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The Black Twig Pickers: Rough Carpenters [Digipak] *

CD / Thrill Jockey / 2013-02-19

Tracks: Blind Man's Lament; Rought Carpenters; Little Rose; Banks of the Arkansas; Elkhorn Ridge; Poplar Pole, The; Where The Whippoorwills are Whispering Goodnight; You Play the High Card and I'll Play the ...
Artists: The Black Twig Pickers

Personnel: Isak Howell (vocals, guitar); Mike Gangloff (vocals, banjo, fiddle); Nathan Bowles (vocals, banjo, washboard); Sally Anne Morgan (vocals, fiddle); Joseph Derjarnette (vocals).

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Jay Ungar & Molly Mason/The Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Family Band: A Fiddler's Holiday *

CD / Rounder Records / 2012-11-19

Tracks: Introduction; Solstice Set: Christmas Day in the Morning/Da Slockit Light/Tour of Scotland, The; Introduction; Rovin' on a Winter's Night, A; Introduction; Snowstorm, The; Introduction; Christmas Eve...
Artists: Jay Ungar & Molly Mason/The Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Family Band

Personnel: Molly Mason (vocals, guitar, piano, triangle); Mike Merenda (vocals, banjo, snare drum, triangle); Ruthy Ungar (vocals, ukulele, fiddle); Jay Ungar (vocals, fiddle); Rebecca Brown (harp); J...continue...

Black Prairie: A Tear in the Eye Is a Wound in the Heart *

1 CD / Sugar Hill / 2012-09-18

Tracks: Ms. Sindell; Rock of Ages; For the Love of John Hartford; Nowhere, Massachusetts; More Jam for Ras; How Do You Ruin Me; Dirty River Stomp; Evil Leaves; What You Gave Me; Jump Up Jon; Winter Wind; Lit...
Artists: Black Prairie

Personnel: Annalisa Tornfelt (vocals, violin, background vocals); Jon Neufeld (guitar, autoharp, bass drum, gong, background vocals); Chris Funk (dobro, banjo, autoharp); Nate Query (cello); Jenny Con...continue...

Various Artists: Pa's Fiddle: The Music of America

1 CD / Compass (USA) / 2012-07-31

Tracks: O California - Ashton Shepherd; Gum Tree Canoe - The Roys; Girl I Left Behind Me, The - Rodney Atkins; Roll the Old Chariot Along - Committed; Sweet By and By, The - Randy Travis; Arkansas Traveler/D...
Artists: Various Artists

On January 6th,2012 a concert based on the music written about in the Little House on the Prairie series of books by author Laura Ingalls...continue...
Personnel: Randy Scruggs (acoustic guitar); Shad Cobb (banjo); Hoot Hester (mandolin); Matt Combs (fiddle); Dennis Crouch (upright bass); Chad Cromwell (drums).

Audio Mixer: Jim Cooley .
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Various Artists: Pa's Fiddle: Charles Ingalls, American Fiddler [Digipak]

CD / Thirty Tigers / 2012-06-05

Tracks: Buffalo Gals - Pa's Fiddle Band; Jesus Holds My Hand - Pa's Fiddle Band; When Johnny Comes Marching Home - Pa's Fiddle Band; Polly Put the Kettle On - Pa's Fiddle Band; My Sabbath Home - Pa's Fiddle ...
Artists: Various Artists

Tributee: Charles Ingalls.

Personnel: Bryan Sutton (guitar); Shad Cobb (banjo, fiddle); Matt Flinner (mandolin); Matt Combs (fiddle); Jeff Taylor (pennywhistle, accordion, piano); Buddy Greene ...continue...

South Memphis String Band: Old Times There... [Digipak] *

CD / Memphis International / 2012-05-08

Tracks: Good Old Rebel; Turnip Greens; Feather Bed; Just Like a Monkey; Some of These Days; Stonewall, 1863; Jimbo Jambo Land; Skillet Good & Greasy; Take This Hammer; Can You Blame the Colored Man?; B-L-A-C...
Artists: South Memphis String Band

Recording information: Delta Recording Co-Op (12/2011).

