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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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All the Homespun Days, Part 2

produced by Norman Studer; performed by Norman Studer; in All the Homespun Days: A Narrative Poem of New York State Life (Folkways Records, 1961), 18 mins

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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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