The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
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In the history of recorded blues and spirituals, there is no greater singer and songwriter than Blind Willie Johnson. With a vocal delivery ranging from raw rage to tenderness wedded to his talking guitar, Blind Willie's recordings are as powerful today as when he made them, from 1927 to 1930. Listen to monuments "Motherless Children Have a Hard Time," "I Just Can't Keep from Crying," "It's Nobody's Fault but Mine," and the otherworldly "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground," and try to find equally visceral conviction any other place or time. His "If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down" which got him arrested when Blind Willie unknowingly sang it in front of a U.S. government building in Dallas, became a '60s icon. Years later, he caught pneumonia, but when treatment was sought, he was told the hospital did not treat blind people, so he returned home and died. --Alan Greenberg ... Read more

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God moves on the water
The astonishing double negative of "God Don't Never Change," with its existential contradiction, sums up why this collection should be in the home of every gospel music lover in the world. Johnson's songs encompass the entire spectrum of spiritual experience from despair to hope to acceptance to mystical transcendence. & he leaves no doubt that he's been through all of it. Inspired by God's love, these songs, the singing, the guitar playing, are absolutely revelatory. Of course, Blind Willie Johnson is listened to mostly in the spirit of dispassionate appreciation by blues afficionados. Believers will have that plus the added pleasure of knowing what's really going on here. "Everybody Ought To Treat a Stranger Right" takes sound Gospel advice & makes it a request for spare change. "John the Revelator" kicks like rock & roll. "God moves on the water," indeed!

An effecting, amazing body of work
The gospel music of Blind Willie Johnson is heartfelt, intense, at times deeply sad, moving and joyful.Some of the songs are almost impossible not to sing along with - but you don't want to because his amazing voice and slidework demand your attention.

You'll find Mr. Johnson's work in the music of other artists - Ry Cooder uses a similar lick in the Paris, Texas soundtrack as you hear on Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground.The Blasters did a version of If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down but I prefer Mr. Johnson's version.I'm sure there are other examples but I can't think of them at the moment.An amazing tribute to a man who recorded only 30 songs and died in obscurity.The music is particularly poignant in light of the few details we have of Mr. Johnson's life.

For any collector of gospel and blues music this is a must-have album and the $14.99 for a two CD set is a steal, literally.

Wow!
I just recently got this, and I am very sorry that I didn't sooner. If you're debating whether or not to get this CD, you probably already know a good deal about the blues. So...Blind Willie Johnson sings like Charlie Patton sometimes, and other times really softly, as in his unique "Dark was the Night..." His slide playing is great, and the female vocalist sounds great and adds intensity to his growling. He is completly different stylistically from Skip James, but you will probably like him if you like (early) James because I'd say that he is equally intense. ... Read more

Asin: B0000028QB
Subjects:  1. Acoustic Texas Blues    2. Blues    3. Blues Gospel    4. Pop    5. Prewar Gospel Blues    6. Slide Guitar Blues    7. Texas Blues   

American Primitive, Vol. 1: Raw Pre-War Gospel (1926-36)
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Ignore the low fidelity of this 26-track compendium, and you have one of the most interesting gospel compilations ever released. Most of these songs were recorded among a variety of "race" labels between 1926 and 1936, mostly for Paramount and Vocalion. Copious liner notes provide the needed details for each track, along with an essay by label chief/folk legend John Fahey. Soundwise, some of these tunes are indeed primitive--there are more hisses and pops than a Mongolian BBQ. But underneath the surface noises, in tracks by Elder J.J. Hadley (a.k.a. Charley Patton), Washington White (a.k.a. Bukka White), and Blind Roosevelt Graves, there's something magical. Apparently, '26 to '36 saw a newfound interest in sacred street singers that, in turn, inspired record labels to hire blues artists to work under aliases. Whatever the motivation, these tracks are testimonies to a nearly lost era of great musicianship. --Jason Verlinde ... Read more

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Just buy it, you'll life will be better for it...
Albums like this make me feel great and really bummed out at the same time. Great because this music is as pure, raw and unpop as you can get, just amazingly real, but bummed because real music like this is gone and dead. At least we have these records of a time before proffesionalism and corporations destroyed music (and everyother art form).
I don't beleive in god or religion, but this is still one of my fave cds, heck if there was music like this in churches nowadays, i'd be going to church all the time. So don't let the term Gospel turn you off, this doesn't sound like Gospel, it's only gospel cause they mention jesus once and a while.

