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Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection
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Track Listing
- Penitentiary Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Sweet Old Chicago - Roosevelt Sykes
- Blue Moon Of Kentucky - Bill Monroe
- If I Had A Hammer - Pete Seeger
- Lafayette
- Bosco Stomp
- Better Day
- Long Road To Travel
- The Coo-Coo Bird
- Pretty Saro
- Freight Train
- Old Joe Bone
- Have A Feast Here Tonight
- Freedom Road
- This Land Is Your Land
- Two Good Men
- In The Pines
- Irene
- Somebody's Been Fooling #1
- Hesitation Blues
- Gonna Be An Engineer
- Delgadina
- I Was Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor
- Virgo
- Syl-O-Gism
- We Shall Overcome
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #100989 in Music
- Released on: 1996-06-18
- Number of discs: 1
Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Twenty-six tracks from outstanding Smithsonian Folkways recordings present a panorama of American Roots music. Blues, Bluegrass, ballads, topical songs, and jazz are performed by master musicians. If you have never heard of Smithsonian Folkways or Folkways before, this collection will take you on a trip through American Music; if you have heard some already, you will still be delighted by the breadth and variety of this collection.
Customer Reviews
The best collection of basic American music yet compiled.
If you have to listen to any music, this is the collection to listen to. It covers all the basic beginnings of American Music and leaves you with a want for more. You will have all the tracks memorized and will be playing the CD even after the machine is shut-off. The CD shows the incredible range of American music. This is the BEST.
Intended as an introduction to the Smithsonian Folkways collection...
...this is a great such introduction. Twenty six tracks from all over the traditional American music, "roots," field. Blues, jazz, bluegrass, older popular songs, what we would call folk music. There are samples available on amazon, listen to what a crazy wide variety there is. And this is a tiny snapshot of the sounds that the Folkways folks have recorded. Some of the recordings go back to wire recorders (pre-tape) or record cutters (record recorders) on people's front porches. Obviously the sound quality isn't always the best.
