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900 Miles and other R.R. Songs
produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Folkways Records, 1953), 43 mins
Railroaders and cowboys share a need for music to bolster their spirits during long days and to celebrate night’s freedom. Cisco Houston sings ballads from the range and from the lonesome track, where "the drivers are still rolling, and the gamblers and work gangs, boomers and bums, are highballing it out of no...
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produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Folkways Records, 1953), 43 mins
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Railroaders and cowboys share a need for music to bolster their spirits during long days and to celebrate night’s freedom. Cisco Houston sings ballads from the range and from the lonesome track, where "the drivers are still rolling, and the gamblers and work gangs, boomers and bums, are highballing it out of nowhere, nine hundred miles from home."
CD combines original LP release along with FW02022 Cowboy Ballads.
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Moses Asch, 1905-1986
Date Published / Released
1953
Publisher
Folkways Records
Place
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States
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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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produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Folkways Records, 1958), 20 mins
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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!"
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Moses Asch, 1905-1986
Date Published / Released
1958
Publisher
Folkways Records
Place
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States
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Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing
produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1990), 39 mins
This 13-song set represents one of this blues duo's best efforts recorded and has been a popular Folkways title for over 30 years. Tracks include Dark Road, John Henry, Better Day, and Can't Help Myself. "Easy-going, front-porch story-telling folk blues..." — Pulse!
"Easy-going, front-porch story-telling folk...
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produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1990), 39 mins
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This 13-song set represents one of this blues duo's best efforts recorded and has been a popular Folkways title for over 30 years. Tracks include Dark Road, John Henry, Better Day, and Can't Help Myself. "Easy-going, front-porch story-telling folk blues..." — Pulse!
"Easy-going, front-porch story-telling folk blues..." -- Pulse!
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Moses Asch, 1905-1986
Date Published / Released
1990
Publisher
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Place
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States
Tracks
Place:
Knoxville, TN, Greensboro, NC, Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States
Place:
Knoxville, TN, Greensboro, NC, Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States
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Knoxville, TN, Greensboro, NC, Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States
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Cowboy Ballads
produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Folkways Records, 1952), 23 mins
Cisco Houston’s first solo album on Folkways Records represents a small portion of the artist’s repertoire of American folk music. Extensive liner notes (complete with a glossary of cowboy slang such as "dogie: a calf that lost its mammy and whose daddy has run off with another cow") accompany this collection...
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produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Folkways Records, 1952), 23 mins
Description
Cisco Houston’s first solo album on Folkways Records represents a small portion of the artist’s repertoire of American folk music. Extensive liner notes (complete with a glossary of cowboy slang such as "dogie: a calf that lost its mammy and whose daddy has run off with another cow") accompany this collection of tunes of the lonely cowboy and his guitar.
Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Moses Asch, 1905-1986
Date Published / Released
1952
Publisher
Folkways Records
Place
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States
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Dahomey Suite for Oboe and Piano Based on Seven Documentary Dahomey Songs: With Documentary Recordings
produced by Mieczyslaw Kolinski, 1901-1981 (Folkways Records, 1959), 36 mins
Mieczyslaw Kolinski considers Dahomey Suite to be a stylistic experiment in which he blends West African musical style with the tonal music of the western tradition. Dahomey, now Benin, has a rich musical tradition based in vocal technique that Kolinski translates into beautiful oboe melodies, played by Lois Wa...
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produced by Mieczyslaw Kolinski, 1901-1981 (Folkways Records, 1959), 36 mins
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Mieczyslaw Kolinski considers Dahomey Suite to be a stylistic experiment in which he blends West African musical style with the tonal music of the western tradition. Dahomey, now Benin, has a rich musical tradition based in vocal technique that Kolinski translates into beautiful oboe melodies, played by Lois Wann, and accompanied by piano and traditional percussion instruments. Extensive liner notes and an in-depth musical analysis complete t...
Mieczyslaw Kolinski considers Dahomey Suite to be a stylistic experiment in which he blends West African musical style with the tonal music of the western tradition. Dahomey, now Benin, has a rich musical tradition based in vocal technique that Kolinski translates into beautiful oboe melodies, played by Lois Wann, and accompanied by piano and traditional percussion instruments. Extensive liner notes and an in-depth musical analysis complete this experiment in style blending.
