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Clifton Chenier: Louisiana Blues and Zydeco

Arhoolie Records – CD 9053

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2005
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Louisiana Blues, Cajun & Zydeco
[Tracklist]
01 Zydeco et Pas Sale (03:06)
02 Lafayette Waltz (03:04)
03 Louisiana Two-Step (04:47)
04 Clifton's Waltz (03:06)
05 Louisiana Blues (03:26)
06 Hot Rod (03:08)
07 Banana Man (04:14)
08 Ay-Tete-Fee (03:16)
09 It's Hard (04:59)
10 I Can't Stand (03:24)
11 I Can Look Down at Your Woman (02:41)
12 Accordion Boogie (03:21)
13 Banana Man (Take 2) (04:33)
14 Ay, Ai Ai (03:27)
15 Clifton's Blues (Where Can My Baby Be) (03:29)
16 Let's Rock Awhile (03:46)
17 Elmore's Blues (02:40)
18 Clifton's Two Step (03:38)
19 Zydeco et Pas Sale (Take 1) (03:13)
[Credits]
Clifton Chenier (accordion/harmonica/vocals) Elmore Nixon (piano) Cleveland Keyes (guitar) Fulton Antoine (bass) Robert St. Judy (drums)
[Notes]
Zydeco music, which melds French, Native American, and blues traditions, is popular among the many French-speaking Black Creoles living along the Texas-Louisiana Gulf coast. That its appeal reaches well beyond the region is partly because of Clifton Chenier, who is often credited with introducing the music to audiences outside of his native southwestern Louisiana. This collection features some early recordings by Chenier; he plays accordion and sings in French Creole patois and English.

Snooks Eaglin: Country Boy in New Orleans

With Lucious Bridges and Percy Randolph

Arhoolie Records – CD 348

Series: Over 60 Minutes Of Classic Blues
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1991
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Louisiana Blues, Country Blues
[Tracklist]
01 Country Boy Down In New Orleans (2:29)
02 Mama Don't You Tear My Clothes (1:57)
03 I've Had My Fun (3:58)
04 Bottle Up And Go (2:51)
05 Give Me The Good Old Boxcar (3:23)
06 Walking Blues (3:16)
07 Possum Up A Simmon Tree (1:58)
08 That's All Right (3:45)
09 Veal Chop And Pork Chop (1:31)
10 Down By The Riverside (2:36)
11 Model T And The Train (2:20)
12 Jack O'Diamonds (1:37)
13 Death Valley Blues (3:54)
14 Rock Me Mama (2:48)
15 John Henry (2:41)
16 Locomotive Train (2:12)
17 I Had A Little Woman (3:11)
18 Rock Me Mama (4:15)
19 Mailman Passed (2:30)
20 Going Back To New Orleans (2:52)
21 Mardi Gras Mambo (3:32)
22 Bottle Up & Go (2:19)
23 This Train (3:43)
[Credits]
Producer and Liner Notes Editor: Chris Strachwitz, Recorder, Photographer and Liner Notes: Harry Oster, Liner Notes: Dix Bruce, Designer: Wayne Pope, Recorder: Richard Allen
[Notes]
Fird "Snooks" Eaglin (1936?–2007) was a singer and self-taught guitarist. A New Orleans native, Eaglin lost his sight as a young child, and he crafted his unique sound with just his voice and a guitar he received as a birthday present. First recorded by folklorist Harry Oster in the 1950s, his musical repertoire included blues, country, and folk, all sung in his soulful style. His career continued into the 21st century with appearances at iconic New Orleans venues and the annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

We Shall Overcome: Songs of the Freedom Riders and the Sit-Ins

Folkways Records – FH 5591

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1961
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Gospel, Struggle & Protest
[Traklist]
A1 This Little Light of Mine (02:18)
A2 There's a Meeting Here Tonight (01:56)
A3 Rock My Soul (02:00)
A4 Hold On (02:42)
A5 Let Us Break Bread Together (02:43)
A6 We are Soldiers in the Army (02:40)
A7 We Shall Not Be Moved (02:26)
B1 Your Dog (02:40)
B2 Michael, Row the Boat Ashore (03:24)
B3 I'm So Glad (02:36)
B4 Oh, Freedom (03:20)
B5 We Shall Overcome (05:35)
[Credits]
Producer: Guy Carawan and Moses Asch, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
This 1961 recording of spirituals, gospel and new music to "express the spirit of freedom" was the result of an effort by producer and performer Guy Carawan to bring together singers representative of hundreds of thousands African American students from the south participating in sit-ins, stand-ins and freedom rides for "first class citizenship" during the civil rights movement. The songs are performed by The Montgomery Gospel Trio, comprised of three high school girls from Alabama, as well as four seminary students who call themselves "The Nashville Quartet" in an impromtu session as recorded by Moses Asch. 12 songs, 34 minutes, featuring liner notes detailing the history of the civil rights movement, pictures, and song lyrics.

Taquachito Nights: Conjunto Music from South Texas

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW CD 40477

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1999
Genre: Latin, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Conjunto Music
[Tracklist]
01 El Burro Pardo (The Roan Donkey): Gilberto Pérez y sus Compadres (02:36)
02 La Sicodelica Polka (The Psychodelic Polka): Ernesto Guerra y su Conjunto (02:43)
03 El Sinaloence: Mingo Saldivar y sus Tremendos Cuatro Espadas (04:09)
04 El Porron: Ricardo Guzmán y Los Tres Aces (01:53)
05 Bajo Sexto y Accordion: Freddy González y Los Super Unidos (03:31)
06 Juarez: Los Brillantes de Martín Zapata (03:41)
07 El Chueco: Los Fantasmas del Valle (03:55)
08 Noche de Amores (The Night of Lovers): Valerio Longoria y su Conjunto (03:47)
09 El Senderito: Amadeo Flores y su Conjunto (02:02)
10 Maldito Vicio (Damned Vice): Joe Ramos y Ellos (03:59)
11 Atotonilco: Tony de la Rosa y su Conjunto (04:25)
12 Crei (I Believed): Freddy González y Los Super Unidos (04:16)
13 Calle Diez y Siete (Seventeenth Street): Ernesto Guerra y su Conjunto (03:33)
14 Bellos Recuerdos (Beautiful Memories): Los Fantasmas del Valle (04:21)
15 Skokie: Amadeo Flores y su Conjunto (03:10)
16 Tres Flores (Three Flowers): Ricardo Guzmán y Los Tres Aces (02:36)
17 Arrancate: Conjunto Aztlan (03:25)
18 Los Laureles (The Laurels): Rieles Express de San Benito (04:10)
19 El Coco Rayado: Rubén Vela y su Conjunto (06:25)
[Credits]
Producer and Recorder: Pete Reiniger, Producer: Cynthia Vidaurri, Cover Artwork: Joe Lopez, Designer: Visual Dialogue, Mastering Engineer: Charlie Pilzer
[Notes]
Recorded live at the 1998 16 de Septiembre Conjunto Festival of the Narcisco Martinez Cultural Arts Center in San Benito, Texas, these powerful recordings reveal the historical roots of conjunto and show new directions taken by some conjunto bands today. This lively dance music, played by some of conjunto's best-known performers, features accordions, bajo sexto and stirring vocals. 36-page booklet with English translations of Spanish song texts, photographs, maps. Produced in collaboration with the Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center, with the support of the Harlingen Area Chamber of Commerce.

"Can You Fool Your Shadow?"

Game and Concept Songs for Children

Conceived & performed by Andrew Gunsberg

Folkways Records - FC 7515

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1982
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Children's
[Tracklist]
A1 Mr. Mud (04:33)
A2 Wicked Man (04:15)
A3 Funny Little Seeds (03:37)
A4 The Friend-ship (05:12)
A5 Lovely Place (04:22)
B1 Firefighter, Policeman, and Doctor Too (03:40)
B2 Bouncing Ball (05:26)
B3 Woke Up Today (03:16)
B4 Baggy Road (04:37)
B5 Can You Fool Your Shadow? (04:28)
[Credits]
Andrew Gunsberg (guitar/vocals)
Designer: Ronald Clyne, Photographer: Annee Gunsberg
[Notes]
On this recording, educator and musician Andrew Gunsberg presents a collection of idea songs for young children. In the introduction, he explains the songs can be used in group lessons to reinforce concepts and to stimulate pretend play during free play. Songs include "Mr. Mud," "Funny Little Seeds," "Bouncing Ball," and "Can You Feel Your Shadow." Liner notes consist of advice for teachers with regard to class activities for each song, followed by song lyrics. This is one of three albums Gunsberg recorded for Folkways. The others are Color Train (FW07517) and Saddle Up Your Pony and Other Movement Songs (FW07516).

Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia

Smithsonian Folkways – SF CD 40079

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1998
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, African American
[Tracklist]
01 The Coo Coo (Coo Coo Bird): John Snipes (01:15)
02 The Coo Coo (Coo Coo Bird): Dink Roberts (02:12)
03 Old Rattler (Fox Chase): John Snipes (02:47)
04 Georgia Buck (Georgie Buck)(Never Let a Woman Have Her Way): Dink Roberts (01:03)
05 Georgia Buck: Joe and Odell Thompson (01:38)
06 John Henry: James Roberts51 (00:51)
07 High Sheriff: Dink Roberts (00:40)
08 John Hardy: Dink Roberts (01:06)
09 Garfield: Dink Roberts (01:23)
10 Old Corn Liquor: Dink Roberts (01:22)
11 Old Corn Liquor: Joe and Odell Thompson (01:11)
12 John Henry: Joe and Odell Thompson (02:20)
13 Love Somebody (Soldier's Joy): Joe and Tommy Thompson (02:14)
14 Long Tail Blue: John Snipes (01:22)
15 Ain't Gonna Rain No More: John Snipes and Tommy Thompson (01:17)
16 Going Where I've Never Been Before: John Snipes (03:50)
17 Black Annie: Dink Roberts (02:19)
18 Old Blue: Dink Roberts (02:06)
19 Going Away from Home (Take Care of My Wife and Child): John Snipes (03:55)
20 You Don't Know My Darling: John Snipes (01:19)
21 Jaybird March: Etta Baker and Cora Phillips (01:51)
22 Going Up North: John Jackson (01:50)
23 Sugar Hill: Homer Walker (02:27)
24 Momma Don't Allow: Irvin Cook and Leonard Bowles (02:02)
25 Shortnin' Bread: Leonard Bowles (01:49)
26 Shortnin' Bread: Lewis "Big Sweet" Hairston (01:58)
27 Fox Chase: John Tyree (01:12)
28 Roustabout (Buffalo): Dink Roberts (01:24)
29 Cookin' in the Kitchen: John Snipes (01:51)
30 Coo Coo Bird: Rufus Kasey (04:44)
31 Fox Chase: Dink Roberts (04:22)
32 Little Brown Jug: Joe and Odell Thompson (01:28)
[Credits]
Producer: Scott Odell and Cecilia Conway, Cover Artwork: Henry Ossawa Turner, Designer: Visual Dialogue
[Notes]
The sounds and social history of African American banjo playing—32 superb instrumentals and vocals, recorded between 1974 and 1997. Extensively annotated with performer's life histories, tunings, lyrics, bibliography, and discography. The banjo's gourd ancestors came to the Americas with enslaved Africans, forging the link between West African griots and performers of 20th-century blues and string-band music. 64 minutes.

New Orleans Jazz at the Kitty Halls

Arhoolie Records – F1013

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1960
Genre: Jazz, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Dixieland Jazz
[Tracklist]
A1 Shake it and Break it: Punch Miller's New Orleans Band
A2 Maggie: Kid Thomas' Algiers Stompers
A3 I Ain't Good Looking: Billie & DeDe Pierce
A4 Put on Yout Old Grey Bonnet: Jane's Alley Six
A5 High Society: Kid Clayton's Happy Pals
B1 Sheik of Araby: Kid Sheik's Storeyville Ramblers
B2 Nelly Gray: Kid Howard's La Vida Band
B3 Savoy Blues: George Guesnon's New Orleans Stompers
B4 Hindustan: John Handy's Louisiana Shakers
[Credits]
Liner Notes and Cover Photo: Chris A. Strachwitz, Designer: Wayne Pope, Recorder: Ken Mills, Bill Russell and Ralph Collins
[Notes]
This collection of traditional New Orleans jazz, recorded in the early 1960s, was performed by some of the musicians who were among the originators of early traditional jazz in the 1920s. In the 1960s, many of these musicians were members of the New Orleans Preservation Jazz Hall Band. Among the featured performers in this collection are Kid Thomas (Thomas Valentine) and George "Kid Sheik" Colar on cornets, George Lewis on clarinet, and "Captain" John Handy on alto saxophone.

Ballads & Corridos 1949-1975

Arhoolie Records – CD 367

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2009
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Latin, World
[Tracklist]
01 Belen Galindo: Trovadores Norteños con Conjunto de Tony de la Rosa (02:43)
02 Asalto de Zamora: Los Cancioneros del Bajío (02:44)
03 La Llegua y la Potranca: Los Desveladores (02:53)
04 Kilometro 1160: Los Norteños de Terán (03:03)
05 Ezequiel Rodríguez: El Palomo y El Gorrión (03:10)
06 Ezequiel Rodríguez: Meme y Lupe con Los Hermanos Cardenas (03:09)
07 Aventuras del West: Timoteo Cantú y Jesús Villa (02:36)
08 El Güero Candelario: Juanita y María Mendoza (03:08)
09 Mujer Paseada: Los Tres Reyes (02:40)
10 Contestación a Mujer Paseada: Juanita y María Mendoza (02:53)
11 El Maton de San Antonio: Gaytan y Cantú (03:01)
12 El Mojado: Timoteo Cantú y Jesús Maya (03:21)
13 Corrido de Ismael Ramos: Los Bravos de Matamoros (02:49)
14 Corrido de Chessman: Valerio Longoria y su Conjunto (02:49)
15 Lamento a Kennedy: Gilberto López (03:15)
16 Los Derechos Civiles: Los Oros del Valle (02:49)
17 Homenaje a J. F. Kennedy: Los Conquistadores (03:55)
18 Recordando al Presidente: Los Canarios del Valle (03:03)
19 Corrido de Patricia Hearst: Los Magnífikos (04:30)
20 Corrido de Martin Luther King: Gregorio y María (03:21)
21 Las Crescientes de Beulah: Gilberto Pérez (03:38)
22 Rinches de Texas: Dueto Reynosa (02:52)
[Credits]
Editor, Liner Notes & Translator: James Nicolopulos, Editor: Chris Strachwitz, Artwork: Josue Rojas, Designer: Wayne Pope, Translator: F. Forrest Maldonado and Velerie B. Maldonado
[Notes]
Ballads and Corridos (narrative ballads) was recorded on both sides of the American-Mexican border during a time (1949–1975) of social, cultural, and political conflict. Songs tell stories of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and President John F. Kennedy, of land reform and a farmworkers’ strike, of immigration and a woman’s honor. Ballads heavily relies on the traditional sounds of Mexican and Southwest American music by incorporating conjunto and tejana styles of song.

Comanche Flute played by Doc Tate Nevaquaya

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW CD 50403

Format: CD, Reissue
Country: US
Released: 2004
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Native American
[Tracklist]
01 Comanche And English Greeting (0:30)
02 I Saw An Eagle Fly Introduction (2:09)
03 I Saw An Eagle Fly (3:11)
04 Edmund Wayne Song Introduction (0:13)
05 Edmund Wayne Song (2:28)
06 Discussion Of Flute (3:36)
07 When The Moon Is Full Introduction (0:30)
08 When The Moon Is Full (3:27)
09 Comanche Riding Song Introduction (1:02)
10 Comanche Riding Song (2:26)
11 Flute Wind Song Introduction (0:38)
12 Flute Wind Song (2:27)
13 Omaha Wind Song Introduction (0:19)
14 Omaha Wind Song (2:06)
15 Richard Foolsbull's Song Introduction (0:52)
16 Richard Foolsbull's Song (3:01)
17 Riding Song (2:31)
18 If You Really Loved Me Introduction (0:53)
19 If You Really Loved Me (2:08)
20 Jesus I Always Want To Be Near You Introduction (0:40)
21 Jesus I Always Want To Be Near You (2:25)
22 Comanche Moon Song Introduction (0:33)
23 Comanche Moon Song (2:42)
24 Round Dance Song Introduction (0:13)
25 Round Dance Song (2:03)
[Creduts]
Producer and Recorder: Verna Gillis, Recorder: Bradford Graves, Designer: Caroline Brownell, Mastering Engineer: Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
Doc Tate Nevaquaya (1932-1996) expressed his Comanche heritage musically through the Native American flute. His compositions and arrangements of a variety of Native American vocal genres have inspired a new generation of Native American and nonnative flute players. Although the older flute tradition declined during the first half of the 20th century, when many of the old melodies are no longer played, Nevaquaya inspired the creation of new and innovative flute compositions, creating an extensive repertoire for the instrument. With the flute’s revival during the 1970s, the flute’s context, function, and music changed. Nevaquaya played an important role in this movement, retaining tradition on one level, but manifesting ideas for change. 43 minutes. Originally issued as in 1979 as Folkways Records 04328.

