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Classic Piano Blues from Smithsonian Folkways

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2008-06-29 22:30:00 by Ed in Old Blue Bus
...Folkways is a wonderful introduction to the various styles of piano blues performed by many of the innovators of the genre. Classic Piano Blues from Smithsonian Folkways is the latest in the Smithsonian Folkways great Classic series, which includes Classic Old-Time Fiddle, Classic Blues (Vols. 1 & 2), Classic Bluegrass (Vols. 1 & 2), Classic...
 
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Classic Mountain Songs - Smithsonian Folkways

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2008-02-09 20:21:00 by Joski in Merlin in Rags
...Folkways Recordings showcases a handful of the greatest mountain ballads as performed by some of the most influential folk singers and songwriters of the 20th century This collection features many classic performances from a wide variety of regional instrumental and song styles. These diverse styles and songs from the mountain communities...
 
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Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways

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2008-03-24 10:39:00 by Joski in Merlin in Rags
...Folkways managed to gather an incredible catalog of songs and artists for this compilation, Classic Railroad Songs Over the course of the 29 tunes on Classic Railroad Songs , Smithsonian Folkways catalogs one of the most remarkable journeys and periods in American history. What started in the late 1800s and continued through the Depression...
 
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Classic Old Time Music - Smithsonian Folkways

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2008-05-28 10:15:42 by Joski in Merlin in Rags
...Folkways' Classic Old-Time Music were mostly recorded in the late '50s and early '60s (with a few scattered throughout the '70s) and celebrate many of the performers who not only toured the festival circuits at that time, but many who sowed the seeds of the entire folk revival. Old-timey legends like Dock Boggs, Roscoe Holcomb, Doc Watson,...
 
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Smithsonian Folkways Releases Classic African American Gospel

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2008-01-21 20:11:00 by Bob Marovich in The Black Gospel Blog
...Folkways select the tracks for the new Classic African American Gospel , a 24-track audio-history of black gospel music Offering original recordings of jubilee singing to authentic "shout bands," the collection is reported to give an overview of gospel music as it evolved into one of America's truly great art forms Listen to a discussion...
 
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Doc Boggs - His Folkways recordings 1963 - 1968

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2008-01-25 11:10:00 by Joski in Merlin in Rags
...Folkways has brought back 50 recordings made by Mike Seeger during the autumn of Boggs's life Together with the Revenant material, this two-CD reissue--including a brilliant essay by Barry O'Connell--details one of the most mysterious voices in American music Barry OConnell says of Boggs, "Through his music he transmuted the everyday into...
 
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Happy Birthday Moe!

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2008-12-03 10:27:00 by Notlob in Notlob Music
...Folkways label in 1948, recording Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and scores and scores of folk, blues and jazz artists. Folkways, now owned by the Smithsonian , remains one of the foundational American record labels 2008 marks the 60th anniversary of Folkways Records and the 20th anniversary of Smithsonian Folkways, and December 2nd,...
 
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Eric Schoenberg and Dave Laibman - The New Ragtime Guitar

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2008-03-10 16:28:00 by Joski in Merlin in Rags
...Folkways Records in 1970. Still available as a CD from Smithsonian-Folkways, it is widely credited with sparking the 1970's stringed ragtime revival. Another popular solo LP of Laibman's has been rereleased on CD as Ten Classic Rags. It is comprised entirely of Mr. Laibman playing 10 of his guitar arrangements of Scott Joplin and Joseph Lamb...
 
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Paddle Faster, I Hear Banjo Music!

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2008-04-20 22:05:00 by Ed in Old Blue Bus
...Folkways Recordings , and I hope it is the first of many. This diverse collection of 21 tunes showcases not only Trischkas superb mastery of the instrument, but the history and versatility of the banjo. The tunes on Territory range from the expected bluegrass breakdown and old-time country, to kora music from West Africa played on a banjo...
 
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