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American Guitar
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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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Basic Jazz on Long Play
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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)
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Been Here and Gone
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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)
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Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia
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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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Blind Snooks Eaglin: That's All Right
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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)
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Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
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(Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2006), 1 hour 13 mins

As 19th-century America expanded, so too did the "ribbons of iron" that crisscrossed the vast landscape and sparked the imagination of music-makers. Work songs, ballads recounting riveting exploits, and instrumental echoes of the once familiar sounds of the steam locomotive have enshrined the railroad in our musi...

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(Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2006), 1 hour 13 mins
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Dakota Breezes
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performed by Chuck Suchy (Rounder Records, 1993), 1 hour 13 mins
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performed by Chuck Suchy (Rounder Records, 1993), 1 hour 13 mins
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Deep River Of Song: Alabama
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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
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Deep River of Song: Mississippi - Saints & Sinners
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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
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A Folk Concert in Town Hall, New York
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(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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