54)
17 Kneeling Drunkards Plea (3:16)
18 Mama Sang (2:50)
19 Meeting In The Air (3:29)
20 Hot Footin' It (2:10)
21 Lonesome Fiddle Blues (1:40)
22 No Distinction There (1:54)
23 You Are My Flower (3:00)
[Credits]
Helen Carter (Guitar/vocals) Anita Carter (vocals) John Morris (bass/vocals) Dana Cupp Sr. (banjo/mandolin) Jim Campbell (fiddle) David Jones (guitar) Elmer Thudd (guitar) David Roe (bass) Tom Ewing (bass)
Producer: John Morris, Photographer: Vicki Langdon, Engineer: Clark Williams
[Notes]
The eldest daughter of Maybelle Carter, she performed with her mother and her younger sisters, June Carter and Anita Carter, as a member of The Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle, a pioneering all female country and folk music group. After the death of A.P. Carter in 1960, the group became known as The Carter Family. Album recorded January 22, 1993 at the Delivery Room, Nashville, Tennessee.

Maybelle Carter – Wildwood Pickin'

Vanguard – 77021-2

Series: Newport Folk Festival Classics
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1997
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Appalachian Music, Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Introduction (02:19)
02 Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow (02:40)
03 Cannonball Blues (02:07)
04 Two Sweethearts of Mine (05:01)
05 Wabash Cannonball (01:56)
06 Coal Miner's Blues (00:56)
07 Lover's Farewell (02:24)
Autoharp Workshop With Mike Seeger
08 Little Brown Jug (00:58)
09 Unknown Fiddle Tune (01:55)
10 San Antonio Rose (01:52)
11 Liberty Dance (01:17)
12 Bully of The Town (01:55)
13 My Native Home (03:55)
14 Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies (03:59)
15 Tennessee Waltz (01:22)
16 Never on Sunday (02:51)
17 Gathering Flowers From The Hillside (00:51)
18 Little Darling Pal of Mine (02:27)
New Lost City Ramblers & Maybelle
19 Worried Man Blues (03:11)
20 The Storms Are on The Ocean (03:40)
21 Wildwood Flower (03:49)
22 Gold Watch And Chain (02:26)
[Credits]
Maybelle Carter (guitar/autoharp/vocals) Mike Seeger (guitar) John Cohen (guitar) Tom Paley (guitar) Bill Clifton (intro)
[Notes]
In the late 1950s the daughters stopped performing, but Maybelle Carter remained with the Opry until 1967. The folk revival of the late 1960s revitalized interest in the Original Carter Family, and Maybelle performed at the Newport Folk Festivals 26/28 July 1963.

The Carter Sisters – Maybelle, Anita, June & Helen

Bear Family Records – BFX 15080

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: Germany
Released: 1981
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Tracklist]
A1 I Like My Lovin' Overtime (2:03)
A2 Love, Oh, Crazy Love (2:42)
A3 You Flopped When You Got Me Alone (2:00)
A4 Don Juan (2:02)
A5 He Went Slippin' Around (2:18)
A6 Heartless Romance (2:48)
A7 Faithless Johnny Lee (2:39)
A8 There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (2:50)
B1 Jukebox Blues (2:16)
B2 Like All Get Out (2:11)
B3 Time's A Wastin' (2:07)
B4 We've Got Things To Do (2:25)
B5 Keep It A Secret (2:38)
B6 Cool, Cold, Colder (2:35)
B7 Unfit Mother (2:30)
B8 You're Right But I Wish You Were Wrong (2:32)
[Credits]
Maybelle (guitar/vocals) Anita (guitar/bass/vocals) June (autoharp/guitar/bannjo/vocals) Helen Carter (guitar/accordion/vocals)
[Notes]
After the original Carter Family's legendary run ended, Maybelle Carter remained a radio and recording star with her talented daughters Helen, Anita and June. This generation's ties to popular music's bigger picture include Helen's singer-songwriter son Kenny Jones, Anita's marriage to Johnny Cash bandmate Bob Wootton, and both June's first husband, Carl Smith, and her daughter from a second marriage, Rosie Nix-Adams.

Ernest V. Stoneman 1928 Edison Recordings

County Records – CD3510

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1996
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Classic Country
[Tracklist]
01 Remember The Poor Tramp Has To Live (3:13)
02 The Prisoner's Lament (3:08)
03 All Go Hungry Hash House (3:24)
04 There'll Come A Time (3:12)
05 Sally Goodwin (3:10)
06 Careless Love (3:28)
07 The Eastbound Train (3:07)
08 The Unlucky Road To Washington (3:19)
09 The Old Maid And The Burglar (3:21)
10 Down On The Banks Of The Ohio (3:09)
11 We Parted At The River (3:21)
12 It's Sinful To Flirt (3:29)
13 He Was Nailed To The Cross For Me (3:26)
14 When The Redeemed Are Gathering In (3:29)
15 Goodbye Dear Old Stepstone (3:12)
16 Fallen By The Wayside (3:21)
17 My Mother And My Sweetheart (3:31)
18 Midnight On The Stormy Deep (3:04)
19 The Pretty Mohea (3:28)
20 Watchman Ring That Bell (3:22)
21 I Remember Calvary (3:27)
22 He Is Coming After Me (3:33)
[Credits]
Ernest V. Stoneman (autoharp/guitar/harmonica/vocals) Bolen Frost (banjo)
Coordinator: Gary B. Reid, Liner Notes: Frank Mare, Designer: Rebecca Pittard, Engineer: Craig Maier and Dave Glasser
[Notes]
1928 Edison Recordings contains all 22 tracks that Ernest Stoneman recorded for Edison in 1928. On these sessions, he was backed by a string band, which gave him and his autoharp a fuller sound, yet this music remains pure, direct and rural -- his versions of traditional numbers like "The Prisoner's Lament," "I Remember Cavalry" and "Fallen By the Wayside" are startling in their openness.

