Foggy Mountain Banjo: Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys

Columbia CS-8364

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1961
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Ground Speed
A2 Home Sweet Home
A3 Sally Ann
A4 Little Darlin', Pal Of Mine
A5 Reuben
A6 Cripple Creek
B1 Lonesome Road Blues
B2 John Henry
B3 Fire Ball Mail
B4 Sally Goodwin
B5 Bugle Call Rag
B6 Cumberland Gap
[Credits]
Earl Scrugg (banjo) Lester Flatt (guitar) Paul Warren (fiddle) Josh Graves (dobro) Cousin Jake (bass) Buddy Harman (drums)
Artwork: Thomas B. Allen, Liner Notes: Rich Kienzle
[Notes]
The album that secured Flatt & Scruggs standing among folk music enthusiasts in the 1960s, Foggy Mountain Banjo focuses on Earl Scruggs' instrumental prowess as well as his sharp interplay with dobroist Josh Graves, fiddler Paul Warren and Lester Flatt's flat-picking guitar. The album also features drummer Buddy Harman, whose appearance shocked purists.

Del and Woody: The Del McCoury Band

McCoury Music – Number None

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 2016
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass, Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 The New York Trains
A2 Cheap Mike
A3 Ain't A Gonna Do
A4 Left In This World Alone
A5 Californy Gold
A6 Because You Took Me In Out Of The Rain
B1 The Government Road
B2 Dirty Overhalls
B3 Family Reunion
B4 Wimmen's Hats
B5 Little Fellow
B6 Hoecake Fritters
[Credits]
Del McCoury (guitar/vocals) Ronnie McCoury (mandolin/vocals) Rob McCoury (banjo/vocals) Jason Carter (fiddle/vocals) Alan Bartram (bass/vocals)
Executive Producer: Nora Guthrie, Art Director: Chris Harris, Designer: Mollie B. Creative, Engineers: David Ferguson, Sean Sullivan and Dave Shipley
[Notes]
Woody Guthrie is one of America's greatest songwriters. Del McCoury was dubbed a "national treasure" by the Washington Post. Though Woody’s career had concluded before Del’s began, the two are teaming up in an unlikely way as Del is setting Woody's handwritten lyrics to music. The Woody Guthrie archives features almost 3,000 song lyrics that were either never set to music, or the music was never preserved. Woody's daughter, Nora Guthrie, asked Del to resurrect these tunes. The result is nothing short of fantastic, and the Del McCoury Band has recorded these songs for the world to hear.

Songs of the USA: Pete Seeger

Super Majestic SBBH 1.580

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released: 1972
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 East Virginia
A2 Deep Blue Sea
A3 I Knew Leadbelly
A4 El Dia De Tu Santo
A5 Cumberland Bearhunt
B1 Pretty Polly
B2 He Lies In The American Land
B3 One Big Fat Hen
B4 Leather Britches
B5 Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring
B6 Suliram
B7 The Bells Of Rhymney
[Credits]
Pete Seeger (banjo/guitar/vocals)
[Notes]
Originally released 1965

Square Dances: Woodhull's Old Tyme Masters

RCA Camden CAL 220

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1960
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Oh Susanna
A2 Pop Goes The Weasel
A3 Captain Jinks
A4 The Wearin' Of The Green
A5 The Girl Behind Me
A6 Triple Right And Left Four
B1 Blackberry Quadrille
B2 Soldier's Joy
B3 The Irish Washerwoman
B4 Pony Boy
B5 Bloom On The Sage
B6 Ann Green
[Credits]
Woodhull's Old Tyme Masters (fiddle/accordion/guitar/banjo/bass) Floyd C. Woodhull (calls)
Illustrator: Pete Hawley

Rising Sun Melodies: Ola Belle Reed

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40202

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2010
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass, Folk
[Tracklist]
01 I've Endured (2:49)
02 Ola Belle's Blues (2:18)
03 Springtime Of Life (4):19)
04 Bonaparte's Retreat (2:46)
05 Foggy Mountain Top (2:29)
06 Fortunes (4:12)
07 High On The Mountain (3:02)
08 Sweet Evalina (2:43)
09 Sing Me A Song (4:28)
10 Tear Down The Fences (3:34)
11 My Epitaph (3:13)
12 Look Down That Lonesome Road (2:40)
13 Undone In Sorrow (3:16)
14 I Believe In The Old Time Way (2:56)
15 Nine Pound Hammer (3:21)
16 I Am The Man, Thomas (3:26)
17 I've Endured (2:35)
18 Ranger's Command (2:56)
19 I Saw The Light (4:27)
[Credits]
Ola Belle Reed (banjo/guitar/vocals) David Reed (banjo/dobro/guitar/vocals) Bud Reed (guitar/harmonica/vocals) Kevin Roth (dulcimer/vocals) Alex Campbell, Sarah Cleveland & Betsy Rutherford(vocals) John Coffey (fiddle)
Editer: Carla Borden, Producer: Jeff Place, Assistant Producers: Nina Rao & Erin Durant, Production Manager: Mary Monseur, Mastering: Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
Ola Belle Reed was a trailblazing force for women in bluegrass music, an Appalachian woman of hard-earned talent and generous ways who delivered honest music sung from the heart. Her songs "I've Endured," "High on the Mountain," "My Epitaph," and many others forge real-life experiences into music steeled with determination, family tradition, and commanding presence. Classic tracks from the Smithsonian Folkways and Smithsonian Folklife Festival archives remind us why the light of Ola Belle's music shines brightly to this day. 8 previously unreleased tracks, 40-page booklet with photos, 61 minutes.