Hawaiian Chants, Hula and Love-Dance Songs

Recorded in Hawaii by Jacob Feuerring with Tom Hiona

Ethnic Folkways Library – FE 4571

Format: Vinyl, Albim
Country: US
Released: 1972
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Hawaiian
[Tracklist]
A1 Pele, Pele, Pele (Hawaiian Drama-Hula): Hawaiian dancers, male singer (01:51)
A2 Kamapuaa (Ceremonial Temple Dance): Hawaiian dancers, male singer (01:54)
A3 Hoi Kealoha I Niahau (Dance): Hawaiian dancers, male singer (02:43)
A4 Anoai (Hula Uliuli): Hawaiian dancers, male singer (03:00)
B1 Laka E (Oli or Alter Prayer): Hawaiian male singer (00:35)
B2 Nopu Talala-A (Olapa-Festival Hula): Hawaiian dancers, male singer (01:45)
B3 Three Hula Mai (Love Dances): Liliuokalani, Mai Auka, Kaua Lili Koi: Hawaiian dancers, male singer (04:24)
B4 Pa Mai Ka Makani (A Paddle Song from Tahiti): Hawaiian dancers, male singer (02:05)
[Credits]
RecorderJacob Feuerring and Tom Hiona, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Note]
Recorded in Hawaii by Jacob Feuerring with Tom Hiona, this album presents traditional Hawaiian songs and dances. Tracks include hulas telling stories of gods and goddesses, a lotus blossom in the rain, and Tahitian fishermen. Brief descriptions of each chant, prayer, or song are provided in the liner notes. A related lesson plan is included on line as well.

Pete Seeger - Traditional Christmas Carols

Folkways Records – FA 2311

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1967
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 'Twas On A Night Like This (3:28)
A2 Mary Had A Baby (2:42)
A3 Glory To That New Born King (2:34)
A4 What Child Is This? (1:45)
A5 Rise Up, Shepherd, And Follow (1:36)
A6 Carol Of The Beasts (2:02)
A7 Traditional Tune (1:44)
B1 The First Noel (5:41)
B2 Behold That Star (2:15)
B3 Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming (1:57)
B4 Masters In This Hall (1:23)
B5 Traditional Tune (On Hillel) (0:52)
B6 Twelve Gates To The City (3:24)
[Credits]
Pete Seeger (banjo/guitar/vocals)
Designer and Recorder: Moses Asch, Photographer: John Vachon
[Notes]
Long a seasonal favorite, this collection of 13 charming Christmas carols from French, English, Italian, and African American traditions captures the Christmas spirit with wonderful universality. These international holiday favorites include Twelve Gates to the City, Mary Had a Baby, and The First Noel. "A real alternative to the wall of strings or the overly sweet sound of many Christmas collections." — Dirty Linen

Movement Soul

Sounds of the Freedom Movement in the South, 1963-64

Folkways Records - FD 5486

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1980
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Struggle, Protest
[Tracklist]
Side-A: Songs, Sermons, Shouts, Prayers, Testimony: n/a (21:04)
Side-B: Songs, Sermons, Shouts, Prayers, Testimony: n/a (21:40)
[Credits]
Producer and Compiler: Moses Moon, Designer: Ronald Clyne, Photographer: Danny Lyon
[Notes]
Songs played a large role in the movement to close the racial divide in America during the 1960s, and prayers, chants, sermons, and shouts were also fundamental to this task. This album features clips of these cries for freedom heard across the southern states of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and the District of Columbia. At voter registration rallies, in churches, at conferences or during mass meetings these words changed lives.

The Social Power of Music

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW40231

Format: 4 x CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2019
Genre: Latin, Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Struggle, Protest
[Disk One]
01 We Shall Overcome: The Freedom Singers (02:09)
02 This Land is Your Land: Woody Guthrie (02:48)
03 De colores : Baldemar Velásquez, Aguila Negra (03:02)
04 Union Maid: Bobbie McGee (02:13)
05 If I Had a Hammer: Pete Seeger (01:54)
06 Reclaim the Night: Peggy Seeger (04:33)
07 Estoy aquí: Quetzal (05:21)
08 Deportees: Sammy Walker (04:57)
09 We Are the Children: Chris Kando Iijima, Joanne Nobuko Miyamoto, "Charlie" Chin (02:55)
10 I Woke Up This Morning: Fannie Lou Hamer (02:36)
11 I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die: Country Joe McDonald (02:59)
12 El pobre sigue sufriendo : Andrés Jiménez (03:26)
13 Ballad of the ERA: Kristin Lems (04:11)
14 Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: Pete Seeger (02:06)
15 Blowing in the Wind: The New World Singers (02:32)
16 Quihubo raza: Agustín Lira and Alma (03:50)
17 Solidarity Forever: Joe Glazer (02:30)
18 Joe Hill: Paul Robeson (03:00)
19 Joaquin Murrieta: Rumel Fuentes (03:35)
10 Which Side Are You On?: The Almanac Singers (02:10)
11 Legal/Illegal: Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger (04:12)
12 It Isn't Nice: Barbara Dane, The Chambers Brothers (04:05)
[Disk Two]
01 Amazing Grace: The Old Regular Baptists (02:44)
02 Come By Here: Barbara Dane, The Chambers Brothers (05:33)
03 Will the Circle Be Unbroken: The Strange Creek Singers (03:38)
04 Peace in the Valley: The Paramount Singers (03:50)
05 Many Eagle Set Sun Dance Song: The Pembina Chippewa Singers (02:11)
06 Zuni Rain Dance: Members of Zuni Pueblo (04:41)
07 Calvary: Shape-note singers at Stewart's Chapel (01:27)
08 Northfield: The Old Harp Singers of Eastern Tennessee (01:58)
09 The Call to Prayer / Adhān: Ahmad Al Alawi (02:10)
10 Zikr: Sheikh Xhemail Shehu, members of the Prizren Rifa’i tekke (02:45)
11 Buddhist Chants and Prayers: Tu Huyen, Hai Phat, Tam Thu, Hai Dat (04:34)
12 Kol Nidre: Cantor Abraham Brun (05:05)
13 Dayeinu: Raasche, Alan Mills (01:47)
14 Night Chant: Sandoval Begay (02:12)
15 Hark, Hark: Carolers from the Black Bull, Ecclesfield, UK (03:11)
16 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot: The Princely Players (02:47)
17 The Old Rugged Cross: The Paschall Brothers (05:17)
18 Madre de Dolores : Hermanos de la Morada de Nuestra Señora de Dolores del Alto (02:56)
19 San Miguel : Francia Reyes (04:11)
20 I'll Fly Away: Rose Maddox (02:32)
[Disk Three]
01 Party Down at the Blue Angel Club: Clifton Chenier and His Red Hot Louisiana Band (04:51)
02 San Antonio Rose: Los Reyes de Albuquerque (02:38)
03 Jolie blonde: Austin Pitre (02:47) 04 Shake Your Moneymaker: John Littlejohn (04:19) 05 Beer-Drinking Polka: Flaco Jiménez, Max Baca (02:25) 06 In Heaven There Is No Beer: The Goose Island Ramblers (02:32) 07 SAM: Sam Brothers Five (04:10)
08 Golden Slippers / The Butterfly Whirl: Lester Bradley and Friends (04:31)
09 Sligo Indians / Paddy Clancy's / Larry Redican's / The Rambling Pitchfork: Tony DeMarco (04:21)
10 La entrega de los novios : Lorenzo Martínez (03:46)
31 Rock Dance Song: The Pembina Chippewa Singers (02:20)
12 Pow Wow Song: Chippewa Nation (02:52)
13 Mary Mack: Lilly's Chapel School, Alabama (01:58)
14 Johnny Cuckoo: Janie Hunter and children at home (01:15)
15 Rooster Call: John Henry Mealing and group (04:00)
16 Joy to the World: Elizabeth Mitchell (03:06)
17 Oylupnuv Obrutch: The Golden Gate Gypsy Orchestra (02:01)
18 Liberty Funeral March: The Liberty Brass Band (04:51)
19 Junkanoos #1: Key West Junkanoo Band (03:07)
30 The Star Spangled Banner: Unknown orchestra (01:16)
31 Mardi Gras Medley : ReBirth Jazz Band (04:33)
{Disk Four}
01 Viva la Quince Brigada : Pete Seeger (03:04)
02 Bella ciao : Singers of the "Bella Ciao" production of Spoleto (01:35)
03 A desalambrar : Expresión Joven (05:07)
04 Muato mua N’Gola : Lilly Tchiumba (02:34)
05 Un gigante que despierta (An Awakening Giant): Luis Godoy, Grupo Mancotal (04:03)
06 Hasret : Melike Demirag (03:10)
07 Prisioneros somos : Suni Paz (02:19)
08 Funeral do lavrador : Zelia Barbosa (01:59)
09 Izakunyatheli Afrika Verwoerd : South African refugees in Tanganyika (01:52)
10 The Boy with the Sunlit Smile: Mikis Theodorakis (02:48)
11 Hidup di Bui : Gambang Kromong Slendang Betawi, Kwi Ap (05:34)
12 Man and Buffalo : Caravan (03:40)
13 Why Need We Cry?: Cantor Abraham Brun (02:32)
14 El palomo (The Dove): Grupo Raíz (04:06)
15 Hvem sidder dér bag skærmen : Inger Nielsen (03:08)
16 Mon’ etu ua Kassule: Musician supporters of the MPLA (05:35)
17 Le temps des cerises : Yves Montand (04:37)
18 Chongsun Arirang: Singer from Central Korea (04:03)
19 The Passport: Marcel Khalifé (09:23
20 Inno della Resistenza: Choir of FLN fighters (01:28)
[Credits]
Producer, Writer and Liner Notes: Jeff Place and Huib Schippers, Liner Notes: Meredith Holmgren, Carla Borden, D.A. Sonneborn, James Deutsch and Jack Manischewitz, Writer: Anthony Seeger and Deborah Wong, Photographer: Hiroji Kubota, Mastering Engineer: Pete Reiniger, Designer: Visual Dialogue
[Notes]
From parties to protests to prayer, music is a powerful catalyst for celebration, for change, and for a sense of community. Through making music together, we become bigger than ourselves. Whether singing with our families and friends or with thousands of strangers in an arena, music transforms lives, engages individuals, and connects local and global communities. The Social Power of Music chronicles the vivid, impassioned, and myriad ways in which music binds, incites, memorializes, and moves groups of people. This richly illustrated 124-page book, with 80+ tracks on 4 CDs, invites listeners into musical practices, episodes, and movements throughout the U.S. and beyond. These songs of struggle, devotion, celebration, and migration remind us that music has the potential to change our world.

