The New Lost City Ramblers Vol. II

Folkways Records FA-2397

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1960
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk & Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Whoop 'Em Up Cindy
A2 The Story Of The Mighty Mississippi
A3 Louisville Burglar
A4 Late Last Night When Willie Came Home
A5 Hawkins Rag (Instrumental)
A6 Didn't He Ramble
A7 Texas Rangers
A8 Tom Dooley
A9 Leaving Home
B1 When First Unto This Country
B2 Sally Goodin
B3 Banks Of The Ohio
B4 George Collins
B5 Every Day Dirt
B6 Raging Sea
B7 Up Jumped The Devil
[Credits]
Mike Seeger (vocals/fiddle/guitar/banjo/autoharp) Tom Paley (vocals/guitar/banjo/mandolin) John Cohen (vocals/banjo/guitar)
Cover Photo: Robert Frank

The New Lost City Ramblers: Mike Seeger, Tom Paley, John Cohen

Folkways Records FA-2396

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: United States
Released: 1958
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Forked Dear
A2 Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
A3 I Truly Understand
A4 Dallas Rag
A5 Tom Cat Blues
A6 Railroading And Rambling
A7 Colored Aristocracy
A8 Sailor On The Deep Blue Sea
A9 East Virginia
B1 Battleship Maine
B2 Davy, Davy
B3 Roving Gambler
B4 Take A Drink On Me
B5 Likes Liquor Better Than Me
B6 It's A Shame To Beat Your Wife
B7 Brown's Ferry Blues
B8 Old Fish Song
B9 Crossed Old Jordan's Stream
[Credits]
Mike Seeger (fiddle/mandolin/guitar/banjo/autoharp/vocals) Tom Paley (guitar/banjo/vocals) John Cohen (banjo/guitar/vocals)
Cover photo: Russell Lee (FSA)
[Notes]
In the original notes to this recording, Mike Seeger writes, "The songs on this album were recorded by commercial companies and the Library of Congress in the southeastern mountains between 1925 and 1935, and show the first attempts of the hill musicians to ‘make a hit' with old traditional songs that had been in the mountains since pioneer days."

African Fiddle & Banjo Echo in Appalachia Concert

Event Date: 2015/10/01 Running Time: 18 minutes

Examples of Appalachian traditional music, with demonstrations from African and Appalachian musicians.


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A Concert Featuring the Cheick Hamala Diabate Ensemble

Event Date: 2016/03/23 Running Time: 62 minutes

Cheick Hamala Diabate Ensemble

Cheick Hamala Diabate is a West African historian in the griot tradition, a sought after performer, lecturer, storyteller and choreographer. Diabate was born into a griot family in Kita, Mali. In West African tradition, the griot is a male troubadour-historian whose hereditary role is to preserve and share the history, genealogy and oral traditions of his people, as well as providing advice and practicing diplomacy.


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Dolly Parton: Coat Of Many Colors

RCA Victor LSP-4603

Format: Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Stereo
Country: United States
Released: Oct 1, 1971
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Coat Of Many Colors (3:02)
A2 Traveling Man (2:38)
A3 My Blue Tears (2:14)
A4 If I Lose My Mind (2:26)
A5 The Mystery Of The Mystery (2:24)
B1 She Never Met A Man (She Didn't Like) (2:40)
B2 Early Morning Breeze (2:53)
B3 The Way I See You (2:43)
B4 Here I Am (3:17)
B5 A Better Place To Live (2:39)
[Credits]
Dolly Parton (vocals) David Briggs (piano) Hargus Robbins (piano) Jerry Carrigan (drums) Pete Drake (steel) Johnny Gimble (fiddle) Mack Magaha (fiddle) Buddy Spicher (fiddle) George McCormick (guitar) Dave Kirby (guitar) Billy Sanford (guitar) Jerry Shook (guitar) Buck Trent (banjo) Bobby Dyson (bass)
Producer: Bob Ferguson, Painter: Les Leverett, Engineer: Al Pachuckiand Roy Shockley
[Notes]
With hindsight it feels incredible to think that Dolly Parton had to be convinced to record what would become one of her signature songs, ‘Coat of Many Colors’. The song was written on a tour bus in 1969, on the back of a dry cleaning receipt ironically for one of Porter’s Nudie suits (the receipt was eventually framed by Porter and can now be seen at Dollywood) but was not recorded until 1971 on this, her eighth album. Two years might not seem like a long time but Dolly had written and recorded many other songs in the interim. Porter himself actually recorded the first version, with Dolly on backing vocals, but he knew that there was only one singer who could do this song justice – the girl in the song. So why did Dolly hesitate to put this one on tape? To understand the answer we have to go back through the years, once again returning to her childhood in Tennessee.

