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Various Artists: The 37th Old Time Fiddlers' Convention: At Union Grove, North Carolina

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Tracks: Introductory Remarks; Blackberry Blossom; Instrumental; Old Richmond; River Stay Away from My Door; Lost John; Hitchhiker's Blues; Whoa Mula; May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister; I Shall Not Be ...
Artists: Various Artists

First held in 1924 to help raise money for a public high school and to build community spirit, the Union Grove Convention is the oldest...continue...

Smokey Joe Miller: The Georgia Pals

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Smokey Joe Miller

Sagegrass: Sagegrass

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Sagegrass

Bud Reed: Way Out on the Mountain: Jimmie Rodgers' Songs by Bud Reed

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Bud Reed

Bill Price (Guitar): Blue Grass Hill

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Artists: Bill Price (Guitar)

Red Allen: In Memory of the Man: Dedicated to Lester Flatt

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Red Allen

Roger Sprung: Progressive Bluegrass and Other Instrumentals

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Roger Sprung

Known as The Father of East Coast Bluegrass, Roger Sprung was born in Manhattan in 1930. The variety of music he encountered in New York...continue...

Roger Sprung: Grassy Licks

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Roger Sprung

Roger Sprung: Progressive Bluegrass, Vol. 3 *

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Roger Sprung

Of banjo innovator Roger Sprung, Alan Lomax wrote, Bluegrass emerged fifty years after New Orleans' hot music as mountaineers' answer to jazz. It seems to...continue...

Roger Sprung: Progressive Ragtime Bluegrass, Vol. 2

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Roger Sprung

This second album from Roger Sprung stretches the boundary of the bluegrass style and repertoire even farther with its selection of rags, fiddle tunes, and...continue...

Various Artists: Country Gospel Song

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Various Artists

This compilation of religious music from the 1920s and 1930s American South brings together black and white performers to show the relationships and differences between...continue...

Various Artists: Bluegrass From the Blue Ridge: A Half Century of Change: Country Band Music of Virginia

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Various Artists

Hugh Moore: Hello City Limits

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Hugh Moore

The Country Gentlemen: Going Back to the Blue Ridge Mountains, Vol. 4

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: The Country Gentlemen

Washington DC's The Country Gentleman bring together a collection of classic Bluegrass songs from the Blue Ridge Mountains. The album compiles a mix of both...continue...

Tracy Schwarz: Tracy's Family Band: Rode Mule Around the World

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Tracy Schwarz

Tracy Schwarz: Dancing Bow & Singing Strings

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Tracy Schwarz

Calling all shingle-lifters and flat-footers! This collection of music is perfect for dancers of all levels. The Schwarz fiddle band plays tunes based on traditional...continue...

Tracy Schwarz: Learn to Fiddle Country Style

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Tracy Schwarz

Curley Sechler/Tommy Scott: Now and Then

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Curley Sechler/Tommy Scott

Tracy Schwarz: Look Out, Here It Comes

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Tracy Schwarz

An alumnus of the New Lost City Ramblers and an integral part of the old time music scene, Tracy Schwarz brings emotion to his singing...continue...

The New Lost City Ramblers: Remembrance of Things to Come

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: The New Lost City Ramblers

This was the one album by the New Lost City Ramblers to be bartered into an arrangement between Verve and Folkways in the mid-'60s, when one of the United States' reoccurring folk music revivals was i...continue...

Various Artists: Hootenanny Tonight!

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Various Artists

Sing Out! defines hootenanny as 'a riproaring party, a wing-ding, a blow-out. Recorded at two hootenannies in New York City in 1954, the performances on...continue...
Irwin Silber, editor of Sing Out! magazine, assembled this various-artists album out of recordings of two hootenanny concerts held in 1954, his apparent intention being to emphasize the diversity in s...continue...

Tom Morgan (Guitar 1): Bluegrass with Family and Friends

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Tom Morgan (Guitar 1)

Roger Sprung: Bluegrass Blast: A Mixed Bag of Ol' Timey Music

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Roger Sprung

Smokey Joe Miller: Old American Heart Throbs

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Smokey Joe Miller

Michael Hurley: First Songs

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Michael Hurley

A self-taught folk singer and guitarist, Michael Hurley plays music reflective of his upbringing in the rural backcountry of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Recorded when he...continue...
These are the eccentric singer/songwriter's first professional recordings, done in 1964 for the Folkways label, after his discharge from Bellevue. The lifelong themes of wine and bumming are addressed...continue...

David Johnson: Old Time North Carolina Mountain Music

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: David Johnson

Dock Boggs: His Twelve Original Recordings

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Dock Boggs

Dock Boggs' banjo playing is legendary, and this collection of recordings from 1927 and 1929 portrays his playing before the Depression. These unique historical recordings...continue...

Various Artists: Honour Your Partner: Square Dances with Calls

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Various Artists

Virginia Mountain Boys: Virginia Mountain Boys: Old Time Bluegrass from Grayson and Carroll Counties, Virginia, Vol. 3

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Virginia Mountain Boys

Virginia Mountain Boys: The Virginia Mountain Boys, Vol. 4

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Virginia Mountain Boys

Virginia Mountain Boys: Country Bluegrass

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Virginia Mountain Boys

Virginia Mountain Boys: Virginia Mountain Boys, Vol. 2: Bluegrass String Band

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Virginia Mountain Boys

Allen Brothers: Are You Feeling It Too?

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Allen Brothers

Half & Half Bluegrass Band: Half & Half, Vol. 2

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Half & Half Bluegrass Band

Harley Allen: Across the Blueridge Mountains

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Harley Allen

Cullen Galyean: Let Me Fall: Old Time Bluegrass

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Cullen Galyean

Smokey Joe Miller: Silver Threads Among the Gold

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Smokey Joe Miller

Curley Sechler: China Grove, My Hometown

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Curley Sechler

Clark Kessinger: Live at Union Grove *

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Clark Kessinger

Recorded live at the 1968 Union Grove Fiddlers' Contest, this album captures the energy and passion of dedicated, skilled musicians playing for their own enjoyment....continue...

Sam & Kirk McGee: Look! Who's Here: Old Timers of the Grand Ole Opry

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Sam & Kirk McGee

A chance meeting with Uncle Dave Macon and a great deal of talent brought Sam and Kirk McGee first to Macon's act and then to...continue...
Some of the biggest fans of old-time music have selected this as their number one "can't live without" or desert island disc. It was recorded in the home of Kirk McGee, and the sound has both the warm...continue...

Marcus (Bluegrass): A Pilgrim Son

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Artists: Marcus (Bluegrass)

Marcus (Bluegrass): Life's Railway to Heaven

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Marcus (Bluegrass)

Aunt Molly Jackson: The Songs & Stories of Aunt Molly Jackson

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Aunt Molly Jackson

Folksinger and Kentucky mountain midwife Aunt Molly Jackson caught the attention of Alan Lomax and Woody Guthrie with her stories and songs about the struggles...continue...

Iron Mountain String Band: Walkin' in the Parlor: Old Time Music

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Iron Mountain String Band

This album presents material learned from field recordings from southwestern Virginia and the adjacent parts of North Carolina and features tunes played on the fretless...continue...

Half & Half Bluegrass Band: Half & Half

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Half & Half Bluegrass Band

Kenny Winfree: Blue Collar Bluegrass

CD / Smithsonian Records / 2009-01-01

Artists: Kenny Winfree

Joe Glazer said of Kenny Winfree: [He's] got a talent that looks easy but few folks can do it. He has [a] knack for writing...continue...