Blog: anyone's guess

folk music & field recordings

folk music & field recordings burkhard bilger reports in this week's issue of the new yorker on the search for and recording of the artless singing of american folk song, or old time music, in the southeast. bilger follows art rosenbaum, a professor of art at the university of georgia and curator of art of field recording volume 1 , and lance ledbetter, founder of dust-to-digital records in atlanta, as they travel to various outposts and record folks singing songs learned in the oral tradition, handed down through generations of families & [...]
Artist:banjo bill cornett
Title:born in old kentucky
Link Text:banjo bill cornett - born in old kentucky
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Artist:bessie smith
Title:a good man is hard to find
Link Text:bessie smith - a good man is hard to find
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Artist:charley patton
Title:a spoonful of blues
Link Text:charley patton - a spoonful of blues
File Name:aspoonfulofblues.mp3
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Year:1929
Artist:dock boggs
Title:down south blues
Link Text:dock boggs - down south blues
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Artist:greg brown
Title:canned goods
Link Text:greg brown - canned goods
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Artist:greg brown
Title:driftless
Link Text:greg brown - driftless
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