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Harp: A Time to Sing
produced by Jo-Lynne Worley and Joanie Shoemaker; performed by Holly Near, 1949-, Arlo Guthrie, 1947-, Ronnie Gilbert, 1926-2015 and Pete Seeger, 1919-2014 (Appleseed, 2001), 1 hour 48 mins, 26 page(s)
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produced by Jo-Lynne Worley and Joanie Shoemaker; performed by Holly Near, 1949-, Arlo Guthrie, 1947-, Ronnie Gilbert, 1926-2015 and Pete Seeger, 1919-2014 (Appleseed, 2001), 1 hour 48 mins, 26 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1984-09
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
Holly Near, 1949-, Arlo Guthrie, 1947-, Ronnie Gilbert, 1926-2015, Pete Seeger, 1919-2014
Contributor
Leslie Ann Jones, 1951-, Jo-Lynne Worley, Joanie Shoemaker
Author / Creator
Holly Near, 1949-, Arlo Guthrie, 1947-, Ronnie Gilbert, 1926-2015, Pete Seeger, 1919-2014
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Appleseed
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Heading for Home
produced by Neill MacColl and Calum MacColl; performed by Peggy Seeger, 1935- (Appleseed, 2003), 50 mins, 13 page(s)
In September 2002, 67-year-old folksinger Peggy Seeger holed up in a cottage in rural England with her two sons, Calum and Neill MacColl, and recorded 40 tracks -- enough for three CDs -- which Appleseed Recordings plans to issue on a yearly basis starting with this first installment. "For the first time in my lif...
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produced by Neill MacColl and Calum MacColl; performed by Peggy Seeger, 1935- (Appleseed, 2003), 50 mins, 13 page(s)
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In September 2002, 67-year-old folksinger Peggy Seeger holed up in a cottage in rural England with her two sons, Calum and Neill MacColl, and recorded 40 tracks -- enough for three CDs -- which Appleseed Recordings plans to issue on a yearly basis starting with this first installment. "For the first time in my life," she writes in her liner notes, "a studio felt like home." The ease of the sessions shows. Seeger, whose limited vocal range has som...
In September 2002, 67-year-old folksinger Peggy Seeger holed up in a cottage in rural England with her two sons, Calum and Neill MacColl, and recorded 40 tracks -- enough for three CDs -- which Appleseed Recordings plans to issue on a yearly basis starting with this first installment. "For the first time in my life," she writes in her liner notes, "a studio felt like home." The ease of the sessions shows. Seeger, whose limited vocal range has sometimes been strained on her recordings, giving them an amateurish feel, here always sounds comfortable, and the arrangements allow her to make the best of her voice. She sings confidently, carefully considering the lyrics, as a variety of acoustic instruments are plucked and strummed behind her. She leads off the set with the deceptively heartwarming title song, an original, which is actually about aging and the approach of death. That serves as a good jumping-off place for the rest of the disc, which contains traditional folk songs with their subject matter dominated by accounts of murder and abandonment. The subtext of such songs as "Oma Wise" and "John Riley" is feminism as far as the singer is concerned. "The patience and fidelity of the women never ceases to astound me," she comments on the latter, a song about a man leaving home. That's a benevolent way of interpreting it, but it is typical of Seeger's generous viewpoint, which encompasses both the doom-laden aspects of folk music and its inherent sense of continuity and renewal. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
Peggy Seeger, 1935-
Contributor
Rafe McKenna, Neill MacColl, Calum MacColl
Author / Creator
Peggy Seeger, 1935-
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Appleseed
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The Hill Billies / Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters Vol. 2 (1926-1927)
(Document Records, 2000), 1 hour 8 mins
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(Document Records, 2000), 1 hour 8 mins
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
Document Records
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Hotwalker
produced by Tom Russell, 1947-; performed by Tom Russell, 1947- (Hightone Records, 2005), 1 hour 12 mins, 19 page(s)
Songwriter Tom Russell has long been possessed by the ghosts and places of history, big and small, from William Faulkner and outlaw {%Claude Dallas} to Jack Johnson, Little Willie John and Bill Haley, from Manzanar to Begenfield. There are also dozens of nameless, faceless denizens barely hanging on to the fringes...
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produced by Tom Russell, 1947-; performed by Tom Russell, 1947- (Hightone Records, 2005), 1 hour 12 mins, 19 page(s)
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Songwriter Tom Russell has long been possessed by the ghosts and places of history, big and small, from William Faulkner and outlaw {%Claude Dallas} to Jack Johnson, Little Willie John and Bill Haley, from Manzanar to Begenfield. There are also dozens of nameless, faceless denizens barely hanging on to the fringes on both sides of the border, cheated endlessly by life yet becoming archetypes in the American myth of Russell's songs. Hotwalker is s...
