Fast Folk Musical Magazine: Los Angeles

Fast Folk Musical Magazine – FF 409

ormat: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk Rock, Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Man of Principle: Show of Hands (03:18)
A2 The Arms Race: Marvin Etzioni (04:48)
A3 On Time: Victoria Williams (03:04)
A4 Policeman: Kyle Johnson (05:04)
A5 You're in My Blood: John Bossman (03:23)
A6 Sprinklers of Salinas: Joyce Woodson, Denny Croy, and Marty Rifkin (04:00)
B1 Feel Like Makin' Art: Life is Grand Band (03:25)
B2 New Toys: Milo Binder (02:07)
B3 The Good Years: Richard Goldman, Debbie Holland, and Denny Croy (02:27)
B4 Ashes and Coal: Richard Ferriera (04:00)
B5 Apache Tears: Hirth Martinez (03:57)
B6 Jason's Song: Sandy Ross (02:29)
B7 Punch and Sacco: Peter Case (02:33)
[Credits]
Producer: Richard A. Meyer, Field Worker: Marvin, Recorder: David Seitz
[Notes]
This issue of Fast Folk Musical Magazine travels to Los Angeles. In an essay for the magazine, Los Angeles Times music critic Steve Hochman suggests that the acoustic music scene in LA during the late 1980s was "a marking of the simultaneous ending of a musical cycle and the beginning of new one." The music in this collection reflects that assessment, with selections ranging from acoustic pop to acoustic country and lots of modern folk songs filling out the set. Emerging West Coast musicians on this recording include Peter Case, previously with The Plimsouls, his future wife Victoria Williams, singer and music producer Marvin Etzioni, Joyce Woodson, and Milo Binder singing an early performance of "New Toys." A 20-page facsimile of the magazine is included.

The Bobby Susser Singers: Animals at the Zoo

New Hope Records – BSSC00232

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1997
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Children's, Music Instruction
[Tracklist]
01 Animals At The Zoo (Prelude) (0:40)
02 A Trip To The Zoo (2:29)
03 A Parrot Can't Keep A Secret (3:01)
04 A Joey (2:32)
05 The Friendly King Of The Jungle (Hi There) (2:54)
06 A Turtle Named Tommy (4:04)
07 An Elephant Named Ed (3:13)
08 Matthew The Monkey (3:46)
08 A Horse With Stripes (2:17)
10 Alice The Giraffe (2:29)
11 There's A Seal At The Zoo (2:25)
12 The Birds Fly And Sing (3:04)
[Credits]
The Bobby Susser Singers (choir)
Produceer Nd Liner Notes: Bobby Susser
[Notes]
Bobby Susser leads children through a musical tour of the zoo to help them gain a better appreciation of the variety of species that call our planet home. The songs on this 1997 recording are easy to learn and encourage children to use their imagination as Bobby Susser and his band sing about monkeys, parrots, giraffes, and kangaroos! This album also serves to aid as an educational tool for ESL and Special Education Programming.

Nineteenth Century American Sacred Music

From Fuging Tune to Oratorio

Folkways Records - FTS 32381

Country: US
Released: 1980
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Classical, Historical Song, Sacred
[Tracklist]
A1 Dona Nobis (06:26)
A2 Jubilate (04:35)
A3 The Lord's Prayer (01:40)
A4 Pars Mea, Rex Meus (03:54)
A5 Turn Ye, Turn Ye (03:07)
A6 I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes (02:31)
B1 Northfield (00:27)
B2 Kyrie Eleison (02:55)
B3 Praise Ye the Lord (02:38)
B4 Cantate Domino No. 8 (02:26)
B5 I Will Extol Thee, My God, O King (03:10)
B6 Suffer Little Children to Come Unto Me (01:19)
B7 Singing Lesson,The (02:04)
B8 We Praise Thee, O God (04:05)
[Credits]
Isaiah Thomas Singers (vocals) Stephen Long (pipe organ)
Project Director and Liner Notes: David McKay, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Nineteenth–century American sacred music was largely influenced by European classical musical standards and practices but tempered by a more straightforward (and simpler) American approach. On this 1980 recording, the 15-member Isaiah Thomas Singers, under the direction of David McKay, present a program of 19th–century sacred American music ranging from ornate polyphonic music to a tuneful rarity by Stephen Foster. The singers are accompanied by organist Stephen Long, an authority on early American pipe organs.

