Other than a cameo piano appearance by his producer (and peer) Memphis Slim on the
appropriately titled Memphis Slim Rock, and this is a stellar solo outing by the prolific pianist from 1961. He belts out a booming Sweet Old ...
Seventeen live performances on this blues compilation, drawn from 1990-1995 recordings that were done for
the Folk Masters series distributed by Public Radio International; all of these were recorded at either the Barns of Wolf Trap or Carnegie Hall. There's ...
Smithsonian Folkways tackles the Great White North with its 72-minute ode to trappers, traders, and
vagabonds with Classic Canadian Songs. Like all SF collections, the heavily researched liner notes and archival photos are as compelling as the tracks themselves -- ...
Matthias Hohner, a clockmaker by trade, began making harmonicas in Germany in the 1850s, and
it became a popular instrument in America in the first decade of the 1900s, particularly among African-American musicians, who embraced the instrument's expressive versatility, inexpensive ...
Subtitled An African American Aural History, the scope of this two-CD set is impressive, encompassing
poetry, writings, speeches, and music by many major Black musicians, writers, and activists of the 20th century. The focus of the disc, however, wavers enough ...
This 22-cut sampler culled from the Folk Masters radio show series reflects the program's openness
-- bluegrass, klezmer, classic gospel, Western swing, mountain music, blues, Cajun, and traditional jazz are represented, as well as international styles and conjunto. It is ...
Recorded in 1957 and early 1958 by Mike Seeger, Freight Train and Other North Carolina
Folk Songs and Tunes collects the influential debut sides cut by a then-62-year-old Elizabeth Cotten; even decades after their first release, they remain a veritable ...
At the height of the folk revival in the early '60s, three movers and shakers
-- Ralph Rinzler (a member of the Greenbriar Boys folk group), John Cohen (of the New Lost City Ramblers) and Israel Izzy Young (owner of ...
