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.