(Vinyl)Ĭlarence Ashley and Doc Watson: The Original Folkways Recordings, 1960-1962 : A snapshot of community music from the North Carolina/Virginia line. Eerie and dark recordings of old ballads and banjo tunes. Legendary indeed! Became an international star decades after his death. The Early Years by the New Lost City Ramblers: Early recordings by the most important group of the string band revival.Ĭountry Blues: Complete Early Recordings: The great singing family of Southern England! Great old songs which have been sung in harmony for ten generations. Though sometimes overshadowed by the more glamorous aspects of Dolly Partons popular image, traditional Appalachian folk, country, and bluegrass music have. One of the great singers and banjo players of the Appalachians. Volume 1 is general from all over the country (NH, NY, NC and more) and Volume 2 is music of Frank Proffitt and North Carolina. A selection of these songs were recorded by Brian Peters and Jeff Davis on their new CD entitled Sharp's Appalachian Harvest.įield recordings from one of the best collections of American folks songs in existence, by Frank Proffitt. English folk song collector Cecil Sharp and his secretary Maud Karpeles made trips into the Appalachian Mountains to seek old British ballads that had been carried there by emigrants 150 years earlier and still survived vigorously in oral tradition. English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, Vol 1 and English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, Vol 2.Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians as Sung by Jean Ritchie - Classic work from Kentucky Queen of Folks Songs, Jean Ritchie.Eighty Appalachian Folk Songs by Cecil Sharp.
Bronner - a survey of the remarkable array of music from just one state. Old-Time Music Makers of New York State by Simon J.A very good book with lots of music from one old trade. Songs the Whale men Sang by Gale Huntington - if you are going to marry into a family of whalers and fisherman from Martha's Vineyard you might as well be named Gale.English Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians - Two Volumes by Cecil Sharp - a very early survey of music from the Appalachians.Folk Songs of North America, by Alan Lomax - a survey of music from all over the U.S.
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