Ballads, Banjo Tunes and Sacred Songs of Western North Carolina

produced by Wayne Martin and Jo Lunsford Herron (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1996), 58 mins

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Field of Interest: American Music
Description: This "Minstrel of the Appalachians" performed hundreds of traditional songs and tunes that he learned from family members, neighbors, and other residents of western North Carolina. The breadth of Lunsford’s huge repertoire is represented, including ballads, folk songs, spirituals, 19th-century popular songs, and banjo and fiddle tunes. All tracks were recorded by Brunswick Records in the 1920s or the Library of Congress in 1949. Includes Old Mountain Dew, an original composition which found its way into both oral tradition and popular culture, Swing Low, and To the Pines, To the Pines. 55 minutes. "[Hits] faster and sweeter than a jug of corn liquor." — New York Post
Content Type: Music recording
Duration: 58 mins
Format: Audio
Sub Genre: Old Time, Sacred
Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Producer: Wayne Martin, Jo Lunsford Herron
Release Date: 1996
Subject: American Music, World Music, Music & Performing Arts, American Studies, Sacred Music, Folk Music, General Perspectives, Música Sacra, Música Sagrada, Música Folk, Perspectivas Gerais, Perspectivas Generales, United States
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Música Sacra, Música Sagrada, Música Folk, Perspectivas Gerais, Perspectivas Generales