Borderlands from Conjunto to Chicken Scratch

Music of the Rio Grandr Valley of Texas and Southern Arizona

Smithsonian Folkways – SF CD 40418

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1993
Genre: Latin, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Conjunto, Norteño
[Traclist]
01 La Cuquita: Narciso Martínez (03:07)
02 Gregorio Cortez: Jesus Maya y Timoteo Cantu (02:58)
03 Aunque Me Odies: Lydia Mendoza (02:44)
04 Un Rato No Mas: Beto Villa Orquestra (02:32)
05 Un Adobe y Cuatro Velas: Los Donneños (02:35)
06 Mi Unico Camino: El Conjunto Bernal (03:11)
07 Angel de Mis Anhelos: Rubén Vela y su Conjunto (03:58)
08 Corrido de Gerardo Gonzalez: Ramón Ayala y Bravos del Norte (02:34)
09 El Saino de Donna, Texas: Los Invasores de Nuevo León (03:04)
10 Dados Cargados: Cachorros de Juan Villarreal (03:10)
11 Caso Perdido: Los Dos Gilbertos (02:55)
12 La Calle Flores: Oscar Hernandez (03:09)
13 Quedate: Roberto Pulido y Los Clasicos (03:43)
14 San Javielpo Chu'kuy Kwi: Francisco Molina and Marcelino Valencia (04:04)
15 Ali Oidak Polka Gu-Achi Fiddlers (03:19)
16 Old Man Rooster The Molinas (02:24)
17 Madre Mia Chote Southern Scratch (03:23)
18 Uwaldina y Juan Gonzalez El Conjunto Murrietta (03:37)
[Credits]
Producer: Texas Folklife Resources, Cathy Ragland and Pat Jasper, Translator: Marco Octavio Iniguez, Jim Nicolopulos, Zack Salem and Yolanda Torres, Cover Artwork: Roger Garcia, Mastering Engineer: Henk Kooistra, Designer: Visual Dialogue
[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.

Dancing Bow and Singing Strings with Tracy Schwarz

Folkways Records – FTS-6524

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Cindy (5:14)
A2 Mississippi Sawyer (4:00)
A3 Leather Britches (4:53)
A4 Sourwood Mountain (5:09)
B1 Ragtime Annie (5:04)
B2 Sally Ann (4:59)
B3 Cotton-Eyed Joe (5:32)
B4 Cumberland Gap (5:18)
[Credits]
Tracy Schwarz (fiddle) Chris Warner (banjo) Eloise Schwarz (guitar) Dick Staber (mandolin) Peter Schwarz (piano) Earl Yager (bass)
Liner Notes, Designer and Photographer: Eloise Schwarz, Photographer: Connie Coope, Paul Indman and Sally Anne Schwarz
[Notes]
Calling all shingle-lifters and flat-footers! This collection of music is perfect for dancers of all levels. The Schwarz fiddle band plays tunes based on traditional mountain songs such as "Cotton-Eyed Joe" and "Sally Ann." Dancers can start off slowly to perfect their footwork and then really let loose on fast-flying tunes like "Cumberland Gap." Happy clogging!

Country Gospel Song

RBF Records – RBF19

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1971
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Country, Gospel
[Tracklist]
A1 I Know That Jesus Set Me Free: Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers (02:44)
A2 To the Work: Alfred G. Karnes (02:54)
A3 God Moves on the Water: Blind Willie Johnson (03:01)
A4 Honey in the Rock: Blind Mamie and A.C. Forehand (02:43)
A5 My Mother is Waiting for Me in Heaven Above: The Smith Brothers (02:57)
A6 The Lion and the Tribes of Judah: Lonnie McIntorsh (03:10)
A7 Just as Soon as My Feet Strike Zion, Lord I Won't Be Troubled No More: Rev. J.M. Gates (03:10)
B1 Lonesome Valley: The Carter Family (02:58)
B2 The Little Black Train: The Carter Family (02:54)
B3 Jesus, Lover of My Soul: Uncle Dave Macon (02:59)
B4 Walking with My Saviour: The Freeman Quartet (02:45)
B5 Wouldn't Mind Dying: Blind Mamie Forehand (03:12)
B6 Take Your Burden to the Lord: Blind Willie Johnson (02:58)
B7 Went Up in the Clouds of Heaven: Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers (02:46)
[Creduts]
Producer: Samuel Charters, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
This compilation of religious music from the 1920s and 1930s American South brings together black and white performers to show the relationships and differences between the two styles. Both styles share more elements of text and music than their secular counterparts, even though different influences shape both.

Jazz 1913-1926 Some Beginnings

RBF Records – RF 31

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genre: Jazz, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Ragtime, Swing, Dixieland
[Tracklist]
A1 You Can't Get Away From It: Bert Williams (02:53)
A2 Down Home Rag: James Europe's Society Orchestra (03:25)
A3 Raggin' the Scale: Fred Van Eps (02:42)
A4 Round the Corner: Dabney's Band (03:20)
A5 I'm Done: Eddie Hunter, Alex Rogers, and C. Luckyeth Roberts (03:20)
A6 You Gotta See Mama Every Night: Gene Fosdick's Hoosiers (03:00)
A7 Masculine Women! Feminine Men!: Friar's Inn Orchestra (03:25)
B1 Taint Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do: Matson's Creole Serenaders (04:15)
B2 Graysom Street Blues: Black and Blue Trio (02:57)
B3 Nobody Knows and Nobody Cares Blues: Sara Martin, Bubber Miley, and Phil Worde (02:56)
B4 When My Sugar Walks Down the Street: The New Orleans Orchestra (02:43)
B5 Weary Blues: The Vic Meyers Orchestra (03:02)
B6 Old Time Blues: Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds (03:03)
B7 In Harlem's Araby: The Good Time Band (02:39)
[Credits]
Producer: Samuel Charters, Photographer: Walker Evans, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
This exploration into the beginnings of jazz brings together the sounds of vaudeville banjoes, dance orchestras, novelty songs, blues singers, and the first recording of New York stride piano. Connected by their fascination with syncopation, the artists on this album all contributed to the early development of this exciting genre.

Negro Folk Music of Africa and America

Ethnic Folkways Library – FE 4500

Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Box Set
Country: US
Released: 1951
Genre: Funk / Soul, Folk, World, & Country
Style: African, Gospel, Religious
[Tracklist]
A1 Igane Kamalume: n/aIngane Kamalume (02:36)
A2 Shayisa Inkasa: n/aShayisa Inkasa (02:33)
A3 Music of Boatmen: n/a (02:55)
A4 Bara Sanabo - Bara: n/a (03:09)
A5 Bara Sanabo - Bara: n/a (03:11)
B1 Traveling Song: n/a (01:55)
B2 Festival Song: n/a (03:36)
B3 Swahili Bina Adamu: n/a (03:13)
B4 Tigrai Ballad: n/a (03:08)
B5 Amhara Ballad: n/a (03:06)
C1 Jesha Cult Song: n/a (03:53)
C2 Cowherds' Festival: n/a (03:07)
C3 Worksong: n/a (03:12)
C4 Juba Dance: n/a (02:11)
C5 Nago Dance: n/a (03:39)
C6 Merengue--Chere Maman: Chere Maman (01:55)
C7 Gallinita Toma Tu Maiz: n/a (02:29)
D1 Lucumi Song: n/a (02:43)
D2 Ajo Ajo: n/a (02:45)
D3 Beli Dance: n/a: 00:57)
D4 What Shall I Do to be Saved?: Dock Reed (02:34)
D5 Didn't You Hear My Lord When He Called: Rich Amerson and Earthy Anne Coleman (03:40)
D6 My Name Has Been Written Down: Rosie Hibler (02:26)
D7 Move Members Move: Rosie Hibler (02:04)
[Credits]
Producer: Harold Courlander and Dick Waterman, Writer (Introduction): Richard Alan Waterman, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
The 24 selections included in the 1951 compilation "Negro Folk Music of Africa and America" provide a sample of musical styles from Africa, and the African diaspora in South America, the Caribbean, and the Southern United States. This anthology demonstrates the continuation of African musical traditions into The New World. According to producer Harold Courlander, "in some parts of the Americas it is possible to find old African songs and dances that are still know' in almost identical form in local African communities." The album includes songs such as "Ingane Kamalume" from South Africa, "Jesha Cult Song" from Brazil, and "Didn't You Hear My Lord When He Called?" from Alabama, USA. In addition, a 6-page booklet of liner notes by Harold Courlander features a brief description of African music and its influence in other regions and detailed song descriptions.