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Blues Rediscoveries 1966

RBF Records RBF-11

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1966
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country Blues, Delta Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Ain't No Tellin': Mississippi John Hurt
A2 Avalon Blues: Mississippi John Hurt
A3 Sleepy Man Blues: Bukka White
A4 Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues: Bukka White
A5 Poor Man Blues: Henry Townsend
A6 Poor Man's Friend: John Estes
A7 Liquor Store Blues: John Estes
B1 Oh Lord Search My Heart: Blind Gary Davis
B2 You Got To Go Down: Blind Gary Davis
B3 Doin' Wrong: Peg Leg Howell
B4 Jelly Roll: Furry Lewis
B5 Sweet Papa Moan: Furry Lewis
B6 Highway 49: Big Joe Williams
B7 Someday Baby: Big Joe Williams
[Credits]
Mississippi John Hurt (guitar/vocals)
Compiled and Edited: Samuel B. Charters, Designer: Ronald Clyne, Photographer: Ann Charters

Elvis Country: I'm 10,000 Years Old

RCA Victor LSP-4460

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 05 May 1971
Genre: Folk, Rock, World, & Country
Style: Rock & Roll, Classic Rock, & Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Snowbird (2:04)
A2 Tomorrow Never Comes (3:53)
A3 Little Cabin On The Hill (1:45)
A4 Whole Lot-ta Shakin' Goin' On (3:00)
A5 Funny How Time Slips Away (4:20)
A6 I Really Don't Want To Know (2:45)
B1 There Goes My Everything (2:55)
B2 It's Your Baby, You Rock It (2:56)
B3 The Fool (2:26)
B4 Faded Love (3:04)
B5 I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water (3:41)
B6 Make The World Go Away (3:34)
[Credits]
Elvis Presley (vocals)
Backing Vocals: The Imperials Quartet (tracks: A2, A5, A6, B1, B6)
Arranged Strings: Cam Mullins (tracks: A2, A6, B1), Don Tweedy (tracks: A1, A5, B6)
[Notes]
Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) is the eleventh studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released on RCA Recordsin January 1971. Recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville, it reached number 12 on the Billboard 200. It peaked at number six in the United Kingdom, selling over one million copies worldwide. It was certified Gold on December 1, 1977 by the Recording Industry Association of America. The lead single of the album, "I Really Don't Want to Know" backed with "There Goes My Everything", was released on December 8, 1970 and peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, number two on the Adult Contemporary chart, and number 23 on the country singles chart.

Old-Time Southern Dance Music: Ballads and Songs

Old Timey Records LP-102

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1965
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Old Time
[Tracklist]
A1 Rose Conley: Grayson & Whitter
A2 Pretty Polly: Coon Creek Gals
A3 Little Maggie: Grayson & Whitter
A4 That Fatal Courtship: Ephraim Woodie
A5 Frankie Silvers: Byrd Moore's Hot Shots
A6 Black Jack David: Cliff Carlisle
A7 Old Ruben: Wade Mainer
A8 Handsome Molly: Grayson & Whitter
B1 It's Hard To Leave You, Sweet Love: Lewis McDaniel & Gid Smith
B2 Franklin Roosevelt's Back Again: Bill Cox & Cliff Hobbs
B3 Roy Dixon: Jimmy Tarlton
B4 School House Fire: Dixon Brothers
B5 A Little Love: Wade Mainer
B6 Deep Elm Blues: Lone Star Cowboys
B7 Frankie Dean : Darby & Tarlton
B8 On The Old Plantation: Blue Sky Boys
[Credits]
Liner Notes: Tony Brown, Editor's Note: Chris Strachwitz

