FOLKWAYS RECORDS

Holland,Lori Scottish Folksongs For Women CD1. Laddie with the Golden Hair 2. The Trees Are All Ivied 3. Mormond Braes 4. The Wars of Germany 5. Eppie Morrie 6. Twine Well the Plaiden 7. The Blantyre...

Holmes,Michael Mandolin Instruction: Old Time Country Fiddle CD1. Tune to a "G" 2. Soldier's Joy, Slow 3. Soldier's Joy, Fast 4. St. Anne's Reel, Slow 5. St. Anne's Reel, Fast 6. Cripple Creek, Slow...

Recorded at three "hoots" in 1958 and 1959, this album represents a tradition that, at the time it was made, was nearly two decades old. Through the course of hootenanny history, certain constants...

This recording is a dramatization of the 1855 murder trial of British surgeon William Palmer, who was accused of poisoning John Parsons Cook. The case is one of the most notorious murders of the 19th...

Railroaders and cowboys share a need for music to bolster their spirits during long days and to celebrate night's freedom. Cisco Houston sings ballads from the range and from the lonesome track,...

Cisco Houston's smooth, spirited voice croons songs from the railways, mines, and the open range on this collection of his favorite ballads. In the tradition of composing songs to tell stories,...

In the liner notes, Cisco Houston writes that he's been from coast to coast at least thirty times and has traveled a "good part" of the world as well. This album presents thirteen songs about the...

Long-overdue collection from one of the seminal figures in American folk music, featuring 29 tracks-eight unreleased, including two duets with Woody Guthrie-drawn from the Folkways vaults. With notes...

Woody Guthrie described singer and actor Cisco Houston as a man who "likes hard hitting songs and hard hitting people. He likes to meet and to sing with the people." This album features both...

Hughes,Langston Rhythms Of The World CD1. Rhythms of the World 2. Rhythms of the World

You remember the counsel: "Hold fast to dreams-for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly..." Langston Hughes reads and comments on some of his most evocative poems about dreams,...

In this collection of prose and song, Langston Hughes narrates the history of the African-American people. Beginning with the struggles associated with slavery and punctuated with African chants and...