American Folk Music
David Paton -> Frank Proffitt
| DAVID PATON |
Folk Legacy 120 |
Music From The Mountain |
● CD $15.98 |
Instrumentals featuring English concertina, hammered
dulcimer and more.
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| TOM PAXTON |
Flying Fish 280 |
Even A Gray Day |
● CD $15.98 |
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| TOM PAXTON |
Flying Fish 356 |
One Million Lawyers And Other Disasters |
● CD $15.98 |
Topical songs with titles like Yuppies In The Sky/ Sold A
Hammer To The Pentagon/ We Can Have The Olympics Over At Our House/ Don't
Slay That Potato and many more. Luv ya, Tom.
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| TOM PAXTON |
Flying Fish 414 |
And Loving You |
● CD $15.98 |
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| TOM PAXTON |
Flying Fish 486 |
Politics |
● CD $15.98 |
1988 live recording. Includes We're Filling A Bottle For
Ronnie/ The Ballad Of Gary Hart/ Peace Will Come/ The Death Of Steven Biko/
One Million Lawyers/ I Am Changing My Name To Chrysler/ Lyndon Johnson
Told The Nation and other scathing ditties.
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| TOM PAXTON |
Flying Fish 519 |
The Very Best Of Tom Paxton |
● CD $15.98 |
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| TOM PAXTON |
Flying Fish 70574 |
It Ain't Easy |
● CD $14.98 |
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| TOM PAXTON |
Rhino 73515 |
I Can't But Wonder Where I Am |
● CD $16.98 |
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| TOM PAXTON |
Sugarhill 1045 |
Wearing The Time |
● CD $15.98 |
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| TOM PAXTON |
Vanguard 79561 |
Best Of The Vanguard Years |
● CD $15.98 |
24 track compilation of this fine folk artists' recordings
including 10 tracks from his 1977 album "New Songs From The
Briarpatch", 8 from his 1978 album "Heroes" and six tracks
recorded at the Newport Folk Festival in 1963 and '64 - most of them
unreleased including the first recordings of some of his most famous songs
like Ramblin' Boy/ Bottle Of Wine/ The Last Thing On My Mind and The
Willing Conscript.
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| SUNI PAZ |
Smithsonian Folkways 45055 |
ALERTA Sings/ Canciones Para El Recreo |
● CD $14.98 |
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| PETER, PAUL AND MARY |
Warner Bros. 1473 |
(Moving) |
● CD $16.98 |
1962 reissue with Settle Down/ This Land Is Your Land/
Puff The Magic Dragon plus 9 more.
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| PETER, PAUL & MARY |
Warner Bros. 1555 |
In Concert |
● CD $24.98 |
2-CD set, 18 live versions of all their hits.
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| PETER, PAUL & MARY |
Warner Bros. 45070 |
A Holiday Celebration |
● CD $16.98 |
Live recordings from their PBS holiday special with the New
York Choral Society, featuring this venerable folk trio on such classics
as The Cherry Tree Carol/ A Soalin'/ I Wonder As I Wander/ Hayo, Haya,
and, of course, Blowing in the Wind. (JM)
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| ROBIN PETRIE |
Gourd Music 115 |
A Victorian Noel |
● CD $15.98 |
13 tracks, 43 min., recommended. Here's a gorgeous set of
all-acoustic holiday music built around the centerpiece of Robin Petrie's
glittering hammered dulcimer. Well-known guest stars include harpist
Cheryl Ann Fulton, pianist Tom Constanten, and Danny Carnahan on guitar
and mandolin. In addition to the stunning musicianship displayed
throughout, Robin's unique selection of instrumental carols, gathered from
throughout the European folk tradition, is a refreshing take on the
holiday repertoire. Informative historical notes top off this lovely set.
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| ROBIN PETRIE |
Gourd Music 125 |
A Victorian Christmas |
● CD $15.98 |
13 all-instrumental carols from The Oxford Book Of Carols
(1928) played on the delicate hammered dulcimer. Local favorite Robin
Petrie has chosen many timeless christmas tunes from the last century,
giving them a sparkling new life with support from Danny Carnahan on
guitar, harpist Kim Robertson, violinists Mike Marshall and Kaila Flexer,
and more. A lovely 46-minute disc with lots of old-fashioned fireside
charm - highly recommended. (MB)
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| ROBIN PETRIE
& DANNY CARNAHAN |
Flying Fish 70442 |
Continental Drift |
● CD $14.98 |
Eagerly awaited followup from this gifted and energetic S.F.
