Music Everywhere: From the Field and Farther Yet
This week is another dip into the richness of field recording! Largely communal and not profit driven, these songs and performers are the definition of raw talent.
Playlist
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Ruby Vass, “Old Gospel Ship”
from I'll Meet You On That Other Shore: Field Recordings From Alan Lomax's "Southern Journey" 1959-1960
Odyssey
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Lesley Riddle, “John Henry”
from Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967
Smithsonian Folkways - 1997
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Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams & Richard Williams, “In the Morning”
from Drop on Down in Florida: Field Recordings of African American Traditional Music 1977-1980
Dust-to-Digital - 2018
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Bright Light Quartet, “I'm Tired”
from The Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey, Vol. 8 - Velvet Voices
Rounder - 1997
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John Dudley, “Clarksdale Mill Blues (Previously Unreleased Version)”
from I'll Be So Glad When the Sun Goes Down: Alan Lomax’s "Southern Journey," 1959–1960
Global Jukebox - 2011
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Lucius Smith, “Goodbye Honey, You Call that Gone”
from I'll Meet You On That Other Shore: Field Recordings From Alan Lomax's "Southern Journey" 1959-1960
Odyssey
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Miles & Bob Pratcher, “I'm Gonna Live Anyhow 'Til I Die”
from I'm Gonna Live Anyhow Until I Die: Alan Lomax's "Southern Journey", 1959-1960
Odyssey
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Wash Heron & Big Jack Johnson, “Nothing”
from Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris
Dust-to-Digital - 2018
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Neal Morris, “Turnip Greens”
from Worried Now, Won't Be Worried Long: Alan Lomax's Southern Journey", 1959-1960
Odyssey
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A.L Hall, “Jackson Shcottische”
from Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
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The Paramount Singers, “Travelin' Shoes”
from Field Recordings Vol. 14: Texas, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky
Document
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Alec Askew, Lucious Smith, Sid Hemphill & Will Head, “Hog Hunt”
from Deep River of Song - Mississippi Saints and Sinners
Rounder - 1999
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James Shorter & Viola James, “Jesus On the Mainline (Remastered)”
from I'll Be So Glad When the Sun Goes Down: Alan Lomax’s "Southern Journey," 1959–1960
Global Jukebox - 2011
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Glen Neaves & Roscoe Russell, “Handsome Molly”
from Traditional Music from Grayson & Carroll Counties - Songs, Tunes with Fiddle, Banjo and Band
Folkways Records - 2004
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J.C. "Cleve" Sutphin, “Banjo Instrumental”
from Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967
Smithsonian Folkways - 1997
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Norman Edmonds & The Old Timers, “Walking in the Parlor”
from Worried Now, Won't Be Worried Long: Alan Lomax's "Southern Journey", 1959-1960
Odyssey
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Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton, “Civil War Medley”
from Jalopy Records 7" Series: Jerron Paxton - EP
Jalopy Records - 2018
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Bill Monroe & Doc Watson, “Watson's Blues”
from Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record, Vol. 2
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - 1993
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Napoleon Strickland, “Motherless Children”
from Sorrow Come Pass Me Around: A Survey of Rural Religious Black Music
Dust-to-Digital - 2013
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The Stancer Quartet, “He Said If You Love Me, Feed My Sheep”
from Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967
Smithsonian Folkways - 1997
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Sid Hemphill, “Emmaline, Take Yo Time”
from Africa and the Blues (Connections and Reconnections)
Yvp music - 2012
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Ola Belle Reed, Alex Campbell & John Miller, “My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountain”
from Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line
Dust-to-Digital - 2015
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Evie Ladin, “Magnolia One Step (feat. Aaron Jonah Lewis)”
from Riding the Rooster
Evil Diane Records - 2018
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Scott Dunbar, “Memphis Mail”
from Music from the South, Volume Five: Song, Play and Dance
Folkways Records - 2004
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Eddie Lee "Mustright" Jones, “My Sun Don't Never Go Down”
from Sorrow Come Pass Me Around: A Survey of Rural Religious Black Music
Dust-to-Digital - 2013
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Wade Ward, “Lone Prairie”
from Uncle Wade: A Memorial to Wade Ward - Old Time Virginia Banjo Picker, 1892-1971
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Folkways Records - 2004
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Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers, “Buzzard Lope”
from Join the Band
Global Jukebox - 2012
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Dom Flemons, “Po' Howard / Gwine Dig a Hole to Put the Devil In”
from Black Cowboys
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - 2018
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Hobart Smith, “Uncloudy Day”
from Traditional Appalachian Songs and Tunes
Folk-Legacy Records - 2004
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Othar Turner, Napoleon Strickland & R.L. Boyce, “Granny Will You Dog Bite”
from Africa and the Blues (Connections and Reconnections)
Yvp music - 2012
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Vester Jones, “Old Ruby (Old Reuben)”
from Traditional Music from Grayson & Carroll Counties - Songs, Tunes with Fiddle, Banjo and Band
Folkways Records - 2004
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Evie Ladin, “Wild Horse at Stony Point (feat. Jake Blount)”
from Riding the Rooster
Evil Diane Records - 2018
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George Fields, “Bob Johnson's Tune (Previously Unreleased)”
from Wave the Ocean, Wave the Sea: Alan Lomax’s "Southern Journey," 1959–1960 (Remastered)
Global Jukebox - 2010
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Glenn and Frank Smith, “Fire in the Mountain”
from Traditional Music from Grayson & Carroll Counties - Songs, Tunes with Fiddle, Banjo and Band
Folkways