Creation's Journey: Native American Music

Presented by the National Museum of the American Indian

Smithsonian Folkways – SF CD 40410

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1994
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Aboriginal, Native American
[Tracklist]
01 Prairie Chicken Dance: The Blackfoot Crossing Singers (02:00)
02 Scalp Dance / Victory Dance: Comanche Singers (04:08)
03 Two-Step: Inform Your Grandma: D.J. Nez (02:01)
04 Crown Dance: Ramsey Burnette (02:36)
05 Butterfly Dance: Peter Garcia and Carpio Trujillo (10:18)
06 New Women's Shuffle Dance: Young Nation Singers (06:28)
07 Constitution Breakdown: Lee Cremo Trio (02:11)
08 Sheehan's Reel / Pigeon on the Gate: Lee Cremo Trio (02:25)
09 A Beautiful Life: The Kingfisher Trio (02:06)
10 On the Jericho Road: The Kingfisher Trio (02:35)
11 Helana: Elena and Nicholas Charles and Joe Chief, Jr. (01:30)
12 Hello Song: Elena and Nicholas Charles and Joe Chief, Jr. (02:43)
13 Ladies Dance: Kwakiutl Singers (05:59)
14 Peace Dance: Kwakiutl Singers (02:21)
15 Sata Kallta: Comunidad Aymara de Laqaya (04:30)
16 Axawiri Imilla: Comunidad Aymara de Laqaya (06:56)
17 Son de la Danza de los Mixes: Zapotec Singers (04:32)
[Credits]
Producer: Charlotte Heth & Terence Winch, Designer: Roger Gorman, Engineer: David Glasser
[Notes]
From powwow music to Christian songs in Cherokee to Irish reels, Native peoples from the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Bolivia present living traditions and crossovers to Euro-American musics. Recorded in New York City and Washington D.C., in 1992 and 1993. Package includes detailed notes in a beautifully illustrated booklet. An eloquent expression of enduring creativity, vibrant cultural life, and diverse artistry. 64 minutes. "A wondrous exhibition of Native American music."

The Traditional Music of Beech Mountain, North Carolina

Vol. II: The Later Songs and Hymns

Folk-Legacy Records – FSA 23

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1965
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Hymns
[Tracklist]
A01 Precious Memories: Ottie "Coot" Greene, Margie Harmon, and R.L. Harmon (03:45)
A02 I Went to See My Suzie: Lee Monroe Presnell (01:07)
A03 Johnson Boys: Buna Hicks and Viola Hicks (00:42)
A04 The Courting Case: Lena Armstrong and Etta Jones (02:08)
A05 Baldheaded End of the Broom: Lee Monroe Presnell (01:34)
A06 More Pretty Girls Than One: Captain Hicks and Viola Hicks (01:26)
A07 Roger's Gray Mare: Lena Armstrong and Etta Jones (01:12)
A08 Soldier John: Rosa Presnell (01:35)
A09 Cripple Creek: Buna Hicks and Viola Hicks (00:45)
A10 The Soldier and the Lady: Margie Harmon and R.L. Harmon (02:49)
A11 Old Virginny: Lee Monroe Presnell (02:18)
A12 Where the Soul of Man Never Dies: Ottie "Coot" Greene, Margie Harmon, and R.L. Harmon (03:05)
B01 Tobacco Union: Lena Armstrong (01:05)
B02 In Dublin City (Laws L 12)
: Lee Monroe Presnell (02:08)
B03 Three Dulcimer Numbers: Captain Hicks and Viola Hicks (04:00)
B04 Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss: Buna Hicks (01:00)
B05 Little Maggie: Tab Ward (03:34)
B06 Little Maggie: Lee Monroe Presnell (01:31)
B07 I'm Going That Way: Ottie "Coot" Greene, Margie Harmon, and R.L. Harmon (01:18)
B08 Going Away Tomorow: Buna Hicks (01:24)
B09 Look up, Look Down That Old Railroad: Lee Monroe Presnell (01:46)
B10 Angel Band: Ottie "Coot" Greene, Margie Harmon, and R.L. Harmon (03:07)
B11 Amazing Grace: Beech Mountain singers (01:52)
[Creduts]
Producer and Liner Notes: Sandy Paton, Producer: Lee B. Haggerty
[Notes]
"These two recordings were made from field tapes recorded over a period of several years during which we enjoyed repeated visits to friends on Beech Mountain in northwestern North Carolina. When programming them, we found it appropriate to divide them as we did. On the first volume you will find a number of Child ballads and ancient songs, plus gospel songs from the days of the old camp meetings. The second volume contains songs that have entered our tradition more recently, along with several hymns as they are sung in harmony today in the little church in Beech Creek. These two recordings are important and authentic examples of home-made music in the Appalachian tradition." -Sandy Paton, Folk-Legacy Records

Crossroads: Southern Routes

Smithsonian Folkways – SF CD 40080

Format: CD, Compilation, Enhanced
Country: US
Released: 1996
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Latin, Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country, Bluegrass, Gospel, Folk, Rockabilly
[Tracklist]
01 Rising Sun: Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, and Coyal McMahan (02:40)
02 Statesboro Blues: The Allman Brothers Band (04:15)
03 Blue Monk: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (03:34)
04 Les Quatre Vieux Garcons: Dewey Balfa, Peter Schwarz, and Tony Balfa (02:05)
05 Travelin' Shoes: Vera Hall (01:36)
06 Woke Up This Mornin' With My Mind on Freedom: The Freedom Singers (02:29)
07 Mice and the Bad Angel/Turtle's Song to the Wolf: Betty Mae Jumper (01:22)
08 Brother John/Iko Iko: The Neville Brothers (05:33)
09 White House Blues: Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys (02:03)
10 Blue Suede Shoes: Carl Perkins (02:14)
11 Anque Me Odies: Lydia Mendoza (02:43)
12 Apartment #9: Tammy Wynette (02:58)
13 Too Many Hungry Mouths Around the Table: Denise La Salle (03:50)
14 Southbound: Doc Watson, Merle Watson (02:41)
15 I'd Rather Be an Old Time Christian: The Kingsmen (02:01)
16 There is None Like Him: The Mississippi Mass Choir (04:47)
[Credits]
Producer and Liner Notes: Kip Lornell, Producer: Jon Kertzer and Steve Moreland, Liner Notes: Anthony Seeger, Designer: Scott Stowell
[Notes]
Blues, bluegrass, rockabilly, soul/blues, freedom songs, and other genres on this recording all have deep roots in southern culture and have influenced music worldwide. In a CD player, the 16 songs and liner notes introduce regional southern traditions. In a compatible CD-ROM drive, the music is complemented by hundreds of photos, texts, maps, audio and video clips and artist interviews. Hear the American South and discover the roots of American musical traditions. Artists include Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry, The Allman Brothers, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Les Quatre Vieux Garcons (Dewey Balfa), Vera Hall, The SNCC Freedom Singers, Betty Mae Jumper, Neville Brothers, Bill Monroe, Carl Perkins, Lydia Mendoza, Tammy Wynette, Denise LaSalle, Doc and Merle Watson, The Kingsmen, and Mississippi Mass Choir. "The best enhanced CD yet." — U.S. News and World Report

On the Beach at Waikiki

Hawaiian Guitar from the 'Teens to the' Fifties

Folkways Records – RF S612

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1981
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Hawaiian
[Tracklist] A1 Indiana Mar
ch: Hanapi Trio (02:36)
A2 Smiles, Then Kisses: Louise, Ferera and Greenus (02:42)
A3 Hawaiian Echoes: Louise, Ferera and Greenus (02:54)
A4 Along the Way to Waikiki: Helen Louise and Frank Ferera (03:07)
A5 Roses of Yesterday: The Hawaiian Islanders (02:53)
A6 One Summer Night: Yale Hawaiian Trio (02:38)
A7 South Wind: Yale Hawaiian Trio (02:35)
B1 Hilo-Hawaiian March: Kane's Hawaiians (02:59)
B2 Drowsy Waters: Kane's Hawaiians (02:56)
B3 On the Beach at Waikiki: Helen Louise and Frank Ferera (03:05)
B4 Clarinet Marmalade: Six and Seven-Eighths String Band (02:09)
B5 Medley in "D": Six and Seven-Eighths String Band (02:10)
B6 High Society: Six and Seven-Eighths String Band (03:39)
B7 Hawaiian Dreams: Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra (03:13)
[Credits]
Compiler: Samuel Charters, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
As the original liner notes insist, the Hawaiian guitar craze that surprised the nation in the 1920s did not end—it just changed to incorporate different repertoires and styles, including jazz, ragtime, and country music. This collection celebrates the heyday of slack-key guitar recording, in all its color.