Pioneering Women of Bluegrass: Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard

Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40065

Format: CD, Compilation, Remastered
Country: US
Released: 1996
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 TB Blues 3:27
02 The One I Love Is Gone (3:08)
03 Who's That Knocking? (2:58)
04 Walkin' In My Sleep (2:08)
05 Won't You Come And Sing For Me? (2:45)
06 Can't You Hear Me Calling (3:13)
07 Darling Nellie (2:20)
08 Coal Miner's Blues (2:42)
09 Sugar Tree Stomp (2:06)
10 Train On The Island (1:41)
11 Cowboy Jim (2:03)
12 Lee Highway Blues (1:39)
13 Memories Of Mother And Dad (2:36)
14 Long Black Veil (3:19)
15 Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar (2:55)
16 Difficult Run (1:32)
17 Mommy Please Stay Home With Me (3:11)
18 Gabriel's Call (2:13)
19 Just Another Broken Heart (2:43)
20 A Distant Land To Roam (2:59)
21 John Henry (1:47)
22 I Just Got Wise (2:27)
23 Lover's Return (3:06)
24 A Tiny Broken Heart (3:02)
25 Take Me Back To Tulsa (2:13)
26 I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling (3:06)
[Credits]
Producer & Recorder: Peter K. Siegel, Liner Notes: Bill Vernon, Neil Rosenberg, Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard, Mastering Engineer: David Glasser, Designer: Visual Dialogue, Photographer: John Cohen & Barry Glickman
[Notes]
Recordings previously released on Folkways Records 31055 and 31034, issued in 1965 and 1973.
When Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard recorded these songs in the mid-1960s, bluegrass music was dominated by male performers. They selected their favorite songs and arranged them for a stellar group of sidemen—bluegrass legends Lamar Grier, Chubby Wise, David Grisman, and Billy Baker. Their widely admired performances made them role models for future generations of women in bluegrass. The 26 tracks have been remastered, resequenced, and newly annotated by the performers themselves. Includes Long Black Veil, The One I Love Is Gone, and I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling. "Hazel and Alice blast out vintage bluegrass-country soundsongs with fierce, raucous energy." — Time Magazine

Music for Children, Music by Children

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 45081

Format: CD, Album,
Country: US
Released: 2017
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Children's
[Tracklist]
01 Go Waggaloo: Sarah Lee Guthrie (3:30)
02 Little Liza Jane: Elizabeth Mitchell (2:25)
03 Did You Feed My Cow?: Ella Jenkins (3:15)
04 Hop High Ladies (Hop Up Ladies): The New Lost City Ramblers (2:29)
05 Shake Sugaree: Elizabeth Cotten and Brenda Evans (5:00)
06 Race You Down the Mountain: Woody Guthrie (2:28)
07 ¡Que llueva! (Let it Rain!): Suni Paz (1:05)
08 Botana: José-Luis Orozco (1:46)
09 Go In and Out the Window: Jean Ritchie (0:59)
10 Yomi, Yomi: Ruth Rubin (1:37)
11 Jim Along Josie: Pete Seeger (2:06)
12 Kaa Fo: Dennis Allen, A. Kdjo Tettey, and W.K. Amoaku (1:16)
13 Bring Me a Little Water, Silvy: Lead Belly (0:51)
14 Here We Go Loopy-Loo: Pete Seeger (2:24)
15 Loop de Loo: Children in Lilly’s Chapel School, Alabama (1:42)
16 Charlie Over the Ocean: Children in East York School, East York, Alabama (0:54)
17 I Must See (Amasee): Children in Brown's Chapel School, Livingston, Alabama (1:32)
18 Here We Go Willowby: Children from Minisink Day Camp (1:34)
19 London Bridge: Children in New York City (2:03)
20 Twenty-Four Robbers: Children in Chicago (0:58)
21 Al citron: Children in Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico (1:20)
22 Gypsy in the Moonlight: Children at St. Belmont’s Home, Trinidad (2:03)
23 Jump Shamador: Children at P.S. 48, Bronx, New York (3:06)
24 Arroz con leche: Children in Cuenca, Ecuador (1:58)
25 A la rueda de San Miguel: Children in Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico (1:04)
26 Ambos a dos: Children in Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico (4:49)
27 Camp Songs: Bill Bones: Children in New York City (1:43)
28 The Fox: Six boys in New York City (1:10)
[Credits]
Compiler & Liner Notes: Patricia Shehan Campbell, Cover Artwork: Keith Patterson, Designer: Natalia Custodio, Mastering Engineer: Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
Like eating, breathing, and sleeping, children sing because they must. Music, the universal language, is learned in the earliest years of life and remains vital thereafter. This rich collection invites listeners of all ages to revel and participate in the colorful world of Smithsonian Folkways’ children’s music collection, with both music created “for children,” showcasing our most celebrated storytellers and songwriters, and “by children,” featuring the unique ways children express and understand themselves and the world through song. 57 minutes, 36-page illustrated booklet.