Photographer: Bill Steber.

Arranger: South Memphis String Band.

The South Memphis String Band is a supergroup of sorts, con...continue...

Various Artists: The Mountain Music Project: A Musical Odyssey from Appalachia to Himalaya

CD / / 2012-03-20

Tracks: Cluck Old Hen; Sita Rani Bonai Ma [Queen Sita in the Forest]; Deri Phul Paareko [So Many Eggs]; Going Across the Sea; Honira Salala [Water Flowing Slowly]; My Home Is Across the Blue Ridge Mountains;...
Artists: Various Artists

Audio Mixer: Danny Knicely.

Liner Note Author: Tim O'Brien.

Photographers: Tara Linhardt; Anya Vaverko; Jacob Penchansky; Danny Knicely.

There's an interesting premise here. Follo...continue...

Bill Boyd: Saturday Night Rag: 1934-1936

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Strawberry Roan, The; Ramblers Rag; I'm Gonna Hop Off That Train; Windswept Desert, The (Desert Blues); Mama Don't Like No Music; Going Back to My Texas Home; Under the Double Eagle; I Can't Tame Wil...
Artists: Bill Boyd

Personnel: Bill Boyd (vocals, guitar); William "Curly" Perrin (vocals, guitar); Art Davis (vocals, mandolin, fiddle); Jim Boyd (vocals); Walter Kirkes (banjo); Slomie Creel, Jack Henson (piano).
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Eden & John's East River String Band: Some Cold Rainy Day [Digipak]

1 CD / ERR / 2011-06-07

Tracks: Ain't No Tellin'; Nobody's Business If I Do; One Dime Blues; Slidin' Delta; Every Day in the Week; Some Cold Rainy Day; Bye Bye Baby Blues; Future Blues; I Had to Give Up Gin; Rolling Log Blues; Crow...
Artists: Eden & John's East River String Band

Eden & John's East River String Band are a contemporary acoustic duo that play country/blues classics from the 1920s and 1930s. The band consists of...continue...
Eden & John's East River String Band: John Heneghan (vocals, guitar); Eden Brower (vocals, ukulele).

Personnel: Terry Waldo (piano).

Photographer: Erin Williams....continue...

Grayson & Whitter: Going Down Lee Highway 1927-1929 *

CD / Spring Fed Records / 2011-04-19

Tracks: Train No. 45; On the Banks of Old Tennessee; Sweet Rosie O'Grady; I Have Lost You Darling, True Love; Nobody's Darling; Going Down Lee Highway; Handsome Molly; Shout Lula; Red and Green Signal Lights...
Artists: Grayson & Whitter

Liner Note Author: Joe Wilson.

Fiddler/singer G.B. Grayson and guitarist/singer Henry Whitter were only together as a duo for three years beginning in 1927 (Grayson's death in an auto accident ...continue...

J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers: 20 Original King Recordings *

CD / Gusto Records / 2011-03-22

Tracks: What'll I Do with the Baby-O; Don't Tease Me This Way; Run Mountain; I'll Remember You Love in My Prayers; Mainer's Breakdown; John Henry; Forks of the Road; Big Ball's in Town; Pale Moonlight; Mothe...
Artists: J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers

Liner Note Author: Chuck Young.

Born in a one-room log cabin in North Carolina in 1898, J.E. Mainer was playing the banjo by the time he was nine-years old. By the time he formed the first vers...continue...

Various Artists: Bloody War: Songs 1924-1939 [Digipak]

1 CD / Tompkins Square / 2010-08-24

Tracks: Just as the Sun Went Down; Bloody War - Jimmy Yates' Boll Weevils; Faded Coat of Blue, The; Army Mule in No Man's Land - Coley Jones; Rainbow Division, The - Jimmie Tarlton/Tom Darby; Battleship of M...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Christopher King.

Recording information: Atlanta, GA (01/18/1928); Charlotte, NC (01/18/1928); Chicago (01/18/1928); Dallas, TX (01/18/1928); Memphis, TN (01/18/1928); New Yo...continue...