Dolly Parton: The Grass Is Blue

Sugar Hill Record SUG-CD-3900

Format: CD, Album
Country: United States
Released:1999
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 Travelin' Prayer (4:15)
02 Cash On The Barrelhead (3:07)
03 A Few Old Memories 4:01
04 I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open (3:04)
05 Steady As The Rain (3:04)
06 I Still Miss Someone (3:37)
07 Endless Stream Of Tears (2:39)
08 Silver Dagger (4:54)
09 Train, Train (2:49)
10 I Wonder Where You Are Tonight (3:13)
11 Will He Be Waiting For Me (3:25)
12 The Grass Is Blue (3:43)
13 I Am Ready (2:44)
[Credits]
Dolly Parton (vocals) Jim Mills (banjo) Jerry Douglas (dobro) Stuart Duncan (fiddle) Bryan Sutton (guitar) Sam Bush (mandolin) Barry Bales (bass)
Designer: Sue Meyer Design, Musical Director: Jerry Douglas, Engineer: Chuck Turner and Toby Seay, Photographer: Dennis Carney, Producer: Steve Buckingham
[Notes
The Grass is Blue is a bluegrass album by Dolly Parton, released on October 25, 1999 on the Sugar Hill label. It is her 35th studio album. In addition to rejuvenating Parton's career, the album, along with the O Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack and the work of Alison Krauss, is credited with making bluegrass a hugely popular musical genre during the early 2000s. Though the album received little airplay on mainstream country radio, it sold well (peaking at number 24 on the U.S. country albums charts), and was among the most critically acclaimed albums of Parton's career. The album was listed on many critics' year-end "best of" lists and won a 2001 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. The songs included a mixture of Parton originals and folk and bluegrass standards, as well as a Billy Joel cover. "Silver Dagger", a late nineteenth century ballad, had been popularized by Joan Baez during the early 1960s. Norah Jones would later record the title song on a 2003 Parton tribute album. Parton had originally written "Steady as the Rain" for her younger sister Stella Parton, who had a top-forty country hit with the song in 1979. "Will He be Waiting for Me" is an update of a song which originally appeared on Parton's 1972 album Touch Your Woman. The album also includes an acoustic cover version of the Southern rock band Blackfoot song "Train, Train".

Les Bon Hommes Du Nord: Patrick Ross and Jean Theroux

French-Canadian Fiddle Music & Songs from New Hampshire
Event Date: 2012/08/08 Running Time: 61 minutes

Patrick Ross and Jean Theroux present a program of fiddle tunes and songs drawn from their French-Canadian heritage. They will be joined by Dalton Binette and Bow Thayer. All four musicians hail from the northernmost area of New Hampshire, adjacent to the Canadian border, across which people and cultural influences have flowed steadily over the last hundred years or more. The fiddle, accordion, and guitar are the most common instruments used in French-Canadian music. The playing style is spirited and based upon rhythmic patterns of the Celtic world: jigs, reels, and waltzes. However, the music is not exactly Celtic: the bowing style has a different swing and the tunes are ornamented in a distinctive way. Singing in the French language with family and friends is also an important part of French-Canadian musical heritage, and many of the songs are classified as "chansons á rèpondre," or "call and response," a style developed so a large group can join in the fun without knowing all the words.

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Blue Grass Special: Don Reno and Red Smiley / The Stanley Brothers

Angel Records HV-1048

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: JP
Released: March 1960
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Dixie Brakdown (2:20) *
A2 Haw Mountain Girls Can Love (2:05) **
A3 Let's Live For Tonight (2:21) *
A4 Train 45 (2:40) **
A5 Tree Of Life (2:42) *
A6 Mastertone March (2:23) **
B1 Charlotte Brakdown (2:20) *
B2 Think Of What You've Done (2:06) **
B3 How I Miss My Darling Mother (2:36) *
B4 Clinch Mountain Backstep (2:18) **
B5 Love Me Darling Just Tonight (2:15) **
B6 Springtime In Heaven (2:38) *
[Credits]
* Don Reno and Red Smiley and the Tennessee Cut-Ups
** The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys
[Notes]
Made in Japan by Toshiba Musical Industries LTD.

