FOLKWAYS RECORDS

Richards,John F.C. Selections From Ovid: Metamorphoses CD1. Metamorphoses: Book I - Daphne and Apollo 2. Metamorphoses: Book III - Narcissus and Echo 3. Metamorphoses: Book III - Narcissus and Echo...

Richards,John F.C. Selections From Virgil CD1. Liber Primus, 1-11 2. Liber Primus, 254-296 3. Liber Primus, 446-463 4. Liber Secundus, 1-20 5. Liber Secundus, 40-56 6. Liber Secundus, 234-245 7...

Folk singer and songwriter Johnny Richardson performs a whimsical selection of children's songs in this, his second of four recordings for Folkways Records. With guitar accompaniment, he performs...

Richardson,Johnny Sing Along, Clap Along With Johnny Richardson CD1. If I Were a Keeper of the Zoo 2. The Honky Tonky Monkey 3. I Can't Spell Hippopotamus 4. I Can Spell Hippopotamus 5. The Brave...

Songs originating in the Frontier Era in and around Pittsburgh were rediscovered by Jacob A. Evanson, sung here by Vivien Richman. While there are a few cheerful and amusing ditties ("Pittsburg Town"...

Israeli pianist Amiram Rigai gives US a tour through the Middle East, with stops in Cyprus, Greece, Iran, Israel, Lebanon and Turkey. This exquisite 20th-century music was inspired by national...

Underground Streets, a collection of poetry by poet/performer Norman Riley and centered around the theme of loneliness and wanting is at once melancholy and optimistic. Sounds of the Streets is...

Inspired to share her musical life at home with audiences beyond the kitchen door, Jean Ritchie compiled this album of songs and stories from her family. Unlike studio recordings, this collection...

This live recording of three very different singers presents Jean Ritchie's southern ballads, Oscar Brand's sea songs and "atomic blues," and Dave Sear's repertoire of Scottish songs. The three enjoy...

Ritchie,Jean Appalachian Dulcimer: An Instr CD1. Introduction 2. How to Hold the Dulcimer 3. Tuning Up in the Major Key 4. How to Hold the Noter 5. Playing the Scale 6. Simple Thumb Strum 7. Use of a...

Ten years after British scholar Cecil J. Sharp declared the traditional English ballad a "moribund" art form, he discovered a rich and thriving tradition of ballad-singing in America's southern...

Jean Ritchie is a national treasure, one of America's finest and best known traditional singers. She grew up in Viper, Kentucky, and is part of a large family, the famous "Singing Ritchies of...