Rattle & Roar: The Earls Of Leicester

Rounder Records CD 1166100002

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 2016
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
A2 Why Did You Wander?
A3 All I Want Is You
A4 Steel Guitar Blues Intro
A5 Steel Guitar Blues
A6 You Can Feel It In Your Soul
A7 A Faded Red Ribbon
A8 Just Ain't
A9 Mother Prays Loud In Her Sleep
B1 I'm Working On A Road (To Glory Land)
B2 Will You Be Lonesome Too?
B3 Flint Hill Special
B4 What's Good For You (Should Be Alright For Me)
B5 The Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind
B6 Branded Wherever I Go
B7 Buck Creek Gal
B8 Pray For The Boy
[Credits]
Jerry Douglas (dobro/vocals) Shawn Camp (guitar/vocals) Johnny Warren (fiddle/vocals) Charlie Cushman (banjo/guitar) Jeff White (mandolin/vocals) Barry Bales (bass/vocals) Dan Auerbach (drums)
Liner Notes: Thomas Goldsmith, Photography: Anthony Scarlati, Design: Jimmy Hole, Mixing Engineer: David Ferguson, Mastering: David Glasser
[Notes]
The Earls of Leicester have discovered a kind of magic that, when harnessed, allows moments once relegated to memories to roar back to life. Old sounds rattle loose chains of space and time that have kept us from forgotten joys and who we once were. Suddenly, as we listen to and watch the Earls pick, saw, and croon, instead of contemplating once upon a time, we are living it. With their second album Rattle & Roar (Rounder Records), the Earls have conjured up a fresh batch of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs songs, delivered with their Grammy-winning signature blend of homage, virtuosity, and perspective. The inimitable Jerry Douglas (14-time Grammy-winner) remains the band’s producer and hypnotic Dobroist; blue-ribbon songwriter, singer, and producer Shawn Camp (Garth Brooks, Blake Shelton) still soars on lead vocals and guitar; revered multi-instrumentalist and sideman Jeff White (Vince Gill, Loretta Lynn) now deftly handles high harmony and mandolin; ace Nashville banjoist Charlie Cushman (Jimmy Martin, Mel Tillis) tackles banjo and guitars; topflight musician Johnny Warren (son of Foggy Mountain Boys’ Paul Warren) cuts in radiantly on fiddle; and the esteemed Barry Bales (Alison Krauss & Union Station) holds magnificently steady on vocals and bass. To capture the feel of a live show, Rattle & Roar was recorded in one room, with all of the band members around mics, no separation between them. The result pulses with impish joy, uniquely showcasing artists at the top of their game as they delight in their work not just as creators, but also as fans struck with childlike awe.

Balla Kouyate & World Vision: Traditional Malian Music from Massachusetts

Running Time: 68 minutes

Balla Kouyate is a griot and virtuoso player of the balaphon. Considered the predecessor of the xylophone and the first Mande instrument, the balafon is made up of wood slats of varying lengths. The slats are secured over two rows of calabash gourds, which serve as natural amplifiers. Each gourd is punctured with small holes over which Balla places thin plastic tape. The vibrating air rattles the plastic to create the desired sound. Were he back home in Mali, Balla would use spider webs (collected from kitchen walls) to cover the holes. The first known balafon dates back to the 13th century and remains under the guardianship of the Kouyate family. It is considered a UNESCO-protected Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Once a year it is brought out and played during a ceremony. In this concert Kouyate performs with singer Adjaratou "Tapani" Demba, Sekou "Pablo" Dembele, Makane Kouyate, Idrissa Kone, Daniel Day, and Raja Kassis.

