American Industrial Ballads
produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1992), 51 mins
Details
- Field of Interest
- American Music
- Description
- Songs of struggle which emerged from the coal mines, textile mills and acres of farmland, and spoke of issues important to the American laborer. Twenty-four songs written about the unprecedented industrialization of the 19th century, including Peg and Awl, The Farmer is the Man, and Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues. Irwin Silber's notes provide a history of labor folk song and its role in American popular music. "Seeger's straightforward, sincere singing is accompanied by sparse, effective banjo and guitar...an important reissue." Sing Out
- Content Type
- Music recording
- Duration
- 51 mins
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Struggle and Protest, American Folk
- Label
- Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
- Producer
- Moses Asch, 1905-1986
- Release Date
- 1992
- Subject
- American Music, World Music, Music & Performing Arts, American Studies, American Folk Music, United States and Canada, Música Folklórica Norteamericana, Folk Music Norte-Americana, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá, United States
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Música Folklórica Norteamericana, Folk Music Norte-Americana, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá