Whaler out of New Bedford and Other Songs of the Whaling Era

Folkways Records– FS 3850

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1962
Genre: Folk, World, & Country, Stage & Screen
Style: Folk, Soundtrack & Musicals
[Tracklist]
A1 Whaler Out of New Bedford (23:04)
B1 The Fitting Out (3:40)
B2 Boney (1:16)
B3 The Bark Gay Head (2:45)
B4 The Boston-Come-All-Ye (3:21)
B5 The Coast of Peru (3:27)
B6 Mary Ann (2:23)
B7 Desolation (2:56)
B8 A Hundred Years on the Eastern Shore (1:53)
B9 Homeward Bound (2:12)
[Credits]
Peggy Seeger (banjo/guitar/autoharp/vocals) Ewan MacColl (vocals) A.L. Lloyd (vocals) Dave Swarbrick (fiddle) Alf Edwards (concertina/oracina) Louis Killen, Charles Parker, Joe Higgins, John Reavey and Ian Logan (chorus)
[Notes]
Before photography, painted panoramas were often the only images the general public saw of distant lands. One such panorama from 1848, of "wondrous scenes of whaling and faraway islands," inspired a movie about the whaling industry; this album provides the musical score, in addition to familiar whaling songs set in New England, along the coast of South America, and on the Eastern Shore. Liner notes include images of the panorama, background information on whaling, and notes and lyrics for each song.

Norman & Nancy Blake: Just Gimme Somethin' I'm Used To

Shanachie Records – 6001

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1991
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Old Time
[Tracklist]
01 Waiting The Boatman (4:17)
02 Georgia Railraod (3:25)
03 Silence Or Tears (3:20)
04 The Poor Little Sailor Boy (6:17)
05 Green Leaf Of Fancy / The Fields Of November / Gonna Go Huntin' For The Buffalo (7:23)
06 When The Work's All Done This Fall (4:03)
07 Brickyard Joe (3:22)
08 Mr Garfield (7:22)
09 Old Grimes (2:27)
10 Wabash Cannonball (5:02)
11 I'd Rather Be An Old Time Christian (3:20)
12 Little Matty Groves (7:03)
13 Walking Tune (5:15)
[Credits]
Nancy Blake (guitar/cello/vocals) Norman Blake (guitar/fiddle/vocals)
Producer: Norman & Nancy Blake, Liner Notes: Holly Crenshaw
[Notes]
Just Gimme Somethin' I'm Used To is another charming album by Norman and Nancy Blake, featuring an excellent selection of old-timey country and traditional folk like "Wabash Cannonball" and "Georgia Railroad." There's not much that separates Just Gimme Somethin' I'm Used To from the rest of the duo's catalog, yet it remains a thoroughly enjoyable listen. -- AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Children's Game Songs of French Canada

Folkways Records - FC 7214

Format: Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Canada
Released: 1956
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Children's
[Tracklist]
A01 A la Claire Fontaine! Ah! Tu Danses Bien, Madeleine! (0:49)
A02 Trois Canards (Three Ducks) (1:20)
A03 Salade, Salade! - Game Song (1:01)
A04 Lá-Haut, Sur la Montagne (Up on the Mountain) (1:19)
A05 Belle Pomme d'Or (Beautiful Golden Apple) (0:25)
A06 Trois Fois Passera (Bridge-Song) (1:24)
A07 A la Peche aux Moules (Fishing Mussels) (0:56)
A08 Les Gars de Lochmine (1:56)
A09 Promenons-Nous dans le Bois (The Wolf Song) - Singing Game (1:05)
A10 Allo, Monsieur (Recto-Tono Song) (0:53)
A11 Un P'tit Moulin sur la Rivière (A Little Wind Mill on the River) (2:08)
B01 Nous n'Irons Plus Au Bois: Vieille Ronde Francaise (1:50)
B02 J'ai un Beau Château (I Have a Nice Castle) (1:32)
B03 Le P'tit Avocat (The Little Lawyer) - Dramatized Song (2:42)
B04 J'ai Tant Sauté, J'ai Tant Dansé! (I've Danced so Much, I've Torn My Shoe) (1:37)
B05 Un Éléphant, Ça Trompe - March Song. School Version (1:10)
B06 Le Jeu de la Corde - Rope Game (1:05)
B07 Le Bal Chez Boulé (Hop at Uncle's Boule) - A Country Dance (1:30)
[Credits]
Recorder: Sam Gesser, Cover Artwork: Irwin Rosenhouse
[Notes]
Arranged by Madame Jean-Louise Audet, educator and director of L’Ecole de Phonétique et Diction in Montreal, and interpreted by a group of young French–Canadian students, this album is a rich collection of popular French–Canadian children's play songs which feature repetition, rhythm, dances, and other calls to action. Liner notes provide lyrics in French and English and dance instruction.