Music of the Alasvan Kutchin Indians

Ethnic Folkways Library

Folkways Records – FE 4070

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1974
Genre: Folk, World, & Country Style: Folk, Native American
[Tracklist]
A01 Song of the Snow Geese Flying over the Mouth of the Yukon: Daniel John (01:36)
A02 Love Song: Lily Pitka (00:29)
A03 Love Song: Sheenjit Gwiizuu: Lily Pitka (00:25)
A04 Love Song: Goodbye Sheenyaa: Lily Pitka (00:29)
A05 Medicine Song: Shenyati's Owl Song: Silas John (02:14)
A06 Medicine Song: Stanley Luke (01:24)
A07 Medicine Song: Johnny Frank (00:20)
A08 War Song: Johnny Frank (00:32)
A09 Crow Dance Song: Myra Robert (00:57)
A10 Crow Dance Song: Lily Pitka (00:36)
A11 Song of Tribute: Myra Robert (00:48)
A12 Song of Tribute: Myra Robert (00:41)
A13 The Boy in the Moon: Myra Robert (01:36)
A14 New Year's Song: Lily Pitka (00:48)
A15 Goodby Song: Lily Pitka (00:40)
A16 Steamboat Song: Silas John (01:06)
B01 Red River Jig, Ch'eenatsii Ch'aradzaa: Charlie Peter and Stanley Frank (01:45)
B02 Duck Dance, Dats'an Ch'aradzaa: Charlie Peter and Stanley Frank (01:51)
B03 Brandy: Charlie Peter and Stanley Frank (02:39)
B04 Rabbit Dance, Ge Ch'aradzaa: Jimmy and Lawrence Roberts (01:32)
B05 Virginia Reel: Charlie Peter (01:50)
B06 Double Jig: Charlie Peter (01:47)
B07 Fox Trot: Charlie Peter and Stanley Frank (01:05)
B08 Eight Couple, Neekee Do: Charlie Peter and Stanley Frank (01:39)
B09 Square Dance, Second Part: Charlie Peter and Stanley Frank (02:05)
B10 Four Hand Reel, Lady's Earring Dance, Neets'ee T'yaa: Charlie Peter and Stanley Frank (01:12)
[Credits]
Recorder and Liner Notes: Craig Mishler, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
The Kutchin (also known as Gwich'in) Indians live across Central and Eastern Alaska, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. Their vocal music represents the more traditional way of experiencing music―unaccompanied singing. Their instrumental music, especially played on the fiddle, reflects the influence of explorers, traders, and missionaries on musical tastes. The Gwich’in adopted not only the music that whites introduced but jigs, reels, and square dances. There are several instances as well of Gwich’in adapting Native dance forms to this Western style of music.

American History in Ballad and Song, Vol.1

Junior High School Social Studies prepared by Albert Barouh and Theodore O. Cron

Folkways Records – FH 5801

Format: 3 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1960
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Disk One]
A01 Washer Lad: Pete Seeger (01:12)
A02 Shamrock: Pete Seeger (02:23)
A03 When I Was Single: Peggy Seeger (01:46)
A04 The Ballad of Tea Party: Hermes Nye (01:26)
A05 The Liberty Song: Ed McCurdy (02:59)
A06 The Dying Sergent: Ed McCurdy (02:50)
A07 The Battle of Saratoga: Hermes Nye (01:54)
A08 Cornwallis Burgoyned: Ed McCurdy (02:23)
A09 Buffalo Skinners: Pete Seeger (02:42)
A10 Davy Crockett: Hermes Nye (04:56)
A11 Sioux Indians: Pete Seeger (03:38)
A12 Greer County Bachelor : Pete Seeger (02:35)
A13 Crossing the Plains: Logan English (04:06)
A14 Cowboy Yodel: Pete Seeger (00:52)
A15 Free Elections: Pete Seeger (01:29)
A16 Jefferson and Liberty: Ed McCurdy (01:54)
A17 Andrew Jackson: Ed McCurdy (02:19)
A18 Oh Dear, What Can The Matter Be?: Elizabeth Knight (01:55)
A19 No Irish Need Apply: Pete Seeger (01:53)
A20 The Harrison Song: Ed McCurdy (02:35)
[Disk Two]
B01 Hail Africa Band: Wallace House (01:53)
B02 Abolitionist Hymn: Hermes Nye (01:24)
B03 The Bonnie Blue Flag: Hermes Nye (03:05)
B04 Cumberland Crew: Hermes Nye (02:48)
B05 General Patterson: Hermes Nye (02:21)
B06 In Charleston Jail: Hermes Nye (01:44)
B07 All Quiet Along the Potomac: Hermes Nye (02:41)
B08 Lincoln and Liberty: Hermes Nye (01:22)
B09 Old Rebel: Hermes Nye (01:45)
B10 Pittsburgh Town: Pete Seeger (01:29)
B11 The Blind Fiddler: Pete Seeger (01:15)
B12 Eight-Hour Day: Pete Seeger (01:00)
B13 My Children Are Seven in Number: Pete Seeger (03:57)
B14 Let Them Wear Their Watches Fine: Pete Seeger (03:39)
B15 Cotton Mill Colic: Pete Seeger (01:38)
B16 Mill Mother's Lament: Pete Seeger (01:36)
B17 The Faith of Harry Simms: Pete Seeger (02:11)
B18 The TVA Song: Pete Seeger (02:01)
B19 Inflation: n/a (01:40)
B20 Sixty Percent: Pete Seeger (01:03)
[Disk Three]
C01 Raggedy: Pete Seeger (02:30)
C02 Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat: Pete Seeger (01:56)
C03 Dust Storm Disaster Woody Guthrie 03:12)
C04 Old English Forty Years Ago: Wallace House (06:02)
C05 The Hunters of Kentucky: Wallace House (03:02)
C06 Santa Anna: Hermes Nye (01:23)
C07 Roll Alabama Roll: Hermes Nye (02:03)
C08 Cuba Libre Jerry Silverman 03:05)
C09 The Flood and the Storm: Woody Guthrie (02:01)
C10 Well, What a Time: n/a (03:15)
C11 Japanese Buddhist Service: n/a (00:44)
C12 Indian (Hindu) ReligiousHymn: n/a (02:03)
C13 Moslem Hymn Time: n/a (02:37)
C14 It's the Same All Over: Arthur Samuels (02:12)
C15 To I Hola: The Grail Singers (02:03)
C16 Erdo: The Grail Singers (03:25)
C17 Ntabezikude: The Grail Singers (02:14)
[Credits]
Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Developed as a teaching guide for junior high school social studies classes, this compilation features 57 songs, mainly about American history and culture. They are organized thematically, with topics including Colonial America, the Civil War, and frontier life. A section on "The World of Man" includes Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim prayers as well as a Polish, Hungarian, and Zulu song. Most of the tracks originally appeared on other Folkways recordings. Artists include Pete Seeger, Peggy Seeger, Hermes Nye, Wallace House, Ed McCurdy, Woody Guthrie, and The Grail Singers. Liner notes offer song lyrics and lesson plan ideas.

Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard: Who's That Knocking?