New Harmony Sisterhood Band...And Ain't I a Woman?

Paredon – P1038

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Sojourner Truth (2:30)
A2 Cotton Mill Girls (1:48)
A3 Ballad (3:13)
A4 Working Class Woman (2:57)
A5 Ella Ellison (5:25)
A6 Draglines (3:16)
B1 Union Maids (3:00)
B2 Joann Little (3:20)
B3 2-O'Clock Lounge (3:21)
B4 Amelia Earhart (4:14)
55 Unfinished Business (2:55)
B6 All Our Lives (3:42) [Credits]
Deborah Silverstein (guitar/clavas/tambourine/vocals) Katie Tolles (guitar/fiddle/vocals) Kendall Hale (fiddle/vocals) Marcia Deihl (mandolin/fiddle/vocals) Pat Ouellette (bass)
Producer: New Harmony Sisterhood Band, Peter Trioisi and Tim Patterson, Liner Notes: Mary Daly, Artwork: Peg Averill and Rachel Burger, Photographer: Emily O'Brien
[Notes]
The New Harmony Sisterhood Band, formed in the mid-seventies from among students at the Goddard-Cambridge Graduate School for Social Change, draws on the folk idiom for style, and the women's liberation movement for inspiration. The collective sings of the realities of working women and oppressed women, women who are role models as activists (Sojourner Truth) and liberation fighters. Liner notes include a brief biography of the band and of its members as well as song lyrics and chords for each of the album's tracks.

The Original Carter Family in Texas Volume One

Old Homestead Records – OHCS 111

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1978
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Tracklist]
A01 Theme: Keep On The Sunnyside / I'm Thinking Of My Blue Eyes Tonight (2:47)
A02 Cyclone Of Rye Cove (1:57)
A03 God's Gonna Trouble The Waters (2:00)
A04 Charlie Brooks (1:31)
A05 Shortening Bread (Instrumental) (0:40)
A06 Worried Man Blues (1:51)
A07 Will The Circle Be Unbroken (2:00)
A08 Bury Me Beneath The Willow (2:00)
A09 My Virginia Rose Is Blooming (2:09)
A10 Ole Faithful (1:13)
A11 Going Back To My Texas Home (2:00)
A12 Commercial And Theme (0:41)
B01 Theme: Old Lady's Home (2:19)
B02 Out On Old Saint Sabbath (1:37)
B03 Let The Church Roll On (1:01)
B04 Broken Engagement (2:21)
B05 Dark Haired True Lover (1:45)
B06 Kissing Is A Crime (1:40)
B07 Will You Miss Me (1:56)
B08 The Prisoners Dream (1:43)
B09 Cowboy Jack (1:37)
B10 Cumberland Gap (Instrumental) (0:50
B11 The Maple On The Hill (1:54)
B12 Goodbye - Theme (1:02)
[Credits]
A.P. Carter (vocals) Maybelle Carter (guitar/vocals) Sara Carter (autoharp/guitar/vocals)
Liner Notes: Freeman Kitchens and John W. Morris
[Notes]
Late 1930s, 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.

Fasola: 53 Shape Note Folk Hymns

All Day Sacred Harp Singing at Stewart's Chapel in Houston, Mississippi

Asch Mankind Series – AHM 4151

Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1970
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Sacred
[Tracklist]
A01 Liverpool (1:40)
A02 Delight (1:30)
A03 Schenectady (1:58)
A04 Bear Creek (1:53)
A05 Harmony (1:30)
A06 World Unknown (1:40)
A07 Stratfield (1:41)
A08 Arbacoochee (1:40)
A09 Save, Lord, or We Perish (1:55)
A10 Soar Away (2:00)
A11 Cusseta (1:41)
A12 Traveling On (1:43)
A13 Fillmore (1:58)
B01 Gospel Trumpet (1:30)
B02 Providence (1:49)
B03 Florida (1:39)
B04 Columbiana (1:04)
B05 Happy Home (1:23)
B06 Southwell (2:40)
B07 Concord (1:28)
B08 Rees (2:06)
B09 New Hope (1:54)
B10 The Resurrection Day (1:48)
B11 Idumea (1:20)
B12 Mear (1:30)
B13 My Brightest Days - My Brightest Day (1:43)
C01 New Jordan (2:13)
C02 Alabama (1:45)
C03 Morning Sun (1:58)
C04 Exhortation (1:21)
C05 Sinners Friend (0:59)
C06 Coston (1:28)
C07 Georgia (1:28)
C08 Cheves (1:35)
C09 Invitation (1:28)
C10 Eternal Home (1:28)
C11 Green Street (0:39)
C12 The Spirit Shall Return (2:22)
C13 Christian Soldier (1:35)
C14 The Good Old Way / Cowper (1:22)
D01 Christmas Anthem (2:32)
D02 Jerusalem (2:00)
D03 Exhilaration (2:03)
D04 Canaan's Land (1:46)
D05 Sweet Rivers (1:40)
D06 Easter Anthem (1:55)
D07 Notes Almost Divine (1:58)
D08 Manchester (2:01)
D09 O Come Away (1:00)
D10 Murillo's Lesson (2:13)
D11 Calvary (1:24)
D12 Nashville (1:13)
[Credits]
Male and female singers (choral) Shape-note singers (choral)
Producer and Recorder: Frederic Ramsey and Amelia J. Ramsey, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
This 1970 release records the shape note singing convention in Houston, Mississippi. As is the tradition with shape note signing, songs are first sung using notes "fa-so-la-mi," then with lyrics. Each voice part is equally balanced, consequently submerging the tune because all parts (except bass) are sung by both men and women. Liner notes compiled by Amelia Ramsey include a history of shape note singing and background on each song. An illustrated essay by Frederic Ramsey Jr. provides more information on the Mississippi community.