American Folk Ballads sung by Betty Garland

Folkways Records – FA 2307

Country: US
Released: 1964
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Lovin' Nancy (2:27)
A2 East Virginia (2:45)
A3 Ole Gum Boots and Leggins (2:07)
A4 I Saw the Pale Moon Shining on Mother's White Tombstone (3:53)
A5 Two Little Orphans (3:21)
A6 Broken Engagement (2:47)
A7 Little Rosewood Casket (3:16)
A8 One Morning in May (3:39)
B1 Love My Darlin' O (2:58)
B2 The Drunkard's Dream (5:17)
B3 Don't Sell Daddy Anymore Whiskey (2:05)
B4 Don't Ever Make True Lovers Part (4:00)
B5 Ten Thousand Miles (2:40)
B6 Katy Dory (3:42)
[Credits]
Betty Garland (guitar/vocals)
Designer: Robert Clyne
[Notes]
This collection of ballads from the Kentucky mountains comes from the repertoire of Betty Garland, who learned them from her family. She writes, "I did my best to sing these songs the way I have always heard them so that the original and beautiful tunes of the mountain people won't be lost."

Square Dance with Al Brundage

Cook Records COOK5006

Series: Road Recordings
Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1954
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Miscellany
[Tracklist]
A1 Cannon Ball (4:34)
A2 Texas Stars (4:35)
A3 Flop Eared Mule (4:27)
A4 Chinese Breakdown (4:32)
A5 Give The Fiddler A Dram (4:29)
B1 Mountain Rag (2:56)
B2 Duck and Dive (4:05)
B3 Wagoner (4:14)
B4 Wagon Wheel Around (4:33)
B5 Old Joe Clark (4:31)
[Crerdits]
Al Brundage (dance calls)
Recorder and Liner Notes:Emory Cook
[Notes]
Here's your opportunity to swing your partner and promenade around the hall. These fiddle tunes are accompanied by dance calls from Al Brundage, who led one of the largest square dancing schools in the country during the mid twentieth century.

Negro Prison Camp Worksongs

Prisoners At The Ramsey And Retrieve State Farms, Texas

Folkways Records – FE 4475

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1956
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, African American
[Tracklist]
A1 Let Your Hammer Ring (5:50)
A2 Here Rattler Here (5:22)
A3 Chopping In The New Ground (1:40)
A4 Go Down, Old Hannah (5:26)
A5 Mighty Bright Light (2:56)
B1 Grizzly Bear (4:40)
B2 Lost John (5:00)
B3 You Got To Hurry (2:04)
B4 I Need More Power (3:36)
B5 We Need Another Witness (3:39)
[Credits]
Producer and Recorder: Pete Seeger and Toshi Seeger, Productioh Director: Moses Ascr, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Recorded by Pete & Toshi Seeger in the winter of 1951 at two Texas prison farms, this album represents some of the oldest and most traditional work songs found among African American prison communities in the southern United States. Traditionally a participatory art form, these songs were typically sung while groups of 10-30 prisoners performed tasks such as chopping and hoeing. With origins reaching back to their West African ancestry as well as during the era of African American slavery, work songs served the purpose of alleviating the mundane nature of repetitive tasks as well as providing a forum for the song leader to keep the group together through rhythms and lyrics. 10 songs, 40 minutes, with liner notes featuring an introduction by Pete Seeger and song lyrics.