Folkways Records – FTS 31055

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1965
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Walkin' In My Sleep (2:00)
A2 Can't You Hear Me Calling (3:12)
A3 Darling Nellie Across The Sea (2:15)
A4 Difficult Run (1:30)
A5 Coal Miner's Blues (2:40)
A6 Gabriel's Call (2:12)
A7 Just Another Broken Heart (2:40)
A8 Take Me Back To Tulsa (2:13)
B1 Who's That Knocking? (2:52)
B2 Cowboy Jim (2:00)
B3 Long Black Veil (3:20)
B4 Lee Highway Blues (1:55)
B5 Lover's Return (2:45)
B6 Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar (2:53)
B7 I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling (3:05)
[Credits]
Hazel Dickens (bass/vocals) Alice Gerrard (guitar/vocals) Lamar Grier (banjo) Chubby Wise (fiddle) David Grisman (mandolin)
Producer and Mastering Engineer: Peter K. Siegel, Sleeve Notes: Bill Vernon, Liner Notes: Neil V. Rosenberg and James Deutsch, Designer: Cooley Design Lab, Cover Photo: Dorothea Lange
[Notes]
Initially released in 1965, Who's That Knocking? is the first album by Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard. With this trailblazing record, Hazel and Alice shattered the glass ceiling of male-dominated bluegrass, which had typically relegated women to minor musical roles at best. Hazel and Alice’s hard-edged, soulful harmonies were firmly rooted in the older music traditions of the rural South. Their steadfast devotion to their powerful, driving style inspired generations of women in bluegrass, country music, and even punk. They are accompanied on this album by Chubby Wise, arguably the architect of bluegrass fiddling; David Grisman, whose mandolin improvisations changed the landscape of acoustic music; and Lamar Grier, who played banjo as a member of Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys in the 1960s. Unavailable on vinyl for decades, Who's That Knocking? was remastered in 2021 by its original producer Peter K. Siegel, and has been reissued with its original artwork and liner notes.

Sam Bush - Radio John: Songs of John Hartford

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40254

Format: CD
Country: US
Released:: October 21, 2022
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass, Country
[Tracklist]
01 California Earthquake (03:24)
02 Down (03:29)
03 In Tall Buildings (03:29)
04 A Simple Thing As Love (03:19)
05 John McLaughlin (01:50)
06 Morning Bugle (02:50)
07 No End Of Love (03:25)
08 Granny Wontcha You Smoke Some Marijuana (02:58)
09 I'm Still Here (03:19)
10 Radio John (05:02)
[Credits]
Executive Producer: Lynn Bush, Producer and Liner Notes: Sam Bush, Liner Notes: Jon Weisberger and James Deutsch, Illustrator: William Matthews, Engineer: Rick Wheeler, David Glasser and Airshow Mastering
[Notes]
Radio John: Songs of John Hartford is Sam Bush’s heartfelt tribute to his hero and mentor, John Hartford. With dedication, admiration, and love, Bush takes on personal favorites from Hartford’s vast catalog, including songs he played with Hartford on stage and in the studio in the 1970s. Bush plays every instrument on nearly every cut, pouring himself into the performances. Radio John is a testament to the impact Hartford had on American traditional music as a songwriter, an instrumentalist, and, most importantly, someone who fostered the careers of musicians like Bush and countless others reinventing roots music in the last half of the 20th century.

Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard: Pioneering Women of Bluegrass

The Definitive Edition

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40252

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: October 21, 2022
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 I Just Got Wise (02:29)
02 Walkin' in My Sleep (02:07)
03 The One I Love Is Gone (03:07)
04 Weary Lonesome Blues (02:42)
05 Long Black Veil (03:18)
06 Cowboy Jim (02:02)
07 Memories of Mother and Dad (02:35)
08 Sugar Tree Stomp (02:05)
09 Mommy Please Stay Home With Me (03:12)
10 Gabriel's Call (02:13)
11 Coal Miner's Blues (02:43)
12 Difficult Run (01:31)
13 Who's That Knocking? (02:57)
14 A Tiny Broken Heart (03:01)
15 Can't You Hear Me Calling? (03:13)
16 Darling Nellie Across the Sea (02:18)
17 Won't You Come and Sing for Me? (02:44)
18 Lee Highway Blues (01:38)
19 A Distant Land to Roam (02:58)
20 Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar (02:53)
21 Take Me Back to Tulsa (02:13)
22 They're at Rest Together (T.B. Blues) (03:25)
23 John Henry (01:48)
24 Just Another Broken Heart (02:42)
25 Train on the Island (01:39)
26 Lover's Return (03:05)
27 I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling (03:07)
28 Childish Love (02:55)
[Credits]
Producer and Liner Notes: Peter K. Siegel, Liner Notes: Hazel Dickens, Alice Gerrard, Laurie Lewis and James Deutsch, Photographer: John Cohen and Carl Fleischhaue
[Notes]
The soaring harmonies and driving string-band sound of Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard shattered the glass ceiling of male-dominated bluegrass in the 1960s. Hazel and Alice’s influence on music – and not just roots music – is hard to overstate. They’ve been acknowledged by artists as diverse as country superstars Naomi and Wynonna Judd, champion flat-picker Molly Tuttle, and proto-feminist punk rocker Kathleen Hanna. Their steadfast devotion to their own hard-hitting style inspired generations of women in bluegrass. Pioneering Women of Bluegrass: The Definitive Edition collects all the songs from Hazel and Alice’s two groundbreaking Folkways albums, and a previously unreleased bonus track, all remastered by their original producer Peter Siegel. They are joined on these recordings by such bluegrass legends as Chubby Wise and David Grisman. The CD booklet includes an expanded set of essays by Hazel, Alice, Laurie Lewis, and Peter Siegel, as well as iconic photographs by John Cohen and Carl Fleischhaue.

Classic Old-Time Music from Smithsonian Folkways

Smithsonian Folkways Classic Series

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW CD 40093

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2003
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Fol, Old Timek
[Tracklist]
01 Sugar Hill: The Iron Mountain String Band (03:35)
02 Bill Morgan and His Gal: The New Lost City Ramblers (02:57)
03 Country Blues: Dock Boggs (03:52)
04 Little Sadie: Clarence Ashley (02:20)
05 Susannah Gal: Frank Bode and Tommy Jarrell (02:59)
06 Wednesday Night Waltz: Clark Kessinger (03:07)
07 Cyclone of Rye Cove: The New Lost City Ramblers (03:05)
08 I'm Leaving You This Lonesome Song: Maybelle Carter and Sara Carter Bayes (02:37)
09 Carroll County Blues: Doc Watson and Fred Price (01:42)
10 Don't Let Your Deal Go Down: Sam and Kirk McGee (03:03)
11 Trouble in Mind: Roscoe Holcomb (02:18)
12 Chilly Winds: Wade Ward (01:08)
13 Going Down the Road Feeling Bad: David, Bill and Billie Ray Johnson (02:25)
14 Pretty Polly: Lee Sexton (02:13)
15 Bonaparte's Retreat: Mike Seeger (01:29)
16 Concord Rag: J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers (02:15)
17 John Henry: George Pegram (02:18)
18 Bowling Green: Cousin Emmy with The New Lost City Ramblers (01:49)
19 Fine Times in Our House: John W. Summers (03:12)
20 Streets of Glory: Old Reliable String Band (02:10)
21 Policeman: The Spare Change Boys (02:53)
22 Soldier's Joy: Joe and Tommy Thompson (02:15)
23 House of David Blues: Red Clay Ramblers with Al McCanless (01:27)
24 Ship in the Clouds: Andy Cahan, Lisa Ornstein and Laura Fishleder (01:46)
25 Late Last Night: Sam and Kirk McGee (02:26)
26 Look Down That Lonesome Road: Gaither Carlton (02:07)
27 Down Yonder: Gordon Tanner, Joe Miller, and John Patterson (02:38)
28 Jaybird March: Etta Baker and Cora Phillips (01:51)
29 John Brown's Dream: The New Lost City Ramblers (01:35)
[Credits]
Compiler and Liner Notes: Jeff Place
[Notes]
This collection of old-time social and instrumental string-band music spotlights instrumental prowess. Old-time music features playing styles that pre-date bluegrass, emerging from the string band tradition stretching back to the early years of United States history. Both African-American and Anglo-American ingredients are at its core, the banjo having African origins, the fiddle European. Some of the most revered sources of old-time roots music—Dock Boggs, Roscoe Holcomb, Wade Ward, Tommy Jarrell, and more—are heard playing in their original styles. The Grateful Dead's cover of "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down" and Bob Dylan's rendition of Clarence Ashley's "Little Sadie" clearly attest to the continuing influence of these songs. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place.

Girls We Met at the Medicine Show

Tommy Scott, Scotty Lee, Okl Bleb & The Tommy Scott Old Time Medicine Show Band

Folkways Records – FTS 31079

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1980
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Old Time
[Tracklist]
A1 You Ain't Worth It (02:22)
A2 My Mary (02:36)
A3 I Found It (02:17)
A4 Stacey (03:05)
A5 You Bought the Ticket (02:23)
A6 Lying Lips and Crying Eyes (03:02)
B1 Virginia (02:50)
B2 Mr. Moon (02:24)
B3 My Good Luck Piece (02:53)
B4 Why Don't Somebody Write Me a Lovesong (02:52)
B5 I Want to Keep It That Way (02:58)
[Credits]
Liner Notes: Jackie Phelps, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
The wagons and horses may have been traded for tour buses, and the purveyors of snake oil replaced by highly skilled pickers and flutists, but Tommy Scott and his Old Time Medicine Show Band provide old-school entertainment every bit as enjoyable as their nineteenth-century travelling namesakes. Combining the sincerity and musicality of country music with uplifting pop, this collection will definitely have you tapping your feet, and just might make you want to quit your day job to join Tommy Scott and the Old Time Medicine Show Band aboard the tour bus.