Speaker Biography: To say that Kouyate was born into a musical family is an understatement. His family lineage goes back over 800 years to Balla Faseke, the first of an unbroken line of djelis, or griots, in the Kouyate clan. The members of this family are regarded as the original praise-singers of the Malinke people, one of the ethnic groups found across much of West Africa. Djelis are the oral historians, musicians and performers who keep alive and celebrate the history of the Mande people of Mali, Guinea and other West African countries. Kouyate frequently performs traditional music at weddings, baptisms, and other domestic ceremonies within the West African immigrant communities of Boston, New York City, and beyond, and also leads the fusion group World Vision. He often accompanies kora master Mamadou Diabate, 2009 Grammy winner in Traditional World Music, and in 2004 joined NEA National Heritage Fellow Sidiki Cond Kouyate for a month-long residency at Carnegie Hall. In 2010, Balla Kouyate was awarded a Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in the Traditional Arts.

Concert: Archives Challenge by Various Muisicians

Event Date: 2017/09/20 Running Time: 87 minutes

A variety of Washington D.C.-area folk musicions perform material taken from the Lomax Collection and other collections of the American Folklife Center.

  For more information, visit the website of the Library of Congress

Southern Blood: Gregg Allman

Rounder Records 1166100054

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: September 8, 2017
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Rock
[Tracklist]
01 My Only True Friend (6:16)
02 Once I Was (3:56)
03 Going Going Gone (4:30)
04 Black Muddy River (4:37)
05 I Love The Life I Live (3:31)
06 Willin' (3:36)
07 Blind Bats And Swamp Rats (4:32)
08 Out Of Left Field (4:09)
09 Love Like Kerosene (4:17)
10 Song For Adam (6:21)
[Credits]
Gregg Allman (guitar/organ/vocals) Scott Sharrard (guitar) Marc Franklin (trumpet) Peter Levin (keyboards) Art Edmaiston and Jay Collins (saxophone) Steve Potts (drums) Marc Quinones (percussion) Ron Johnson (bass)
Producer: Don Was, Mastering: Ian Sefchick, Mixing: Bob Clearmountain

Snooks Eaglin: New Orleans Street Singer

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40165

Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released: 2005
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Blues, Rock & Roll, Country
[Tracklist]
01 Looking For A Woman (2:25)
02 Walking Blues (2:58)
03 Careless Love (2:32)
04 Saint James Infirmary (2:20)
05 High Society (1:33)
06 I Got My Questionnaire (3:20)
07 Let Me Go Home, Whiskey (2:52)
08 Mama, Don't Tear My Clothes (2:07)
09 Trouble In Mind (2:46)
10 The Lonesome Road (1:46)
11 Helping Hand (A Thousand Miles Away From Home) (2:11)
12 One Room Country Shack (3:02)
13 Who's Been Foolin' You (2:22)
14 Drifting Blues (3:37)
15 Sophisticated Blues (2:06))
16 Come Back, Baby (2:06)
17 Rock Island Line (2:03)
18 See See Rider (3:08)
19 One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (2:42)
20 Mean Old World (3:46)
21 Mean Old Frisco (2:32)
22 Every Day I Have The Blues (3:52)
23 Careless Love 2 (2:30)
24 Drifting Blues 2 (3:47)
25 The Lonesome Road 2 (1:27)
[Credits]
Snooks Eaglin (guitar/vocals)
Producer: Kenneth S. Goldstein, Recorder & Photographer: Harry Oster, Designer: Joe Parisi
[Notes]
Recorded and produced in New Orleans, March, 1958. Originally issued in 1959 by Moses Asch on the Folkways label as 'Snooks Eaglin: New Orleans Street Singer' (FA 2476).

Echo In The Valley: Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn

Rounder Records H661002

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 2017
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass, Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Over The Divide
A2 Take Me To Harlan
A3 Let It Go
A4 Don't Let It Bring You Down
A5 Medley: Sally In The Garden / Big Country / Molly Put The Kettle On
B1 My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains
B2 Hello Friend
B3 If I Could Talk To A Younger Me
B4 On This Winding Road
B5 Come All You Coal Miners
B6 Bloomin' Rose
[Credits]
Béla Fleck (banjo/guitar/vocals) Abigail Washburn (banjo/tap dancing/vocals)
Designer: Jimmy Hole, Photographer: Jim McGuire, Engineer: Richard Battaglia, Mastering: Richard Dodd
[Notes]
With one eye on using the banjo to showcase America's rich heritage and the other pulling the noble instrument from its most familiar arena into new and unique realms, Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn's second album Echo in the Valley is simultaneously familiar and wildly innovative.

Classic Harmonica Blues from Smithsonian Folkways

Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40204

Series: Smithsonian Folkways Classic Series
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2013
Genre: Blues
Style: Harmonica Blues, African American Music
[Tracklist]
01 Theme Song: Doctor Ross (2:54)
02 Heart In Sorrow: Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (2:58)
03 Take Your Fingers Off It: Will Shade, Charlie Burse and Gus Cannon (2:52)
04 Nine Below Zero: Eddie Burns (3:33)
05 Bye Bye Bird: Charlie Sayles (3:09)
06 Gillum Blues: Jazz Gillum (2:13)
07 Crow Jane Blues: Sonny Terry 1:58)
08 Dog Days of August: John Cephas and Phil Wiggins (4:09)
09 Minglewood Blues: John Sebastian and the J Band (with Annie Raines) (3:41)
10 Good Morning Little School Girl: Doctor Ross (3:36)
11 Sweet Home Chicago: Phil Wiggins and the Robert Johnson Tribute Band (4:15)
12 One Way Out: Eddie Burns (2:25)
13 Boogie Baby: Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (2:30)
14 Low Down Blues: Neal Pattman (4:08)
15 Hooka Tooka: Chambers Brothers (2:25)
16 Train Piece: Charlie Sayles (5:07)
17 Chicago Breakdown: Doctor Ross (3:40)
18 I Feel So Good: Warner Williams and Jay Summerour (2:00)
19 Barbara Allen Blues: Roscoe Holcomb (1:26)
20 Custard Pie: Sonny Terry and unknown washboard band (2:48)
[Credits]
Co-Producer & Liner Notes: Barry Lee Pearson & Jeff Place, Mastering Engineer & Audio Restoration: Pete Reiniger, Audio Restoration: Devin Bean, Photographer: Courtesy of Duncan Schiedt Collections, Editor: Chris Bamberge, Designer: Nora Simon
[Notes]
In the 1850s, clockmaker Matthias Hohner began making harmonicas in Germany. By the turn of the century, his market expanded to America where among countless others, African Americans claimed the instrument as their own. Classic Harmonica Blues from Smithsonian Folkways brims with the creativity of soulful harmonica greats of the 20th century, including Sonny Terry, Doctor Ross, Eddie Burns, Phil Wiggins, and more. Culled from the historic Folkways Records collection and live performances at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, these recordings take us to the heart of the classic American blues tradition. 66 minutes, 36-page booklet.

Dust Bowl Ballads Sung by Woody Guthrie

Folkways Records FH-5212

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1964
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Struggle & Protest
[Tracklist]
A1 Talkin' Dust Bowl Blues (2:45)
A2 I'm Blowing Down (3:06)
A3 Do Re Mi (2:40)
A4 Dust Can't Kill Me (2:58)
A5 Tom Joad (6:34)
B1 The Great Dust Strom (3:24)
B2 Dusty Old Dust (3:24)
B3 Dust Bowl Refugee (3:14)
B4 Dust Pneumonia Blues (3:14)
B5 I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore (2:50)
B6 Vigilante Man (3:31)
[Credits]
Woody Guthrie (guitar/harmonica/vocals)
Designer: Ronald Clyne, Photographer: Arthur Rothstein
[Notes]
Recorded in 1940, and later reissued by Folkways Recordings in 1950, Guthrie’s first album chronicles the American Dust Bowl through his prosaic style of talking blues. Using only guitar and vocals, the album follows the exodus of Midwesterners headed for California and mirrors both Guthrie’s own life and John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath. Along the way, characters are forced into theft, murder, and unbearable hardship against a biblical backdrop of the American West. Hugely influential, Dust Bowl Ballads has been revered by Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen. In Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People, Steinbeck wrote of Guthrie: "Harsh voiced and nasal, his guitar hanging like a tire iron on a rusty rim, there is nothing sweet about Woody, and there is nothing sweet about the songs he sings. But there is something more important for those who will listen. There is the will of the people to endure and fight against oppression. I think we call this the American spirit."