What Now People? Vol. 1

Paredon Records P-2001

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1975
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Struggle & Protest
[Tracklist]
A1 Multinational Corporation of Man: Bill Horowitz (3:16)
A2 It Could Have Been Me: Holly Near (5:41)
A3 Red Dawn: The Covered Wagon Musicians (5:14)
A4 Play Your Guitars, American Friends: Alfonso Ray Riate (1:47)
A5 A Very Nice Country: Oscar Brand (4:07)
A6 Inez Garcia: Bev Grant and the Human Condition (3:02)
B1 We've Come a Long Way to Be Together: Bernice Johnson Reagon (3:52)
B2 How About You?: Pete Seeger (3:31)
B3 The Allen-Bradley Clock: Redwing (2:57)
B4 Here's a Gift from Rocky: Charlie King (5:38)
B5 Ballad of the Unknown Soldier: Barbara Dane (4:30)
B6 Song to a Child: Chris Iijima (2:51)
[Credits]
Producer and Liner Notes: Barbara Dane, Liner Notes: Irwin Silber
[Notes]
This album is the inaugural edition of "What Now, People?" Issued in 1975, this "song magazine on a record" used music to communicate social commentary and truths to its listeners. With songs by Pete Seeger, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Holly Near, and others, the album focuses on social justice, war, pain, love, and hope in a dangerous world. Liner notes include bios, lyrics, and background information on tracks, as well an introduction and statement of purpose: "a distaste for the brand of imperialism, racism and sexism that is identified by liberation forces everywhere as American."

Michael Murphey: Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir

A&M Records SP-4388

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1973
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country, Cowboy Music
[Tracklist]
A1 Cosmic Cowboy, Pt. 1 (3:54)
A2 Alleys of Austin (5:05)
A3 South Canadian River Song (7:14)
A4 Blessings in Disguise (3:43)
B1 Temperature Train (3:54)
B2 Drunken Lady of the Morning (4:22)
B3 Prometheus Busted (3:40)
B4 Honolulu (4:22)
B5 Rolling Hills (4:25)
[Credits]
Michael Martin Murphey (guitar/keyboards/vocals) Bob Livingston (bass/guitar/vocals) Craig Hillis (guitar) Herb Steiner (mandolin/pedal steel guitar) Michael McGreary (drums) Gary P. Nunn (synthesizer/bass/guitar/keyboards/vocals)
Producer: Bob Johnston, Cover Art: Bill Holloway, Designer: Louis Cook, Engineer: Michael Jackson, Allan McDougall, Bob Potter and Warren Barnett
[Notes]
Revealing Michael Martin Murphey's philosophical tendencies as well as his preference to drift into deep, thoughtful songs, Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir addresses the type of artist that Murphey truly is. The material on Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir is borderline romantic, but the album doesn't get too convoluted, too intricate, or too commercial sounding, and it manages to keep its simplicity and rustic charm intact. Tracks like "Cosmic Cowboy, Pt. 1," "Alleys of Austin," and the beautiful "South Canadian River Song" blend a certain amount of guilelessness with Murphey's own brand of urban poignancy, laying claim to Murphey's trademark as a "non-traditional" country music artist. The songs emerge as wholesome and wonderfully unceremonious, cashing in on Murphey's unconfined image and using it to give his material its wandering, nomadic quality in both the lyrics and the wide variety of string work. Even cuts like "Prometheus Busted" and "Drunken Lady of the Morning" keep the album's unbounded feel from sounding conventional or overindulgent without much effort. Although it spawned no hits, Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir is the album that quietly proclaimed Murphey as a progressive country artist, even though the material that was to follow would extend this style to even greater lengths. --AllMusic Review by Mike DeGagne