Trampled by Turtles: Palomino [Digipak]

CD / BanjoDad Records / 2010-04-13

Tracks: Wait So Long; Victory; It's a War; Separate; Bloodshot Eyes; New Son/Burnt Iron; Help You; Feet and Bones; Gasoline; Sounds Like a Movie; New Orleans; Again
Artists: Trampled by Turtles

Trampled By Turtles (TBT) is an American progressive bluegrass band from Duluth, Minnesota. Since releasing their debut album in2004, the band has toured the U.S....continue...
Personnel: Dave Simonett (vocals, guitar); Dave Carroll (vocals, banjo); Tim Saxhaug (vocals); Erik Berry (mandolin); Ryan Young (fiddle).

Audio Mixer: Tom Herbers.

Recording information...continue...

The New Lost City Ramblers: 50 Years: Where Do You Come from, Where Do You Go? [Box] *

3 CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2009-08-25

Tracks: Colored Aristocracy; Hopalong Peter; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down; When First Unto This Country; Sales Tax on the Women; Rabbit Chase; Leaving Home; How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?; Fran...
Artists: The New Lost City Ramblers

Composer: Tracy Schwarz.

Personnel: Mike Seeger (vocals, tenor, guitar, banjo, dulcimer, autoharp, mandolin, fiddle, harmonica); Tom Paley (vocals, tenor, guitar, banjo, autoharp, mandolin); Tr...continue...

Red Mountain (Alabama): Throw the Old Cow Over the Fence [Digipak]

1 CD / Whoop It Up! / 2009-08-04

Tracks: Throw the Old Cow Over the Fence; California Blues; Come Over and See Me Sometime; Hamilton's Special Breakdown; Last of the Mexican/Laughing Marj; I Walked and Walked; Prettiest Little Girl in the C...
Artists: Red Mountain (Alabama)

Personnel: Joyce Cauthen (guitar); Jamie Finley (banjolele, harmonica); Bill Martin (autoharp); Philip Foster (mandolin); Jim Cauthen (fiddle).

Audio Mixer: Philip Foster.

Liner Note Aut...continue...

Childsplay: Waiting for the Dawn [Digipak] *

CD / Childsplay / 2009-06-02

Tracks: Ratting Roaring Willie/High Drive; Liam Childs/Balkin' Balkan/The E-B-E Reel; Tears Of Healing Rain/After The Rain; Frost Place/Otherwise Engaged/The Aughamore; I Am A Youth That's Inclined To Ramble...
Artists: Childsplay

Personnel: Aoife O'Donovan (vocals, piano); Keith Murphy (guitar, piano); Sam Amidon (banjo, fiddle); John Gawler (banjo); Kathleen Guilday (harp); Naomi Morse, Mary Lea (fiddle, viola); Bonnie Bewick...continue...

Blind James Campbell: Blind James Campbell and His Nashville Street Band

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Have I Stayed Away Too Long?; I'm Crazy About You Baby; Buffalo Gal; Will the Circle Be Unbroken; Moon May Rise in Blood, The; John Henry; Baby Please Don't Go; Jimmy's Blues; Monkey Man Blues; This ...
Artists: Blind James Campbell

& His Nashville Street Band.

James Campbell's Friendly Five: James Campbell (vocals, guitar); Beauford Clay (fiddle, banjo); Bell Ray (fiddle, guitar, vocals, percussion); George Bell (trumpet)...continue...

J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers: Run Mountain

1 CD / Arhoolie / 2009-05-12

Tracks: Mississippi Sawyer; Ramshackle Shack; Run Mountain; Short Life of Trouble; If I Lose, Let Me Lose; Greenback Dollar; Seven and a Half; Don't Go Out Little Darling - (previously unreleased); Over in t...
Artists: J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers

Personnel: J.E. Mainer (vocals, guitar, banjo, fiddle); Carolyn Mainer (vocals, guitar); Earl Cheeks (vocals); Glenn Mainer (banjo); Otis Overcash (mandolin).

Liner Note Author: Chris Strachwit...continue...