Pacific Northwest Medicine Songs of the Four Seasons

Smithsonian Folkways SFS CD 600173

Format: 4 CDs, Album
Country: US
Released: 2017
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, American Indian
[Tracklist]
Volume One • FALL
101 Fall: Every song I share… (1:02)
102 Fall Welcome Song (Duwamish) (1:17)
103 Fall Healing Song (Samish) (2:21)
104 Fall Work Medicine Song (Samish) (2:29)
105 West Song of the Fall (Samish) (2:32)
106 Fall Blue Star Chant (Samish) (2:28)
107 Fall Spirit Traveling Song (Squinamish) (3:12)
108 Fall Healing Song (West Saanich) (2:09)
109 Falling Leaf Song of the Fall (Kikiallus) (2:21)
110 Fall Walking Medicine Song (Samish) (2:41)
111 Fall Brushing Wind Song (Duwamish) (2:56)
112 Soul of the Fall (Swinomish) (2:44)
113 Fall Feast Song (West Saanich) (2:18)
114 Fall Mountain Song (Nooksack) (2:53)
115 Honoring the Ancestors Fall Song (Saanich) (2:38)
116 Fall Doctoring Song (Cowichan) (3:40)
117 Fall Farewell Song (Straits Salish) (1:58)
118 Words of Thanks from (2:31)
Volume Two • WINTER
201 About the Winter Medicine Songs 0:44)
202 Winter Snowflake Song (West Saanich) (2:20)
203 Winter Snow Wind Song (Swinomish) (2:41)
204 Winter Walking Snow Song (Cowichan) (2:24)
205 Winter Gift Song (Samish) (2:32)
206 Winter Fire Song (Swinomish) (2:06)
207 Winter North Wind Song (Samish) (2:02)
208 Winter Mountain Spirit Song (Saanich) (2:13)
209 Winter Snow Mountain Song (Samish) (2:13)
210 Winter Thunder Spirit Song (Kikiallus) (2:59)
211 Winter Water Serpent Song (3:33)
212 Winter Drumstick Song (Nuu-chah-nulth) (2:06)
213 Winter Jump Dance Song (Samish) (2:08)
214 Winter Jump Dance Song of the North (Samish) (2:04)
215 Winter Jump Dance Song of the South (Samish) (2:04)
216 Winter Jump Dance Song of the West (Samish) (2:47)
217 Winter Jump Dance Song of the East (Samish) (3:23)
218 Winter Moon Song (Swinomish) (1:41)
219 Winter Half Moon Song (Swinomish) (1:39)
220 Winter Spirit Song (Nuu-chah-nulth) (2:08)
221 Winter Spirit Traveling Song (West Saanich) (2:22)
222 Drumming for Spirit Traveling (Straits Salish) 1(2:09)
Volume Three • SPRING
301 These songs are a gift… 0:49)
302 Spring Welcome Song (Cowichan) (2:05)
303 Spring Rainbow Song (Puget Sound) (2:50)
304 Walking with the Spring Song (Kikiallus) (3:46)
305 Spring Bluebird/Jay Song (Vancouver Island) (3:44)
306 Spring Wind Song (Spokane) (2:48)
307 Spring Traveling Canoe Song (Kikiallus) (4:26)
308 Spring Water Song (Cowichan) (2:58)
309 Spring Petal of the Flower Song (Okanogan) (2:42)
310 Spring Grandfather's Song of Love (Samish) (3:47)
311 Spring Grandmother Wind Song (Samish) (2:30)
312 Spring Bumblebee Song (Nuu-chah-nulth) (4:10)
313 Spring Falling Leaf Song (Swinomish) (3:41)
314 Spring Dance Song (2:44)
315 Spring Whispering Wind Song (Swinomish) (2:41)
316 Spring Waterfall Song (West Saanich) (2:15)
317 Flower Spring Dance Song (Snoqualmie) (3:39)
318 'Indian Name (1:19)
Volume Four • SUMMER
401 About the Summer Medicine Songs (1:22)
402 Summer Welcome Song (Kikiallus) (2:59)
403 Summer Salmon Berry Song (Samish) (2:58)
404 Summer Canoe Traveling Song (Samish) (2:33)
405 Summer Potlatch Song (Nuu-chah-nulth) (3:02)
406 Summer Elk Song (Samish) (2:26)
407 Summer Black and Yellow Butterfly Song (Swinomish) (3:01)
408 Summer Deer Song (West Saanich) (2:45)
409 Summer Thank You Song (Jamestown S'Klallam) (2:14)
410 Summer Fire Song (Kikiallus) (2:23)
411 Summer Sunhouse Song (Nuu-chah-nulth) (2:38)
412 Summer White Seal Song (Samish) (2:42)
413 Summer Kicking the Rotten Log Song (Nuu-chah-nulth) (3:36)
414 Summer Blackfish Song (Nuwhaha - Upper Samish) (2:44)
415 Summer Knife Song (Squinamish) (1:54)
416 Summer Waterfall Song (Snoqualmie) (1:54)
417 Summer Cedar Song (Nuu-chah-nulth) (2:01)
418 Summer Potlatch Song for Child's Naming (2:20)
419 Summer Mountain Song (Snohomish) (2:07)
420 Summer Mountain Goat Song (Jamestown S'Klallam) (1:48)
421 Summer Eating Contest Song (Nuu-chah-nulth) (3:21)
422 Summer White Deer (Snohomish) (2:57)
423 Summer Bone Game Song (Coast Salish) (3:39)
424 Summer Clam Shell Game Song (Nuu-chah-nulth) (3:43)
425 Summer Hop Picking Song (Wanapum/Yakama) (1:41)
426 Summer Cedar Root Song (Snohomish) (2:27)
427 Summer Drifting Back Song (West Saanich) (2:15)
428 These songs that I have shared… (1:48)
[Credits]
Recorder:Johnny Moses, Producer, Liner Notes, Recorder: Gregory P. Fields and Loran Olsen, Liner Notes: Laurel Sercombe, Mastering Engineer: Tom Stiles, Digital Transfer: Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University Bloomington
[Notes]
Through sound, these Pacific Northwest Coast medicine songs offer a direct connection to the powers and healing properties of each season. Songs from the Straits and Coast Salish and neighboring tribes are sung with hand drum, bell, rattle, and the voice alone. Traditionally trained singer Johnny Moses (Nuu-chah-nulth and Tulalip Coast Salish, b. 1961) was awarded the 2012 Washington Governor’s Heritage Award. Before each song, Moses explains the song’s origins and uses. This cycle of seasonal songs offers insight into Native philosophy and life in the worlds of nature, spirituality, and community. 3 hours, 49 minutes on 4 CDs, 36-page illustrated booklet.