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Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Mieczyslaw Kolinski, 1901-1981
Date Published / Released
1959
Publisher
Folkways Records
Place
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship
Tracks
Place:
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States, Benin (Country)
Place:
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States, Benin (Country)
Place:
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States, Benin (Country)
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The Faulse Lady
produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Folkways Records, 1954), 25 mins
Virginia native Andrew Rowan Summers credits his singing mother and historian father with inspiring his interest in folk music. This compilation features English, Scottish, Irish, and American ballads sung with Summers' characteristic vibrato.
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produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Folkways Records, 1954), 25 mins
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Virginia native Andrew Rowan Summers credits his singing mother and historian father with inspiring his interest in folk music. This compilation features English, Scottish, Irish, and American ballads sung with Summers' characteristic vibrato.
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Moses Asch, 1905-1986
Date Published / Released
1954
Publisher
Folkways Records
Place
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States
Tracks
Place:
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States
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Lead Belly Sings Folk Songs
produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1989), 33 mins
Vital 1940s recordings of 15 songs featuring Lead Belly performing solo and accompanied by Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, and Sonny Terry. Tracks include Stewball, Lining Track, and On a Monday. "...[Lead Belly's] powerful, fluid baritone and brilliant 12-string playing have a clarity never heard on older records...
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produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1989), 33 mins
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Vital 1940s recordings of 15 songs featuring Lead Belly performing solo and accompanied by Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, and Sonny Terry. Tracks include Stewball, Lining Track, and On a Monday. "...[Lead Belly's] powerful, fluid baritone and brilliant 12-string playing have a clarity never heard on older records...emotional singing...[and] deeply banked political fires..." — Boston Globe
"...[Lead Belly's] powerful, fluid baritone and brill...
Vital 1940s recordings of 15 songs featuring Lead Belly performing solo and accompanied by Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, and Sonny Terry. Tracks include Stewball, Lining Track, and On a Monday. "...[Lead Belly's] powerful, fluid baritone and brilliant 12-string playing have a clarity never heard on older records...emotional singing...[and] deeply banked political fires..." — Boston Globe
"...[Lead Belly's] powerful, fluid baritone and brilliant 12-string playing have a clarity never heard on older records...emotional singing...[and] deeply banked political fires..." -- Boston Globe
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Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Moses Asch, 1905-1986
Date Published / Released
1989
Publisher
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Place
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States
Tracks
Place:
Mooringsport, LA, Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States
Place:
Wilmington, DE, Mooringsport, LA, Okemah, OK, Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States
Place:
Mooringsport, LA, Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States
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The Original James P. Johnson
produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Folkways Records, 1973), 46 mins
Reissued with additional tracks and annotations in 1996 as Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 40812.
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produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Folkways Records, 1973), 46 mins
Description
Reissued with additional tracks and annotations in 1996 as Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 40812.
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Moses Asch, 1905-1986
Date Published / Released
1973
Publisher
Folkways Records
Place
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States
Tracks
Place:
New Brunswick, NJ, Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States
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The Pete Seeger Sampler
produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Folkways Records, 1954), 31 mins
This album exhibits Pete Seeger's omnivorous approach to music. Here, he plays a variety of instruments, and this collection features a far-ranging repertoire. Seeger's musical travels took him to workers' camps, military barracks, and to the Library of Congress's archives, collecting, learning, and singing song...
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produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Folkways Records, 1954), 31 mins
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This album exhibits Pete Seeger's omnivorous approach to music. Here, he plays a variety of instruments, and this collection features a far-ranging repertoire. Seeger's musical travels took him to workers' camps, military barracks, and to the Library of Congress's archives, collecting, learning, and singing songs all the way.
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Moses Asch, 1905-1986
Date Published / Released
1954
Publisher
Folkways Records
Place
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States
Tracks
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Rainbow Quest
produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Folkways Records, 1960), 35 mins
"To everyone in all the world / I reach my hand, I shake their hand," sings Pete Seeger. The material performed on this album—from a Japanese song, "Never Again Shall We Allow Another Atom Bomb to Fall," to a refrain sung during the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955—expresses the theme "To Everyone In the World."
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produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 (Folkways Records, 1960), 35 mins
Description
"To everyone in all the world / I reach my hand, I shake their hand," sings Pete Seeger. The material performed on this album—from a Japanese song, "Never Again Shall We Allow Another Atom Bomb to Fall," to a refrain sung during the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955—expresses the theme "To Everyone In the World."
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Moses Asch, 1905-1986
Date Published / Released
1960
Publisher
Folkways Records
Place
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States
Tracks
Place:
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States
Place:
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, United States
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