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BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
A living and dynamic tradition, blues is forged in hard times but powerful enough to bring on the good times. Legends such as Lead Belly, Memphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy, Elizabeth Cotten, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGhee, among others formed the "blues backbone" of Folkways Records. This compilation from the Smithsonian Folkways collection spans half a century and features Delta, St. Louis, Southwest,...
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Resonance FM Podcasts (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
The Ballad of the Green Berets, from Songs of Our Fighting Men “The Green Berets” by Sergeant Barry Sadler U.S. Army Special Forces (RCA Victor 1966). Good Morning Vietnam, recorded in Vietnam by Claude Johner (Folkways Records FD 5445 1972). Last Poets; What Will You Do? from Oh, My People (CELL 6108). Conrad Atkinson; The Louis XIV Deterrent, [...]
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Crud Crud (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
The audio documentarian Tony Schwartz died on Saturday. He was 85. Schwartz was a pioneer of urban field recording and had much of his work published on Folkways Records. A little more than a year ago I wrote on his great record of recordings from New York's Hells Kitchen. Take a listen . And while you are jumping around, please please please visit the obit on WFMU's site . Some great stuff there....
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LP Cover Lover (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
These old Folkways Records were very special to those in the New York City music scene that Dylan came upon circa 1962. He writes of meeting Cisco Houston at a party on Fifth Avenue down in the Village. Cisco was a compatriot of and fellow traveler with Woody Gutherie. The real deal. [...]
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
Spending a half-century in the Canadian cultural industries is more a calling than a career. The man whom Harry Belafonte once touted as the best impresario in the world heard the call early and followed it, the rest of his life being fairly evenly divided between preserving folk culture and presenting artists for the public to enjoy.
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Time Has Told Me (Free subscription) | 04/14/2008
Alasdair Clayre " Adam & The Beasts " 1978 I recently added on my shelf the Alasdair Clayre's Adam & The Beasts album. Great folk album, that saw print by the Folkways Records in 1976. Ripped by vinyl, encoded in 320Kbps, cover and more. For you. Artist info Download
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Time Has Told Me (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Rosalie Sorrels ::: Folk songs of Idaho and Utah 1961 • Folkways records FW05343 01 The linemans's hymn 02 Brigham young 03 Winter song 04 Death of Kathy Fiscus 05 I'll give you my story 06 That girl played injun with me 07 Utah's 'Dixie' 08 Empty cot in the bunkhouse tonight 09 Tying knots in the devil's tail 10 The fox 11 Way out in Idaho 12 My last cigar 13 The wreck of the old number nine 14 House...
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What was I THINKING? (Free subscription) | 02/28/2008
Last night, very late at night I watched the PBS American Masters special on Pete Seeger and I cried. I cried buckets. I cried for our country that is no longer interested in getting together to protest this ridiculous war. I cried for the earth that is becoming polluted beyond recognition while the governments look on and wring their hands in dismay. I cried for my family that doesn't have
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The Smudge of Ashen Fluff (Free subscription) | 02/26/2008
If you're an emusic subscriber (I've been one for over two years), don't miss out on the Smithsonian Folkways Sampler: A Sound Legacy--60 Years of Folkways Records and 20 Years of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, a FREE 15-song sampler that's all over the geographic AND musical worlds. Look at this tracklist: 1. Black Snake Moan (From Traditional Blues, Vol 1, 1957) Artist(s): Brownie McGhee (mp3)...
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Audiversity (Free subscription) | 02/05/2008
Michael Hurley - "Light Green Fellow" (Gnomonsong 2007) Michael Hurley – Ancestral Swamp / Gnomonsong I’ve been searching for just the right way to place the minimal folk of traveled songwriter Michael Hurley in context with contemporary music for a good hour now. I don't think it can be done, at least not snugly. Ancestral Swamp , the folk veteran's twentieth LP and first for the Devendra Banhart-helmed...
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LP Cover Lover (Free subscription) | 12/20/2007
Exchange on Folkways Records. “Friendship Around the World Thru Tape Exchange” Tony Schwartz, the father of the mixed tape! Tony was homebound but traveled the world through the audio recordings he traded for with friends around the globe. Long before the web brought people together with instantaneous communication and digital recordings and downloadable files, Tony [...]
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greg.org: the making of (Free subscription) | 11/14/2007
Ho-ly Mackerel, this is incredible. Street and Gangland Rhythms: Beats and Improvisations by Six Boys in Trouble is a 1959 urban field recording LP from Folkways Records, a pioneer in folk music, field recording, and world music. A rare...
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LP Cover Lover (Free subscription) | 09/23/2007
An actual story in sound of “A Dog’s Life” as broadcast on CBS Radio Workshop. Conceived and recorded by Tony Schwartz. Folkways Records. 1958. I had the rare priviledge of meeting and getting to know Tony Schwartz. Once again, my search for records led me to an experience I’ll never forget. [...]
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Ron Olesko's Folk Music Notebook (Free subscription) | 07/18/2007
In honor of the 95th Anniversary of the birth of Woody Guthrie, WFDU will re-broadcast " BOUND FOR GLORY: A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO WOODY GUTHRIE " this Sunday, July 22nd, at 3pm. Last November, I was able to gather together a talented group of musicians to re-create the historic "Bound For Glory" revue that was originally presented in 1956 as a musical tribute to Woody Guthrie. The original production...
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Keep The Coffee Coming (Free subscription) | 06/29/2007
Mark Spoelstra was a major figure in the folk music scenes of Greenwich Village and Cambridge, Massachusetts, during the 1960s. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Spoelstra was raised in California. He moved to New York City where Mark landed his first recording contract with Moses Asch and Folkways Records. While there, he played in coffeehouses and at various clubs as a duo with Bob Dylan. This song...
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