Stevie Wonder Performs "Sketches of a Life"

Running Time: 55 minutes

Singer/songwriter Stevie Wonder, the awardee of the second Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, premieres "Sketches of a Life," a sprawling, hybrid pop-classical concerto, written between 1976 and 1994. The work was unveiled through a commission for the Library of Congress in the Coolidge Auditorium.

Speaker Biography: Born in Saginaw, Michigan in 1950, Stevie Wonder became blind shortly after birth. He learned to play the harmonica, piano and drums by age 9. By the time he was 10, his singing and other musical skills were known throughout his neighborhood, and when the family moved to Detroit, impressed adults made his talents known to the owners of Motown Records, who gave him a recording contract when he was age 12. His early hits included "Fingertips," "Uptight (Everything's All Right)" "For Once in My Life," "My Cherie Amour," "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours," and "If You Really Love Me." He undertook the study of classical piano, and later, music theory, and beginning in 1967, he began writing more of his own material. In the early 1970s, Wonder toured with the Rolling Stones and had major hits with the songs "Superstition" and "You are the Sunshine of My Life." In the mid-70s, his album "Songs in the Key of Life" topped the charts for 14 weeks. Over the years Stevie Wonder has garnered 25 Grammy Awards, as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996. He collected an Academy Award for the 1984 hit "I Just Called to Say I Love You" from the film The Woman in Red. In 1989, he was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. In 1999, Stevie became the youngest honoree of the Kennedy Center Honors. He was inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame in 2002, and in 2004 he won the Johnny Mercer Award in recognition of a lifetime of outstanding creative work. In 2005, the Library of Congress added Stevie Wonder's 1976 double album "Songs in the Key of Life" to the National Recording Registry, which recognizes recordings that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States."

  For more information, visit the website of the Library of Congress

The Country Blues: Edited by Samuel B. Charters

RBF Records RF1

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1959
Genre: Blues
Style: Country Blues, Memphis Blues, Delta Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Matchbox Blues: Blind Lemon Jefferson (2:54)
A2 Careless Love: Lonnie Johnson (2:58)
A3 Walk Right In: Cannon's Jug Stompers (2:57)
A4 Low Down Rounder's Blues: Peg Leg Howell (2:53)
A5 Statesboro Blues: Blind Willie McTell (2:35)
A6 Stealin', Stealin': Memphis Jug Band (3:01)
A7 You Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond: Blind Willie Johnson (3:12)
B1 Alabama Woman Blues: Leroy Carr (2:53)
B2 Special Agent: Sleepy John Estes (2:53)
B3 Key to the Highway: Big Bill Broonzy (3:02)
B4 Fixin' to Die: Bukka White (2:51)
B5 I'm A Guitar King: Tommy McClennan (2:51)
B6 Preachin' Blues: Robert Johnson (2:54)
B7 I Been Treated Wrong: Washboard Sam (3:22)
[Notes]

The Country Blues features a range of styles and a collection of recordings not included in other Folkways compilations. This selection—mostly recorded between 1927 and 1931—includes such gems as a test pressing of Robert Johnson's "Preaching Blues" and local releases from the 1920s.

