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  1. Lucinda Williams, Ramblin’ On My Mind, 1979 on Folkways

    Attributed to “Lucinda” mono-nymically, this was Williams’ debut solo album, released in 1979 on Folkways (which became Smithsonian Folkways in 1987).

    She’s accompanied by  John Grimaudo on 6-string guitar (she plays 12-string and sings), and the album was produced by Tom Royals, an attorney for whom this is the only producing credit – he was a friend of her father. It was recorded at Malaco Studios in Jackson, Mississippi.

    It’s a collection of blues, folk, and country covers, some traditional and some by named artists: Robert Johnson, A.P. Carter, Memphis Minnie, Sleepy John Estes, Hammie Nixon, Hank Williams, Roy Acuff, Joe Hayes and Jack Rhodes.

    My copy is a 2021 reissue, but I’m not sure where I got it from.

    #1970s #1979 #APCarter #Blues #Country #covers #Folk #Folkways #HankWilliams #JohnGrumaudo #LucindaWilliams #MalacoStudios #RobertJohnson #SmithsonianFolkways #TomRoyals #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

  2. Smithsonian Folkways: Smithsonian Folkways Launches Music Pathways, an Innovative New Teaching Tool. “Smithsonian Folkways has announced the launch of the Smithsonian Folkways Music Pathways, an innovative new teaching tool designed to illuminate lesser-known corners of music history using the sounds and resources available in the label’s iconic catalog.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/19/smithsonian-folkways-smithsonian-folkways-launches-music-pathways-an-innovative-new-teaching-tool/

  3. #NowPlaying For the 75th anniversary of #SmithsonianFolkways, they commissioned Baltimore-based experimental electronic music duo #Matmos to make an LP using the record label's back catalog. youtube.com/watch?v=bgE5EjMV4I

  4. Seeing an ad announcing that the venerable #Folkways Records (#SmithsonianFolkways these days) is looking for someone with "DSP" experience, which I'm just enough of a geek to realize couldn't mean Digital Signal Processor, but I'm also nostalgic about pre-commercialism Usenet and know nothing about digital marketing and online ad sales...
    Found an alternative DSP for Folkways to look at:

    youtu.be/0Sg8AeNy_2g

    And for my own grudging edification:
    musicgateway.com/blog/music-in