Bay Area couple. Their dynamic explorations into the realms of Celtic bop
is continued in fine style here. Two new developments have marked the
passage of time. These good folks have put on their compositional hats and
beautifully scored direct hits with 5 fully conceived works which are
easily integrated with the traditional Scottish & French material
covered, as well as as with the more modern French piece Frana .
This is an instrumental album winging through the heavens on the hammered
dulcimer dexterity by Robin & the virtuoso artistry of Danny who can
soothe & inspire with his guitar and violin wizardry or by his
pioneering work on octave mandolin. Their arrangements of the traditional
tunes are permeated with a courtly aire from ancestral days but driven
along with a refreshing spirit. (SG)
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| UTAH PHILLIPS |
Alcazar 114 |
I've Got To Know |
● CD $15.98 |
Utah fans will know what to expect from this entertaining
70-minute ramble of songs, poems, and political memoirs. If you're new to
Utah, this is not background music. It requires and deserves your
undivided attention. Nowadays, popular media have pretty much shut out the
kind of well-presented pro-labor, pro-people, antiwar politics that run in
Utah's veins. This CD has the unhurried feel of an NPR interview with a
true American philosopher. In these days when so many seem comforted by
the notion of military strength, we need to be reminded, as Utah so
pleasantly does here, of Brecht's line: "General, your tank is a
powerful vehicle... but it has one defect. It needs a driver." (DC)
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| UTAH PHILLIPS |
Philo 1076 |
We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years |
● CD $15.98 |
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DIFRANCO |
Righteous Babe 009 |
The Past Didn't Go Anywhere |
● CD $16.98 |
10 tracks recorded over the past 20 years by political
songwriter Phillips with newly produced musical setting by cult favorite
Difranco using train whistles, found soundbites and drum samples
incorporating elements of funk, ambient, classical, and rap music!!
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| JIM POST |
Flying Fish 419 |
Jim Post & Friends |
● CD $15.98 |
Reissue of popular folk singer/ guitarist/ songwriter in
excellent company.
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| THE POZO-SECO SINGERS |
Collector's Choice CCM 016 |
Time/ I Can Make It With You |
● CD $15.98 |
Two LPs on one CD plus 2 bonus cuts - 24 in all.
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| JOHN PRINE |
Atlantic 18202 |
Prime Prine - The Best Of John Prine |
● CD $11.98 |
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| JOHN PRINE |
Oh Boy 003 |
German Afternoons |
● CD $12.98 |
John's tenth album finds him exploring the country sounds
which made past efforts
Diamonds In the Rough and
Sweet Revenge such treasures. The players Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan and Roy
Huskey, Jr. seem right at home. The songs come from a wide variety of
collaborations and influences. From the country hall of fame there's A.P.
Carter's Lulu Walls and Leon Payne's They'll Never Take Her Love
From Me . John's association with fellow songwriters Steve Goodman,
Keith Sykes, and roger Cook have brought these fruits to harvest If She
Were You, Love, Love, Love and I Just Want to Dance With You ,
respectively. The tunes I most enjoyed are the ones he penned himself - Speed
of the Sound of Loneliness, Bad Boy, Sailin Around, Linda Goes to Mars
a nice reprise of the classic Paradise , and the title tune -
"When the unexpected visitor/ Arrives one day too soon/ Your usual
Tuesday morning/ May become a German Afternnoon". All in all another
engaging Prine sampler, but a tad less cohesive than his last release. (SG)
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| JOHN PRINE |
Oh Boy 005 |
John Prine Live |
● CD $13.98 |
This is singer/ songwriter Prine's first live album. Most of
the 19 tunes were recorded at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, CA.
