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Leave the Light On
(more) »rank: 6751by: Chris Smither
: :This album's title cut finds the veteran folk-blues troubadour, now in his early 60s, pondering the possibility of living to be 100, thus setting the thematic tone for an uncommonly reflective, meditative set. The ragtime Zen of 'Open Up,' the philosophical 'Seems So Real,' and the rock-bottom despair in his cover of Peter Case's 'Cold Trail Blues' all suggest that the virtuosic fingerpicker and evocatively smoky vocalist has reached a point in his life where he's pondering the biggest issues of mortality, a perspective that informs the complex relationship in 'Father's Day.' Not all of the material is that introspective, as ...
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The Sound of Music (1959 Original Broadway Cast)
(more) »rank: 7521by: Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Mary Martin, Theodore Bikel
:Album Description:Asian Exclusive! Gold Edition of the 1965 original soundtrack written by Rodgers & Hammerstein features 22 tracks including a bonus disc of 6 Music Box Version tracks: 'Do-Re-Mi', 'Edelweiss', 'The Sound Of Music', 'The Lonely Goatherd', 'So Long, Farewell' & 'Sixteen Going On Seventeen'. RCA. 2005. :Most of the civilized world identifies this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic with the Robert Wise film, one of the most successful movie musicals of all time ('The Sound of Money,' critic Pauline Kael termed it). Which is why this recording can be so disconcerting. Not only are there different tunes ('How Can Love Survive,' ...
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The Rose
(more) »rank: 43095by: The Mediæval Bæbes
: :Sumptuous, soothing, sensual--the heavenly voices of the Mediaeval Baebes continue to enchant the ears with the group's fourth album. These talented Baebes (and their main composer Katharine Blake) borrow lyrical material from medieval prose and find inspiration in medieval music. While most of The Rose comprises original pieces, it also includes a medieval English composition, a 14th century French traditional song, and an Italian lauda. The hypnotic, dulcet voices of this nine-piece collective are mesmerizing a cappella, especially with their fluency in multiple languages, but some of these songs feature accompaniment from strings, zither, recorder, acoustic guitar, percussion, and other instruments. ...
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Good For What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937 (Digipak with 72-page booklet)
(more) »rank: 16030by: Pink Anderson, Gid Tanner, Gus Cannon, Emmett Miller, Charlie Poole, Dallas String Band, Grant Brothers, Uncle Dave Macon, Beans Hambone, Clarence Ashley
:Album Description:Earning Their White Stripes. 'But what I'm listening to most of the time at present is an album called Good For What Ails You, which is an album of songs that people used to listen to at medicine shows all over the States. It's quite an interesting album and I think that people would be well advised to pick it up.' Jack White - Sunday Mail (Australia) Dec 18, 2005 Five Stars. Groundbreaking. 'Fans of Nick Tosches' Where Dead Voices Gather will lap up this extraordinary snapshot of an America that is still shrouded in shadow. Good For What Ails ...
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Peter, Paul and Mary - Carry It On - A Musical Legacy
(more) »rank: 28437starring: Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers
: :First-ever DVD from this award-winning group features vintage concert clips including 'The Times They Are a Changin,' 'Blowin in the Wind,' and 'Puff the Magic Dragon.' Traces the early days of the folk movement through archival and current interview footage and historical anecdotes. Supported by a March 2004 PBS pledge drive TV special. ? :The importance of being earnest is vividly illustrated in Carry It On, which chronicles the enduring work of folksingers Peter Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey, and Mary Travers, who at the time of this comprehensive, 80-minute documentary had already marked their 40th anniversary as a trio. There ...
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Sold Out/String Along
(more) »rank: 45160by: The Kingston Trio
: :First-ever DVD from this award-winning group features vintage concert clips including 'The Times They Are a Changin,' 'Blowin in the Wind,' and 'Puff the Magic Dragon.' Traces the early days of the folk movement through archival and current interview footage and historical anecdotes. Supported by a March 2004 PBS pledge drive TV special. ? :The importance of being earnest is vividly illustrated in Carry It On, which chronicles the enduring work of folksingers Peter Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey, and Mary Travers, who at the time of this comprehensive, 80-minute documentary had already marked their 40th anniversary as a trio. There ...
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If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle
(more) »rank: 40272by: Pete Seeger
:Album Description:For over 50 years Pete Seeger's music has included songs on labor, civil rights, peace, and the hope for a better world. This CD contains 24 tracks selected from hundreds released on Folkways Records in the late 1950s and 1960s and 2 new songs recorded especially for this collection. Pete plays the 5-string banjo and the 12-string guitar, and appears on some tracks with Almanac Singers and his grandson Tao Rodriguez. Booklet contains detailed notes by Mark Greenberg and a complete discography of Pete Seeger on Folkways. 71 minutes. :Pete Seeger is a national treasure, a living American institution. Unfortunately ...
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This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1
(more) »rank: 51539by: Woody Guthrie
:Album Description:The first in a series of four, this recording presents many of Woody Guthrie's best known songs taken from the original masters. Included here is the original version of Woody's anthem 'This Land Is Your Land,' which contains never-before issued lyrics. A major force in the urban folk song revival, Guthrie created an intimate portrait of America - its land and people. He has influenced many contemporary artists, among them Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Billy Bragg, and Bruce Springsteen. During the 1930s and 40s, Woody Guthrie wrote more than a thousand songs, recording hundreds of them for Folkways founder Moses ...
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From a Distance: The Very Best of Nanci Griffith
(more) »rank: 12776by: Nanci Griffith
:Album Description:Features 22 tracks from her 5 MCA albums. 96k/24-bit mastered from the original master tapes. Includes the signature tunes as well as live versions of her key Philo hits. 2002. :Well, the title is misleading, as this collection showcases only her MCA era; a more accurate designation would be From a Distance: The Best Stuff Nanci Griffith Did After She Left Philo and Before She Went to Elektra, but maybe that's not catchy enough. What is compelling is the music itself. During the period of 1987 to 1991, Griffith wrote some of her best material. She also discovered Julie Gold's ...
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Gillian Welch - The Revelator Collection
(more) »rank: 38436starring: Gillian Welch
: :Rarely have an artist and a visual approach been as well matched as they are in this hour-long package of videos and concert performances featuring singer-songwriter Gillian Welch and her musical partner, guitarist David Rawlings. Welch's rootsy, all-acoustic music is pure, plain, and simple, old-sounding if not especially old-fashioned; fittingly, both the three videos and nine live songs here ('Revelator' is seen and heard in both formats), all from 2001, are in black and white and similarly free of props, effects, or any other kind of artifice. Most of the material is her own, with covers of songs by Bob Dylan, ...