The Carter Family: 1927-1934

JSP Records JSP7701

Format: 5CD, Box Set, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 30 Apr 2002
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Tracklist]
Disc One
101 Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow
102 Little Log Cabin By The Sea
103 The Poor Orphan Child
104 The Storms Are On The Ocean
105 Single Girl, Married Girl
106 The Wandering Boy
107 Meet Me By The Moonlight, Alone
108 Little Darling, Pal Of Mine
109 Keep On The Sunny Side
110 Anchored In Love
111 John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man
112 I Ain't Goin' To Work Tomorrow
113 Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone
114 River Of Jordan
115 Chewing Gum
116 Wildwood Flower
117 I Have No-One To Love Me (But The Sailor On The Deep Blue Sea)
118 Forsaken Love
119 Sweet Fern
120 My Clinch Mountain Home
121 God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign
122 I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
123 Little Moses
124 Lulu Wall
125 The Grave On The Green Hillside
Disc Two
201 Don't Forget This Song
202 The Foggy Mountain Top
203 Bring Back My Blue-Eyed Boy To Me
204 Diamonds In The Rough
205 Engine One-Forty-Three
206 The Homestead On The Farm
207 The Cyclone Of Rye Cove
208 Motherless Children
209 When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland
210 No Telephone In Heaven
211 Western Hobo
212 Carter's Blues
213 Wabash Cannonball
214 A Distant Land To Roam
215 Jimmie Brown The Newsboy
216 Kitty Waltz
217 Fond Affection
218 The Cannonball
219 The Lover's Farewell
220 There's Someone Awaiting For Me
221 The Little Log Hut In The Lane
222 When The Springtime Comes Again
223 When The World's On Fire
224 I Have An Aged Mother
225 Dying Soldier
226 Worried Man Blues
DiscThree
301 Lonesome Valley
302 On The Rock Where Moses Stood
303 Room In Heaven For Me
304 Lonesome Pine Special
305 No More The Moon Shines On Lorena
306 On My Way To Canaan's Land
307 Where Shall I Be?
308 Sow 'Em On The Mountain
309 Darling Nellie Across The Sea
310 The Birds Were Singing Of You
311 Weary Prodigal Son
312 My Old Cottage Home
313 When I'm Gone
314 Sunshine In The Mountain
315 Let The Church Roll On
316 Lonesome For You
317 Can't Feel At Home
318 Why There's A Tear In My Eye
319 The Wonderful City
320 Jimmie Rodgers Visits The Carter Family
321 The Carter Family And Jimmie Rodgers In Texas
322 'Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia
323 Happiest Days Of All
324 Picture On The Wall
325 Amber Tresses
Disc Four
401 I Never Loved But One
402 Tell Me That You Love Me
403 Where We'll Never Grow Old
404 We Will March Through The Streets Of The City
405 Sweet As The Flowers In Maytime
406 Will The Roses Bloom In Heaven
407 My Little Home In Tennessee
408 The Sun Of The Soul
409 If One Won't, Another One Will
410 Broken Hearted Love
411 Two Sweethearts
412 The Winding Stream
413 I Wouldn't Mind Dying
414 The Spirit Of Love Watches Over Me
415 The Church In The Wildwood
416 Give Me Roses While I Live
417 I Will Never Marry
418 On The Sea Of Galilee
419 Home By The Sea
420 I Loved You Better Than You Knew
421 This Is Like Heaven To Me
422 See That My Grave Is Kept Green
423 Over The Garden Wall
424 Gold Watch And Chain
425 Will My Mother Know Me There?
Disc Five
501 On A Hill Lone And Gray
502 Cowboy Jack
503 I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
504 Away Out On The Old Saint Sabbath
505 Happy Or Lonesome
506 One Little Word
507 Darling Daisies
508 The East Virginia Blues
509 Lovers Return
510 It'll Aggravate Your Soul
511 Hello Central! Give Me Heaven
512 I'm Working On A Building
513 You've Been Fooling Me, Baby
514 Longing For Old Virginia
515 March Winds Goin' To Blow My Blues All Away
516 There'll Be Joy, Joy, Joy
517 Are You Tired Of Me, My Darling
518 My Heart's Tonight In Texas
519 There's No Hiding Place Down Here
520 Cowboy's Wild Song To His Herd
521 The Evening Bells Are Ringing
522 The Mountains Of Tennessee
523 I'll Be Home Some Day
524 Faded Coat Of Blue
525 Sailor Boy
[Credits]
Maybelle Carter (vocals/guitar) Sara Carter (vocals/guitar/autoharp) A.P. Carter (vocals)
[Notes]
Fans looking for more than ASV/Living Era's Wildwood Flower collection but scared off by Bear Family's massive 12-disc box could comfortably pick up this five-disc budget compilation. At 126 songs, it covers all of their RCA Victor recordings in chronological order, omitting only alternate takes. The remastering isn't necessarily better than other Carter Family issues -- rather than clean up the crackle, the engineers have simply boosted the sound level, and while that does bring out some nuances, the ever-present hiss is louder than usual. That and the scanty liner notes mean that casual fans could probably do perfectly well with Wildwood Flower, but this music is going to be an outstanding addition to any collection, especially at a price this low. -- AllMusic Review by Jim Smith