Folk Master: Great Performances Recorded Live at the Barns of Wolf Trap

Smithsonian Folkways – SF 40047

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1993
Genre: Hip Hop, Jazz, Latin, Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country, Conjunto, Western Swing, Honky Tonk, Louisiana Blues
[Tracklist]
01 Last Goodbye: The Johnson Mountain Boys (02:35)
02 Orphan's Waltz: Dewey Balfa and Steve Riley (03:33)
03 Jolie Catin: Boozoo Chavis and the Magic Sounds (02:41)
04 Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio: Santiago Jiménez, Jr. (03:12)
05 Aguinaldo Jibaro: Familia Colón (03:43)
06 Wai Okeaniani: Ledward Kaapana (03:54)
07 Gray Eagle: Wayne Henderson (03:43)
08 Black Cat on the Line: John Cephas and Phil Wiggins (04:52)
09 Love in Vain: Robert Jr. Lockwood (03:00)
10 St. James Infirmary: Michael White and the Crescent City Serenaders (05:52)
11 Ot Azoy: Klezmer Plus (04:00)
12 Zagrebčani Smo Mi: Tamburitza Orchestra Slanina (02:58)
13 Rascapetate: Marimba Chiapas (02:48)
14 Zuni Rainbow Dance: Cellicion Family Singers (01:59)
15 Adam Picking Up Leaves: The McIntosh County Shouters (02:51)
16 Bucket Drums and Rap: CJ and Five Gallons of Fun (05:22)
17 It's Gonna Rain: The Birmingham Sunlights (03:28)
18 This Little Light of Mine: Fontella Bass (02:32)
19 Red River Valley: The Sun Rhythm Section (02:19)
20 Big Ball's in Cowtown: The Texas Playboys (03:08)
21 Smooth Sailing: Claude Williams (03:00)
22 When the Saints Go Marching In: The Kings of Harmony Brass Band (02:14)
[Credits]
Producer: Nicholas R. Spitzer, Cover Artwork: Francis X. Pavy, Designer: Carol Hardy, Recorder: John Tyler
[Notes]
A wide-ranging collection of traditional American music featuring memorable performances from the Folk Masters concert and radio series, recorded live at the Wolf Trap in 1992. A vivid representation of the changing scope of American through the music and culture of contemporary European-, African-, Hispanic-, and Native American Indian communities. Includes Dewey Balfa, The Johnson Mountain Boys, Cephas and Wiggins, The Texas Playboys, Boozoo Chavis, and 17 others on 22 tracks. Compiled by Nick Spitzer. "A dizzyingly diverse American multicultural block party." — New England Folk Almanac

