Singing BRAC for BRAC's 75th Anniversary

Collector Records – 1924

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1975
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Talking BRAC: Joe Glazer and Seldom Scene (04:34)
A2 Daddy What's A Train?: Joe Glazer (03:16)
A3 Casey Jones: Joe Glazer (02:11)
A4 Many A Man Killed On The Railroad: Joe Glazer (01:08)
A5 Union Train: Joe Glazer (02:56)
A6 Solidarity Forever: Joe Glazer and Seldom Scene (02:33)
B1 This Train's A Clean Train: Joe Glazer and Seldom Scene (02:14)
B2 Danville Girl: Joe Glazer (03:35)
B3 Pat Works On The Railroad: Joe Glazer (02:18)
B4 The Ballad Of Eugene Victor Debs: Joe Glazer (03:43)
B5 That's BRAC: Joe Glazer (01:57)
B6 We Shall Not Be Moved: Joe Glazer and Seldom Scene (02:51)
[Notes]
Founded in a cigar shop in 1899 by 33 members, the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks or BRAC represents 46,000 members in what is now known as the Transportation Communications International Union. Joe Glazer,"Labor's Troubadour" sings some of the most famous songs of the railroad, including "Joe Hill" in celebration of BRAC's 75th anniversary. The album premieres "Talking BRAC," a song written by Glazer especially for this occasion that chronicles the history of this powerful organization. The Seldom Scene, Washington D.C.-based bluegrass legends, are the backing band for many tracks.

Early Syncopated Dance Music

Cakewalks, Two-Steps, Trots and Glides

Folkways Records – RBF 37

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1978
Genre: Jazz, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Jazz & Ragtime
[Tracklist]
A1 At a Georgia Camp Meeting: John Philip Sousa and Arthur Pryor (02:39)
A2 Smoky Mokes: The Columbia Symphony Orchestra (02:53)
A3 Creole Belles: The Metropolitan Orchestra (02:44)
A4 King Chanticleer: Prince's Band (03:01)
A5 Kerry Mills Ragtime Dance: The Zonophone Concert Band (02:18)
A6 Kentucky Kut Up: Pryor's Band (02:38)
A7 The Minstrel Band: Pryor's Band (02:36)
A8 Grizzly Bear: Pryor's Band (02:17)
B1 Gertrude Hoffman Glide: The Walter B. Rogers Band (02:52)
B2 Too Much Mustard: The Walter B. Rogers Band (02:55)
B3 Everybody Two-Step: Military Band (02:59)
B4 The Horse Trot: Military Band (02:43)
B5 One Step Instruction: G. Hepburn Wilson (03:53)
B6 Bon Ton One Step: Conway's Band (02:49)
B7 The Dancing Deacon: Hell Fighters Band (03:16)
B8 Bees Knees: Original Memphis Five (03:14)
[Credits]
Producer: David A. Jasen, Cover Artwork: L. Fellows, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Lively, singable, and simple, cakewalks, two-steps, and other social dance rhythms captured the minds and feet of the American dancing public at the beginning of the twentieth century. This selection introduces a variety of these hopping tunes, as well as an unusual instructional track that teaches listeners how to dance the one-step.

Ann Savoy - Another Heart

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW440256

Format: CD / Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 2024
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Cajun & Zydeco
[Tracklost]
01 Cajun Love Song (04:03)
02 A Heart Needs a Home (04:04)
03 Waterloo Sunset (03:54)
04 Gabie's New Year's Lament (04:32)
05 Stolen Car (04:42)
06 Triste Samedi / A Hurricane Song (04:30)
07 Time Goes on My Love (04:44)
08 Something's Got a Hold on Me (03:12)
09 Tin Angel (03:33)
10 Lord of the Reedy River (03:34)
11 Who Knows Where The Time Goes (03:46)
[Credits]
Ann Savoy (guitar/accordion/fiddle/vocals)
Producer and Mixing Engineer: Dirk Powell, Liner Notes Editor: Carla Borden: Designer: Caroline Gut, Independent Mastering: Eric Conn
[Notes]
For decades, Ann Savoy has been revered for her vibrant recordings and performances of Louisiana Cajun music, as well as for her unparalleled deep-digging into the history of southwest Louisiana's traditional music. Now we join her in a different musical adventure, Another Heart—the spiritual follow-up to her 2006 collaboration with Linda Ronstadt, Adieu, False Heart. With the magical touch of producer Dirk Powell, Savoy explores a wide array of musical influences that date back to her childhood and adolescence in Richmond, Virginia. Featuring several new originals alongside renditions of tunes by The Kinks, Donovan, Bruce Springsteen, Sandy Denny, and more, this album offers a glimpse into Savoy’s formative years and the sounds that set her on the path to become a cherished musical icon.