J.E. Mainer: 1935-1939: The Early Recordings [Box]

4 CD / JSP Records / 2009-03-24

Tracks: Ship Sailing Now; This World Is Not My Home; Maple on the Hill; Take Me in the Lifeboat; Seven and a Half; New Curly Headed Baby; Let Her Go God Bless Her; City on the Hill; Longest Train, The; Write...
Artists: J.E. Mainer

Personnel: Clarence Todd, Ollie Bunn (vocals, guitar, banjo, fiddle); Zeke Morris (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Daddy John Love, Wiley Morris, George Morris (vocals, guitar); Wade Mainer (vocals, banjo,...continue...

Jimmy C. Newman: The Original Cry, Cry, Darling *

CD / Jasmine Records / 2009-03-17

Tracks: Cry, Cry, Darling; You Didn't Have to Go; If You Tried as Hard to Love Me (As You Do to Break My Heart); What Will I Do (If I Can't Have You); Let's Stay Together - (previously unreleased); I'll Have...
Artists: Jimmy C. Newman

2009 release. For the first time, Jasmine Records preserve the beginnings of Jimmy Newman's long trip through Cajun, Hillbilly and Country Music and back home...continue...
Personnel: Jimmy C. Newman (vocals).

Jimmy C. Newman had several country hits in the 1950s, including the often-covered "Cry, Cry Darling," and while his bread and butter has always been in the...continue...

The New Lost City Ramblers: On the Great Divide

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: The New Lost City Ramblers

Well into their career as a trio, the faithful three of Mike Seeger, Tracy Schwarz, and John Cohen came up with one of the best New Lost City Ramblers albums. The choice of material is particularly fu...continue...

The New Lost City Ramblers: Rural Delivery No. 1

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: The New Lost City Ramblers

In this album's liner notes, John Cohen writes, After seven years of performing, the New Lost City Ramblers play in a great many country styles....continue...

The New Lost City Ramblers: The New Lost City Ramblers, Vol. 3

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: The New Lost City Ramblers

Dubbed a trio of insidious crusaders for 'old-timey' music by Sing Out!'s Pete Welding, the New Lost City Ramblers helped bring old-time music to wider...continue...
Although the collected recording legacy of this group more than establishes its ability to rise above the status of mere revivalists or archivists, some collections of New Lost City Ramblers material ...continue...

The New Lost City Ramblers: The New Lost City Ramblers

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: The New Lost City Ramblers

In the original notes to this recording, Mike Seeger writes, The songs on this album were recorded by commercial companies and the Library of Congress...continue...

The New Lost City Ramblers: The New Lost City Ramblers, Vol. 4

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: The New Lost City Ramblers

Dubbed a trio of insidious crusaders for 'old-timey' music by Sing Out!'s Pete Welding, the New Lost City Ramblers helped bring old-time music to wider...continue...

The New Lost City Ramblers: Songs from the Depression

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: The New Lost City Ramblers

The third album by this group definitely gets an "A" for effort, as simply gathering up so many worthwhile songs about the American depression was worth doing, no matter how listeners might feel about...continue...

The New Lost City Ramblers: String Band Instrumentals

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: The New Lost City Ramblers

This selection of exciting tunes comes from old recordings and live musicians, and includes favorites Bill Cheatham, John Brown's Dream, and Jenny on the Railroad....continue...

The New Lost City Ramblers: New Lost City Ramblers Vol. 2, 1963-1973, Out Standing in Their Field

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: The New Lost City Ramblers

Dubbed a trio of insidious crusaders for 'old-timey' music by Sing Out!'s Pete Welding, the New Lost City Ramblers helped bring old-time music to wider...continue...
The New Lost City Ramblers: Tracy Schwartz, Mike Seeger, John Cohen.

OUT STANDING IN THEIR FIELD compiles 27 tracks originally released on various Folkways albums.

This 72-minute compani...continue...

The New Lost City Ramblers: Sing Songs of the New Lost City Ramblers

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: The New Lost City Ramblers

This album, recorded in 1960-1961, shows these three musicians' passionate love for mountain music. The New Lost City Ramblers learned their music from impeccable sources—from...continue...

