Alexander Posted March 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 Today's update features the Cincinnati Jug Band, led by guitarist Bob Coleman, performing "Newport Blues." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted March 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 Today's update closes out the first disc of "Social Music" with this bizarre jazz/polka tune. Read about musician Frank Cloutier and the search for information on him and his recording of "Moonshiner's Dance." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted March 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 The second disc of "Social Music" begins today with Rev. J.M. Gates and his congregation performing "Must Be Born Again," an example of a lining hymn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted March 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Today's update features another example of a lining hymn performed by Rev. J.M. Gates and his congregation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted March 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Today's update features the Alabama Sacred Harp Singers performing "Rocky Road." Sacred Harp singing is one of America's oldest musical traditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted March 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2010 Today's update features the second of two examples of Sacred Harp singing. This is "Present Joys" performed by the Alabama Sacred Harp Singers, recorded in 1928 in Atlanta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted March 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 In today's update, we listen to the obscure Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1 performing the equally obscure "This Song of Love," performed in a style that seems to predate Sacred Harp singing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted April 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 Today's update features the powerful voice of Rev. Sister Mary Nelson (plus a couple of kids) belting out "Judgment." Can I get a witness? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted April 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Today's update features the Memphis Sanctified Singers, featuring Bessie Johnson, performing "He Got Better Things For You." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted April 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 Today's update features the elders McIntorsh and Edwards, ably assisted by Bessie Johnson and Melinda Taylor from the previous selection, performing "Since I Laid My Burden Down." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted April 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 The all-jazz episode of "Where Dead Voices Gather" is up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted April 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 Today's update is the first of five "song sermons" in a row. Today's selection features Rev. Moses Mason performing "John The Baptist." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted April 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Today's update features folklorist, lawyer, educator, and banjo-picker Bascom Lamar Lunsford performing the wry "Dry Bones." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted April 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 Today's update features the great Blind Willie Johnson's recording of "John The Revelator," originally recorded on April 20, 1930 (exactly 80 years ago today). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted April 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 (edited) Today's update marks the third appearance of the Carter Family on the "Anthology," performing "Little Moses." Edited April 26, 2010 by Alexander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 Nice to see so many posters on this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted April 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 Nice to see so many posters on this thread. Hey, I'm happy to discuss anything to do with the "Anthology." Just post a question or make a comment, and I'll happily reply... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted April 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 Today's update features Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers performing "Shine On Me." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted May 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Today's update features Rev. F.W. McGee and his singers performing "Fifty Miles of Elbow Room." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted May 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Today's update is the last track on the "Social Music" volume of the "Anthology." It features Rev. D.C. Rice and his Sanctifed Congregation performing "I'm In The Battle Field For My Lord." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted May 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 "Songs," the third volume of the "Anthology," begins with today's update. Today, we feature Clarence Ashley (making his third appearence on the "Anthology") performing his signature song, "The Coo Coo Bird." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted May 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 Today's update features Buell Kazee (last heard on the "Ballads" set) singing "East Virginia," a song of lost love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted May 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 Today's update features Cannon's Jug Stompers, a jug band consisting of Gus Cannon, Noah Lewis, and Ashley Thompson. They perform "Minglewood Blues," a song later covered by The Grateful Dead in a slightly different form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted May 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 Today's update features blind Cajun guitarist Didier Hébert on his sole recording, "I Woke Up One Morning In May." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted May 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2010 Today's update features New Orleans songster Richard "Rabbit" Brown performing "James Alley Blues." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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