Barbara Dane: When We Make It Through

:Paredon Records P-1046

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1982
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Struggle & Protest
[Tracklist]
101 Working Class Woman (5:42)
102 Millworker (3:25)
103 Factory Girl (2:54)
104 Truck-Driving Woman (5:04)
105 In the Earth, In the Grasses (4:30)
201 Unemployment Compensation Blues (3:09)
202 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (2:58)
203 You Will Be Paid (3:09)
204 Song to a Child (4:03)
205 When We Make it Through (5:33)
[Credits]
Pablo Menendez (guitar/bass/harmonica/mandolin/percussion/synthesizer/vocals) Barbara Dane (guitar/vocals) Jorge Aragon (piano) Rafeel Sanchez (bass) Frank Padilla (drums) El Valdez (synthesizer) Lucia Huergo (piano/synthesizer/flute) Leopoldo Pons (percussion) Juan Carlos Valladares (piano) Silvia Acea (synthesizer) Jose Carlos Acosta (saxophone)
Producer and Liner Notes: Pablo Menendez, Liner Notes: Barbara Dane, Designer: Suellen Ehnebuske, Photographer: Earl Dotter
[Notes]
Folksinger and political activist Barbara Dane pays tribute to working class men and women in this collection of both original and cover recordings. Dane, once described by jazz critic Leonard Feather as "Bessie Smith in stereo," sings original songs like "Working Class Woman" and "In the Earth, in the Grasses" and covers the Depression-era classic "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?" and James Taylor's "Millworker." Her son Pablo Menendez is featured prominently throughout, playing a multitude of instruments including acoustic and electric guitar, electric bass, harmonica, mandolin, percussion, and synthesizer. Dane provides a written introduction followed by background information and complete musician credits for all tracks.

Sing for Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs

Smithsonian Folkways CD SF 40032

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1990
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Foll, Protest
[Tracklist]
01 We are Soldiers in the Army: The Montgomery Improvement Association (2:31)
02 Keep Your Hand on the Plow: The Montgomery Improvement Association (2:11)
03 This Little Light of Mine: The Montgomery Improvement Association (2:12)
04 You Better Leave Segregation Alone: The Nashville Quartet (0:39)
05 Your Dog Loves My Dog: The Nashville Quartet (1:59)
06 Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round: The Freedom Singers (2:30)
07 I Woke Up This Morning with My Mind on Freedom: Ben Gay (3:37)
08 Keep Your Eyes on the Prize: Charles Jones and Cordell Reagon (1:46)
09 Oh Pritchett, Oh Kelly: Bertha Gober, Rutha Harris, Charles Sherrod, and Jamie Culbreath (2:27)
10 Up Above My Head: Betty Mae Fikes (1:02)
11 This Little Light of Mine: The Freedom Singers (3:46)
12 Brown Baby: Cordell Hull Reagon (1:53)
13 Which Side are You On?: The Freedom Singers (3:46)
14 I'm Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table: Hollis Watkins (1:53)
15 Mass Meeting and Prayer: Hollis Watkins (3:53)
16 Guide My Feet: Dock Reese (2:06)
17 I'm on My Way: Mamie Brown and Carlton Reece (3:41)
18 Rev. Ralph Abernathy: Ralph Abernathy (1:31)
19 Yes We Want Our Freedom: Cleo Kennedy and Carlton Reece (2:23)
20 Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Martin Luther King, Jr. (3:41)
21 Ninety-Nine and a Half Won't Do: Carlton Reese (2:15)
22 Get on Board: Fannie Lou Hamer and Robert Parris Moses (4:53)
23 No Danger in the Water: Robert Parris Moses (1:23)
24 Medgar Evers Speaking: Medgar Wiley Evers (1:10)
25 Keep Your Eyes on the Prize: Robert Parris Moses (1:10)
26 We Shall Overcome: The Freedom Singers (2:42)
[Credits]
Liner Notes: Candie Carawan and Guy Carawan, Designer: Nancy Jean Anderson
[Notes]
Hymns, speeches, spirituals, gospel songs, and prayers...a moving civil rights collection drawn from 1960s field recordings in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The compilation captures the irrepressible spirit of that era and reveals a determined and triumphant African American culture. A collection of glorious songs and heartstopping selections by The SNCC Freedom Singers, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, and others. "...[T]here is wonderful singing here, great conviction, and the immediacy of living truth...powerful documentation of the most important social movement of our time." — Sing Out!