American History in Ballad and Song Vol.2

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

Folkways Records – FH 5802

Format: 3 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1962
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A01 Skada In America: Gene Bluestein (02:13)
A02 Bragg Talk: Harry Jackson (01:34)
A03 Immigrant Worker: Michael Quill (00:45)
A04 He Lies in The American Land: Pete Seeger (01:59)
A05 German-American Loyalty: James Watson Gerard (02:49)
A06 American Indian Loyalty Oath: John Oberly (01:03)
A07 Two Good Men: (03:15)
A08 Ballad of Sherman Wu: Pete Seeger (02:07)
A09 Immortality: Williams Jennings Bryan (02:09)
A10 The Lord's Prayer: Dora Bliggen (02:06)
B01 F.D.R's Back Again: The New Lost City Ramblers (02:20)
B02 Then And Now: Oscar Brand (02:45)
B03 Puerto Ricans in New York: Tony Schwartz (02:43)
B04 Roll On Columbia: Pete Seeger (03:35)
B05 Conestoga Wagoner's Complaint: Vivien Richman (01:46)
B06 Trusts: William Howard Taft (01:54)
B07 Banks of Marble: Pete Seeger (03:11)
B08 The Farmer: Theodore Roosevelt (01:35)
B09 The Farmer is the Man : Gene Bluestein (01:37)
C01 One-Third Of a Nation: Franklin D. Roosevelt (01:56)
C02 Pastures of Plenty: Woody Guthrie (02:07)
C03 Labor Strife: Aunt Molly Jackson (04:48)
C04 Ludlow Massacre: Woody Guthrie (03:28)
C05 Money, Money, Money: Tony Schwartz (01:42)
C06 Too Old to Work: John Greenway (02:04)
C07 Corruption: Broadcast (00:32)
C08 Teacher's Blues: Pete Seeger (02:16)
C09 The Taxation Tyranny: Elizabeth Knight (01:42)
D01 Van Buren: Oscar Brand (00:44)
D02 The Political Smear: Broadcast (03:04)
D03 If He's Good Enough For Lindy: Oscar Brand (02:00)
D04 I'm a Migrant: Will Geer (00:51)
D05 Keep Moving: The New Lost City Ramblers (02:12)
D06 Too Many Bookmakers: Broadcast (01:43)
D07 The Delinquent: Malvina Reynolds (04:12)
D08 Let's Move It: Frederic Ramsey, Jr. (01:22)
D09 The Negro Voter: Martin Luther King, Jr. (00:25)
D10 Desegregation at Little Rock: Dwight Eisenhower and Orval Faubus (00:42)
D11 The State of Arkansas: Pete Seeger (02:01)
D12 The Supreme Court: Dwight Eisenhower and Orval Faubus (01:14)
D13 The Grand Wizard of the Klu Klux Klan: Freedom Riders (00:18)
D14 They Go Wild Over Me: The Freedom Riders (01:42)
E01 First, Fifth and Sixth Amendments: Broadcast (02:51)
E02 The Communist 11: Vito Marcantonio (00:54)
E03 Land of the Daily Worker: Joe Glazer (00:58)
E04 Landing of the A.E.F: General John Pershing (01:32)
E05 Let's Bury the Hatchet: Ernest Hemingway (00:55)
E06 The Spanish Civil War: Woody Guthrie (01:47)
E07 Valley of Jarama (Jarama Valley): Woody Guthrie (02:54)
E08 Isolationism: Charles A. Lindberg (01:09)
E09 Quarantine Speech: Franklin D. Roosevelt (02:01)
E10 The Sinking of the Reuben James: Woody Guthrie (02:54)
F01 The League of Nations: Franklin D. Roosevelt (01:15)
F02 The United Nations: Franklin D. Roosevelt (01:21)
F03 The Marshall Plan: Robert A. Taft (00:44)
F04 Isolationism: Robert A. Taft (01:09)
F05 The Red Issue: Henry Wallace (02:13)
F06 Little Joe the Rustler: Joe Glazer (02:26)
F07 The Baruch Plan: Bernard Baruch (00:27)
F08 Strontium 90: Bann the Bomb Recording (2:50)
F09 Nuclear Control: John F. Kennedy (00:45)
F10 Doomsday Blues: Dwight Eisenhower and Orval Faubus (02:47)
F11 Inagural Address: John F. Kennedy (02:12)
F12 Then We'll Have Peace: Pete Seeger (01:52)
[Credits]
Producer: Moses Asch, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Originally intended as a teaching aid for senior high school social studies and covering a broad scope of civic, government, economic, citizenship and immigration issues, this compilation provides a provocative mid-century impression of America culled from witnesses to the first half of the twentieth century. We are treated to songs from Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Malvina Reynolds; speeches from Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Williams Jennings Bryan; so-called "brag talk" by cowboys; and pronouncement of an oath of loyalty by Chief John Oberly of the "Osage Tribe of Indians" affirming that he will not conspire with any political parties to overthrow the US government.

Music of the Pawnee sung by Mark Evarts

Folkways Records – FE 4334

Series: Ethnic Folkways Library
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1965
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Native American
[Tracklist]
A1 Bear Song Of Peter Wood / Old Hand Game Song / Ghost Dance Hand Game Song (04:09)
A2 First Council / Sioux Attack On Pawnees / Horse Riding Exped. / Pawnee (03:03)
A3 Love Song / Man's / Woman's / Peyote Song (04:29)
A4 Buffalo / Hoop & Pole / Peace Pipe / Pipe Dance Song (03:46)
A5 Mescal Bean / Morning Star / Spring / Mescal Bean (03:49)
B1 White Horse / Ely Shotwell / Tirahuru / Pitsu'u (03:48)
B2 David Akapakis / Skiri Jake / Sky Blessed / Mother To Child / Old Hand Game Songs (04:27)
B3 Father Chicken Hawk / Sitting Hawk / One Horn Soc./ Young Dog Soc. (03:55)
B4 Evening Star / Morning Star / Planting / Nurturing / Transplanting (04:01)
B5 Hatuxa Lance Soc. / Wolf War Raid / Horse Soc. / Wolf & Scalped Man (04:07)
[Credits]
Mark Evarts (vocals)
Producer, Recorder and Liner Notes: Gene Weltflsh, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
This album contains songs from the Pawnee, whose historic territory stretches through much of Nebraska and into Kansas, though most Pawnee were relocated to Oklahoma. Regina "Gene" Weltfish (1902–1980), a student of anthropologist Franz Boas, began studying Pawnee culture and linguistics in 1928 and published The Lost Universe: Pawnee Life and Culture in 1965. Mark Evarts, a Pawnee, was Weltfish's principal informant on a wide variety of topics including the classification of plants, Pawnee definitions of bravery, and his native Skidi language. He also sings the 45 songs on the album, recorded in 1936. Details of Pawnee traditions, entertainment, and culture are included in the liner notes, as well as details of each of the tracks, translated and interpreted by Weltfish.