Memphis Slim - Favorite Blues Singers

Folkways Records - FA 2387

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1973
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Introduction (01:34)
A2 Won't Do That No More (03:54)
A3 When I've Been Drinking (03:02)
A4 Mojo Blues (03:42)
A5 Broke and Hungry (03:33)
A6 Muddy Water (02:33)
A7 Prison Bound (03:27)
B1 Queen Bee (02:15)
B2 Backwater Blues (03:47)
B3 It Was a Dream (04:16)
B4 Mean Mistreating Mama (03:50)
B5 Digging My Potatoes (02:20)
B6 Yancy Special (04:48)
[Credits]
Memphis Slim (piano/vocals)
Liner Notes: Frederic Ramsey, Jr., Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
In the spoken introduction that opens this recording, Memphis Slim says, "I'm doing something now that I've always wanted to do. This is my interpretation of some of my favorite blues singers—some of the greatest blues singers of all time." In addition to Memphis Slim's thoughtful performances, this album features transcribed fragments of interviews with the bluesman.

Joe Glazer - Union Train

Collector Records – 1925

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1975
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Bye Bye Black Smoke Choo Choo (03:56)
A2 Danville Girl (03:27)
A3 Pat Works On The Railroad (02:18)
A4 Many A Man Killed On The Railroad (01:07)
A5 The Ballad of Eugene Victor Debs (03:43)
A6 Union Train (02:45)
B1 Casey Jones (04:07)
B2 Daddy, What's A Train? (03:16)
B3 The Wreck Of The Royal Palm (02:20)
B4 Casey Jones (02:04)
B5 Hobo's Meditation (03:32)
B6 This Train's A Clean Train (02:03)
[Credits]
Joe Glazer (guitar/vocals) Mike Auldridge (dobro) Alan Bennett (banjo)
[Notes]
For decades Joe Glazer, "Labor's Troubadour" inspired workers in mills, factories and on railways. In this collection of music, Glazer reminisces of the struggles and triumphs of the railroad worker. He writes, "This album is dedicated to all the workers who lost limbs and lives on the railroads, to the John Henrys who built the Big Bend tunnels and the Casey Joneses who drove the big eight wheelers, to the waymen and the brakemen, the telegrapher and the firemen, the conductors and the switchmen, the clerks and the craftsmen, the planners and the builders; and, yes, to the hoboes who rode the rods and the empty boxcars."

Jazz - Some Cities and Towns

Compiled and Annotated by Samuel Charters

RF Records 32

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1977
Genre: Jazz, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Jazz, Ragtime
[Tracklist]
A1 Mojo Strut: The Apollo Syncopaters (02:46)
A2 Decatur Street Tutti: Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces (02:38)
A3 Congo Stomp: Frank Bunch and the Fuzzy Wuzzies (02:58)
A4 Butterfingers: Charles Creath's Jazz-O-Maniacs (03:11)
A5 She's Cryin' For Me: The Peacock Orchestra (02:53)
A6 Bogalusa Strut: Sam Morgan's Jazz Band (02:57)
A7 That's a Plenty: The New Orleans Owls (03:08)
B1 Cushion Foot Stomp: Clarence Williams' Washboard Five (03:21)
B2 Buffalo Blues: Johnny Dunn's Original Jazz Hounds (03:03)
B3 Twelfth Street Rag: Connie's Inn Orchestra (03:01)
B4 West End Blues: The Chocolate Beau Brummels (03:06)
B5 Blue Trombone Stomp: The Louisville Stompers (02:35)
B6 The Sad: Boots and his Buddies (03:04)
B7 Liza: Don Albert and his Orchestra (02:58)
[Credits]
Producer: Samuel Charters, Photographer: Walker Evans, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
From the "breathy theatricalism" of Chicago theater jazz to the "youthful enthusiasm" of Birmingham and St. Louis's bands, the 1920s and 30s were decades of experiment, change, and stylistic variation in an era when musicians played for their own local audiences. This compilation travels, making all the local stops from New Orleans to New York.

Gordon Bok - Gatherings

with Carol, harp and a Host of Maine Musians

Timberhead – THD CD 009

Format: CD, Album
Country: United States and Canada
Released: 1998
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Llegada (02:55)
02 Swell Me Net Full (03:06)
03 Matachines (03:04)
04 Fiddler Dance the Light Strathspey / Kirsteenl (03:25)
05 Weldon (02:42)
06 The Parting Glass (03:34)
07 El Parrandero (02:53)
08 The Gift (01:54)
09 Morag / Carmina Gadelica (03:10)
10 Como Llora Una Estrella (03:45)
11 Stormy Weather (03:33)
12 To Cyrano (03:28)
13 Bailando Sabaki (02:28)
14 Southern Cross (04:28)
15 Gordon's Farewell (03:33)
[Credits]
Producer: Anne Dodson, Producer and Engineer: Carol Rohl, Gordon Bok and Bruce Boege, Photographer: Neal Parent, Designer: Tim Seymour
[Notes]
We waited a long time for Gordon to make a recording that featured Carol Rohl on harp. Well worth the wait, this eclectic collection of traditional and contemporary music celebrates Maine musicians with The Quasimodal Chorus, The January Men (And Then Some), The Small World Orchestra, and of course Gordon and Carol with those delightful South American tunes arranged for guitar and harp. If you've heard Gordon and Carol in concert, this is the one you're looking for.

