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Musical Interlude: Today I discovered the new, Grammy-nominated band American Patchwork Quartet, made up of musicians of different ethnic backgrounds, singing traditional American folk songs but with a unique style, that pays tribute to America's immigrant heritage and cultural diversity.
I mean, how I can I resist a band that pays homage to patchwork quilts? I need to see these folks in concert sometime.
"Wayfaring Stranger," performed by American Patchwork Quartet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsDwoAr35k8
#MusicalInterlude #AmericanPatchworkQuartet #FolkMusic #AmericanFolk #Traditional #Music
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Musical Interlude: Listened to some classic American folk music today. it's annoying difficult to find recordings of traditional American folk ballads; and if you can, it's frequently a children's album. Grrr. But when you find one, it's a gem.
"Banks of the Ohio," performed by Doc Watson.
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"This Land Is Your Land" is a song by #AmericanFolk singer #WoodyGuthrie. One of the #UnitedStates' most famous #folkSongs, its lyrics were written in 1940 in critical response to #IrvingBerlin's "#GodBlessAmerica". Its #melody is based on a #CarterFamily tune called "When the World's on Fire". When Guthrie was tired of hearing #KateSmith sing "God Bless America" on the radio in the late 1930s.
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This feels like a Townes Van Zandt day. Pancho and Lefty has been famously covered by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, as well as others. "Van Zandt has been referred to as a cult musician and 'a songwriter's songwriter.'"
The lyrics: "Although the lyrics are not exactly reconcilable with the historic details of the life and death of the famous Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, Van Zandt does not rule out the idea." (Wikipedia) #TownesVanZandt #FolkMusic #AmericanFolk -
Elizabeth Cotten (1893 – 1987) was a self-taught left-handed guitarist who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player but played it upside down. This meant that she would play the bass lines with her fingers and the melody with her thumb. Her signature alternating bass style has become known as "Cotten picking". NPR stated "her influence has reverberated through the generations, permeating every genre of music." Wikipedia #blues #AmericanFolk
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I like this one written by Gillian Welch, performed with Dave Rawlings. 💜 🦋
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This Townes Van Zandt recording was played at the end of episode 3, season 1 of Joe Pickett. 💜
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I've heard this song covered at about double time or time and a half, idk. Sure, cover bands interpret as they wish, but if you cover this, please don't do that. lols. Ok, morning rant over. I love this one. So soulful.
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One of my fave Van Zandt songs. A personal essay of mine came out in a Van Zandt anthology this past spring. The anthology contains gritty stories, poems, and essays reflecting the spirit of Townes Van Zandt. Copies are available through Amazon for $10---https://a.co/d/4gCNQVm
#AmListening #TownesVanZandt #AmericanFolk #FolkMusic #Anthology #PersonalEssay
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Amazing songwriting, singing, picking. One of the best. 💜
#AmListening #RhiannonGiddens #AmericanFolk #FolkMusic #banjo
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Music and lyrics---one of my favorite Gillian Welch songs. 🦋
#AmListening #GillianWelch #DaveRawlings #AmericanFolk
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I Dream a Highway---Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings
#GillianWelch #DaveRawlings #Folk #AmericanFolk
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Chance McCoy and the Appalachian String Band 🖤
#Folk #Bluegrass #AmericanFolk #TraditionalFolk #AppalachianFolk #Appalachia
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"'The Big Rock Candy Mountains,' first recorded by Harry McClintock in 1928, is a country folk song about a hobo's idea of paradise, a modern version of the medieval concept of Cockaigne. It is a place where 'hens lay soft-boiled eggs' and there are 'cigarette trees.' McClintock said that he wrote the song in 1895, based on tales from his youth hoboing through the United States while working for the railroad as a brakeman." Wikipedia
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"''Where Did You Sleep Last Night.' also known as 'Black Girl' and 'In the Pines,' is a traditional American folk song that dates back to at least the 1870s, and is believed to be Southern Appalachian in origin. Lead Belly recorded several versions in the 1940s." Genius
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"Emry Paul Arthur (September 17, 1902 – August 22, 1967) was an American Old-time musician. Arthur played an early version of the song Man of Constant Sorrow in 1928. Emry Arthur was born around the turn of the century in the Elk Spring Valley in Wayne County, Kentucky. His father collected old traditional songs from Kentucky and the entire family was known for their music in the area." Wikipedia
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I'm looking over the manuscript of Cowboy Jamboree's themed anthology "Traveling through Townes." The volume contains stories, poetry, and essays reflecting the spirit of Townes Van Zandt. An essay of mine will be published there. If you are not familiar with TVZ, or even if you are, you may enjoy listening to this album. I'll post again when copies are available in mid-April---Townes's birthday.
#TownesVanZandt #WritingCommunity #Essay #AmericanFolk #FolkMusic
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Writing, voice, banjo playing---❤️ .