Song for Patty by Sammy Walker

Broadside Records – BR 5310

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1975
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Struggle & Protest
[Tracklist]
101 Song for Patty (5:56)
102 Ragamuffin Minstrel Boy (2:45)
103 My Old Yearbook (6:38)
104 Little New Jersey Town (4:27)
105 I Ain't Got No Home in This World Anymore (2:16)
106 Closin' Time (3:46)
201 A Simple Hour Operation (5:23)
202 The Ballad of Johnny Strozier (5:17)
203 Funny Farm Blues (3:05)
204 Testimony of a Dying Lady (4:38)
205 Catcher in the Rye (4:40)
206 Bound for Glory (4:04)
[Credits]
Sammy Walker (guitar/vocals) Phil Ochs (guitar/vocals)
Producer: Phil Ochs, Photographer: Jolly Robinson
[Notes]
Sammy Walker recorded Songs from Woody's Pen in 1979, twelve years after Woody Guthrie died due to complications from Huntington's disease. Though the original recordings of these songs date back more than 30 years, Walker sings them in a traditional folk-revivalist manner reminiscent of Guthrie’s social conscience and sense of humor. Speaking of Guthrie, Sammy Walker said, "I can't think of hardly anyone who has had as much influence on my own singing and songwriting as Woody." This is Walker's enduring record of that influence.

Broadside Number Seven: All New Songs - All New People

Folkways Records - FD 5316

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1973
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Struggle & Protest
[Tracklist]
A1 Let It Roar Like a Flood: Larry Estridge (6:22)
A2 Spirits of the Revolution: Larry Estridge (5:12)
A3 Aviary Song: Larry Estridge (2:53)
A4 It's Outrageous: Larry Estridge (3:13)
A5 Troubleshooter: Larry Estridge (4:09)
A6 The Ballad of Mrs. Martha Mitchell: Gary Paris (3:26)
B1 Vietnam: Paul Kaplan (5:46)
B2 White Blossom: Rose-Redwoods (3:10)
B3 La Lucha Continuara: Rose-Redwoods (5:24)
B4 The Ballad of Frank Clearwater: Ron Turner (7:05)
B5 The Ballad of Frank Wills: Ron Turner (3:40)
[Notes]
Featuring a collection of ripped-from-the-headlines compositions, Broadside Ballads, Vol. 7 offers a snapshot of America in the mid-1970s. In folk ballad tradition, several of the album's songs revolve around the lesser known figures of some of the decade's biggest stories: "Ballad of Frank Willis" is sung from the perspective of the security guard who discovered Nixon's burglars at the Watergate Complex, and "Ballad of Mrs.Martha Mitchell" tells the tale of the outspoken wife of Nixon's attorney general, John Mitchell. "Ballad of Frank Clearwater" relays the tragedy of the Wounded Knee protester who was killed by a U.S. federal marshal during the standoff of 1973. Other tracks address the war in Vietnam and the struggle for farmworkers rights. Liner notes contain lyrics and a collage of relevant press clippings. As a whole, Broadside Ballads, Vol. 7 not only allows us a glimpse into the zeitgeist of the seventies, but also offers proof that social struggle didn't end with the 1960s.

Broadside Ballads, Vol. 5: Time is Running Out

Broadside Records – BRS 312

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1970
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Struggle & Protest
[Tracklist]
A1 Time is Running Out: Wendy Smith (3:00)
A2 Good Mornin' Brother Hudson: Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick (2:30)
A3 Not Enough To Live On: Mike Millius (2:22)
A4 Hey, Mr. Rockefeller: Mike Millius (2:32)
A5 Farewell, Mr. Charlie: Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick (3:28)
A6 Ballad of Martin Luther King: Mike Millius (2:58)
A7 Backstreets of Downtown Augusta: Anne Romaine (4:23)
A8 Nothin' But His Blood: Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick (3:00)
B1 We Shall Be Free Together: Roland Mousaa (4:50)
B2 To Be a Killer: Wesley Houston (1:55)
B3 Elijah Good: Wesley Houston (5:27)
B4 Pinkville Helicopter: Tom Parrott (3:52)
B5 Hell No, I Aint Gonna Go!: Matthew Jones and Elaine Laron (3:29)
B6 A Pickaxe and a Stone: Jimmy Collier (6:07)
[Credits]
Designer: Agnes Friesen, Photographer:Jimmy Collier, Rev. Kirkpatrick and Diana Davies
[Notes]
Recorded during the height of anti-war protests in America, this 14-track collection focuses on the issues of civil rights and the Vietnam War. Contributing songs and performances are Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick ("Good Morning, Mr. Hudson," "Farewell, Mr. Charlie," and "Nothin' But His Blood"), Wesley Houston ("Elijah Good" and "To Be a Killer"), Mike Millius ("Not Enough to Live On," "Hey, Mr. Rockefeller," and "The Ballad of Martin Luther King"), Jimmy Collier ("The Pickaxe and a Stone"), Tom Parrott ("Pinkville Helicopter"), and a performance of "Hell No, I Ain't Gonna Go" by Matthew Jones complete with a horn section. This last performance was perhaps influenced by the musical Hair. Liner notes accompany the recording.

The Time Will Come and Other Songs from Broadside Magazine

Broadside Ballads, Vol. 4

Broadside Records – BR 303

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1967
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Struggle & Protest
[Tracklist]
A1 The Time Will Come: Elaine White (4:57)
A2 Hold Back the Waters: Will McLean, Paul Champion (3:51)
A3 The Migrant's Song: Danny Valdez and Augustin Lira (5:12)
A4 Don't Talk to Strangers: Chris Gaylord (7:40)
B1 Shady Acres: Blind Girl Grunt (Janis Ian) (3:27)
B2 El Picket Sign: El Teatro Campesino (3:15)
B3 Osceola: Will McLean, Paul Champion (2:15)
B4 I've Been Told: Paul Kaplan (3:32)
B5 Freedoms We've Been Fighting For: Tom Parrott, John Mackiewicz (3:59)
B6 Genocide: Zachary 2 and Group (5:28)
[Credits]
Cover Artwork: Agnes Friesen, Liner Notes: Gordon Friesen
[Notes]
This 10-track album by Broadside, a magazine devoted to publishing contemporary folk songs during the 1960s, features songs by unknown or emerging folk singer-songwriters. The best known of the performers is Janis Ian (billed as "Blind Girl Grunt") singing her composition "Shady Acres," about sending the elderly to the retirement home. The themes in this fourth Broadside release in general are becoming a little more hard edged, as America is beginning to wrestle with political and social issues ranging from civil rights to immigration and the war in Vietnam. Liner notes with song lyrics accompany the recording.

Plutonium sung by Mark Cohen

Folkways Records - FS 5354

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1979
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Struggle & Protest
[Tracklist]
A1 Plutonium (3:03)
A2 The Nature of Things (3:27)
A3 Livelong Day (2:26)
A4 Seasons Changing Colors (2:40)
A5 The Shift of the Sands (3:21)
B1 A Harvest Song (2:54)
B2 The Thing That Fell into Bill McCarthy's Pond (2:33)
B3 Tidewater Sounds (4:19)
B4 The Explosion of a Star (4:50)
B5 Everything Changed (2:26)
[Credits]
Mark Cohen (guitar/vocals)
Liner Notes: Mark Cohen, Designer: Ronald Clyne, Photographer: Sarah Cohen
[Notes]
Folksinger-songwriter Mark Cohen offers an intriguing follow-up to his 1977 Folkways album, Fare Well Traveller, with an environmentally themed work. His 10 original compositions range from the story of a 300-year-old sunken ship ("The Shift of the Sands") to the environmental concerns of nuclear power plants ("Plutonium"), a subject even more relevant today. In his letter to Folkways Record founder Moses (Moe) Asch, Cohen explains the inspirations for many of the songs on this album. "The Nature of Things," he writes in the liner notes, "is about how I'd take a sunset over a radioactive glow, of how the opposite of love is not hate but nothingness." The liner notes from this 1979 recording also include the song lyrics and songwriting and publishing credit information.

