Folk

In 1970, Barbara Dickson and Archie Fisher were invited by Decca Records to record a new album of traditional music. The resulting set, 'Thro' The Recent Years - The Folk Experiences of Archie Fisher and Barbara Dickson,' has since gone on to become an...

In 1967 The Byrds rented a studio in Nashville and hired local musicians, including John Hartford and Clarence White, to record an album about American musical history, based on hillbilly, country and bluegrass. Directed by producer Pete Asher, the Byrds...

In 1964, Augie Meyers had the first Vox organ in the US. He used it to memorable effect as part of the Sir Douglas Quintet's She's About A Mover and thus created the Augie Meyer's sound-instantly identifiable, often imitated but never duplicated. With...

In 1962, Karen summoned Richard Tucker to join her in Colorado, extolling the healthier lifestyle, and plentiful gigs at Boulder folk club The Attic. Upon his arrival, the pair solidified their personal and professional relationship, riding horses in the...

In 1957, eight Oberlin students undertook a summer-long journey, sharing their enthusiasm and teaching songs, folk dances, folk games, and instrument making to camp and concert attendees from Pennsylvania to Maine. This album features seventeen songs...

In 1951 Navajo singer Ed Lee Natay was Canyon Records' first artist. His beautiful voice lives on in this collection of Navajo, Hopi, Kiowa, Tewa, Zuni and Pueblo songs. The CD contains a second Natay album, Memories of Navajoland [CR-6057] as a bonus.1...

Import only 35-track double-disc release, recorded at the Point in Dublin, 2006. Sony.1. Two Island Swans 2. North ; South 3. So Do I 4. Hattie Carroll 5. Motherland 6. Wise ; Holy Woman 7. Casey 8. Magdalene Laundry 9. Missing You 10. Beeswing 11. Smoke...

Imitation Fields is a vivid dreamscape of acoustic immediacy and electronic fantasy, and the debut solo album by guitarist/composer Ben Garnett. Heartbreaking melodies feel like an outpouring; deep trancelike pulses and unintelligible "sounds" articulate...

Imagine an African artist with the tenderly subversive touch of Bon Iver, the haunting falsetto of Skip James, the razor-like mind of Akala, and the inventiveness of Moses Sumney. You've just imagined Blick Bassy. Following his acclaimed album ? Ak? ?,...

I'm "ninety pounds of fire in a five-foot frame and you'd better move on over" because I'm tired of working for "59 cents for every man's dollar!" Bobbie McGhee means business, literally, in this album dedicated to the working woman. Singing the songs of...

I'll Meet You Here - Dar Williams - "I'll Meet You Here" on Renew Records/BMG coming Oct 1st. 2021 release, the first album in six years from the acclaimed folk/Americana singer/songwriter.1. Time, Be My Friend 2. You Give It All Away 3. Let the Wind...

If you've ever found yourself as a lonesome sailor longing for the sea, this compilation of shanties should take you right back to the big blue. Stuart Gillespie, Nancy Morrigan and Leadbelly are just three of the voices that will serve as the sirens...