FOLKWAYS RECORDS

In the original notes to this recording, Mike Seeger writes, "The songs on this album were recorded by commercial companies and the Library of Congress in the southeastern mountains between 1925 and...

Joined on this recording by fiddler Tracy Schwarz, this album explores new musical territory "at least ten years in either direction," including unaccompanied ballad singing and bluegrass. Of...

On this record, The New Lost City Ramblers perform traditional children's songs from the Appalachian Mountains, characterized by the fiddle, the banjo, and a strong narrative. As John Cohen writes in...

New Lost City Ramblers On The Great Divide CD1. John Brown's Dream 2. Old Johnny Booker Won't Do 3. Railroading on the Great Divide 4. Love of Polly and Jack Monroe 5. Walking Boss 6. Who Killed Poor...

New Lost City Ramblers Remembrance Of Things To Come CD1. Soldier's Joy 2. The Titanic 3. Single Girl 4. Lord Bateman 5. I'm Lonesome 6. He Is Coming to Us Dead 7. Cat's Got the Measles ; the Dog's...

In this album's liner notes, John Cohen writes, "After seven years of performing, The New Lost City Ramblers play in a great many country styles. We have each developed our own individual...

This album, recorded in 1960-1961, shows these three musicians' passionate love for mountain music. The New Lost City Ramblers learned their music from impeccable sources-from old time commercial...

In the traditional string band style, longtime Folkways recording artists The New Lost City Ramblers offer up 18 topical songs written by country singers during the dark days of the Great Depression...

This selection of exciting tunes comes from old recordings and live musicians, and includes favorites "Bill Cheatham," "John Brown's Dream," and "Jenny on the Railroad." Extensive notes on...

This fascinating collection of music from the streets of New Orleans was recorded between 1954 and 1958, and includes an inspiring variety of material, from vegetable peddlers' street cries to the...

Following a rich history of dance band music in the Big Easy, the musicians featured on this album retain the vitality of their forebears. As scholar Samuel B. Charters writes, "[this] is music that...

This compilation remembers the early days of jazz, when Buddy Bolden's band started playing it's iconoclastic arrangements of new songs. Recorded interviews join instrumental rags and cabaret music...