Virginia is for Lovers…of Old Time!
Tonight we explore the many conduits and aspects of Virginia’s own stamp on American Vernacular Music. Tune into tonight’s show to find out about some the many. many hidden gems our great state has to offer.
Playlist
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Clarence Ashley & Doc Watson, “Richmond Blues”
from The Original Folkways Recordings of Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley, 1960-1962
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - 1994
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Da Costa Woltz’s Southern Broadcasters, “Richmond Cotillion”
from Joe Bussard Presents: The Year of Jubilo (78 RPM Recordings of Songs from the Civil War)
Dust-to-Digital - 2015
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Kilby Snow, “The Road That's Walked by Fools”
from Country Songs and Tunes With Autoharp
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Folkways Records - 1969
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Frank Jenkins Of Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters, “Baptist Shout”
from Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters & Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers (1927-1929)
Document Records - 2005
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Bull Mountain Moonshiners, “Johnny Goodwin”
from Times Ain't Like They Used To Be: Early American Rural Music, Vol. 5
2006
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Fiddlin' Powers & Family, “Old Virginia Reel - Part 1”
from The Cornshucker's Frolic Vol. 1: Downhome Music and Entertainment from the American Countryside
2005
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Fiddlin' Powers & Family, “Old Virginia Reel, Pt. 2”
from Old-Time Music from South-West Virginia
2007
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John McCutcheon, “Lonesome John/Fine Times at Our House”
Appalsongs - 1982
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Patterson's Piedmont Log Rollers, “The Sweet Sunny South”
from Rural String Bands of Virginia
Rebel Records - 2007
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The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, “Travelin' Shoes”
from Golden Gate Quartet Vol. 1 (1937-1938)
Document Records - 1992
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Wade Ward, “Conversation Between Wade Ward and Glen Smith / Arkansas Traveler / Katy Hill's Recollections of the Fiddler's Convention”
from Uncle Wade: A Memorial to Wade Ward - Old Time Virginia Banjo Picker, 1892-1971
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Folkways Records - 1973
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The Stanley Brothers, “Too Late to Cry”
from The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers
Legacy/Columbia - 1996
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John Cephas & Phil Wiggins, “Staggerlee (Stackolee)”
from Classic African-American Ballads from Smithsonian Folkways
2006