Folk

This 1986 edition of Fast Folk takes the listener on a musical world tour surveying several traditional genres specific to such countries as Italy, France and Ireland. The accompanying Fast Folk magazine (see liner notes) features several interesting...

This 1983 Folkways release is a perfect example of the constant ebb, flow, and evolution of what we commonly refer to as "folk music." the record catalogs the musical traditions of several different Hungarian-American communities. While the members of...

This 1970 release records the shape note singing convention in Houston, Mississippi. As is the tradition with shape note signing, songs are first sung using notes "fa-so-la-mi," then with lyrics. Each voice part is equally balanced, consequently...

This 1969 LP is perhaps Laura's most intimate and haunting work. Her cathartic musical journey takes you through Save the Country; Time and Love, and more. Two bonus cuts!1. You Don't Love Me When I Cry 2. Captain for Dark Mornings 3. Tom Cat Goodbye 4...

This 1969 Fairport masterpiece is one of the definitive folk-rock albums. Sandy Denny's ethereal voice shimmers on Matty Groves; Come All Ye; Tam Lin; Farewell, Farewell, and more.1. Come All Ye 2. Reynardine 3. Matty Groves 4. Farewell Farewell 5. The...

This 1968 collection, recorded during live performances, features protest songs as well as old spirituals sung by legendary folk singer Pete Seeger (who is joined on two tracks by Big Bill Broonzy and Memphis Slim). with Seeger's modern interpretations...

This 1966 album of Rod McKuen songs was among Glenn's most popular! Includes the Word Before Goodbye; Night Song; Hello; the Women; Brownstone; the Summertime of Days, and more.1. The Lonely Things 2. Channing Way, 2 3. The Word Before Goodbye 4. Night...

This 1965 radio documentary written by renowned author, historian, actor, and broadcaster Studs Terkel begins with a young victim of the Hiroshima bombing and weaves together excerpts of interviews Terkel conducted over the years with, for example, James...

This 1964 Folkways release, recorded and produced by Edith Fulton Fowke, is a collection of songs dealing primarily with sailing on the Great Lakes of North America. Fowke's research relies heavily on stories and songs as recollected by descendants of...

This 1950's recording pairs the electrifying accordionist Charles Magnante with the smoldering vocalist LaVergne Smith. Accompanied lightly by banjo, Magnante's virtuosic set ranges from "Twelfth Street Rag" and the tango "La cu cumparsita" to Chopin's...

This 17 track CD is a special 10th anniversary sampler from Osmosys Records. It features music from Maddy Prior, the Incredible String Band, And Did Those Feet, Dougie Maclean and many others. It's a veritable feast of music from English traditional...

This 10-track album by Broadside, a magazine devoted to publishing contemporary folk songs during the 1960s, features songs by unknown or emerging folk singer/songwriters. The best known of the performers is Janis Ian (billed as "Blind Girl Grunt")...