Willie Nelson: My Own Way

RCA Victor AHL1-4819

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue
Country: United States
Released: 1983
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Tracklist]
A1 I'm A Memory (2:24)
A2 My Own Peculiar Way (2:57)
A3 Both Sides Now (2:58)
A4 Funny How Timw Slips Away (2:41)
A5 Hello Walls (2:13)
B1 One In A Row (2:32)
B2 Stay Away From Lonely Places (2:58)
B3 Pins And Needles (In My Heart) (3:31)
B4 Rainy Day Blues (3:13)

Doc Watson & Son 1965

Vanguard VSD-79170

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: United States
Released: 1965
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass, & Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Muskrat (2:51)
A2 Weary Blues (2:10)
A3 Medley (2:09)
A4 Dream Of The Miner's Child (2:45)
A5 Rising Sun Blues (4:17)
A6 Mama Blues (2:18)
A7 We Shall All Be Reunited (2:10)
B1 Little Stream Of Whiskey (2:25)
B2 Little Sadie (2:57)
B3 Beaumont Rag (1:37)
B4 Otto Wood The Bandit (3:14)
B5 Faithful Soldier (3:09)
B6 Memphis Blues (1:32)
B7 Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar (2:06)
[Credits]
Doc Watson (guitar/12-string guitar/harmonica/vocals) Merle Watson (2nd guitar)
Design: Jules Halfant, Liner Notes: Ralph Rinzler, Photography: David Gahr

The Very Best Of Dolly Parton

Sony BMG Music Entertainment 88697060742

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: Europe
Released: 06 Mar 2007
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Country
[Tracklist]
01 9 To 5 (3:00)
02 I Will Always Love You (2:55)
03 Islands In The Stream (4:10)
04 Jolene (2:41)
05 Coat Of Many Colors (3:05)
06 My Tennessee Mountain Home (3:07)
07 Here You Come Again (2:54)
08 Baby I'm Burning (2:37)
09 Love Is Like A Butterfly (2:21)
10 The Bargain Store (2:42))
11 Potential New Boyfriend (3:35
12 Everything's Beautiful (In It's Own Way) (3:16)
13 Silver Threads And Golden Needles (2:25)
14 To Know Him Is To Love Him (3:50)
15 Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That (2:33)
16 Romeo (3:34)
17 Tennessee Homesick Blues (3:23)
18 Dumb Blonde (2:29)
19 Applejack (3:25)
20 Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You (3:24)
[Notes]
Liner Notes: Patrick Bingley, 2004

Tennessee Ernie Ford: Rock Of Ages

Pickwick SPC-3353

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1973
Genre: Pop, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Religious, & Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Rock Of Ages (2:44)
A2 We Gather Together (1:42)
A3 He Knows What I Need (2:27)
A4 Just Over In The Gloryland (2:17)
A5 On The Jericho Road (2:31)
B1 Just A Little Talk With Jesus (2:55)
B2 Must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone? (2:56)
B3 God Of Our Fathers (2:44)
B4 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (2:57)

Etienne Charles: Creole Soul at the Library of Congress

Event Date: 2015/05/29 Running Time: 66 minutes

Description: With his Creole Soul project, trumpeter Etienne Charles explores the musical connections between Afro-Caribbean, Creole, New Orleans and American traditions.

Speaker Biography: A native of Trinidad, trumpeter Etienne Charles studied with Marcus Roberts and has performed or recorded with Monty Alexander, Roberta Flack, Wynton Marsalis, Maria Schneider and the Count Basie Orchestra.


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Mountain Music Of Kentucky: Collected by John Cohen

