October 24, 2022

Sam Bush - Radio John: Songs of John Hartford

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40254
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.

October 14, 2022

Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard: Pioneering Women of Bluegrass

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40252
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.