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American Guitar
produced by Ed Badeaux, fl. 1958 (Folkways Records, 1958), 53 mins
Released in 1960, American Guitar features musician and former Sing Out! editor Ed Badeaux performing popular Southern country songs. Badeaux's survey of 19 songs in eight guitar accompaniment styles—performed on a nylon-stringed classical guitar—demonstrates examples of both finger-picked and flat-picked te...
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produced by Ed Badeaux, fl. 1958 (Folkways Records, 1958), 53 mins
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Released in 1960, American Guitar features musician and former Sing Out! editor Ed Badeaux performing popular Southern country songs. Badeaux's survey of 19 songs in eight guitar accompaniment stylesperformed on a nylon-stringed classical guitardemonstrates examples of both finger-picked and flat-picked techniques. 19 tracks, 53 minutes, with liner notes including song descriptions, photos, and guitar accompaniment tablature.
Released in 1960, American Guitar features musician and former Sing Out! editor Ed Badeaux performing popular Southern country songs. Badeaux's survey of 19 songs in eight guitar accompaniment stylesperformed on a nylon-stringed classical guitardemonstrates examples of both finger-picked and flat-picked techniques. 19 tracks, 53 minutes, with liner notes including song descriptions, photos, and guitar accompaniment tablature.
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Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Ed Badeaux, fl. 1958
Date Published / Released
1958
Publisher
Folkways Records
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Basic Jazz on Long Play
written by John Lucas, 1917-2001 (Northfield, MN: Carleton College, 1954), 103 page(s)
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written by John Lucas, 1917-2001 (Northfield, MN: Carleton College, 1954), 103 page(s)
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
John Lucas, 1917-2001
Date Published / Released
1954
Publisher
Carleton College
Topic / Theme
African American Music, Jazz
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Been Here and Gone
written by Frederic Ramsey, Jr., 1915-1995 (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1960), 177 page(s)
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written by Frederic Ramsey, Jr., 1915-1995 (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1960), 177 page(s)
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Frederic Ramsey, Jr., 1915-1995
Date Published / Released
1960
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Topic / Theme
African American Music
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Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia
produced by Cecilia Conway and Scott Odell (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1998), 1 hour 4 mins
The sounds and social history of African American banjo playing—32 superb instrumentals and vocals, recorded between 1974 and 1997. Extensively annotated with performer's life histories, tunings, lyrics, bibliography, and discography. The banjo's gourd ancestors came to the Americas with enslaved Africans, forg...
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produced by Cecilia Conway and Scott Odell (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1998), 1 hour 4 mins
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The sounds and social history of African American banjo playing—32 superb instrumentals and vocals, recorded between 1974 and 1997. Extensively annotated with performer's life histories, tunings, lyrics, bibliography, and discography. The banjo's gourd ancestors came to the Americas with enslaved Africans, forging the link between West African griots and performers of 20th-century blues and string-band music. 64 minutes.
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Cecilia Conway, Scott Odell
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
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Blind Snooks Eaglin: That's All Right
performed by Snooks Eaglin, Jr., 1936-2009 (Bluesville, 1994), 38 mins, 13 page(s)
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performed by Snooks Eaglin, Jr., 1936-2009 (Bluesville, 1994), 38 mins, 13 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1961
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
Snooks Eaglin, Jr., 1936-2009
Author / Creator
Snooks Eaglin, Jr., 1936-2009
Date Published / Released
1994
Publisher
Bluesville
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performed by Chuck Suchy (Rounder Records, 1993), 1 hour 13 mins
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
Chuck Suchy
Author / Creator
Chuck Suchy
Date Published / Released
1993
Publisher
Rounder Records
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Deep River Of Song: Alabama
produced by Ruby Terrill Lomax, 1886-1961 (Rounder Records, 2001), 1 hour 5 mins
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produced by Ruby Terrill Lomax, 1886-1961 (Rounder Records, 2001), 1 hour 5 mins
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Ruby Pickens Tartt, Ruby Terrill Lomax, 1886-1961
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Rounder Records
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Deep River of Song: Mississippi - Saints & Sinners
produced by Anna L. Chairetakis, 1944- (Rounder Records, 1999), 1 hour 15 mins
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produced by Anna L. Chairetakis, 1944- (Rounder Records, 1999), 1 hour 15 mins
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Alan Lomax, 1915-2002, Ruby Terrill Lomax, 1886-1961, John W. Work, 1871-1925, Lewis Jones, Herbert Halpert, 1911-2000, Anna L. Chairetakis, 1944-
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
Rounder Records
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A Folk Concert in Town Hall, New York
(Folkways Records, 1959), 46 mins
This live recording of three very different singers presents Jean Ritchie's southern ballads, Oscar Brand's sea songs and "atomic blues," and Dave Sear's repertoire of Scottish songs. The three enjoy working together, and their enthusiasm is audible in both the music and the spoken introductions to several tracks...
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(Folkways Records, 1959), 46 mins
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This live recording of three very different singers presents Jean Ritchie's southern ballads, Oscar Brand's sea songs and "atomic blues," and Dave Sear's repertoire of Scottish songs. The three enjoy working together, and their enthusiasm is audible in both the music and the spoken introductions to several tracks.
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Date Published / Released
1959
Publisher
Folkways Records
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Folk Music of the Newport Folk Festival, Vol. 2
produced by Irwin Silber, 1925-2010 (Folkways Records, 1961), 31 mins
This volume is half of a two-recording set that includes recordings not issued on the Vanguard or Elektra Newport compilations. Intended to represent music from the American South and then-current trends in folk singing, the album features Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, the New Lost City Ramblers, Frank Warner, Joh...
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produced by Irwin Silber, 1925-2010 (Folkways Records, 1961), 31 mins
Description
This volume is half of a two-recording set that includes recordings not issued on the Vanguard or Elektra Newport compilations. Intended to represent music from the American South and then-current trends in folk singing, the album features Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, the New Lost City Ramblers, Frank Warner, John Greenway, Guy Carawan, and Fleming Brown.
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Irwin Silber, 1925-2010
Date Published / Released
1961
Publisher
Folkways Records
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