The Country Gentlemen: Going Back to the Blue Ridge Mountains

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW 40175

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2007
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains (2:01)
02 Going To The Races (2:09)
03 Azzuro Campana (2:42)
04 Dark As A Dungeon (5:06)
05 Copper Kettle (3:00)
06 Billy In The Low Ground (2:20)
07 I Saw The Light (2:09)
08 Tom Dooley # 2 (2:55)
09 Brown Mountain Light (2:44)
10 Electricity (2:31)
11 Daybreak In Dixie (2:23)
12 Mary Dear (3:52)
13 Sad And Lonesome Day (2:40)
14 Cripple Creek (2:50)
15 Don't This Road Look Rough And Rocky (3:17)
16 Muleskinner Blues (3:58)
[Credits]
Charlie Waller (guitar/vocals) John Duffey (mandolin/vocals) Eddie Adcock (banjo/vocals) Tom Gray (bass/vocals)
Producer: D.A. Sonneborn and Daniel Sheehy, Production Manager: Mary Monseur, Liner Notes: John Hartley Fox, Designer: Joe Parisi, Editor: Carla Borden, Engineer: Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
Modern bluegrass was born on July 4, 1957 when the original Country Gentlemen took the stage at the Admiral Grill in Baileys Crossroads, Virginia. The foursome heard on this disc is the "classic" Country Gentlemen—Charlie Waller, John Duffey, Eddie Adcock, and Tom Gray, one of the greatest ensembles in bluegrass history. This reissue of the Gents' 1973 album catches the band in its prime. 28-page booklet. 16 tracks. 46 minutes.

The Carter Family – The Acme Sessions 1952/56

JSP Records – JSP4201

Format: Box Set, 2 x CD, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 2008
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Disk One]
01 Pretty Raindrops (3:05)
02 There's A Bright Side Somewhere (3:28)
03 Climbing Zion's Hill (3:11)
04 Longing For Home (2:55)
05 Railroading On The Great Divide (2:54)
06 Live On Down The Line (2:43)
07 No More Goodbyes (At Home With Our Saviour Above) (2:45)
08 On The Rock Where Moses Stood (2:52)
09 Storms Are On The ocean (3:10)
10 Soldier's Beyond The Blue (3:15)
11 Sweet Fern (3:08)
12 Wildwood Flower (2:49)
13 Keep On The Sunny Side (2:36)
14 Sow 'Em On The Mountain (2:32)
15 I'll Be Satisfied (2:20)
16 Room In Heaven For Me (2:18)
17 Gently Lead Me (2:30)
18 Ship ahoy (2:28)
19 Hilll Lone & Grey (2:35)
20 Beautiful Isle O'er The Sea (2:48)
21 My Wildwood Rose (3:05)
22 The Titanic (2:22)
23 When The Sunset Turns The Ocean Blue To Gold (1:58)
24 I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes (2:37)
25 Little Mosses (3:16)
26 Western Hobo (3:06)
27 Beautiful Home (2:08)
28 I Shall Not Be Moved (3:03)
[Disk Two] 01 My Dixie Darling (2:18)
02 Wabash Cannonball (3:22)
03 Metting IN The Air (3:18)
04 Ship Ahoy (3:04)
05 Wade In The Water (2:12)
06 Jesus Hold My Hand (1:58)
07 Fate Of George Allen On Engine 143 (4:22)
08 Anchored In Love (2:12)
09 Curtains Of Night (3:12)
10 Angel Band (2:44)
11 Redemption Song (2:27)
12 Gold Watch & Chain (2:04)
13 Worried Man Blues (2:03)
14 Wayworn Traveller (1:29)
15 Homestead On The Farm (2:02)
16 Grave On The Green Hillside (1:54)
17 Waves On The Sea (2:08)
18 Wildwood Flower (2:30)
19 Keep On The Sunny Side (1:18)
20 Motherless Children (1:59)
21 Two More Years (And I'll Be Free) (1:42)
22 Broken Engagement (3:01)
23 The Last Letter (1:47)
24 On The Sea Of Galilee (2:11)
25 Mrs. Jimmie Rodgers Visits The Carter Family: 1 (2:58)
26 Mrs. Jimmie Rodgers Visits The Carter Family: 2 (2:31)
27 I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes (2:37)
28 Midnight On The Stormy Deep (2:33)
29 Railroading On The Great Divide (2:11)
30 Wildwood Flower (2:29)
[Credits]
A.P. Carter (vocals) Sara Carter (guitar/autoharp/vocals) Joe Carter (guitar/vocals) Janette Carter (autoharp/vocals)
[Notes]
While they may not have been the most dynamic of the Appalachian string bands of the early '20s, the Carter Family was certainly the most subtly innovative, beginning with Maybelle Carter's bass string-heavy guitar playing. Combined with A.P. Carter's knack for spotting a good song and the trio's clear, haunting vocal style, the music they made has given them a secure spot as country's first big stars. More importantly, A.P.'s collection of Appalachian folk songs (although he is listed as the composer of many of them, he simply collected and refined them) has given American country music a solid historical base and he undoubtedly saved countless songs from oblivion (songs like "Coal Miner's Blues," "No Depression," "Engine 143," and "The Little Black Train" can have their survival into the 21st century traced to the versions that the Carter Family recorded). The Carter Family's recording career officially ended on October 14, 1941 when the original line up of A.P., Sara, and Maybelle did a final session for Victor Records, but it wasn't really the end of the story. Sometime preacher and borderline con man Clifford Spurlock approached A.P. a dozen or so years later about reuniting the trio for a series of recordings for his Acme Record Company. Maybelle had established herself as an artist in her own right by this time, so A.P. took Sara and their children Janette and Joe Carter into the studio for sessions in 1952 and then again four years later in 1956, essentially tracking do-overs of previous Carter Family songs like "Keep on the Sunny Side," "Wildwood Flower," and "Wabash Cannonball" along with several religious and sacred titles and the occasional new song. Most of these "comeback" recordings were either never officially released or were distributed poorly and this two-disc, 58-track set is the first time they've all been compiled and assembled together. There's nothing startling here (unless you count the corny and intrusive train sound effects that someone thought would be a good idea to add to "Wabash Cannonball"), and while "new" songs like the "Railroading on the Great Divide" and "The Titanic" are minor treasures, these Acme sessions function more as an addendum to the earlier Victor material rather than as any kind of major restatement of the basic template. That said, collectors will love this set, and if the Carter Family didn't exactly invent the wheel with these 1950s recordings, they didn't really have to, since they pretty much perfected the wheel thirty years earlier. -- AllMusic Review by Steve Leggett

Berkeley Farms: Oldtime and Country Style Music of Berkeley

Folkways Records – FA 2436

Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1972
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Old Time, Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Sally Goodin: Larry Hanks and Ron Tinkler (1:52)
A2 Apple Picker's Reel: Larry Hanks (2:31)
A3 Fisher's Hornpipe: Larry Hanks and Holly Tannen (1:48)
A4 Ruach Na Marku: The Bayou Croakers (3:18)
A5 Bayou Pon Pon: The Bayou Croakers (1:36)
A6 Sally in the Garden: The New Tranquility String Band (2:24)
A7 Boatman: The New Tranquility String Band (1:47)
B1 Peyote Cowboy: The Frontier Constabulary (2:21)
B2 Hopeless Love: Phil Marsh and the Hopeless Lovers (3:36)
B3 Loving Henry Lee: Miriam Stafford, Rita Weill, and Janet Smith (3:02)
B4 Policeman: The Spare Change Boys (2:56)
B5 Beasties in the Sugar: The Spare Change Boys (2:03)
B6 Walking in the Parlor: Walt Koken (1:16)
B7 White Cockade: The Phresno Philharmonic (0:46)
[Credits]
Producer and Recorder: Mike Seeger, Artwork: Globe Propaganda, Designer: George Hunter
[Notes]
This collection of performances from fun-loving Berkeley, California musicians is a snapshot of the local old time and country scene in the late 1960s. Instigated by Mike Seeger and carried out by the musicians, this album is a piece of community music history, and its copious liner notes are a hoot!

Masters of Old-time Country Autoharp

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW CD 40115

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2006
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Stoney's Waltz: Ernest V. Stoneman (1:56)
02 Sweet Marie: Neriah and Kenneth Benfield (2:00)
03 John Henry: Kilby Snow (2:07)
04 May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister?: Kilby Snow (1:37)
05 She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain: Kilby Snow with Wade Ward (1:11)
06 Sweet Sunny South: Ernest V. Stoneman (2:30)
07 Bile'em Cabbage Down: Ernest V. Stoneman (2:02)
08 Marching Through Georgia: Ernest V. Stoneman (1:20)
09 Wreck of Number Nine: Ernest V. Stoneman (2:49)
10 Ella's Grave: Neriah Benfield (1:45)
11 Waltz: Neriah Benfield (1:21)
12 Old Joe Clark: Kenneth Benfield (1:25)
13 Shortening Bread: Kenneth Benfield (1:14)
14 Cindy: Kilby Snow (1:10)
15 Budded Roses: Kilby Snow (1:53)
16 Flop-eared Mule: Kilby Snow (1:50)
17 Home Sweet Home: Kilby Snow (2:31)
18 Springtime Again Little Annie: Ernest V. Stoneman (2:11)
19 Great Reaping Day: Ernest V. Stoneman (2:04)
20 Weeping Willow Tree: Kenneth & Neriah Benfield (1:56)
21 I'm Alone, All Alone: Ernest Stoneman with Mike Seeger (2:48)
22 All I Got's Gone: Ernest Stoneman (2:37)
23 Benfield Hoedown (Idaho Girl): Neriah Benfield (1:07)
24 Bonaparte's Retreat: Kenneth Benfield (1:47)
25 Chinese Breakdown: Neriah and Kenneth Benfield (2:13)
26 Wildwood Flower: Kilby Snow with Mike Seeger (1:22)
27 Tragic Romance: Kilby Snow with Hazel Dickens & Mike Seeger (1:25)
28 Close By: Kilby Snow (2:03)
29 Way Down in the Country: Kenneth Benfield (1:07)
30 Golden Slippers: Kenneth Benfield (2:11)
31 Lights in the Valley: Neriah and Kenneth Benfield (1:25)
32 Chicken Reel: Kilby Snow (0:47)
33 Precious Jewel: Kilby Snow (3:33)
34 Muleskinner Blues: Kilby Snow (2:18)
35 Red River Valley: Kilby and Jim Snow (2:11)
36 Hallelujah Side: Ernest V. Stoneman (2:17)
37 Jacob's Ladder: Kenneth Benfield (1:09)
38 I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow: Kilby Snow (1:52)
[Credits]
Producer, Recorder, Photographer and Liner Notes: Mike Seeger, Liner Notes: Charles Wolfe, Designer: Sonya Cohen Cramer, Editor: Carla Borden, Product Manager: Mary Monseur, Engineer: Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
The autoharp, invented in the 1870s and a fad in the 1890s, became a virtuoso instrument among the artists featured here as well as other players in the early to mid 20th century. Spirited breakdowns, sentimental and gospel songs—some played as instrumentals—and even a bluegrass song are presented here in this re-release of the only documentary of traditional Southern autoharp players. Includes 14 previously unissued tracks. Recorded, edited, and annotated by Mike Seeger. Song notes by Charles Wolfe. 32-page booklet. 38 tracks; 72 minutes