The music's great, find better copies of the 78s to transfer
Obviously the music presented here is really great. My only beef is the really poor condition of some of the 78s used. I know this stuff is really rare, but I bet there are cleaner copies of these records out there. Is it supposed to be important that these are John Fahey's 78s? It's not to me. I don't have much music of this type, but I found a much cleaner copy of the Jaybird Coleman track on an old Biograph LP called "This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix." Even dubbing the version off this LP would have been better that the severely damaged copy of the 78 used for this CD. I wonder if their Charley Patton CD box set was also produced with poor condition 78s like these?

Another Outstanding Revenant Compilation
Revenant has issued some of the best old music compilations: Dock Boggs' "Country Blues," the Stanley Brothers' first recordings, the Anthology of American Folk Music Vol. 4 (not to mention the upcoming super-definitive collection of Charley Patton recordings: "Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues).Great, obscure music, and inventive, eye-catching packaging.

This compilation is no exception.This is the most astounding collection of old-time gospel and sacred music ever compiled. From the bone-shattering sacred songs of Charley Patton (as the Elder J.J. Hadley) to the sublime Blind Roosevelt Gravesto the strange Rev. I. B. Ware.....there is simply no weak tune here.The title isn't misleading: this is as raw as you can get.Sanctified and rockin' and spine-tingling, this is simply one great album! ... Read more

Asin: B000001Z3Z
Subjects:  1. Black Gospel    2. Country Blues    3. Gospel    4. Pop    5. Prewar Country Blues    6. Prewar Gospel Blues    7. Traditional Gospel   

How Can I Keep From Singing 2
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This disc is a far-reaching collection of turn-of-the-century American religious song that suffers no shortage of spine-tingling performances throughout. Unlike similar compilations, it makes no racial or geographical distinctions, presenting rare recordings of raw hillbilly hymns (Morris Family) alongside gritty sanctified blues (Blind Willie Davis), Anglo-American sacred songs by congregations (George Long and His Singers), ecstatic preaching-singing recordings (Reverend J.F. Forest, Washington Phillips), and classic spirituals (Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet)--not to mention music that's essentially a combination of all the above (Brothers Wright and Williams). Acolytes of shape-note singing will enjoy some of the earliest Sacred Harp music ever recorded, by the stripped-down Roswell Sacred Harp Quartette. --Mike McGonigal ... Read more

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As good as it's companion volume
I say of this album what I say of volume one: This album is a superb introduction to the variety of gospel music at its roots. In remastering early recordings the engineers have done an excellent job of cleaningenough surface noise out for one to enjoy the music - but not removing toomuch noise to distort the original intent.As these are later recordingsthan the first volume, the final result has less surface noise.

You get abit of blues and hillbilly, accompanied and a cappella, solo andcongregation, professional and "just plain folks". Every track isa gem of its type - only your personal preferences will distinguish the"best" tracks.

My personal favorites are There Is A FountainFilled with Blood by Copperhill Male Quartet and My Loving Brother (betterknown as The Fire Song) by Ed McConnell And Family. ... Read more

Asin: B000000G8X
Subjects:  1. Gospel    2. Pop   

How Can I Keep From Singing 1
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Stunning introduction to an array of music
This album is a superb introduction to the variety of gospel music at its roots.In remastering early recordings the engineers have done an excellent job of cleaning enough surface noise out for one to enjoy themusic - but not removing too much noise to distort the originalintent.

You get a bit of Northern gospel as well as Southern gospel,accompanied and a cappella, solo and congregation, professional and"just plain folks".Every track is a gem of its type - only yourpersonal preferences will distinguish the "best" tracks.

