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400 Years of Folk Music

produced by Steven Smolian (Folkways Records, 1964), 30 mins

In the early 1960s, multi-instrumentalists Steve Addiss, Bill Crofut, and Tim Prentice traveled to China, Southeast Asia, and Africa as part of the State Department's Cultural Exchange Program. This recording features tunes and songs associated with their journey—some from their own repertoire, and some learned...

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900 Miles and other R.R. Songs

produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Folkways Records, 1953), 43 mins

Railroaders and cowboys share a need for music to bolster their spirits during long days and to celebrate night’s freedom. Cisco Houston sings ballads from the range and from the lonesome track, where "the drivers are still rolling, and the gamblers and work gangs, boomers and bums, are highballing it out of no...

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12-String Guitar as Played by Lead Belly

(Folkways Records, 1962), 1 hour 20 mins

Pete Seeger teaches the 12-string guitar as played by the virtuoso Lead Belly through a detailed breakdown of both the instrument itself (how to tune it, steel vs. silk strings etc.) and step-by-step explanations of Lead Belly’s songs. Here, Pete Seeger pays homage to his friend and mentor Lead Belly by teachin...

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Abiyoyo and Other Story Songs for Children

(Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1991), 42 mins

A wonderful collection of story songs, including the famous saga of the kindly giant Abiyoyo. Parents and kids can follow along with the complete text in the enclosed booklet. "An essential collection." —Record Roundup

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African American Legacy Series: A Life of Song

(Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2011), 37 mins, 21 page(s)

In A Life of Song, Ella Jenkins, “The First Lady of Children’s Music,” offers stories and songs that speak to her youthful years as an African American child in a multi-cultural world. Her career of more than a half century earned her the first Lifetime Achievement Grammy award for a children’s music art...

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1. Pick a Bale of Cotton, 4 mins

2. One Two Three O’Leary, 1 min

3. Calling a Square Dance, 1 min

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A.L. Camp Plays the Banjo

(Folkways Records, 1965), 50 mins

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All Day Singin' - Louisiana and Smoky Mountain Ballads

produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Folkways Records, 1958), 20 mins

On this collection, Adelaide Van Wey juxtaposes the Anglo-American ballads of the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina with songs from French Creole Louisiana. As the title track enjoins, "Bring along your fiddle and guitar too; come along Mary, oh, come along, do!"

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All In One Evening

produced by Kevin Roth, 1957- (Folkways Records, 1978), 39 mins

Ola Belle and Bud Reed's Pennsylvania home was a haven for young musicians, a place where picking, singing, and good company soothed the sting of hard times. The Reeds, joined by Kevin Roth, recorded this album of traditional and original songs one evening in 1977.

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American Ballads

(Folkways Records, 1957), 50 mins

This collection reminds us that the ballad's purpose, first and foremost, is to tell a story. These songs narrate tales of ordinary people—hoboes and lovers and sailors—and their extraordinary deeds. From "John Henry" to "Lady Margaret," Pete Seeger's expressive style is ideally communicative.

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American Ballads And Folksongs

produced by Kenneth S. Goldstein, 1927-1995 (Folkways Records, 1958), 50 mins

Like Joan O'Bryant's previous Folkways recording, Folksongs and Ballads of Kansas, this album presents folk songs geographically close to O'Bryant's heart. Most of the ballads included here are versions from Kansas, Arkansas, and Missouri, and several were collected through the University of Arkansas Folklore R...

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