Sea Island Folk Festival

Moving Star Hall Singers and Alan Lomax

Folkways Records – FS 3841

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1964
Genre: Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Gospel
[Tracklist]
A1 Remember Me (2:19)
A2 Meet Me in Galilee (2:10)
A3 Ask the Watchman How Long - New Year's Eve Song (2:24)
A4 See God's Ark A-Moving (3:05)
A5 Talk about the Sea Island Folk Festival / Texas Folk Tale / Texas Hide / Seek Song (10:20)
B1 Ezekial in the Valley (2:17)
B2 Gullah Folk Tale: Barney McCabe (5:58)
B3 Somebody Stole My Henhouse Key (1:43)
B4 Blues (1:24)
B5 Ezekial in the Valley (2:05)
B6 Mary Rolled the Stone Away (1:51)
B7 Moonlight in Glory (2:32)
B8 You Got To Move (1:42)
[Credits]
Alan Lomax (talk) Moving Star Hall Singers (vocals)
Producer, Recorder and Liner Notes: Guy Carawan, Liner Notes: Alan Lomax, Photographer: David Gahr, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
In 1964, after five winters living and working with the people of the Sea Islands of South Carolina (helping with adult literacy programs and recording singing traditions), musician and musicologist Guy Carawan organized a folk festival. He aspired to encourage a folk song revival and to provide support to performers such as the Moving Star Hall Singers, who kept the folkways of the Sea Islands alive in spite of poverty and a lack of interest from younger generations. In a rousing speech recorded at the festival, ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax (1915–2002) refers to the islands as "one of the heartlands of American music." Vigorous performances of spirituals, Gullah folk tales, and improvised blues attest to his assessment. Liner notes include notes on the songs, photographs, and articles about the living folk heritage of the Sea Islands by Carawan and Lomax.

Broadside Ballads, Vol. 3: The Broadside Singers

Broadside Records – BR 303

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1964
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Struggle & Protest
[Tracklist]
A1 Ain't That News: The Broadside Singers with Tom Paxton (1:41)
A2 More Good Men Goin' Down: The Broadside Singers with Dave Cohen (2:57)
A3 Times I've Had: The Broadside Singers with Mark Spoelstra (2:54)
A4 Paths of Victory: The Broadside Singers with Bob Dylan (1:41)
A5 Christine: The Broadside Singers with Matt McGinn (2:22)
A6 Rattlesnake: The Broadside Singers with Peter La Farge (4:22)
A7 Carry It On: The Broadside Singers with Gil Turner (3:22)
B1 Links on the Chain: The Broadside Singers with Phil Ochs (4:12)
B2 Causes: The Broadside Singers with Pat Sky (3:22)
B3 Immigrante: The Broadside Singers with Buffy Sainte-Marie (2:26)
B4 The Faucets are Dripping: The Broadside Singers wth Malvina Reynolds (2:43)
B5 Father's Grave - For Cordell Reagon: The Broadside Singers with Len Chandler (3:50)
B6 The Scruggs Picker: The Broadside Singers with Ernie Marrs (0:50)
B7 Plains of Nebrasky-O: The Broadside Singers with Eric Andersen (2:53)
B8 Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: The Broadside Singers (4:21)
[Credits]
Liner Notes: Phil Ochs, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
The songs on this 15-track album were contributed to Broadside Magazine by folk singer-songwriters during the early 1960s and are performed by the Broadside Singers. Featured in the collection are Tom Paxton's "Ain't That News," Bob Dylan's "Paths of Victory," Peter La Farge's "Rattlesnake," Phil Ochs' "Links on the Chain," "Immigrante," Malvina Reynolds' "The Faucets Are Dripping," and Eric Anderson's "Plains of Nebrasky-O." There is also a brief (50-second) song entitled "The Scruggs Picker," a tongue-in-cheek song-poem about banjo players. The liner notes, written by Phil Ochs, include the lyrics and music of the songs.