Todayfor best tracks I'll nominate God Leads His Dear Children Along by RevJoseph Callender and I Want To Go Where Jesus Is by Slim Ducket/PigNorwood.But that says nothing about my vote tomorrow. ... Read more

Asin: B000000G8W
Sales Rank: 142807
Subjects:  1. Gospel    2. Pop   

I Am Born to Preach the Gospel
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Texas-born singer Washington Phillips did a limited amount of recording between his first sessions in 1927 and his last, which were completed in 1939. What little recording the unique solo gospel performer did can be found on this wondrous 16-track collection. Accompanying himself and singing with gentle resolve, Phillips created serene music that really did feel touched by grace. (Until recently, it was thought that Phillips played a rare autoharplike instrument called a dolceola. But Austin American-Statesman writer Michael Corcoran's research points to a zither as the probable source of the celestial sound on these recordings. Corcoran also found that Phillips didn't die in 1938, as was generally believed, but lived until 1954.) Early in his career, Ry Cooder revived a couple of Phillips's best numbers ("Denomination Blues" and "Tattler"), but the singer is largely a forgotten figure these days. I Am Born to Preach the Gospel makes that seem like an unpardonable sin. --Steven Stolder ... Read more

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Truly outstanding
This man was an amazing performer! His music is pure, raw, powerful, and beautiful, all at once. His lyrics span from heart-wrenching to openly and hilariously judgmental. The one that raises the hair on the back of my neck is "Key to the Kingdom", a dreamstate performance featuring an almost chant-like vocal rendition. His instrument sprinkles single notes, some fat and plunky, some high and sparkling, over the foundation of a grinding, relentless drone. The total generates a half-real atmosphere. But then, there isn't anything weak on the whole CD.

Incidentally, it appears that Phillips's instrument was in fact two zithers, joined together to make one big one. This information is from:

http://www.angelfire.com/country/fiddlin/clips.html#wp

At this site, the instrument Phillips is pictured holding in the photo on the back cover of the CD is investigated and approximated, successfully in my opinion. The Dolceola is also investigated, and this site offers comparative sound clips of both instruments. (This is a non-commercial public service-type site that offers nothing for sale.)

Of course for any of this to mean anything you will need to buy the Phillips CD, which you need to do anyway if you haven't yet. You've never heard anything like it, guaranteed.

This music speaks for itself, and you will be left speechles
I feel that it is extremely difficult to prattle on about an album like this. All I can do is write to you and hope that this album becomes part of you and will not be forgotten. It is of such a high caliber that when it finally ends, you may find it fitting to pay the musician respect with silence and stillness.

Far More than a Novelty Dolceola Act
A beautiful album in the way that early folk art is beautiful --spare and simplistically powerful. It ranks alongside Blind Willie Johnson's work as the most heartfelt and relevant early gospel/blues recordings on the market. A question that begs to be answered is whether or not the novelty value of the dolceola propels these recordings toward a unwarranted degree of reverence in the gospel/blues genre. I've attempted to transcribe some of these works (the original Phillips works only) for guitar and while they I'm convinced that the dolceola is central to the delivery of the material on this album, the music and the messages translate surprisingly well to other instruments. See Ry Cooder's version of Denomibation Blues ... Read more

Asin: B000000G8F
Subjects:  1. Gospel    2. Pop    3. Prewar Country Blues    4. Prewar Gospel Blues    5. Traditional Gospel    6. Vocals    7. Zither   

Music Of Kentucky: Early American Rural Classics 1927-1937
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Excellent
This is a rare treat that any traditional bluegrass/folk/Appalachia fan should get right away. Some of the recordings have better sound quality than others, but considering the age of these songs, there's nothing to complain about. Everything sounds great in terms of technical quality, and the music is absolutely superb. It's a time capsule of little-known music in digital form that you'd be hard-pressed to find anything comparable. Listen and you won't be disappointed.

Not for Garth Brooks fans (see previous reviewer)
The previous negative review highlights an interesting point.
This music may not be suitable for people who don't listen to much "pre-Elvis" music. Shania Twain fans may be disturbed by the rawness of the music. "Terribly played, Terribly sang?"
Oh please, don't be silly. I play guitar, banjo, mandolin and fiddle, and this music, while raw and at times rudimentary, is entirely credible, impressive and has depth and emotional resonance that will be lost only on the souless. A related point to this, is that this CD should appeal to vintage blues fans. The musical interaction between black and white styles is immediately evident, and fans of powerful artists such as Charley Patton and Skip James should enjoy this CD, as it is mercifully free of much of the pathetic hokey white novelty aspects that have turned you off this music in the past. B.F Shelton, like his close contemporary Dock Boggs, has a dark savage power that will appeal to fans of the "hard stuff" and not family strummalong kumbaya singing kingston trio wannabes.