The Nashville Sit-in Story

Songs and Scenes of Nashville Lunch Counter Desegregation

Folkways Records – FH 5590

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1960
Genre: Blues, Non-Music, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Gospel, Political, Field Recording, Rhythm & Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 We Shall Overcome (03:54)
A2 The Lunch Counter Incident (00:47)
A3 I'm Going to Sit at the Welcome Table "We Shall Not Be Moved" (04:29)
A4 Jail Sequence "You Better Leave Segregation Alone" "Your Dog Loves My Dog" (05:03)
A5 Court Room Scene, "I Hope We'll Meet Again" "Moving On" The Trial (08:32)
B1 Reason for the Sit-in Movement Interviews (05:58)
B2 Remarks by Reverend C. Tindell Vivien (02:19)
B3 Scene on Mayor's Steps (03:58)
B4 Victory Meeting (05:36)
[Credits]
Producer and Liner Notes: Guy Carawan, Liner Notes: Rev. Kelly Miller Smith, Peggi Alexander, and E. Angeline Butler, Engineer: Willard Electronics and Mel Kaiser
[Notes]
"On February 13, 1960 approximately 124 students from American Baptist Theological Seminary, Fisk University, and Tennessee A & I State University staged their first sit-in demonstrations at three stores in the Nashville downtown area." Inspired by the courageous acts of these students, Guy Carawan compiled this collection of songs which chronicles the history of the Tennessee sit-ins, peaceful protests in reaction to the unfair and discriminatory practices of storeowners in Nashville. Extensive liner notes contextualize and accompany the collection.

Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in Northern Georgia

Early Mountain Songs, Ballad, & Tunes - Black Religious Singing

Ethnic Folkways Records – FE 34161

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A01 I'm Going to Georgia: Berthie Rogers, Paralee McCloud, and Lawrence Eller (03:05)
A02 The Little Ship (The Golden Vanity)(Child No. 286): Paralee McCloud (02:15)
A03 Cindy in the Summertime: Lawrence and Vaughn Eller (02:19)
A04 Snowbird: Ross Brown and Howard Cunningham (00:50)
A05 Don't Go Ridin' Down That Old Texas Trail: Lawrence Eller, and Vaughn Eller (02:06)
A06 What You Gonna Name That Pretty Baby?: Leatha Eller (02:41)
A07 The Famous Wedding: Maude Thacker (01:27)
A08 Once I Had an Old Grey Mare: Maude Thacker (01:40)
A09 As I Walked Out One Morning in Spring: W. Guy Bruce (01:13)
A10 The Lily of the West: W. Guy Bruce (02:43)
A11 Shout Lulu: W. Guy Bruce (02:42)
B01 Walk with Me: Brady "Doc" and Lucy Barnes (02:25)
B02 Dead and Gone: Brady "Doc" Barnes (02:06)
B03 My Number Will Be Changed: Naomi Bradford (03:48)
B04 Soon, One Mornin': Willie Gresham (05:02)
B05 Brother, You Ought T've Been There: Nathaniel Mitchell, and Fleeta Mitchell (01:34)
B06 I Don't Know How We Made It Over: Brown's Chapel Choir, and Imogene Riggens (02:57)
B07 No Room at the Hotel: Otha Cooper (03:53)
B08 Welcome Home: Brown's Chapel Choir, Imogene Riggens, and Bea Robinson (03:30)
[Credits]
Producer and Recorder: Art Rosenbaum, Photographer: Margo Newmark Rosenbaum, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Beginning in 1977, renowned folklorist Art Rosenbaum traveled around northern Georgia making field recordings of songs learned from the oral tradition. The outcome was a two-volume anthology and a book by the same title. The first half of Volume 1 features "early mountain songs, ballads and tunes" ranging from ancient British ballads to more recent breakdowns and love songs. The second half presents "black religious singing" (traditional spirituals), some of which are recorded in a local church. Rosenbaum's liner notes provide detailed information about the singers and each song, as well as complete lyrics and photographs of the musicians and singers.

Iron Mountain String Band: Someday We'll Meet Again

Old Time Music of the Southern Mountains

Folkways Records – FA 3836

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1981
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Old Time
[Tracklist]
A1 Sally Anne (3:35)
A2 Peggy Dear (4:08)
A3 Chicken Reel (2:30)
A4 Poor Ellen Smith (3:48)
A5 Cruel War (2:38)
A6 Little Maggie (3:05)
A7 Waterbound (3:58)
B1 Lonesome Road Blues (2:20)
B2 Down Among The Budded Roses (3:04)
B3 Lord Thomas (6:05)
B4 Pretty Little Willow (2:04)
B5 I Am A Pilgrim (3:29)
B6 Sour Wood Mountains (2:20)
B7 The Time Has Come To Say Goodbye (2:55)
[Credits]
Eric Davidson (banjo/vocals) Caleb Finch (fiddle/vocals) Brooke Moyer (guitar/vocals)
Producer: Joe Thomas, Field Worker: Doris Finch, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
In the final volume of three recorded for Folkways Records, the Iron Mountain String Band recreate the sound of old time Appalachian mountain music from the pre-bluegrass era. The band's repertoire is made up of distinctive ballads, songs, and dance tunes, learned from 1950s field recordings from rural southwestern Virginia. With guitar, fiddle, and banjo, intricate and rhythmic dance tunes are represented by tracks such as "Chicken Reel." You can also hear melancholic songs of local and world events including "Cruel War," a plaintive ballad originating from the British Isles. Liner notes include a history of Southern Appalachian mountain music and song notes and lyrics.

An Introduction to Gospel Song

RBF Records – RF 5

Format: Vinyl, LP, Copilation
Country: US
Released: 1962
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Gospel
[Tracklist]
A1 Roll Jordan Roll Fisk: University Jubilee Quartet (02:41)
A2 I've Been 'Buked/Most Done Traveling: Tuskegee Institute Singers (03:20)
A3 Leave it There: Pace Jubilee Singers (03:07)
A4 You Mother Heart Breakers: Rev. J.M. Gates and His Congregation (03:12)
A5 Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You?: Rev. J.M. Gates and His Congregation (03:51)
A6 I Looked Down the Line and I Wondered: Rev. F.W. McGee and His Congregation (03:20)
A7 Jesus the Lord is a Saviour: Rev. F.W. McGee and His Congregation (03:26)
B1 Did I Wonder: Sister Ernestine Washington with Bunk Johnson's Jazz Band (02:58)
B2 I am So Happy (Parts I and II): Lightfoot Solomon Michaux with the Happy Am I Choir and Orchestra (05:41)
B3 I Got Two Wings: Rev. Utah Smith and His Congregation (03:26)
B4 Psalm for Confusion: Mother McClease and her sons (02:48)
B5 When Mother's Gone: The Spirit of Memphis (02:53)
B6 He's a Friend of Mine: The Spirit of Memphis (02:45)
[Credits]
Producer and Liner Notes: Samuel B. Chartersm Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
From the Fisk Jubilee Singers' restrained vocal arrangements of spirituals to the jazz-influenced music of the "Happy I Am" Choir, gospel music may have changed its trappings, but the heart of the music remains. This collection includes songs and sermons from 1913 to 1954.

Ragtime Piano Days Beyond Recall Trebor Tichenor

Folkways Records – FS 3164

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Jazz, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Ragtime
[Tracklist]
A1 Hickory Smoked Rag (2:26)
A2 Cotton Bolls (2:58)
A3 Wine Room Rag (2:54)
A4 Dixie Queen (2:17)
A5 Cottonwood Rag (3:26)
A6 Swamptown Shuffle (2:35)
A7 Days Beyond Recall (3:25)
A8 Essay In Ragtime (1:57)
B1 Pineywoods Rag (2:25)
B2 Bantam Step (3:23)
B3 Missouri Rambler (2:29)
B4 Crabapples (3:05)
B5 Pierce City Rag (3:17)
B6 French Pastry Rag (2:56)
B7 Mandy's Broadway Stroll (3:01)
B8 Market St. Rag (2:42)
[Credits]
Trebor Tichenor (piano)
Producer and Liner Notes: Trebor Tichenor, Designer: Ronald Clyne, Photographer: Floride Green
[Notes]
Blessed by ragtimer Eubie Blake, Trebor Tichenor plays the "real stuff." Rags, Tichenor comments, "retain strong ties to the country" — maintaining notably midwestern and southern roots—and are characteristically endowed with folk strains "ebullient" or "ribald," "wistful" or "bittersweet." Tichenor's originals include "Wine Room Rag" and "Hickory-Smoked Rag," but this recording also features pieces from contemporaries Charles Hunter, Robert Hoffman and Percy Wenrich.