The New Lost City Ramblers: Old-Timey Songs for Children

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: The New Lost City Ramblers

The original lineup of this group, with Tom Paley delivering some his most heartfelt and also funnest vocals, came up with this 10" vinyl collection of so-called children's songs. The small album cove...continue...

Pete Seeger (Folk Singer): A Fish That's a Song

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Pete Seeger (Folk Singer)

Nineteen culturally diverse songs by legendary performers delight youngsters. Pete Seeger, Elizabeth Cotten, Woody Guthrie, Doc Watson, Howard Finster, The New Lost City Ramblers, and...continue...
For ages three to seven. ~ Bob Hinkle...continue...

The New Lost City Ramblers: American Moonshine and Prohibition Songs

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: The New Lost City Ramblers

Old Crow Medicine Show: Tennessee Pusher [Digipak]

1 CD / Nettwerk America / 2008-09-23

Tracks: Alabama High-Test; Highway Halo; Greatest Hustler of All, The; Methamphetamine; Next Go 'Round; Humdinger; Motel in Memphis; Evening Sun; Mary's Kitchen; Crazy Eyes; Tennessee Pusher; Lift Him Up; Ca...
Artists: Old Crow Medicine Show

Old Crow Medicine Show release in 2008 their third Nettwerk album called Tennessee Pusher. Produced by the legendary Don Was (Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, the...continue...
Old Crow Medicine Show: Willie Watson (vocals, guitar); Critter Fuqua (vocals); Gill Landry (slide guitar); Morgan Jahnig (upright bass); Jim Keltner (drums); Kevin Hayes .

Personnel: Ketcham S...continue...

Various Artists: Celtic Tribute to Alison Krauss

1 CD / CMH Records / 2007-10-23

Tracks: I've Got That Old Feeling - The Boys of County Nashville; Every Time You Say Goodbye - The Boys of County Nashville; Who Can Blame You - The Boys of County Nashville; When You Say Nothing at All - Th...
Artists: Various Artists

Personnel: Bill Verdier (fiddle); John Mock (pennywhistle, bodhran, djembe); Pat McInerney (djembe); James Pendergast, Jeff Taylor .

CMH decides to take a harder look at the dozens of tribute r...continue...

Old Reliable String Band: Old Reliable String Band [Digipak]

CD / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 2007-07-31

Tracks: Fly Around; Streets of Glory; Cherokee Shuffle; Lewis Collins; I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes; Bury Me Beneath the Willow; Willie Moore; Sparkling Blue Eyes; Boil Them Cabbage Down (Bile Them C...
Artists: Old Reliable String Band

Roy Berkeley, Artie Rose, and Tom Paley (once a member of the New Lost City Ramblers) play a host of old favorites from old time...continue...

Jim Kweskin: Vanguard Visionaries: Jim Kweskino

1 CD / Vanguard / 2007-06-12

Tracks: Somebody Stole My Gal; Jug Band Music; Richland Woman Blues; My Gal; Borneo; Newport News; Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me; Eight More Miles to Louisville; Melancholy Baby; Never SWAT a Fly
Artists: Jim Kweskin

Guitarist Jim Kweskin led a jug band that specialized in old timey, folk, and country styles, and their fun-loving performances were popular during the 1960s folk revival. This VANGUARD VISIONARIES se...continue...

Texas Hoedown Revisited: Texas Hoedown Revisited [Remaster]

1 CD / County / 2007-04-03

Tracks: Ace of Spades; Sally Johnson; Grey Eagle; Ragtime Annie - (previously unreleased); Beaumont Rag; Straw Bonnet - (previously unreleased); Sally Goodin; Black Mountain Rag; Red Apple Rag - (previously ...
Artists: Texas Hoedown Revisited

Audio Remasterer: David Glasser.

Texas Hoedown Revisited returns to fertile ground to deliver a solid volume of old-time fiddling by masters Benny Thomasson, Vernon Solomon, Bartow Riley, and L...continue...