Respect the old breed. Bury their recordings!
This is a good way to be quickly separated from $.... As I sat listening to this, with banjo in hand, daughters practicing mandolin and guitar in another room and wife practicing dulcimer across the room from me I had to wonder; who in the world would want to listen to this old, scratchy, terribly played and terribly sung material. If you like Flatt & Scruggs, Bill Monroe, Grandpa Jones, Alison Krauss, Bela Flek, or anyone that plays bluegrass like them, then do yourself a favor and do not buy this CD. If you would like I will send you a .wav of my family and me practicing. It will have better sound quality, you will enjoy it more ('cause it will make you laugh) and you will save yourself ... bucks. If you are a stuck up artsy person that thinks you have to listen to the most basic musical caterwauling as old as it can possibly be just as long as it isn�t a modern representation of musical possibilities and expression from ordinary country entertainers then buy this drink coaster quickly. Invite your friends over for some $... a cup coffee, while you sit around your $... a month condo and discuss the socio-economic problems of the times when this music was produced and how it affected the music and its creators. As for me I am gonna head up the nearest holler I can find, pull up a rockin� chair, cut me a plug o� backey, tune up muh banjer and make some purdy sounds with some mountain folks that know how to spend $... on something worthwhile (like greens with fatback and taters, cathead biskits and a poke with something in it to keep a belly warm, or a Bela Flek CD). Now I must go write a review of the other terrible CDs I ordered, due to the artsy reviews I read, while I lament for the death of my $... bill. Looks to me that the head honchos at YAZOO are already rich, �cause they sure saved a lot of production money when they made this collection. I have gotten better Kentucky bluegrass for $...from a rack of CDs in a convenience store in New York than this stuff. ... Read more

Asin: B000000G8P
Sales Rank: 222571
Subjects:  1. Bluegrass    2. Country    3. Pop   

Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1938-1941)
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YOu may know the singer;let's discover the guitar player !
I'm not very fond of gospel music.This repertoire,sung by choirs always bored me.Even Mahalia Jackson doesn't interest me very much.But I love sacred songs sung and played by Louis Armstrong,or Fats Waller,or New Orleans Brass Bands;and I go crazy when I listen to these tunes sung by Aretha Franklin (her "gospel" album on Chess,recorded at her father's church when she was 14),or by Blind Willie Johnson,Blind Willie McTell,Reverend Gary Davis,Mississippi John Hurt,Fred McDowell.In fact,I love the blues,down-to-earth way of playing this music.Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973) belongs to this category of extraordinary singers and guitar players.Her very expressive voice reminds of Dinah Washington.And she was a very talented guitar player.Using a dobro,her playing offers reminiscences of Big Bill Broonzy and Bukka White.Sister Rosetta is alone on 21 of the 26 tracks of this CD (tracks 1-17 and 23-26).ON tracks 18-22,she sings with Lucky Millinder and his orchestra,a band which was very popular in NYC at the end of the thirties.Among the musicians,Panama Francis,Bill Doggett,Francis Webster,Eli Robinson,Buster Bailey,George Duvivier.THis first volume of Sister Rosetta Tharpe's complete recorded works offers a good opportunity to discover her incredibly swinging guitar playing,and her very beautiful and moving voice.In the following years,she was to record maybe the greatest masterpieces (with Blind Willie Johnson's tunes) in the gospel idiom,with the support of the immense Sammy Price on piano,and the young Kenny Clarke on drums.I think that the three volumes issuedby this label are equally important and interesting.In this one,there is a special country blues flavor that delights me.Hope you'll feel the same.