Songwriter Tom Russell has long been possessed by the ghosts and places of history, big and small, from William Faulkner and outlaw {%Claude Dallas} to Jack Johnson, Little Willie John and Bill Haley, from Manzanar to Begenfield. There are also dozens of nameless, faceless denizens barely hanging on to the fringes on both sides of the border, cheated endlessly by life yet becoming archetypes in the American myth of Russell's songs. Hotwalker is subtitled "Charles Bukowski and a Ballad for Gone America." This is Russell's latest conceptual work, a palette of excess lovingly offered to the heroes of his life, those that defined for him the America that has been erased from the popular psychic topography and has entered into the hallways of myth and memory. This is a record of Russell's aesthetic life and era. Bukowski is the big patron saint in these songs and monologues, as are Dave Van Ronk, Edward Abbey, Jack Kerouac, Harry Partch, Ramblin Jack Elliot, and fabled circus performer Little Jack Horton. The voices of many of these icons waft through the proceedings. Horton was recorded specifically for this offering, but Abbey, Bukowski, Kerouac (accompanied by Steve Allen), Lenny Bruce and Partch are all here too. Singling out these songs would be a disservice to Russell and to this recording. This is the most haggard of Russell's albums. It's a wreck in many ways, full of bloated lines and hackneyed melodies and near ranted spoken word pieces. But it hardly matters because polish isn't what fuels a project like this; inspiration is. And Hotwalker is drenched in inspiration, possessed by it, compelled and driven by it to realize something beyond speech or music; some spectral presence hovers here, and remains for a bit after the set ends. That is its achievement: that one can not only feel Russell's passion, but can nearly see the scenes and people he portrays here. This is not easy listening, but it just may be necessary. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
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Date Written / Recorded
2004-10
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
Tom Russell, 1947-
Contributor
Mark Hallman, fl. 1978, Tom Russell, 1947-
Author / Creator
Tom Russell, 1947-
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
Hightone Records
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performed by IIIrd Tyme Out (Rebel, 1992), 33 mins
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
IIIrd Tyme Out
Author / Creator
IIIrd Tyme Out
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
Rebel
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Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Marybeth Hamilton
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Basic Books
Topic / Theme
African American, Deltas, Magazines (Publications), Music criticism, Migration, Audio recordings, Race relations, Music origins, Ethnomusicology, Performance practice, Performance criticism, Performance influences, African American Music, Blues
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Irish Music from Cleveland, Vol. 3: The Continuing Tradition
produced by Richard Carlin, fl. 1976 (Folkways Records, 1980), 25 mins
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produced by Richard Carlin, fl. 1976 (Folkways Records, 1980), 25 mins
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Richard Carlin, fl. 1976
Date Published / Released
1980
Publisher
Folkways Records
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performed by The Lost & Found (Rebel, 1992), 34 mins
Date Written / Recorded
1992
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
The Lost & Found
Contributor
Otis Lynn Dillon, 1957-
Author / Creator
The Lost & Found
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
Rebel
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Scouting the Hills of Appalachia for That Old-Time Music
written by Rick Kennedy; in Jelly Roll, Bix and Hoagy: Gennett Studios and the Birth of Recorded Jazz (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1994), 167-177
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written by Rick Kennedy; in Jelly Roll, Bix and Hoagy: Gennett Studios and the Birth of Recorded Jazz (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1994), 167-177
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Rick Kennedy
Date Published / Released
1994
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Person Discussed
Fred Wiggins, 1881-1948, Dennis Taylor, fl. 1925, David Miller, Doc Roberts, Holland Puckett, 1899-
Topic / Theme
Musicians, Business affairs, Marketing and advertising, Audio recordings, Performance practice, African American Music, Jazz
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Steel Guitar Rag
performed by John Fahey; in John Fahey: The Dance of Death & Other Plantation Favorites (Takoma, 1999), 2 mins
The title The Dance of Death and Other Plantation Favorites might lead some to believe that this is a collection of public-domain items that go back to the Deep South of the 19th century. However, while this 1964 session does contain a song titled "Dance of Death," most of the material (including that tune) was wr...
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performed by John Fahey; in John Fahey: The Dance of Death & Other Plantation Favorites (Takoma, 1999), 2 mins
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The title The Dance of Death and Other Plantation Favorites might lead some to believe that this is a collection of public-domain items that go back to the Deep South of the 19th century. However, while this 1964 session does contain a song titled "Dance of Death," most of the material (including that tune) was written by Fahey himself in the early 1960s. So an intriguing title is simply that: an intriguing title. Nonetheless, Fahey's music does...
The title The Dance of Death and Other Plantation Favorites might lead some to believe that this is a collection of public-domain items that go back to the Deep South of the 19th century. However, while this 1964 session does contain a song titled "Dance of Death," most of the material (including that tune) was written by Fahey himself in the early 1960s. So an intriguing title is simply that: an intriguing title. Nonetheless, Fahey's music does have strong southern roots. Unaccompanied, the acoustic guitarist/instrumentalist demonstrates his love of African-American blues as well as the Anglo-American country, folk, and hillbilly music of Appalachia. This is essentially a folk album, but a folk album with strong country and blues leanings; in fact, numbers like "Worried Blues" and "Revelation on the Banks of the Pawtuxent" incorporate the slide guitar technique that came from Mississippi Delta blues. Not that Fahey limits himself to American influences -- Appalachian music is a descendent of British, Scottish, and Irish music, and Fahey is hardly unaware of its European heritage. Further, Indian raga is an influence on the Fahey piece "On the Banks of the Owchita." Reissued on CD in 1999 with four bonus tracks (including an interpretation of "Steel Guitar Rag"), this album makes it clear that even back in 1964 Fahey was quite original. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
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Date Written / Recorded
1964-04-22
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
John Fahey
Author / Creator
John Fahey
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
Takoma
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