Songs of a New York Lumberjack sung by Ellen Stekert

Folkways Records - FA 2354

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1958
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Bounding the U.S. (2:02)
A2 Hills of Glenshee (2:41)
A3 The Western Pioneers (1:47)
A4 The Two Sisters (1:37)
A5 Johnny Troy (4:58)
A6 Poor Old Anthony Rolly (3:07)
A7 Pat Murphy of the Irish Brigade (1:43)
A8 The Drummer Boy (2:34)
A9 The Trouble Down at Homestead (2:20)
B1 The Fox (1:51)
B2 The Cumberland and the Merrimac (3:02)
B3 The Singular Dream (2:39)
B4 Lakes of Ponchatrain (1:48)
B5 The Black Cook (4:08)
B6 Abe Lincoln Went to Washington (1:52)
B7 The Shanty Boy and the Farmer's Son (3:07)
B8 Les Raftsman (1:25)
B9 The Jealous Lover (3:06)
[Credits]
Ellen Jane Stekert (vocals)
Producer: Kenneth S. Goldstein, Liner Notes: Ellen Jane Stekert
[Notes]
Folklorist Ellen Stekert collected the eighteen songs on this album from Ezra "Fuzzy" Barhight, a retired lumberjack in Cohocton, New York. Here, she sings a selection of songs that Fuzzy learned from his mother and from other lumbermen in northern Pennsylvania and southern New York.

Rising Fawn Gathering

Norman & Nancy Blake, Boys of the Lough, James & Rachel Bryan

Plectrafone Records - PLECT040125

Format: CD, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 2009
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Celtic
[Tracklist]
01 The Sweet Sunny South (5:53)
02 O'Connell's Trip To Parliament / The Twin Katies (2:51)
03 Castleberry's March (3:09)
04 Da Unst Bridal March (2:57)
05 The Stockton & Redesdale Hornpipes (3:28)
06 The El Paso Waltz (2:56)
07 Joe Bane's / The Gypsy Princess (4:07)
08 The Teelin March (2:40)
09 Eamon An Chonoic (Ned Of The Hill) (3:01)
10 While The Band Is Playing Dixie (4:57)
11 Derry So Fair (6:01)
[Credits]
Norman Blake (guitar/vocals) Nancy Blake (cello/mandolin/guitar/vocals) Dave Richardson (concertina/mandolin) Malcolm Stitt (guitar) Rachel Bryan (flute/whistle/guitar/vocals) Kevin Henderson (fiddle) James Bryan (fiddle) Rachel Bryan (mandolin/fiddle) Cathal McConnell ) Brendan Begley (accordion)
Producer: Nancy Blake and Scott O'Malley, Photographer: Sarah Lincoln, Designer: Sylvia Hutson, Kathleen Collins and Victoria Ward, Engineer: Butch Hause and David Glasser
[Notes]
Rising Fawn Gathering represents a cross-continental meeting of roots musicians in the small northwest Georgia town of Rising Fawn. Recorded at the home of seminal old-time musicians Norman and Nancy Blake, the album is a collaboration between the Blakes, James and Rachel Bryan, and the Edinburgh-based Celtic folk ensemble Boys of the Lough. Having first met each other in 1978 at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, the parties had hoped to record together throughout the years that followed. After nearly three decades of missed connections, they finally did—a "dream come true," according to Norman Blake. The resulting twelve selections are a mix of old-time and Celtic songs, hornpipes, marches, and waltzes, performed in a way that seamlessly fuses the complementary aspects of either style, highlighting their shared origins and accentuating their beauty. Rising Fawn Gathering was originally released by the Western Jubilee Recording Company.