John McCutcheon: Mightier Than the Sword

1 CD / Kindred Rhythm / 2006-04-04

Tracks: Our Flag Was Still There; Mujer de Don Miguel, La; Claudette Colvin Goes to Work; Good Ol' Girls; Dead Man Walking; Cultivo una Rosa Blanca; Harness Up the Day; Single Girl; Sail Away; Old Cap Moore;...
Artists: John McCutcheon

Personnel: John McCutcheon (vocals, guitar, banjo, hammer dulcimer, fiddle); John Jennings (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, percussion); Rani Arbo (vocals, fiddle); Julie Wolf (vocals...continue...

David Holt (Banjo): Let It Slide

1 CD / High Windy Audio / 2005-11-08

Tracks: Let It Snow; Hole in My Heart; Steel Guitar Blues; Got No Use for Lonely; Slowfood; Shotgun Wedding; Whistlin' Asheville Blues; I Got You; John Hartford's Farewell; Top of the World; Louise; Trouble ...
Artists: David Holt (Banjo)

Let It Slide, the newest CD by multi-Grammy winner David Holt represents a fresh dimension in David's well-traveled musical career...still a master banjo player and...continue...
Personnel: Doc Watson (guitar); Sam Bush (acoustic guitar, mandolin, fiddle); Steven Heller (keyboards).

Audio Mixer: Steven Heller.

Photographer: Tim Barnwell.

Arranger: Steven H...continue...

The Hi-Flyers: Hi Flyers 1937-1941

1 CD / Krazy Kat Records (UK) / 2005-07-19

Tracks: Honolulu Flapper Gal - (alternate take); You're the One I Care For; Bluebonnet; There's a Little Green Mill; Razz Ma Tazz Stomp; He's a Curbstone Cutie; Lonesome Mama Blues; You Can Depend on Me; My ...
Artists: The Hi-Flyers

The Hi-Flyers: Andy Schroder, Billy Briggs, Sheldon Bennett, Darrell Kirkpatrick, Buster Ferguson.

Personnel: Willie Wells, Buster Ferguson (vocals, guitar); Darrell Kirkpatrick (vocals, mandol...continue...

The Carter Brothers: Cracks in the Floor

1 CD / Little King Records / 2004-03-30

Tracks: Birmingham Fling; Blue and Lonesome; Red Rockin' Chair; Last Thing on My Mind; Jerusalem Moan; Midnight Train; Carolina Backroads; Cracks in the Floor; Shacktown Road; My Back Pages; Freight Train
Artists: The Carter Brothers

Old Crow Medicine Show: Old Crow Medicine Show

1 CD / Nettwerk / 2004-02-10

Tracks: Tell It to Me; Big Time in the Jungle; Poor Man; Tear It Down; Hard to Love; CC Rider; Trials & Troubles; Hard to Tell; Take 'Em Away; We're All in This Together; Wagon Wheel
Artists: Old Crow Medicine Show

Old Crow Medicine Show: Willie Watson, Critter Fuqua (vocals, guitar, banjo); Ketch Secor (vocals, fiddle, harmonica); Kevin Hayes (guitar, gut-jo); Morgan Jahnig (upright bass).

Additional per...continue...

Various Artists: Tarheel Swing

1 CD / Krazy Kat Records (UK) / 2003-06-24

Tracks: Dixie Playboy Swing - Glen Thompson; Rocky Mountain Sweetheart - Glen Thompson; Hillbilly Wolf - Billy Stickland; Sugar Street Boogie - Preston Miller; Juke Box Baby - Smiley Wilson; Dixieland Boogie...
Artists: Various Artists

TARHEEL SWING contains 28 rare tracks by South Eastern country bar and Western swing bands.

Performers include: Cecil Campbell, Clyde Moody, Kirk McGhee, Glen Thompson, Billy Strickland, Presto...continue...

Various Artists: Rock Me Shake Me Field Recordings, Vol. 15: Mississ

1 CD / Document (USA) / 2002-07-02

Tracks: Boll Weevil, The - Asa Ware (previously unreleased); I Love My Jelly Roll - David Edwards (previously unreleased); Holler - Charley Berry (previously unreleased); Interview - Charley Berry (previousl...
Artists: Various Artists

Recorded in Mississippi in 1941-42. Includes liner notes by Bob Groom.