her acoustic guitar playing was jazz-oriented
Sister Rosetta Tharpe was an exciting performer and one of the first singers to bring the power of gospel music into the secular world, predating Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin by quite a few years. Unlike those two, Tharpe's main loyalty remained religious music, although her acoustic guitar playing was jazz-oriented, and she spent 1941-43 being featured regularly with Lucky Millinder's Orchestra before returning to work as a solo performer. This Document CD has Tharpe's first 26 recordings. The first 14 numbers are from her unaccompanied solo dates of 1938-41, and despite the similar message of most of the selections, they do hold one's interest due to her exciting delivery. Highlights include her earliest versions of "Rock Me," "That's All," "The Lonesome Road" and "This Train." Next up are eight songs cut with Millinder's big band: five studio numbers (including "Trouble in Mind," "Rock Daniel," "Shout Sister Shout" and "That's All") and three selections taken from the soundtracks of their filmed "Soundies." The CD wraps up with four solo performances from December 1, 1941, including a spirited "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" and "Precious Lord Hold My Hand." This CD and Volume 2 (which finds the singer-guitarist finishing her Millinder period and resuming her solo career during 1943-44) are highly recommended and contain most of the finest work of Sister Rosetta Tharpe's career.

Sister R.Tharpe Invents Rock'n'Roll; Carn'gie Hall Gasps
There's a new 3-CD release from Vanguard Records called 'From Spirituals to Swing'. These were a legendary series of concerts in '38 and '39 at Carnegie Hall, introducing swing jazz hounds and society folk alike to thejoys of American pop. John Hammond, Sr., who recorded everyone from BessieSmith to Bob Dylan, put the programs together. It's got the A list of greatAmerican pop artists of the time: Count Basie, Benny Goodman. James P.Johnson, Albert Ammons, Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry. Hammond wanted tohave blues guitar genius Robert Johnson on the bill, but Johnson had beenkilled not long before.

There's a short track, 'That's All', about aminute in length, in which this guitar intro shocks the audience intonervous laughter. The intro is a rapid-fire riff ending with a twang. Theaudience gasps, then laughs. Even the hardcore swing hipsters got all shookup.

This is from a '38 concert. The fast, tough, sexy, gutbucket guitarriff is rock and roll, about 15 years before Elvis broke rock wide open.And it's played by an African-American woman, Rosetta Tharpe.

SisterRosetta Tharpe. A spirituals performer making her secular debut.

So, ifsomeone tells you that an African-American woman of the church inventedrock and roll in about 1938, it's no lie.

Buy the Sister RosettaTharpe audio CDs and find out for yourself. ... Read more

Asin: B000000JBE
Sales Rank: 244614
Subjects:  1. Black Gospel    2. Blues    3. Blues Gospel    4. Classic Female Blues    5. Jump Blues    6. Pop    7. United States of America   

Complete Recorded Works 1 (1927-29)
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My Grandfather was a Gospel Music Pioneer
This is a CD by my Grandfather. This year I released my first solo CD. Bill McGee This One's 4U. I'm named after my grandfather, my given name is William Ford McGee, he was Ford Washington McGee. How can I say anything other than I'm so proud to be the grandson of a Gospel Music Pioneer. Hopefully, some of his God given talent has been handed down to me spiritually and genetically. God Bless You All. By the way it's ironic that my grandfather had several well known trumpet players on a several of his recordings.. ... Read more

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Sales Rank: 326765
Subjects:  1. Blues    2. Pop   

Songs Of The Old Regular Baptists: Lined-Out Hymnody From Southeastern Kentucky
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Sounds like Sunday Morning
I want to address this review as someone who has attended the Old Regular Baptist church since birth.Having heard many if not all of these singers, such as the late I.D. Back and Elwood Cornett, in my lifetime, I can attest to the fact that first, this is the authentic music, sung by authentic Old Regular Baptist singers, and second, this is going to move your soul!The Old Regular Baptists can be an acquired taste for those unfamiliar with their ways of singing and worship.But hold on to your seats when God's spirit moves through a churchhouse!You CANNOT walk away from such a service unmoved.The music of the ORBs is unusual and not at all what one might be used to.The soulful, drawn-out melodies are as much a call to worship as is the messages brought by the three or four preachers you will hear during the course of the service.Plain and unassuming, these humble lay preachers who are usually visiting from other churches will preach in a distinctive sing-song style that calls not so much upon their or your knowledge of the King James Version of the Bible, but gets to the sole point of their ministry: "Are you saved?If you are, celebrate the coming joy!If not, here is how you can be!"After hearing this tape/CD, I hope that you might take the next step and visit an Old Regular Baptist Church near you.I assure you that you will feel welcome.