Folkways Records FA-2317

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1960
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Old Time, & Country
[Tracklist]
A01 Amazing Grace: Various
A02 Foreign Lander: Martha Hall
A03 Charlie's Neat: Granville Bowlen
A04 Little Birdie: Willie Chapman
A05 Fox Chase: Lee Sexton
A06 East Virginia Blues: Roscoe Holcomb
A07 Spring Of '65: James B. Cornett
A08 Death Of The Blue Eagle: George Davis
A09 Old Age Pension Blues: "Banjo" Bill Cornett
A10 Lost Indian: Marion Summner
A11 Cotten Eyed Joe, Little Sunshine: Granville Bowlen
A12 John Henry: Martin Young / Corbett Grigsby
A13 Jaw Bone: Willie Chapman
A14 St. Louis Blues: Lee Sexton
A15 Wayfaring Stranger: Roscoe Holcomb
B01 Across The Rocky Mountain: Roscoe Holcomb
B02 Stingy Woman Blues: Roscoe Holcomb
B03 Black-Eyed Susie: Roscoe Holcomb
B04 I Wish I Were A Single Girl Again: Roscoe Holcomb
B05 Young & Tender Ladies: Martha Hall
B06 Kitty Alone: Martha Hall
B07 Barbara Allen: James B. Cornett
B08 Sweet Willie: "Banjo" Bill Cornett
B09 Buck Creek Girls: Bill Cornett
B10 Cluck Old Hen: Bill Cornett
B11 Rocky Island: Corbett Grigsby & Martin Young
B12 No Letter In The Mail: Corbett Grigsby & Martin Young
B13 Give The Fiddler A Dram: James Crase
B14 Old Joe Clark: James Crase
[Credits]
Recorder, Field Worker, Producer, Photographer, Designer & Liner Notes: John Cohen
[Notes]
In 1959, John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers made field recordings in the mountains of Kentucky of Appalachian folk performers who were virtually unknown to the record-buying public. This is no-nonsense, sometimes raw stuff, with fiddlers, banjos, a cappella singers, and Baptist church choirs presenting folk standards, blues-influenced numbers, stomping bluegrass, even the odd country song. It's got as much of the unadulterated American white folk feel as the older recordings on Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music box (to use a celebrated example), though the material here is of better fidelity. Although some of these artists would make other recordings, only Roscoe Holcomb -- the most passionate and arresting of them -- would gain anything like substantial recognition. This is too basic and unschooled, not to mention too long, to hold the attention of the average folk or bluegrass fan, but scholars and roots aficionados will value its no-frills authenticity.

Blues Anthology-1: Texas Blues

Liberty LLR-8188

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: Japan
Released: 1974
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Texas Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Disgusted: Melvin Jackson (2:42)
A2 Sad Letter Blues: Melvin Jackson (2:24)
A3 Take It Easy: Nathaniel Terry (3:27)
A4 I Don't Know Why: Nathaniel Terry (2:58)
A5 Worried Life: Manny Nichols (2:39)
A6 No One To Love Me: Manny Nichols (2:44)
A7 Webb Love Me Mama: Boogie Bill (2:39)
B1 Howlin' Wolf Blues: Lightnin' Hopkins (2:42)
B2 Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind: Lightnin' Hopkins (2:37)
B3 Playboy Blues: J.D. Edwards (2:50)
B4 Hobo: J.D. Edwards (2:29)
B5 Sad And Lonely: James Bledsoe (2:26)
B6 Good Lookin' Woman: James Bledsoe (2:28)
B7 Boogie: Boogie Bill Webb (2:36)
[Notes]
東芝EMI「ブルース・アンソロジー その１／テキサス編」（1974年）

An-sky Yiddish Heritage Ensemble: Klezmer & Other Yiddish Music

Event Ddate: 2013/06/26 Running Time: 66 minutes

An-sky Yiddish Heritage Ensemble

The An-sky Yiddish Heritage Ensemble -- renowned Yiddish folk singers Michael Alpert and Ethel Raim, tsimblist (hammered dulcimer player) Pete Rushefsky and violinist Jake Shulman-Ment -- celebrates the hundredth Anniversary of the historic An-sky Expedition. This 1911-1914 ethographic expedition systematically documented the Jewish folk culture of dozens of communities in Ukraine and White Russia. It is named for its leader, Yiddish writer and folklorist Semyon An-sky, pen name of Shloyme Zaynvl Rapoport (1863-1920), who is best known as the author of the groundbreaking play The Dybbuk. The An-sky materials, located at the Russian Museum of Ethnography in St. Petersburg, stand as an unparalleled record of a lost, preindustrial Jewish society that was carried out in the Yiddish language. Inspired by An-sky's work, and affiliated with the New York-based Center for Traditional Music and Dance, the An-sky Yiddish Heritage Ensemble is a supergroup of four leading performers and researchers of Yiddish music who present a diverse program of rare Yiddish folksongs and exciting klezmer instrumentals collected through field and archival research. The ensemble also performs original music rooted in the tradition, and in doing so keeps the flame of Yiddish culture alive.

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