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Pete Seeger (Folk Singer): Pete Remembers Woody [Digipak]

2 CD / Appleseed Recordings / 2012-09-25

Tracks: Woody's Ghost, Pt. 1; Pete Meets Woody [Spoken Word]; Are There Any Mountains Near Here? [Spoken Word]; Woody Writes This Land Is Your Land [Spoken Word]; America Learns This Land Is Your Land [Spoke...
Artists: Pete Seeger (Folk Singer)

Tributee: Woody Guthrie.

Tributee: Woody Guthrie.

Personnel: Pete Seeger (banjo); Ralph Storm, Cathy Fink (banjo).

Liner Note Author: David Bernz.

Photographer: David Bernz...continue...

The Brothers Four: Try to Remember/The Brothers Four Sing Lennon-McCartney

CD / Sony Music Distribution (USA) / 2012-06-26

Tracks: Try to Remember; Sloth; Wild Colonial Boy; I Remember When I Loved Her; Sakura; Come Kiss Me Love; What Now My Love; Malaika; Born Free; Gimme That Wine; Song From Moulin Rouge, The; When Ev'rything ...
Artists: The Brothers Four

Tributee: The Beatles....continue...

Various Artists: Oh Michael, Look What You've Done: Friends Play Michael Chapman

1 CD / Tompkins Square / 2012-05-29

Tracks: Life On the Ceiling - The Black Twig Pickers; Expressway In the Rain - D. Charles Speer; Taht Time of Night - Lucinda Williams; It Didn't Work Out - Thurston Moore; No Song To Sing - Meg Baird; Prosp...
Artists: Various Artists

Tributee: Michael Chapman ....continue...

Various Artists: Note of Hope

1 CD / 429 Records / 2011-09-27

Tracks: Note of Hope, The; Wild Card in the Hole; Ease My Revolutionary Mind; Debt I Owe, The - Lou Reed; Union Love Juice; Peace Pin Boogie; Voice - Ani DiFranco/Rob Wasserman; I Heard a Man Talking - Studs...
Artists: Various Artists

Tributee: Woody Guthrie.

Liner Note Authors: Nora Guthrie; Rob Wasserman.

Recording information: Don Heffington's Pad; Fluxivity Recording, Brooklyn, NY; Groove Masters Studio, Santa Mon...continue...

Alana Amram/The Rough Gems/Alana Amram and the Rough Gems: Snow Shadows: Songs of Vince Martin [Digipak]

CD / Kingswood Records / 2011-09-20

Tracks: Fayetteville; Sea Bird; South Wind; Catch Me I'm Falling; Summer Wind; Joe Panther; Leaving Song; If the Jasmine Don't Get You...You Know the Bay Breeze Will; Snow Shadows; Brother; Honest Joe
Artists: Alana Amram/The Rough Gems/Alana Amram and the Rough Gems

Tributee: Vince Martin.

Audio Mixer: Eric Gorman.

Liner Note Author: Mark Sebastian.

Recording information: Metro Sonic Studios, Brooklyn, NY.

Photographers: Paul Collins ;...continue...

Thea Gilmore: John Wesley Harding

1 CD / Fullfill / 2011-06-28

Tracks: John Wesley Harding; As I Went Out One Morning; I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine; All Along the Watchtower; Ballad Of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest, The; Drifter's Escape; Dear Landlord; I Am a Lonesome H...
Artists: Thea Gilmore

Personnel: Thea Gilmore (vocals, background vocals); Robbie McIntosh (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, dobro, mandolin, ukulele); Nigel Stonier (acoustic guitar, cuatro, ukulele, har...continue...

Various Artists: Stan Rogers: A Matter of Heart

1 CD / Fogarty's Cove / 2011-06-14

Tracks: Rise Again/Fogarty's Cove: Rise Again / Fogarty's Cove; White Squall; Bluenose; Acadian Saturday Night; House of Orange, The; Northwest Passage; Idiot, The; Flying; Song of the Candle; MacDonnell on ...
Artists: Various Artists

Personnel: Dan Mackay, Terry Hatty (vocals); Bobby Edwards (guitar, electric guitar, mandolin); Paul Mills (guitar, 12-string guitar, banjo); Anne Lindsay (fiddle); Ron Korb (flute, pennywhistle); Bob...continue...

Various Artists: Younger Than That Now [Digipak]

CD / Fat Cat / 2011-05-24

Tracks: That Sunday Morning - Ian McMillan; Love Minus Zero/No Limit; Mississippi - Chris While/Kellie While; Tomorrow Is a Long Time; Visions of Johanna; Spanish Harlem Incident; Boots of Spanish Leather - ...
Artists: Various Artists

Tributee: Bob Dylan.

Liner Note Author: Chris Euesden....continue...

Lena Måndotter: Songs of Leonard Cohen

CD / Rootsy / 2011-05-17

Tracks: By the Rivers Dark; Chelsea Hotel #2; Dance Me to the End of Love; Hallelujah; If It Be Your Will; Law, The; Take This Waltz; Famous Blue Raincoat; Sisters of Mercy; Suzanne
Artists: Lena Måndotter

Tributee: Leonard Cohen.

Personnel: Lena Måndotter (vocals).

Liner Note Author: Lena Måndotter.

Recording information: HjörDisc Studios, Malmö, Sweden; Margit ...continue...

Thea Gilmore: [Special Edition] [Box] *

CD / Fullfill / 2011-05-10

Artists: Thea Gilmore

Encouraged by the positive response to her performance at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall's 70th Birthday tribute to Bob Dylan, singer/songwriter Thea Gilmore pays further respect to one of her biggest...continue...

Gurf Morlix: Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream [Digipak] *

CD / Rootball Records / 2011-02-01

Tracks: Baby Can I Crawl Back to You; Big Cheeseburgers and Good French Fries; Clay Pigeons; If I Could Only Fly; No Goodwill Stores in Waikiki; For Anything Less; Oh Darlin'; Picture Cards; Down Here Where ...
Artists: Gurf Morlix

Tributee: Blaze Foley.

Personnel: Rick Richards (drums).

Photographer: Brende Fuller.

Tribute albums can often be an exercise in tedium, with the new versions of the honoree's son...continue...

David Broza: Night Dawn: The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt *

CD / SISU Home Entertainment / 2011-01-04

Artists: David Broza

David Broza: Night Dawn: The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt

1 CD / S-Curve (USA) / 2010-09-06

Tracks: Soul To Soul; Southern Cross; Holes In My Soul; Long Ball Hitter; Old Satan; Night Dawn (Silver Dollar); Carolina; Jeanene; Untitled; Deer, The; Harms Swift Way; Too Old To Die Young
Artists: David Broza

Tributee: Townes Van Zandt.

Personnel: David Broza (vocals, guitar); G.E. Smith (vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin); Jon Carin (keyboards, programming); Shawn Pelton (drums); Shilda Albert, Marga...continue...

Leon Rosselson/Robb Johnson: Liberty Tree: A Celebration Of The Life And Writings Of Thomas Paine

CD / Trade Root Music / 2010-07-20

Tracks: Morning Star of the Revolution, The; Roots of the Liberty Tree, The; Idle Talker & Drinker At the White Hart Social Club, Lewes, The; Editor of the Pennsylvania Magazine, The; Rosa's Lovely Daughters...
Artists: Leon Rosselson/Robb Johnson

Tributee: Thomas Paine.

Audio Mixers: Ali Gavan; Robb Johnson.

Liner Note Authors: Leon Rosselson; Robb Johnson.

Recording information: Transmission Studios, Hove, England (10/27/...continue...