War of 1812 Sung by Wallace House with Lute

Folkways Records – FP 5002

Format: 2 x Vinyl, 10", LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1954
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 On the 8th Day Of November (1:11)
A2 Hail, Columbia (2:05)
A3 Song of the Vermonters (2:38)
A4 Jefferson and Liberty (1:32)
A5 Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier (1:17)
A6 O Benny Havens (1:00)
A7 Hey Betty Martin (1:34)
A8 Come All Bold Canadians (2:05)
A9 Constitution and Guerriere (2:34)
B1 Charge the Can Cheerily (3:27)
B2 The Hornet and The Peacock (2:44)
B3 Shannon and the Chesapeake (1:34)
B4 Perry's Victory On Lake Erie (3:12)
B5 James Bird (4:16)
C1 The Battle of Stonington (2:33)
C2 Ye Parliament of England (2:22)
C3 Star-Spangled Banner (1:48)
C4 The Patriotic Diggers (3:08)
C5 The Hunters of Kentucky (3:03)
C6 Yankee Volunteer (1:52)
D1 Old England 40 Years Ago (6:05)
D2 Hail Africa Band (1:54)
D3 Andrew Jackson (2:18)
D4 The Harrison Song (2:25)
D5 The Soldier Song (Aroostook War) (2:23)
[Credits]
Wallace House (lute/vocals)
[Notes]
Performed by Wallace House (1900–1983), singer, actor and dramatic arts professor at New York University, was born on the English Channel island of Guernsey. 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.

The New Golden Ring "Five Days Singing" Vol. 1

Folk-Legacy Records – FSI-41

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1971
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Waterbound (3:03)
A2 The Waters Of Tyne (2:54)
A3 World Of Misery (Shenandoah) (3:05)
A4 Benjamin Bowmaneer (3:21)
A5 Over The Waterfall (2:20)
A6 Ginny's Gone To Ohio (3:37)
A7 Leaning On The Everlasting Arms (3:12)
B1 Lord Bateman (6:27)
B2 The Rolling Hills Of The Border (3:35)
B3 D Composition In C (2:19)
B4 Poor Howard (3:39)
B5 Sundown (2:21)
B6 Temperance Reel (1:19)
B7 It Soon Be Done (2:29)
[Credits]
New Golden Ring: Ann Mitchell, Barry O'Neill, Becky Armstrong, Caroline Paton, Dale Cooney, Ed Trickett, George Armstrong, Gerry Armstrong, Ginny Dildine, Gordon Bok, Harry Tuft, Howie Mitchell, Jack Stanesco, Jenny Armstrong, Joanie Bronfman, Joe Hickerson, John Dildine, Liz Schoeberlein, Lynn Burnstine, Lynn Hickerson, Michael Cooney, Neal MacMillan, Penny Trickett, Ruth Meyer, Sandy Paton and Sara Grey
Editor and Recorder: Sandy Paton, Photographer: Howie Mitchell, Suzanne Szasz and Howie Mitchell
[Notes]
This is the second incarnation of the Golden Ring, a group of folk performers that originally gathered at the Fox Hollow Festival in the early 1960's, and contributed to the 1964 release A Gathering of Friends for Making Music, one of the most influential recordings of the Folk-Legacy label. Comprised of more than twenty-five musicians, The New Golden Ring presents warm and full-sounding renditions of traditional Anglo-American folk songs, played out of a deep love for tradition and the performance of music as a communal act. Among those heard with The New Golden Ring are Folk-Legacy founders Sandy and Caroline Paton, and frequent Folk-Legacy contributors Joe Hickerson, Ed Trickett, and Howie Mitchell.

There is No Eye: Music for Photographs

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW CD 40091

Format: CD, HDCD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2001
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass, Blues, Folk, Gospel, Country Blues, Celtic
[Tracklist]
01 Thank You Lord: Gospel Church, Harlem (4:29)
02 If I Had My Way: Reverend Gary Davis (4:46)
03 Have You Ever Been Mistreated: Yvonne Hunter (1:39)
04 I Can't Be Satisfied: Muddy Waters (2:44)
05 Roll On John: Bob Dylan (3:26)
06 Man of Constant Sorrow: Roscoe Holcomb (2:59)
07 Hicks Farewell: Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton (4:31)
08 Come All You Tenderhearted: Carter Stanley (3:38)
09 Young But Growing: Mary Townsley (3:29)
10 TB Blues: Alice Gerrard and Hazel Dickens (3:29)
11 John Henry: Bill Monroe (1:34)
12 Sally Goodin: Eck Robertson (3:42)
13 Twin Sisters: Sidna Myers (0:57)
14 Sally Johnson: Wade Ward and Charlie Higgins (2:15)
15 Pull My Daisy: David Amram Quartet (4:33)
16 So Long: Go: Rufus Cohen and Wade Patterson (3:02)
17 Who'll Water My Flowers?: Last Forever (2:36)
18 Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie: Elizabeth Cotten (2:07)
19 Ramblin' Round: Woody Guthrie (2:17)
20 Love My Darling-O: Alan Lomax (1:56)
21 Buck Creek Girls: The New Lost City Ramblers (3:01)
22 Paloma Blanca: Huayno Stringband (2:20)
23 Kitchen Girl: Sweets Mill Band (The Arkansas Sheiks) (2:42)
[Credits]
Compiler, Producer, Liner Notes and Photographer: John Cohen, Coordinator: Mary Monseur, Designer: Visual Dialogue, Editor: Carla Borden, Engineer: Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
In Music For Photographs, photographer, film maker, folklorist and musician John Cohen (of the New Lost City Ramblers) presents some of the finest American roots recordings ever made. On their own, these songs are authentic and captivating. Yet, they are only one half of a conceptual whole—Cohen has also released a book of photographs, There is No Eye, showcasing the musicians featured here as well as many others. Experienced together, the music and the photographs create new dimensions of possibility in our collective drive to understand and appreciate people's music. Includes unreleased music from Rev. Gary Davis and Bob Dylan, as well as classic tracks from Woody Guthrie, Roscoe Holcomb, Bill Monroe, Carter Stanley, Muddy Waters, and many more. 32-page booklet, exquisite photos, extensive notes, 68 minutes.

