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Milk Cow Blues
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produced by John Cohen, 1932-; performed by Roscoe Holcomb; in Close To Home (Folkways Records, 1975), 2 mins
Recorded in Holcomb's home in eastern Kentucky, this album portrays the music of a master musician whose identification with his songs is intense, innate, and above all, honest. It's not for nothing that John Cohen, the man who recorded Close to Home, coined the phrase "the high lonesome sound" to describe Holc...
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produced by John Cohen, 1932-; performed by Roscoe Holcomb; in Close To Home (Folkways Records, 1975), 2 mins
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Crux
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performed by Emmalee Crane (Emmalee Crane, 2010), 40 mins
Crux is the debut album from Canadian-turned-Californian musician Emmalee Crane. It is a soft yet majestic wash of instruments ranging from woodwinds and cellos to analog synthesizers and circuit-bent electronic toys. While Emmalee herself describes it as "drone", that hardly does justice to the orchestral swell a...
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performed by Emmalee Crane (Emmalee Crane, 2010), 40 mins
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Delirious
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performed by Human Response (Human Response, 2004), 47 mins
Jan Hanford (aka "Human Response") is a classically trained musician in piano and composition but is as passionate about electronica and its various subgenres as she is about J.S. Bach.

She creates electronic music with layers of melodic and rhythmic interaction. Her extensive use of the minimoog gives her music...

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performed by Human Response (Human Response, 2004), 47 mins
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The Demonstration Collection of E.M. von Hornbostel and the Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv
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produced by Erich Moritz von Hornbostel, 1877-1935 (Folkways Records, 1963), 1 hour 20 mins
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Turkey in the Straw
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produced by Mike Seeger, 1933-2009; performed by Dock Boggs, 1898-1971; in Dock Boggs, Vol. 3 (Folkways Records, 1970), 1 min

Moran "Dock" Boggs, miner and musician, was first recognized for his "unorthodox" playing style. His popularity only grew after he was featured on the Anthology of American Folk Music (SFW40090) in 1952 and made Boggs one of the most influential musicians in America. This third installment of Boggs’ music on...

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produced by Mike Seeger, 1933-2009; performed by Dock Boggs, 1898-1971; in Dock Boggs, Vol. 3 (Folkways Records, 1970), 1 min
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Du Deluge Au Desert
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performed by Soleil Vert (Soleil Vert, 2010), 34 mins
"Du déluge au désert" is a voyage into a surreal landscape of sounds, with climate change used as an underlying theme.

On his second album, Soleil Vert mixes electronic sounds with the ambient sounds of nature, painting a surrealist picture of planet Earth.

Opening with a bestiary of living creatures, like cru...

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performed by Soleil Vert (Soleil Vert, 2010), 34 mins
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Dulcimer Songs and Solos
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produced by Paul Clayton, 1931-1967 (Folkways Records, 1962), 53 mins

Paul Clayton plays a three-string southern mountain dulcimer and sings songs that largely originated in North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. About this album, Clayton says “I have tried to demonstrate the versatility of the dulcimer and to show it as an instrument capable of a variety of moods an...

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produced by Paul Clayton, 1931-1967 (Folkways Records, 1962), 53 mins
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Echolalia
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performed by Red Sky Lullaby (Red Sky Lullaby, 2010), 41 mins
Echolalia is a laid back mix of electronic and acoustic elements. Piano, double bass and orchestral sounds blend with hip hop beats, dub basslines, glitched out samples and analog synths to take you on a chilled melodic journey.
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performed by Red Sky Lullaby (Red Sky Lullaby, 2010), 41 mins
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Electronica
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performed by Magnatune Compilation (Magnatune, 2004), 1 hour 14 mins
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performed by Magnatune Compilation (Magnatune, 2004), 1 hour 14 mins
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