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The Black Swan
(more) »rank: 32001by: Bert Jansch
:Album Description:Bert Jansch has been working with some of the latest musicians to emerge on the scene on his long awaited album 'The Black Swan', including producer Noah Georgeson (Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom), and musicians and vocalists Devendra Banhart, Beth Orton, Otto Hauser, Helena Espvall (Espers).
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The Best of Hooker 'n Heat
(more) »rank: 126960by: Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker
:Album Description:Bert Jansch has been working with some of the latest musicians to emerge on the scene on his long awaited album 'The Black Swan', including producer Noah Georgeson (Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom), and musicians and vocalists Devendra Banhart, Beth Orton, Otto Hauser, Helena Espvall (Espers).
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Led Zeppelin's Sources of Inspiration
(more) »rank: 143744by: Various Artists
:Album Description:Compilation of 20 original tracks that inspired such LedZeppelin classics as 'Whole Lotta Love', 'How Many MoreTimes', 'Custard Pie' & 'Travelling Riverside Blues'.Contains cuts by Howlin' Wolf, Otis Rush, Little Walter,Bo Diddley, Elmore James, Memphis Minnie & Robert Johnson.1995 Jefferson Records/ Pink Honey Recordings release. Thefull title is 'Led Zeppelin's Sources Of Inspiration'.
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The Original Delta Blues
(more) »rank: 61669by: Son House
: :This Columbia Legacy reissue of the 1965 release is one of the few recordings available of one of the blues' founding fathers. It contains some of his best songs, which have unsurprisingly become classics of the Delta blues genre: 'Death Letter,' 'Preachin' Blues,' 'Levee Camp Moan,' 'Pony Blues,' and 'Downhearted Blues' are all here. Though not as comprehensive as Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions, this CD is an excellent introduction to this seminal artist's work, revealing the creativity, passion, skillful guitar playing, and rich singing that helped form a whole new kind of music. --Genevieve Williams
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Southern Journey, Vol. 9: Harp Of A Thousand Strings - All Day Singing From The Sacred Harp
(more) »rank: 127921by: Various Artists
: :If you had to choose just one Sacred Harp disc to own, this would be it. Volume 10 in the Southern Journey series may have more fuguing selections, but this is the best overall for its startling, briskly recorded stereo sound--no mean feat for a field recording from 1959! In addition to songs like 'Cussetta,' the always great 'Weeping Mary,' and 'Montgomery,' there are snippets of testimonials and confessions placed throughout. So you get to hear Harp singer Joyce Smith declare, 'A lot of times a preacher will get up and preach and it don't seem like it has any effect on anybody. ...
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Ballad Legacy: The Alan Lomax Portait Series
(more) »rank: 142765by: Texas Gladden
: :If you had to choose just one Sacred Harp disc to own, this would be it. Volume 10 in the Southern Journey series may have more fuguing selections, but this is the best overall for its startling, briskly recorded stereo sound--no mean feat for a field recording from 1959! In addition to songs like 'Cussetta,' the always great 'Weeping Mary,' and 'Montgomery,' there are snippets of testimonials and confessions placed throughout. So you get to hear Harp singer Joyce Smith declare, 'A lot of times a preacher will get up and preach and it don't seem like it has any effect on anybody. ...
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The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
(more) »rank: 44995by: Various Artists
: :If you had to choose just one Sacred Harp disc to own, this would be it. Volume 10 in the Southern Journey series may have more fuguing selections, but this is the best overall for its startling, briskly recorded stereo sound--no mean feat for a field recording from 1959! In addition to songs like 'Cussetta,' the always great 'Weeping Mary,' and 'Montgomery,' there are snippets of testimonials and confessions placed throughout. So you get to hear Harp singer Joyce Smith declare, 'A lot of times a preacher will get up and preach and it don't seem like it has any effect on anybody. ...
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Sad Days, Lonely Nights
(more) »rank: 167240by: Junior Kimbrough
: :If you had to choose just one Sacred Harp disc to own, this would be it. Volume 10 in the Southern Journey series may have more fuguing selections, but this is the best overall for its startling, briskly recorded stereo sound--no mean feat for a field recording from 1959! In addition to songs like 'Cussetta,' the always great 'Weeping Mary,' and 'Montgomery,' there are snippets of testimonials and confessions placed throughout. So you get to hear Harp singer Joyce Smith declare, 'A lot of times a preacher will get up and preach and it don't seem like it has any effect on anybody. ...
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Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia
(more) »rank: 144638by: Various Artists
:Album Description:The sounds and social history of African American banjo playing--32 superb instrumentals and vocals, recorded between 1974 and 1997. Extensively annotated with performer's life histories, tunings, lyrics, bibliography, and discography. The banjo's gourd ancestors came to the Americas with enslaved Africans, forging the link between West African griots and performers of 20th-century blues and string-band music. 64 minutes. :This is more than just another excellently researched, heavily-annotated, and well-recorded Smithsonian Folkways disc of archival old-time sound. Like recordings of fife and drum music, this collection documents a rich African American musical tradition that was all but lost by the 1970s. The textbooks ...