Witches and War-Whoop

Early New England Ballads Collected and Sung by John Allison

Folkways Records - FH 5211

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1962
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Lookie There (01:27)
A2 Death of Goody Nurse (03:34)
A3 Lovewell's Indian Fight (02:51)
A4 Susanna Martin (03:50)
A5 The Gloucester Witch (01:27)
B1 Giles Corey (03:03)
B2 Bloody Brook (03:04)
B3 Mammy Redd (01:38)
B4 Fluid Ireson (03:33)
B5 Robin Goodfellowe (01:42)
[Credits]
John Allison (guitar/vocals)
Liner Notes: John Allison, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
This album brings together a sinister and unusual collection of songs about the 1692 Salem Witch Trials, collected and performed by John Allison. The somber melody reflects the solemn lyrics that recount evil and punishments: "They hanged this weary woman then like a felon stout; Her white hairs on the cruel rope were scattered all about. And many knew her innocent of horrid charges made… " Liner notes include detailed information by Allison about each song and an introduction about the Salem Witch Trials.

Eskimo Songs from Alaska

Recorded on St. Lawrence Island by Miriam C. Stryker

Folkways Records - FE 4069

Series: Ethnic Folkways Library
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1966
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Indigenous
[Tracklist]
A01 Small Owl: Nick Wongatilin (00:54)
A02 How Much Will I Get for the Ivory Carving?: Nathan Noonwook (03:08)
A03 Looking for Someone Who Wants to Eskimo Dance: Amos Penayak (04:35)
A04 Balloon Song: Nick Wongatilin (02:02)
A05 Walking from Savoonga to Gambell: Paul Jensen (00:55)
A06 Cowboy Song: John Apongalook (00:53)
A07 Praise, Praise God: Nick Wongatilin (01:18)
A08 Helicopter Song / Second Helicopter Song: Nathan Noonwook (05:17)
A09 Drum Song: Nick Wongatilin (02:05)
B01 Like a Little Girl: Laurence Kulukbon (02:52)
B02 Little Indian Boy: Fred Angi (02:35)
B03 Indian Exhausted: Fred Angi (02:04)
B04 Rise Up Helicopter, Like a Bird: Gambell village Eskimo singers (01:45)
B05 Guitar Song: John Apongalook (02:33)
B06 Eskimo Rock 'n' Roll: Gambell village Eskimo singers (02:47)
B07 Little Cowboy: Gambell village Eskimo singers (02:12)
B08 Swing Your Drum: Gambell village Eskimo singers (01:43)
B09 I Couldn't Wait: Gambell village Eskimo singers (02:00)
B10 Old Song: John Apongalook (02:12)
[Credits]
Producer and Liner Notes: Charles Hofmann, Recorder: Miriam C. Stryker, Designer: Irwin Rosenhouse
[Notes]
Recorded on St Lawrence Island by Miriam C. Stryker in 1966 this album features songs from the Yup'ik people who have long occupied the Island and who live in two separate villages Savoonga and Gambell. Yup'ik legend tells of the Island's formation: "The Sea Goddess, picking up a handful of ooze from the bottom of the sea, squeezed it between her fingers, forming mountains that are part of its interesting terrain." This rugged terrain means a hard life for a people who live off the land. The songs relate through subjects such as hunting, fishing, boats, animals and the like. The lyrics are often very sparse and sometimes the song consists solely of chanted syllables. Liner notes include history of the Yup'ik and song information.