Personnel: David Honeyboy Edwards (vocals, guitar); Sid Hemphill (vocals, violin); Alex Askew (guitar); Lucius Smith (banj...continue...

The Carter Brothers: Cedarhouse

1 CD / spacemanmusic / 2002-04-16

Tracks: Shelby Street; Spot-the Dog; Why You Been Gone So Long; Fungus Amungus; Pretty Polly; Yellow Moon; Cedarhouse; Lick, The; Chestnut Mare; Take a Whiff on Me; John Henry; Tree-O
Artists: The Carter Brothers

Earl Johnson (Fiddle): Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1927)

1 CD / Document (USA) / 2000-11-14

Tracks: Dixie; Hen Cackle; Bully of the Town; I'm Satisfied; Three Night's Experience; Johnson's Old Grey Mule; Boil Dem Cabbage Down; John Henry Blues; I Don't Love Nobody; Shortenin' Bread; I Get My Whiske...
Artists: Earl Johnson (Fiddle)

Personnel includes: Earl Johnson (vocals, fiddle); Byrd Moore, Lee "Red" Henderson (vocals, guitar); Emmett Bankston (vocals, banjo).

This set presents the first half of Earl Johnson's complete...continue...

Salamander Crossing: Henry Street *

2 CD / Signature Sounds / 2000-09-12

Tracks: Desert Wind; Big Black Bird; Thief; Child of the Wind; Fire in the Sky; God Bless That Poor Moonshiner; Things We Said Today; Burning Bridges; I Believed in Love; Wheels; Shotgun Down the Avalanche; ...
Artists: Salamander Crossing

HENRY STREET: A RETROSPECTIVE contains two complete albums & previously unreleased bonus tracks.

Compilation producer: Jim Olsen.

Includes liner notes by Ed McKeon.

Digitally rema...continue...

Various Artists: String Bands (1926-1929)

1 CD / Document (USA) / 2000-09-08

Tracks: Broken Bed Blues - Kansas City Blues Strummers; String Band Blues - Kansas City Blues Strummers; Surprised Blues - Old Pal Smoke Shop Four; Black Cat Blues - Old Pal Smoke Shop Four; Gray Eagle - Tay...
Artists: Various Artists

Performers include: Alabama Sheiks, K.C. Blues Strummers, Old Pal Smoke Shop Four.

Recorded between 1926 and 1929.

Personnel: Aulton Ray (vocals, accordion); John Chapman (vocals); Jim B...continue...

The Hillbillies/Al Hopkins & His Bucklebusters/Al Hopkins: The Hillbillies: Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters, Vol. 2 (1926-27)

1 CD / Document (USA) / 2000-09-07

Tracks: Buck-Eyed Rabbits; Cumberland Gap; Sourwood Mountain; Ragged Annie; Texas Gals; Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad; Sally Ann; Betsy Brown; Kitty Wells; Kitty Waltz; Donkey on the Railroad Track; Blue R...
Artists: The Hillbillies/Al Hopkins & His Bucklebusters/Al Hopkins

Full performer name: The Hillbillies/Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters.

Personnel includes: Al Hopkins (vocals, piano); Joe Hopkins, Henry Roe (guitar); Charlie Bowman (banjo, fiddle); John Recto...continue...

Al Hopkins: 1925-1926, Vol. 1

1 CD / Document (USA) / 2000-09-07

Tracks: Old Joe Clark; Silly Bill; Cripple Creek; Whoa Mule; Sally Ann; Old Time Cinda; Mountaineer's Love Song; Old Joe Clark; Silly Bill; Long-Eared Mule; Cripple Creek; Mississippi Sawyer; Hickman Rag; Po...
Artists: Al Hopkins

Full performer name: The Hillbillies/Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters.

Personnel includes: Al Hopkins (vocals, piano); Joe Hopkins, Henry Roe (guitar); Charlie Bowman (banjo, fiddle); John Recto...continue...