New England Harmony: A Collection of Early American Choral Music

Folkways Records – FA 32377

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1964
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Sacred
[Tracklist]
A01 Jesus Wept (2:13)
A02 Kittery (1:04)
A03 Judea (1:23)
A04 David's Lament (1:08)
A05 Mortality (1:25)
A06 Amity (0:47)
A07 Russia (0:46)
A08 Sherburne (1:01)
A09 Bradford (4:25)
A10 Missionary Hymn (2:40)
B01 Funeral Anthem (2:40)
B02 Easter Anthem (3:29)
B03 Welcome Song (1:48)
B04 Montgomery (1:21)
B05 Berne (0:55)
B06 Northfield (0:35)
B07 Greenfield (1:10)
B08 Young Convert (2:42)
B09 Monmouth (1:05)
B10 Rainbow (1:14)
B11 Sturbridge (1:50)
B12 Portland (1:34)
B13 Plentitude (1:24)
B14 Concord (2:06)
B15 Coronation (1:15)
B16 Chester (2:01)
[Credits]
Old Sturbridge Singers (choral) Harvard Wind Ensemble (instrumentals)
Producer: Arthur F. Schrader, Artwork: Charles H. Overly, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
This album attempts to reproduce New England choral music as it was sung in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In keeping with the singing school tradition of which this repertoire was part, the singers are all amateur musicians. Extensive text based on Alan C. Buechner's doctoral dissertation, "The Yankee Singing School," accompanies this recording.

Brownie McGhee Blues

Folkways Records – FA 2030

Format: Vinyl, LP, 10"
Country: US
Released: 1955
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Careless Love (3:15)
A2 Good Morning Blues (3:50)
A3 Sporting Life (3:39)
B1 Me And Sonny (2:49)
B2 Pawnshop Blues (2:58)
B3 Move To Kansas City (3:06)
B4 Betty And Dupree (4:01)
[Credits]
Brownie McGhee (guitar/vocals)
Producer and Recorder: Moses Asch, Liner Notes: Charles Edward Smith, Artwork: David Stone Martin
[Notes]
Of Brownie McGhee's expressive thumb-and-forefinger guitar style Charles Edward Smith writes, "[it] sings and rings and whangs and talks to you." Indeed it does, and his versatile voice molds each melody and verse to tell tales of the ups and downs of everyday life, from songs of friendship to a blues about pawning his guitar.

Down The Road: Bluegrass Songs Of Flatt And Scruggs

Rounder Select – CD 0345

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2002
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 I'll Never Shed Another Tear (3:00)
02 Down The Road (2:17)
03 Don't This Road Look Rough And Rocky (2:50)
04 Is It Too Late Now? (2:41)
05 Your Love Is Like A Flower (2:58)
06 The Old Home Town (3:05)
07 Come Back Darlin' (2:28)
08 I'm Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darlin' (2:35)
09 Somehow Tonight (3:04)
10 I'd Rather Be Alone (3:05)
11 Head Over Heels (2:34)
12 So Happy I'll Be (2:36)
[Credits]
Tony Rice (guitar/vocals) Doyle Lawson (mandolin/tenor vocals) J.D. Crowe (banjo/baritone vocals) Jerry Douglas (dobro/baritone vocals) Bobby Hicks (fiddle) Todd Phillips (bass)
Producer: Anthony Rice, Liner Notes: Brad San Martin, Compiler: Louisa Hufstader, Designer: Scott Billington, Photographer: Rick Olivier, Engineer: David Glasser and Bill Wolf
[Notes]
The Bluegrass Album Band is a bluegrass supergroup consisting of A-list session players and established bandleaders who got together in the early '80s to record an album of straight-ahead bluegrass standards; the result was called simply The Bluegrass Album, and it was so popular that the same pickup group (in slightly changing configurations) made five more such recordings over the course of the next 15 years. This compilation focuses on their renditions of songs either written or made famous by the great Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, known to most Americans as the composers and performers of the theme from The Beverly Hillbillies. Led by the rich voice and powerful guitar playing of Tony Rice, the Bluegrass Album Band never sound less than completely tight and assured, and on timeless material like "The Old Home Town," "I'll Never Shed Another Tear," and the charming novelty tune "Head Over Heels," their affection for their illustrious musical forebears is both obvious and infectious. J.D. Crowe's banjo playing, which in other contexts can get a bit adventurous, here pays explicit tribute to the metronomic solidity of the classic Scruggs sound, and Bobby Hicks' fiddling is similarly old school. The Bluegrass Album Band's full-length albums are a better value for your money (this collection is offered at mid-price, but contains only a half-hour of music), but there's no denying the consistently high quality of the music on this one.-- AllMusic Review by Rick Anderson