Wonderful for the religious folk tradition specialist
This is not a CD of polished performers or even experienced folk musicians - this is the recording of a Old Regular Baptist congregation singing their normal church repetoire in their normal style.The music is important tothem and their tradition - the musical quality is sufficiently good to notbe a barrier.They sing lined-out hymns - a style I first met in aWeavers' parody - where the leader chooses a hymn tune that fits the hymntext's meter, then sings out a line which is followed by the congregationsinging back the line.The result is a slow paced hymn singing style thatencourages reflection on the text.Today I'd say On Jordan's stormy banksis my favorite cut .. but tomorrow? ... Read more

Asin: B000001DK1
Sales Rank: 82251
Subjects:  1. Gospel    2. Pop   

Southern Journey, Vol. 4: Brethren, We Meet Again - Southern White Spirituals
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Sends chills down to your soul!!!!
This is my personal favorite of the Southern Journey series, which is saying something.So much of the music in the Southern tradition (and particularly in the mountain tradition - which is what this music is really a sampling of) is overtly religious and this disc features a broad sampling of various spiritual styles found in the Appalachians.There are shape note hymns, gospel songs, religious ballads, and lined-out hymns in the Old Regular Baptist style.

Mixed with the recordings of the songs are various testimonies of the performers during religious services.These provide insights into how these men and women viewed their religious tradition and its music, as well as the history of their people.These are among the most enjoyable tracks on the recording.

It would be hard to pick the best songs on the album, but my personal favorites are those which have less representation on other commerically available recordings.The lined-out style of hymn singing among the Old Regular Baptists is just chilling, and the samples presented here are fantastic.To my mind, "Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah" is worth the price of the CD - raw, unpolished, and lonesome - this is the soul music of the mountains.The shaped-note hymns are almost as moving to me.Interestingly, Lomax includes their first readings during the meetings, while the singers solfege thru the hymn before singing the text.My favorite among these is "Northport" which is fairly well shouted - you cannot doubt the faith of these folks when they sing "Glory! Hallelujah!"

Among the other tracks, one of the most interesting is "The Little Family," an old religious ballad on the family of Lazarus.I had not heard this one before.

For anyone curious about the religious music heritage of the Appalachians, this disc presents an excellent cross-section.Highly recommended.

fantastic
This stuff really moves me. I think the southern journey series is justabout the greatest! ... Read more

Asin: B0000002UL
Sales Rank: 93508
Subjects:  1. 50's    2. Appalachian Folk    3. Ballads    4. Field Recordings    5. Folk & Traditional    6. Italian Folk    7. Old-Timey    8. Pop    9. Traditional Folk    10. Work Songs   

This CD is part of an ambitious reissue program of folklorist (did someone say saint?) Alan Lomax's library of recordings. Recorded during a 1960 trip by Lomax to the Eastern Shores of Virginia, these are not the velvet voices of today's high-gloss studio productions. These are the actual voices of the gospel choirs, jubilee singers, and fisherman who continued to honor their African American musical traditions long after the rest of the world had plunged into the modern age. Colonial fife-and-banjo music is represented by the fascinating song "Joe Turner." The sparkling call-and-response of the "Menhaden Chanties" shows how fishermen once used song to lighten their load when pulling in their nets. But most impressive are the gospel groups the Silver Leaf Quartet and the Bright Light Quartet. Contrary to its title, "So Tired" by the Bright Light Quartet will have you doing cartwheels in the aisles and working happily all through the day. --Ken Hohman ... Read more

Asin: B0000002UP
Subjects:  1. Appalachian Folk    2. Ballads    3. Country Blues    4. Field Recordings    5. Folk & Traditional    6. Italian Folk    7. Old-Timey    8. Pop    9. Traditional Folk    10. Traditional Gospel    11. Work Songs