Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Banjo Picking Girl - Hazel Dickens/Alice Gerrard
2. Old Corn Liquor - Joe Thompson
3. Rain And Snow - Dry Branch Fire Squad
4. The Orphan Child - Jody Stetcher/Kate Brislin
5. Working On A Building - The Johnston Mountain Boys
6. You Better Mind - Bessie Jones
7. Dry Bones - The Persuasions
8. Did You Hear John Hurt? - Dave Van Ronk
9. One-Dime Blues - Etta Baker
10. All The Way From East St. Louis - Mississippi Fred McDowell
11. Juke Medley - Robert Nighthawk/Carey Bell
12. Black's Ball - J.B. Hutto & The New Hawks
13. Just A Little While To Stay Here - The Rebirth Brass Band
14. Iko, Iko - Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias
15. Mai Kai No Kauai - Tau Moe Family
16. Texas Cowboy - Glenn Ohrlin
17. Streets Of Laredo - Brownie Ford

Disc 2:

1. Lacassine Special - Balfa Brothers
2. Ti Galop Pour Mamou - D.L. Menard
3. Dimanche Apres-Midi - Chris Ardoin & Double Clutchin'
4. Pere Et Garcon Zydeco - John And Geno Delafose
5. Oh Bye Mon Neg - Boozoo Chavis
6. Zulema Waltz - Santiago Jimenez, Jr.
7. El Ahualulco - Los Pregoneros Del Puerto
8. Ven (Come To Me) - Los Cachorros
9. Reels: Catherine McEvoy's-Arklow Mountains - Liz Carroll/James Keane, Jr.
10. Silver Star Hornpipe / Karen's Reel / Temperance Reel - Joe Cormier
11. Long Journey Home - J.D. Crowe & The New South
12. Leavin' - James King
13. Old Folks At Home - Vern Williams
14. Nobody's Business - The Freight Hoppers
15. All Around The World - James Booker
16. Frankie And Johnny - Tuts Washington
17. Yancey's Bugle Call - Preacher Jack
18. Bottle Up And Go - Sleepy LaBeef

Disc 3:

1. Friend Of The Devil - Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pederson
2. Every Time You Say Goodbye - Alison Kraus/Union Station
3. Man Of Constant Sorrow - Tony Furtado/Tim O'Brien
4. Crossfire - Bela Fleck
5. You're In My Heart - Rhonda Vincent
6. Second Wind - Claire Lynch
7. Black Dog - Ray Wylie Hubbard
8. Graveside Song - Stevens Sisters
9. Oh Death - Tarbox Ramblers
10. You Can't Hold On To A Love's That Gone - The Holmes Brothers
11. This Time I'm Gone For Good - Johnny Adams
12. Down The Road - Marcia Ball
13. Think It Over One More Time - Buckwheat Zydeco
14. Just One Kiss - Beau Jocque And The Zydeco Hi-Rollers
15. La Danse De Mardi Gras - Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys
16. Chez Seychelles - Beausoleil

Disc 4:

1. Frosty - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
2. Funkyard - Walter "Wolfman" Washington
3. Doyne / Freylekhs - Klezmer Conservatory Band
4. Somos Boricuas - Los Pleneros De La 21
5. Hey Little Love - Tish Hinojosa
6. El Ano Viejo - The Blazers
7. All Just To Get To You - Joe Ely
8. One Endless night - Jimmy Dale Gilmore
9. Nebraska - The Cash Brothers
10. Uniform Grey - Sarah Harmer
11. Broke Down - Slaid Cleaves
12. Birches - Bill Morrissey
13. More Than A Paycheck - Sweet Honey In The Rock
14. Swing Low Sweet Chariot - IIIrd Tyme Out
15. Flamenco Fling - Natalie MacMaster
16. Ashokan Farewell - Fiddle Fever

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #135322 in Music
• Released on: 2001-10-23
• Number of discs: 4
• Format: Box set

Amazon.com
No independent label has surveyed a wider, deeper expanse of the American musical grain than Rounder Records has done since 1971. In celebrating the label's 30th anniversary, this budget-priced anthology presents 68 gems from the archives without duplicating a single artist. Rather than a linear progression through time or genre, the four-disc set hopscotches all over the musical map, from the blues of Mississippi Fred McDowell to the bluegrass of Alison Krauss, from the Texas country of Jimmie Dale Gilmore to the Celtic fiddle of Natalie MacMaster. Some of the juxtapositions are a little jarring: the Mardi Gras chants of Bo Dollis and the Wild Magnolias give way to the Hawaiian guitars of the Tau Moe Family, while the soulful groove of Walter "Wolfman" Washington leads into the Klezmer Conservatory Band. But listeners whose tastes are as eclectic as Rounder's will find the set a treasure trove of discovery. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews

Introduction to American Music
Rounder Records has always done an incredible job of putting together compilations and making the music sound alive. This collection celebrates 30 years of Rounder, and is a great overview of the label, as well as a taster for anyone looking to check out some truly alternative music. The mixture is very eclectic; much like American culture, blending and weaving through musical styles. The set features Blues, Folk, Cajun, Bluegrass, Celtic and much more.

A highly recommended listening experience.

A Roots Music State of the Union.
Think of this as an update on Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music. Showing up on the heels of the wide success of the "O Brother..." soundtrack and just before the PBS American Roots Music series, this is a worthy collection of samples of the work of contemporary artists working in the earthy music forms from whence it all sprang. From acapella gospel to zydeco with old-time, bluegrass, blues, New Orleans brass and Hawaiian tunes sandwiched in between. What can you say? It's Rounder, for Pete's sake!

Another Great Rounder Collection
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