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(Folkways Records, 1958), 35 mins
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Date Published / Released
1958
Publisher
Folkways Records
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American Industrial Ballads
produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1992), 51 mins
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....
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produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1992), 51 mins
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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 s...
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
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Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Moses Asch, 1905-1986
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
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(Paredon Records, 1977), 42 mins
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Date Published / Released
1977
Publisher
Paredon Records
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Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey
written by Jamake Highwater, 1931-2001; produced by Verna Gillis, 1942- (Folkways Records, 1977), 50 mins
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written by Jamake Highwater, 1931-2001; produced by Verna Gillis, 1942- (Folkways Records, 1977), 50 mins
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Verna Gillis, 1942-
Author / Creator
Jamake Highwater, 1931-2001
Date Published / Released
1977
Publisher
Folkways Records
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Anthology of North American Indian and Eskimo Music
produced by Michael Asch (Folkways Records, 1973), 1 hour 25 mins
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produced by Michael Asch (Folkways Records, 1973), 1 hour 25 mins
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Michael Asch
Date Published / Released
1973
Publisher
Folkways Records
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As Long as the Grass Shall Grow: Peter La Farge Sings of the Indians
(Folkways Records, 1963), 30 mins
Long before Hollywood dramatized the plight of Native Americans, Peter La Farge was writing about his peoples' experiences, from songs about Tecumseh and the Trail of Tears to a rhyme about the atom bomb: "Take back the megaton / Give us back our lances / We will make our own wars / And we will dance our dances."
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(Folkways Records, 1963), 30 mins
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Long before Hollywood dramatized the plight of Native Americans, Peter La Farge was writing about his peoples' experiences, from songs about Tecumseh and the Trail of Tears to a rhyme about the atom bomb: "Take back the megaton / Give us back our lances / We will make our own wars / And we will dance our dances."
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Date Published / Released
1963
Publisher
Folkways Records
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The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1-4
produced by Guy William Logsdon, 1943- and Jeff Place, fl. 1993-2006 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1999), 4 hours 53 mins
This is the finest Woody Guthrie Collection ever assembled. These 105 songs, including many of his best-known compositions and some of his most unusual, were all recorded in the 1940's by Moses Asch, the founder of Folkways Records. Carefully selected, exquisitely remastered, and painstakingly annotated in over...
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produced by Guy William Logsdon, 1943- and Jeff Place, fl. 1993-2006 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1999), 4 hours 53 mins
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This is the finest Woody Guthrie Collection ever assembled. These 105 songs, including many of his best-known compositions and some of his most unusual, were all recorded in the 1940's by Moses Asch, the founder of Folkways Records. Carefully selected, exquisitely remastered, and painstakingly annotated in over 100 pages of text in four illustrated booklets. Contains four CDs originally issued as separate volumes. Compiled and annotated by Je...
This is the finest Woody Guthrie Collection ever assembled. These 105 songs, including many of his best-known compositions and some of his most unusual, were all recorded in the 1940's by Moses Asch, the founder of Folkways Records. Carefully selected, exquisitely remastered, and painstakingly annotated in over 100 pages of text in four illustrated booklets. Contains four CDs originally issued as separate volumes. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place and Guy Logsdon. Four hours and 43 minutes.
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Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Guy William Logsdon, 1943-, Jeff Place, fl. 1993-2006
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
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(Folkways Records, 1972), 28 mins
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Date Published / Released
1972
Publisher
Folkways Records
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Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti
produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1996), 48 mins
Woody Guthrie was one of the twentieth century's greatest poets and songwriters, and his songs about Sacco and Vanzetti include some of his best songs. The murder trial of Sacco and Vanzetti was one of this century's most controversial. Sacco and Vanzetti's story was dramatic; their front-page trial was filled w...
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produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1996), 48 mins
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Woody Guthrie was one of the twentieth century's greatest poets and songwriters, and his songs about Sacco and Vanzetti include some of his best songs. The murder trial of Sacco and Vanzetti was one of this century's most controversial. Sacco and Vanzetti's story was dramatic; their front-page trial was filled with dubious procedures; and the years of appeals and their eventual execution led to protests around the world. These songs, written a...
Woody Guthrie was one of the twentieth century's greatest poets and songwriters, and his songs about Sacco and Vanzetti include some of his best songs. The murder trial of Sacco and Vanzetti was one of this century's most controversial. Sacco and Vanzetti's story was dramatic; their front-page trial was filled with dubious procedures; and the years of appeals and their eventual execution led to protests around the world. These songs, written and recorded nearly twenty years later, have been carefully remastered from the original acetate discs and are presented with a previously unpublished letter by Guthrie to the judge in the case. Produced by Moses Asch. Reissue compiled by Anthony Seeger and Jeff Place.
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Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Moses Asch, 1905-1986
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Topic / Theme
Arrest and Trial of Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, 1920
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Barbara Dane and the Chambers Brothers
(Folkways Records, 1966), 40 mins
Released in 1966, two years after the "Freedom Summer" of 1964, when civil rights activists concentrated their energy on registering black voters in the South, this album explicitly addresses the political situation of the time. Its songs—including a version of Malvina Reynolds' "It Isn't Nice"—call for positiv...
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(Folkways Records, 1966), 40 mins
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Released in 1966, two years after the "Freedom Summer" of 1964, when civil rights activists concentrated their energy on registering black voters in the South, this album explicitly addresses the political situation of the time. Its songs—including a version of Malvina Reynolds' "It Isn't Nice"—call for positive change.
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Date Published / Released
1966
Publisher
Folkways Records
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