Various Artists: We Are All One, In The Sun: A Tribute To Robbie Basho [Digipak]

1 CD / Important Records / 2010-04-27

Tracks: Rolling Thunder Variation II - Steffen Basho-Junghans; Travessa Do Cabral - Helena Espvall; Moving Up a Ways - Meg Baird; 1337 Shattuck Avenue, Apartment D - Glenn Jones; Blue Crystal Fire; Odour of ...
Artists: Various Artists

Tributee: Robbie Basho.

Recording information: Bohemian National Home, Detroit, MI (01/2009); Hexham Head Studio, Philadelphia (01/2009); Magnetic Fields, Albuquerque, NM (01/2009); OASTEM! Vib...continue...

Loudon Wainwright III: High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project

CD / Proper Records / 2009-09-08

Artists: Loudon Wainwright III

Charlie Poole (1892-1931) was a hard-living, plain-singing, banjo-picking raconteur, amateur baseball player, mill worker, boozer, and bootlegger whose name may not be as well known as, say, Jimmie Ro...continue...

Loudon Wainwright III: High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project

2 CD / 2nd Story Sound Records / 2009-08-18

Tracks: High Wide & Handsome; Took My Gal Out Walkin'; I'm the Man Who Rode the Mule Around the World; My Mother and My Sweetheart; Bill Mason's Bride; Goodbye Booze; Old Ballyhoo; Little Waterloo; I'm Glad ...
Artists: Loudon Wainwright III

Tributee: Charlie Poole.

Personnel: Loudon Wainwright III (vocals, guitar, banjo, background vocals); Chaim Tannenbaum (vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, background vocals); Maggie Ro...continue...

Various Artists: Dancing Alone: Songs of William Hawkins [Digipak]

2 CD / True North Records / 2009-05-19

Tracks: Scorpio - Lynn Miles; Long Lean Lonely Angel - Bill Stevenson; Louis Riel - Sneezy Waters; Trains Don't Run Here Anymore, The - Bruce Cockburn; Tell Me That Story - Ian Tamblyn; Stone Solid Blue - An...
Artists: Various Artists

Tributee: William Hawkins .

Personnel: Ian Tamblyn (vocals, guitar, National guitar, pennywhistle, piano, organ, synthesizer, hand claps, sequencer, background vocals); Sandy Crawley (vocals, g...continue...

Jeffrey Foucault: Shoot the Moon Right Between the Eyes [Digipak]

1 CD / Signature Sounds / 2009-02-17

Tracks: Late John Garfield Blues, The; Billy the Bum; He Was in Heaven Before He Died; Unwed Fathers; Hello in There; One Red Rose; Speed of the Sound of Loneliness; Far from Me; Daddy's Little Pumpkin; Mexi...
Artists: Jeffrey Foucault

Tributee: John Prine.

Personnel: Jeffrey Foucault (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, Mellotron); Mark Erelli (vocals, electric guitar, lap steel guitar); Annelies Howel...continue...

Leon Bibb: Praising Peace: A Tribute to Paul Robeson

1 CD / Stony Plain (Canada) / 2009-01-13

Tracks: Prelude, The (Ol' Man River); Joe Hill; Praising Peace; Put on Your Robe Son; Motherless Child; Home in That Rock; Weepin' Mary; House That I Live In, The; Shenandoah / The Water Is Wide; On Our Jour...
Artists: Leon Bibb

Acclaimed bluesman Eric Bibb is joined by his legendary father Leon Bibb to create an important tribute to Eric's late godfather, the famous vocalist Paul...continue...

Various Artists: Born to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins [Digipak]

1 CD / Wildflower / 2008-10-28

Tracks: Secret Gardens - Shawn Colvin; Easy Times - Jim Lauderdale; Fisherman's Song - Dolly Parton; Albatross - Rufus Wainwright; Fortune Of Soldiers - Webb Sisters; Song For Martin - Kenny White; Since You...
Artists: Various Artists

Born To The Breed is an all-star tribute to one of the leading lights of the folk music movement, Judy Collins, and is released through...continue...
Tributee: Judy Collins.

Although she is known primarily as an interpretive singer, Judy Collins has been placing her occasional compositions on her albums dating back to the inclusion of "Albat...continue...

David Massengill: Dave on Dave *

1 CD / Gadfly Records / 2007-10-09

Tracks: Tell Old Bill; Candy Man Blues; House of the Rising Sun; Talkin' Dave Van Ronk Blues; Another Time and Place; Green, Green Rocky Road; Old Man, The; Somebody Else Not Me; Song of the Wandering Angus,...
Artists: David Massengill

Gadfly Records is proud to release Dave On Dave, a tribute from wildly creative singer-songwriter David Massengill to his mentor, good friend, and life compadre,...continue...
Adapters: Dave Van Ronk; Eric Von Schmidt.

Tributee: Dave Van Ronk.

Personnel: David Massengill (vocals, guitar, dulcimer); David Massengill; Mark Dann (bass balalaika); Seth Farber (pia...continue...

Various Artists: Happy Land: Musical Tributes to Laura Ingalls Wilder

1 CD / Thirty Tigers / 2006-10-17

Artists: Various Artists

Tributee: Laura Ingalls Wilder.

In case you don't know, Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote the Little House on the Prairie books, and in their pages she referenced some 126 songs and folk tunes, hoping...continue...

Various Artists: Revenge of Blind Joe Death: The John Fahey Tribute Album

1 CD / Fantasy / 2006-08-22

Tracks: Sunflower River Blues - Dale Miller; Sally Goodin - George Winston; St. Louis Blues - Michael Gulezian; Alligator Walks Sideways on Sunday, The - Alex de Grassi; Desperate Man - Charlie Schmidt; Danc...
Artists: Various Artists

John Fahey had something to say, and said it with his music. The span of his recording career reflects what his senses took in, and...continue...
Tributee: John Fahey.

Hot on the heels of the M. Ward-curated I AM THE RESURRECTION: A TRIBUTE TO JOHN FAHEY, which mostly featured the late guitarist's young admirers from the indie, post-rock...continue...

Various Artists: I Am the Resurrection: A Tribute to John Fahey

1 CD / Vanguard / 2006-02-14

Tracks: Death of the Clayton Peacock - Fruit Bats; Sunflower River Blues - Pelt; Variation on 'Commemorative Transfiguration & Communion at ... - Sufjan Stevens; Sligo River Blues - Devendra Banhart; Dance o...
Artists: Various Artists

I Am The Resurrection : A Tribute To John Fahey contains 13 reworkings by such artists as Calexico, Devendra Banhart, Sufjan Stevens, Cul De Sac,...continue...
Tributee: John Fahey.

Personnel: Joey Burns (vocals, guitar, upright bass); Sufjan Stevens (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, flute, recorder, oboe, drums, shaker, triangle, perc...continue...

Arlo Guthrie, Hans Theessink, Donovan, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Do: Banjoman: A Tribute to Derroll Adams

1 CD / CD Baby (distributor) / 2005-02-01

Tracks: Columbus Stockade Blues; Portland Town; Cuckoo, The; Freight Train Blues; Mountain, The; Sky, The; Valley, The; Curtains of Night; Dixie Darling; Muleskinner Blues; 24 Hours a Day; Epistle to Derroll...
Artists: Arlo Guthrie, Hans Theessink, Donovan, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Do

Personnel: Hans Theessink (vocals, guitar, banjo, dulcimer, mandola, mandolin); Happy Traum (vocals, guitar, banjo); Allan Taylor (vocals, guitar, psaltery); Arlo Guthrie, Wizz Jones (vocals, guitar);...continue...