Look! Who's Here: The McGee Brothers and Arthur Smith

Old Timers of the Grand Ole Opry

Folkways Records – FA 2379

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1964
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Tracklist]
A01 Cumberland Gap (2:11)
A02 Roll on Buddy (2:14)
A03 Needlecase (1:26)
A04 Buck Dancer's Choice (1:27)
A05 Sally Long (1:25)
A06 Rock House Joe (1:37)
A07 Polly Ann (1:31)
A08 Hell Among the Yearlings (1:58)
A09 Kilby Jail (2:44)
A10 Coming from the Ball (2:10)
A11 Dusty Miller (2:09)
B01 Sixteen on Sunday (1:49)
B02 Snowdrop (2:18)
B03 Railroad Blues (2:47)
B04 House of David Blues (2:14)
B05 Green Valley Waltz (3:02)
B06 Guitar Waltz (2:08)
B07 Knoxville Blues (3:04)
B08 Jim Sapp Rag (1:28)
B09 Whoop'Em Up Cindy (1:45)
B10 Hollow Poplar (1:29)
[Credits]
Sam McGee (guitar/vocals) Kirk McGee (banjo/vocals) Arthur Smith (fiddle/vocals)
Producer and Liner Notes: Mike Seeger, Designer: A Doyle Moore, Photographer: Jerry Stevens
[Notes]
A chance meeting with Uncle Dave Macon and a great deal of talent brought Sam and Kirk McGee first to Macon's act and then to the first broadcasts of the Grand Ole Opry radio show. On this 1957 recording, Arthur Smith plays fiddle, Sam picks the banjo, and Kirk backs them on guitar.

Borderlands: From Conjunto to Chicken Scratch

Smithsonian Folkways – SF CD40418

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1993
Genre: Latin, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Latin, Conjunto
[Tracklist]
01 La Cuquita: Narciso Martínez (3:07)
02 Gregorio Cortez: Jesus Maya y Timoteo Cantu (2:58)
03 Aunque Me Odies: Lydia Mendoza (2:44)
04 Un Rato No Mas: Beto Villa Orquestra (2:32)
05 Un Adobe y Cuatro Velas: Los Donneños (2:35)
06 Mi Unico Camino: El Conjunto Bernal (3:11)
07 Angel de Mis Anhelos: Rubén Vela y su Conjunto (3:58)
08 Corrido de Gerardo Gonzalez: Ramón Ayala y Bravos del Norte (2:34)
09 El Saino de Donna, Texas: Los Invasores de Nuevo León (3:04)
10 Dados Cargados: Cachorros de Juan Villarreal (3:10)
11 Caso Perdido: Los Dos Gilbertos (2:55)
12 La Calle Flores: Oscar Hernandez (3:09)
13 Quedate: Roberto Pulido y Los Clasicos (3:43)
14 San Javielpo Chu'kuy Kwi: Francisco Molina and Marcelino Valencia (4:04)
15 Ali Oidak Polka: Gu-Achi Fiddlers (3:19)
16 Old Man Rooster: The Molinas (2:24)
17 Madre Mia Chote: Southern Scratch (3:23)
18 Uwaldina y Juan Gonzalez: El Conjunto Murrietta (3:37)
[Credits]
Producer: Texas Folklife Resources, Cathy Ragland and Pat Jasper, Translator: Marco Octavio Iniguez, Jim Nicolopulos, Zack Salem and Yolanda Torres, Artwork: Roger Garcia, Designer: Visual Dialogue, Engineer: Henk Kooistra
[Notes]
A unique musical culture flourishes in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and southern Arizona: Yaqui Pascola dance, Tohono O'odham fiddle band music, and the more contemporary Native American Chicken Scratch sound with traditional conjunto polkas and corridos, Latino-influenced big bands, northern Mexican and German-rooted norteno, modern conjunto and orquestra Tejana. Licensed from four small regional record labels that specialize in this music. In addition to five American Indian tracks, this album also includes 13 Hispanic and Southwestern American songs. 56 minutes

Eden & John's East River String Band: Drunken Barrel House Blues

East River Records – ERR 1003

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: December 6, 2011
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country Blues, Delta Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Drunken Barrel House Blues (3:32)
A2 The Rain Don't Fall On Me (3:40)
A3 Johnson Boys (2:58)
A4 The Fate Of Talmadge Osborne (3:01)
A5 Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues (3:34)
A6 Last Kind Words Blues (3:31)
B1 Gonna Raise A Ruckus Tonight (3:13)
B2 I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground (2:43)
B3 Yellow Bee (3:16)
B4 Too Tight Blues (3:26)
B5 Corrina Blues (3:17)
B6 Devilish Mary (3:02)
B7 The Spasm (3:20)
[Credits]
Eden Brower (guitar/ukulele/vocals) John Heneghan (guitar/mandolin/vocals) Dom Flemons (guitar/harmonica/quills/vocals) Eli Smith (banjo) Pat Conte (fiddle)
Artwork: Robert Crumb
[Notes]
There's something both admirable and odd about trying to faithfully recreate music made in the early part of the 20th century. There are many currently doing it, but those who do it best somehow accentuate the timeless themes of the music, rather than treat it with undo reverence. NYC duo Eden Brower and John Heneghan do precisely that, and this third album is another pleasant collection of cherished old time tunes. As a dedicated old time archivist, Heneghan certainly knows his stuff, and none of the duo's choices on Drunken Barrel House Blues can be faulted. However, Eden and John clearly don't make music for misanthropic record collectors. Their vocals rarely approach the passion that the original recordings possess, but Heneghan is a more than accomplished guitarist, and the overall energy of the performances will appeal to those with no affinity for scratchy 78s.

