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Bound To Go: Illuminating Legacy of African American Folk Tradition

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2008-08-02 10:17:59 by WMCNewsDept. in World Music Central
...tradition that includes spirituals, shout songs from the Sea Islands, prison ballads and secular songs. Lovingly compiled, created and produced by Andrew Calhoun, a working folk singer, the collection shines new light onto some of the most moving and important songs in the American folk music tradition. The record was released on his own...
 
Tags: secular songs, songs, folk songs, african, bound, shout songs, art form, art, art songs
 
 
 
 
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Scientist - Dub In The Roots Tradition

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2008-01-10 08:48:00 by AMP in It's Coming Out Of Your Speaker
...Tradition Label: Blood And Fire Record date : 1976-79 Album style: Dub, Lee Library, Roots Another compilation of dubs appearing for the first time ever on album. Producer Don Mais enlisted the talents of the 17-year old Scientist to mix the dub versions for his Roots Tradition label's B-sides. The cuts collected here present a fascinating...
 
Tags: dub, roots, dub versions, african daughter dub, love dub, dub bible, babylon fight dub, roots radics, dub island
 
 
 
 
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Teddy Thompson swaps family tradition for pop

2008-01-20 19:37:29 by admin in blog.mp3adrenalin.com
 
...tradition and into poppier climes My parents were never pushy and I never felt any pressure to be a folk musician, said Teddy, 31, whose younger sister Kamila is also a singer/songwriter I was always into pop as a kid and when I was 13 or 14 I really liked a-ha. They had some great singles I stand by that but it really wasnt up my parents...
 
Tags: teddy, thompson, folk, linda thompson, folk musicians, teddy credits rufus, music career, music, parents
 
 
 
 
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"Where Oral Tradition Is Older Than Most Of Western Canada"

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2008-06-29 21:30:15 by Li Robbins in Radio 2 Blog
...tradition is older than most of Western Canada." In other words, music from the east coast, starting with a concert called The Newfoundland Songbook: Volume 2 Anita Best , Pamela Morgan and an all star cast of traditional music makers explore the repertoire at the heart of the Newfoundland song tradition. So, songs from the mid-19th century...
 
Tags: newfoundland songbook, newfoundland, newfoundland song tradition, oral tradition, western canada, east coast, socan songwriters circle, features kelly russell, popular songwriters circle
 
 
 
 
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Songcatcher - The Tradition that inspired the movie

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2007-12-21 16:00:00 by Joski in Merlin in Rags
...tradition Legendary artists like Dock Boggs , Almeda Riddle , Doc Watson , and Roscoe Holcomb all contribute some of the best-known folk ballads of the era, including "Black Jack Davey," "Pretty Saro," "House Carpenter," and a gripping version of "Matty Groves Although Songcatcher was set near the turn of the century, these gems from...
 
Tags: almeda riddle, dock boggs, watson, hungry dock boggs, doc watson, movie, american folk ballads, ballads, mother maybelle carter
 
 
 
 
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Keeping The Tradition Alive In Texas!

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2008-01-09 21:08:53 by paul in Palo Duro Records
...tradition alive in Texas and the world ShareThis
 
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Jazzfest: A Tradition of its Own

2008-05-01 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
 
In Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans, a new documentary about a historic New Orleans neighborhood by the journalist Lolis Eric Elie and the filmmaker Dawn Logsdon, the trumpeter Wynton Marsalis talks about the citys improvisational traditions. The improvisation makes makes a brand-new moment that has never happened, yet the...
 
Tags: citys improvisational traditions, orleans, filmmaker dawn logsdon, orleans neighborhood, untold story, brand-new moment, tradition, faubourg treme, documentary
 
 
 
 
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Tradition and Innovation in Montreal

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2008-05-03 00:01:50 by Philly Markowitz in Radio 2 Blog
...tradition to his music. As a descendent of the Sissokho " griot " line, he was born to make music and to keep the stories of his forefathers' kingdom alive: just as the griots have done in West Africa since the empire of the great Sundiata Keita in the mid-13th century. Now based in Montreal, he blends new influences with the music of his...
 
Tags: montreal, canada live tonight, canada live, montreal tonight, music, altsys jazz orchestra, west africa, mid-13th century, cbc radio
 
 
 
 
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October 2007 pt.1

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2008-04-18 04:13:00 by Rockaroola in iLuv Music 24-7
...Traditional Songs & Ballads of the British Isles- Two English Rounds 02 He That Will an Alehouse Keep 1:16 The Deller Consort - Traditional Songs & Ballads of the British Isles- Two English Rounds 03 Greensleeves 4:51 The Deller Consort - Traditional Songs & Ballads of the British Isles- Love Songs 04 We Be Soldiers Three 1:39 The Deller...
 
Tags: folk performers, folk, folk-rock sensibility, american folk music, acid-folk songs, frisian folk-movement, folk-rock, folk-rock-ish, folk element
 
 
 
 
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