Songs of the North Star State

Notes for Minnesota Statehood Centennial Album by Gene Bluestein

Folkways Records – FA 2132

Format: Vinyl, LP, 10"
Country: United States
Released: 1958
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Ah, Si Mon Moine Voulait Danser (01:53)
A2 Oleanna (02:38)
A3 Nu Ha Vee Yuligen (01:18)
A4 Skada at America (02:15)
A5 C'est L'aviron (03:50)
B1 Paul Bunyan (02:23)
B2 Jam on Jerry's Rocks (03:30)
B3 Toiler's Serenade (02:44)
B4 The Farmer is the Man (01:35)
B5 Chippewa Lullaby (00:58)
[Credits]
Gene Bluestein (guitar/vocals)
Photographer: Carl Brookins
[Notes]
Rather than limiting itself to Anglo-American ballads, this commemorative album celebrates the state's ethnic heritage through macaronic songs that mix English with other languages. Songs of the North Star State presents French-Canadian, Nordic, and Anglo-American songs, as well as a short Chippewa lullaby collected by ethnomusicologist Frances Densmore.

Chesapeake Born: The Songs of Tom and Mark Wisner

With Theresa Whitaker, Marty Dutcher and Bill Caldwell

Folkways Records – FTS 32410

Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Country: United States
Released: 1978
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, World
[Tracklist]
A1 Native Land (03:30)
A2 Made of Water (01:31)
A3 Winter Mornin' Sea (02:52)
A4 Wild River (04:11)
A5 Lazy Floating Feather (01:41)
A6 Susquehanna Down (04:32)
B1 Clear Water Remembered (02:48)
B2 Blowed and Torn (02:17)
B3 Spring Lightnin' Thunder (03:06)
B4 Southern Maryland River (04:00)
B5 Dredgin' is My Drudgery (02:31)
B6 Chesapeake Born (04:22)
[Credits]
Tom Wisner (guitar/banjo/vocals) Theresa Whitake(vocals) Marty Dutcher (guitar) Bill Caldwell (guitar/banjo)
[Notes]
Maryland-based songwriter and educator Tom Wisner's (1930–2010) first album for Folkways also marks the label's first documentation of the culture of the Chesapeake Bay. According to Wisner's liner notes, "[t]he songs on this recording were given to me while I was becoming more aware of myself and my relationship to the Chesapeake Bay and her people." With songs and singing by both Tom and his son Mark Wisner, the album features vocal contributions by Theresa Whitaker, guitars by Marty Dutcher, and Bill Caldwell on guitar and banjo. Three songs are a cappella. The handwritten liner notes include lyrics and dedications for each song, biographies of the musicians, and four drawings by Wisner.

Fast Folk Musical Magazine Volume 6 Number 3

The Tenth Anniversary-Live at the Bottom Line 1992

Fast Folk Musical Magazine - FF 603

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1992
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Home for the Holidays / The Boats Are Rolling Out (06:29)
02 Guinnevere (05:53)
03 Record Time (03:17)
04 Marie (03:40)
05 The Blue Whale (03:37)
06 Fisherman (03:32)
07 Before the Country Moved to Town (04:00)
08 Shining Brow (04:09)
09 Blood Sings (03:24)
10 Man on a Ledge (06:33)
11 The Child (04:42)
12 I've Got Nothing to Hide (03:57)
13 In the Mirror (03:50)
14 Back in the Depression (03:13)
15 Are You Happy Now? (04:22)
16 The Last Time (04:12)
17 The Garden State Stomp (02:55)
18 Rise from the Ruins (03:27)
[Credits]
Producer: Richard A. Meyer, Liner Notes: Jack Hardy, Recorder: David Van Der Hayden
[Notes]
The tenth anniversary edition of Fast Folk Musical Magazine resulted in 2 CDs of music recorded at the Bottom Line in Greenwich Village. The CDs were released separat"ly. Fast Folk Musical Magazine founder and editor jack Hardy opens this CD with two songs ("Home for the Holidays" and "The Boats Are Rolling Out”). Along the way Lucy Kaplansky sings Robin Batteau's "Guinnevere," Rod McDonald sings of a "Man on the Ledge," The Roches contribute "I've Got Nothing to Hide," and Dave Van Ronk provides a musical roadmap of New Jersey ("The Garden State Stomp"). Richard Julian and ensemble close with a countrified "Rise from the Ruins." A facsimile of the magazine is included.