Charlie Parr: Last of the Better Days Ahead

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW CD 40244

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: July 30, 2021
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Piedmont Blues
[Tracklist]
01 Last Of The Better Days Ahead (3:12)
02 Blues For Whitefish Lake, 1975 (3:51)
03 Walking Back From Willmar (4:18)
04 Anaconda (3:46)
05 Everyday Opus (8:03)
06 On Fading Away (5:14)
07 817 Oakland Avenue (4:19)
08 On Listening To Robert Johnson (5:56)
09 Bed Of Wasps (3:44)
10 Rain (6:07)
11 Decoration Day (15:53)
[Credits]
Charlie Parr (12-string, resonator, baritone and resonator guitars/vocals) Liz Draper (bass) Tasha Baron (keyboards) Chris Grey (drums)
Executive Producer: Daniel Sheehy and John Smith, Producer: Charlie Parr, Liz Draper and Erik Koskinen, Co-producer: Kate Harrington, Liner Notes: Abraham Smith, Designer: Matthew Curry, Photographer: Ivy Vainio and Shelly Mosman, Enginer: Huntley Miller, Erik Koskinen and Tom Herbers
[Notes]
Charlie Parr’s newest album, Last of the Better Days Ahead, is a collection of powerful new songs about how one looks back on a life lived, as well as forward on what’s still to come. Its spare production foregrounds Parr's poetic lyricism, his expressive, gritty voice ringing clear over deft acoustic guitar playing that references folk and blues motifs in Parr's own exploratory, idiosyncratic style.

Joe Glazer sings Songs for Woodworkers

Collector Records – COLL01929

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Fifty Thousand Lumberjacks (2:39)
A2 The Frozen Logger (3:29)
A3 The Shantyman's Life (2:41)
A4 The Raftsmen (1:41)
A5 The Lumberjack's Prayer (1:45)
A6 The Lumber Camp Song (1:56)
A7 Talking IWA (4:44)
A8 IWA Marching Song (2:33)
A9 Grand Hotel (2:03)
B1 The Jam On Gerry's Rocks (3:35)
B2 The Jones Boys (0:55)
B3 The Lumberman's Alphabet (2:46)
B4 Ralph Chaplin Speaks (8:17)
B5 Solidarity Forever Solidarity Forever (2:28)
[Credits]
Joe Glazer (guitar/vocals) Alan Bennett (guitar) Mike Auldridge (dobro) Allan Oresky (fiddle) Ben Eldridge (banjo) Tom Gray (bass)
Liner Notes: Joe Glazer, Engineer: Bill McElroy
[Notes]
"Come all you jolly fellows and listen to my song. It's all about the shantyboys and how they get along." [The Lumber Camp Song] In this collection of Songs for Woodworkers Joe Glazer definitely captures the essence of the jolly spirit of the men and women that often worked in rather harsh and dangerous conditions. In celebration of the International Woodworkers of America's 40th anniversary, this album pays tribute to one of America's greatest unions with songs such as "Talking IWA" and "The Lumberman's Alphabet."

We Shall Overcome: Documentary of the March on Washington

Folkways Records – FH 5592

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1963
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Political, Field Recording, Folk
[Tracklist]
A01 We Shall Overcome: Joan Baez
A02 Press Conference: John F. Kennedy
A03 Complete Speech (I Have A Dream): Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A04 He's Got The Whole World In His Hands: Marian Anderson
B01 Oh! Freedom: Odetta
B02 Complete Speech: Rabbi Joachim Prinz
B03 Ballad Of Medgar Evers: Bob Dylan
B04 Speech: James Farmer
B05 Speech: Whitney M. Young Jr.
B06 Speech: John Lewis
B07 Speech: Roy Wilkins
B08 Speech: Walter Reuther
B09 Hammer Song: Peter, Paul & Mary
B10 The Demands: Bayard Rustin
B11 The Pledge: A. Phillip Randolph
[Credits]
Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
On August 28th, 1963, more than 250,000 people from across the United States gathered in Washington DC to join in peaceful protest against racial segregation and demand equal rights legislation from Congress. This radio broadcast, with performances by Joan Baez, Odetta, Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul & Mary, and Marian Anderson, and featuring Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I have a dream" speech, documents this pivotal event in the Civil Rights movement, where the nation came together to demand that everyone be "...free at last!" Four-page transcription of broadcast.

Art & Stephanie Stevenson: The Winding Stream

Wolf Tracks Music – WT-104

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2002
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 Maple On The Hill (3:20)
02 Your Selfish Heart (3:40)
03 Weapon Of Prayer (3:13)
04 You'll Be Rewarded Over There (2:38)
05 Your Lone Journey (3:40)
06 On The Mississippi Shore (3:10)
07 The Winding Stream (2:44)
08 Half As Much (3:04)
09 What A Time In Heaven (2:18)
10 Call Me Your Sweetheart (3:27)
11 Someday Soon (3:58)
12 When The Saints Go Marching In (2:20)
13 My Carolina Home (3:54)
14 Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies (2:50)
15 When Our Lord Shall Come Again (2:27)
16 Stormy Waters (3:15)
[Credits]
Art Stevenson (guitar/vocal) Stephanie Stevenson (bass/vocals) Dale Reichert (banjo/dobro) Len Springer (fiddle) Bruce King (mandolin) Geoff Shannon (guitar)
[Notes]
Guitarist, harmonicist and lead singer Art Stevenson has been playing bluegrass music in the Midwest for 25 years, and was with the award-winning Wisconsin River Bluegrass Boys from 1982 to 1996. He has appeared on WSM's Midnight Jamboree, Bill Monroe's Early Bird Bluegrass Show, the IBMA Fan Fest, and the Renfro Valley Jamboree. Art organized High Water in 1993, and has contributed several original songs to the High Water repertoire. He has appeared on a dozen different bluegrass, country, and folk music CD albums.