Various Artists: Pickin' on the Indigo Girls [Bonus Tracks]

1 CD / CMH Records / 2004-08-24

Tracks: Closer to Fine - Dennis "Cannonball" Caplinger; Least Complicated - Dennis "Cannonball" Caplinger; Three Hits - Dennis "Cannonball" Caplinger; Watershed - Dennis "Cannonball" Caplinger; Hammer and a ...
Artists: Various Artists

Personnel: Dennis "Cannonball" Caplinger (guitar, dobro, banjo, mandola, mandolin, fiddle, percussion); Sharon Whyte (accordion, keyboards).

Recording information: Dennis Caplinger Productions,...continue...

Heather Bishop: Tribute to Peggy Lee [EP] *

1 CD / Mother Of Pearl / 2003-12-02

Artists: Heather Bishop

Neal & Leandra: A Dreamer's Holiday: A Tribute to Perry Como *

1 CD / Uncle Gus Music / 2003-11-25

Tracks: Dreamer's Holiday, A; Kewpie Doll; Let a Smile...Intro; Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella; Gift of My Dreams; To Know You Is to Love You; Catch a Falling Star; You're Adorable, A; Far Away Places; You're ...
Artists: Neal & Leandra

Laurie McClain: The Trumpet Vine, A Tribute to Kate Wolf

1 CD / Kindred Voices Music / 2003-02-25

Tracks: Eyes of a Painter; Across the Great Divide; Green Eyes; We've Loved Away the Night; Like a River; Here in California; Old Jerome; Cornflower Blue; Trumpet Vine, The; These Times We're Living In; Give...
Artists: Laurie McClain

Duck Baker: Spinning Song: Duck Baker Plays the Music of Herbie Nichols

1 CD / Avant (Japan) / 2002-10-14

Tracks: Third World; Happenings; Lady Sings the Blues; Nick at T's; House Party Starting; 2300 Skidoo; Portrait of Ucha; 134th St.; Spinning Song
Artists: Duck Baker

Solo performer: Duck Baker (acoustic guitar).

Recorded at Mix-O-Lydian Studios, Lafayette, New Jersey in October 1995 and January 1996. Includes liner notes by Duck Baker.

This CD consis...continue...

Various Artists: The Strings of Fire: The Acoustic Tribute to Guns N Roses

1 CD / CMH Records / 2000-09-12

Tracks: Rocket Queen - Plester/Jones; You're Crazy - Dodo; Don't Cry - Josh Podolsky; Welcome to the Jungle - Brent Truitt; Dust N' Bones - Tatnall/Kirngel; Shotgun Blues - Dodo; One in a Million - Josh Podo...
Artists: Various Artists

Personnel: Bryan Sutton (guitar); Rob Ickes (dobro); Brent Truitt (mandolin).

Audio Mixer: Brent Truitt.

Recording information: Monkey Finger Studios....continue...

Carolyn Hester: A Tom Paxton Tribute

1 CD / Road Goes on Forever (USA) / 2000-05-02

Tracks: Peace Will Come; I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound; Every Time; Come Away With Me; Last Thing on My Mind; Long Way from Your Mountain, A; Along the Verdigris; Coffee in Bed; Ramblin' Boy; (He's...
Artists: Carolyn Hester

Includes liner notes by Carolyn Hester, Tom Paxton, Ralph McTell.

Personnel: Carolyn Hester (vocals, guitar); Dave Blume (piano, keyboards).

Recording information: 1999.

Carolyn H...continue...

Jody Stecher/Kate Brislin: Heart Songs: Old Time Country Songs of Utah Phillips

CD / Rounder Select / 1997-01-01

Tracks: Orphan Train; Walking Through Your Town in the Snow; Hood River, Roll On; Scofield Mine Disaster; Miner's Lullaby; Rock, Salt and Nails; Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia; Ragged Old Man, A; Jury ...
Artists: Jody Stecher/Kate Brislin

Personnel: Jody Stecher (vocals, guitar, banjo); Kate Brislin (vocals, guitar).

Recorded at Bay Recording Studio, Berkeley, California in March, 1997. Includes liner notes by Alan Senauke and U...continue...