Prine entertains us as no one else can. His gift of storytelling is
present throughout, both in his spoken introductions and of course in the
songs themselves. On the inner sleeves of this two-record set are the
printed lyrics for each tune as well as a paragraph of explanation
regarding the inspiration for each song's genesis. Prine's 18 year
recording career is represented in fine style here. The signature, ol'
favorites, Sam Stone/ Donald & Lydia/ Hello In There/ Illegal
Smile/ Angel From Montgomery (with Bonnie Raitt) are evenly balanced
with the bulk of the material, of which Souvenirs/ Blue Umbrella/
Mexican Home/ Six O'Clock News & Grandpa Was A Carpenter
are my favorites. John carries the show with acoustic guitar and the
strength of his songs and the supportive audience is firmly entrenched in
the palm of his hand. I had a swell time spending time with this
charismatic performer, and I'm sure you will enjoy his subtle artistry. (SG)
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| JOHN PRINE |
Oh Boy 009 |
The Missing Years |
● CD $15.98 |
Prine's latest on his own Oh Boy label is one wonderful
album. Sure he's got musical helpers like David Lindley and Albert Lee,
and background vocal assistance from Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen,
Christina Amphlett, Bonnie Raitt (didn't she used to open shows for him?)
and Phil Everly, but that doesn't matter as much as the songs - simple
melodies, touchingly honest lyrics. This guy has lived a little and knows
how to pack some of that life into songs you wish you'd written. Everybody
Wants To Feel Like You takes on romantic awkwardness, and wins. All
The Best/ Daddy's Little Pumpkin/ Way Back Then/ Everything Is Cool
are deceptively simple slices of imperfect life - love is a favorite
topic. He sounds good with just his guitar. He sounds good with a full
band. He sounds good. It's nothing less than a crime that Prine doesn't
get much radio play. Recommended. (JC)
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| JOHN PRINE |
Oh Boy 011 |
A John Prine Christmas |
● CD $10.98 |
8 tracks, 33 min., recommended. Why debate the existence of
Santa when you could be listening to Prine's mini-album of Xmas tunes? He
opens with new versions of Everything Is Cool/ All The Best, the
latter recorded live. They're sort of Xmasy. So's Silent Night All Day
Long/ If you Were The Woman And I Was The Man, a duet with the Cowboy
Junkies' Margo Timmins. All right, the last one isn't really a Xmas song,
but give the guy a break. Best thing is the solo take of Christmas In
Prison, and for purists he's included Silver Bells/ I Saw Mommy
Kissing Santa Claus. (JC)
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| JOHN PRINE |
Oh Boy 013 |
Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings |
● CD $15.98 |
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| JOHN PRINE |
Rhino 71400 |
The John Prine Anthology - Great Days |
● CD $29.98 |
2 CDs, 41 tracks, 2 hrs 30 mins, essential. From the first
song on his first album in 1971 - the eponymous "John Prine" it
was clear that a major new talent had arrived. Drawing on his background
of folk and country music John crafted superb songs - unforgettable
melodies wedded to lyrics about real people written in a candid,
occasionally cynical, often humorous style though the humor was never
cruel. He sings in a husky country flavored style that is eminently suited
to his songs. This exemplary compilation presents many of the highlights
of John's recordings from the whimsical Illegal Smile (not a song
about marijuana claims John in the notes!) from his first album to the
charming All The Best from his 1991 Grammy award winning
"The Missing Years." Along the way are such gems as the grim Sam Stone
one of the most powerful songs about a returning Vietnam vet, the old
timey Paradise which Bill Monroe who was from the same part of
Kentucky as John thought was a traditional song he missed, the hard core
country Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You, the silly Dear
Abby, Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone about the experiences
of a performer on the road and lots more. All songs but one are Prine
compositions or co-compositions - the exception is Rolly Salley's beautiful
Killing The Blues. Although for a while John gravitated towards a
hard edged rock sound he is at his best in a more folk, country or country
rock vein which represents the bulk of the material here. Sound, as is
usual for Rhino, is superb and the 52 page booklet includes an excellent
career overview by David Fricke, comments on all the songs by John, full
discographical information and lots of great photos featuring John from
age 1 up. If you are already a Prine fan you probably already have all the
individual albums but if you are wondering what all the fuss is about or,
like me, you lost interest when John started heading in a rock direction
you are in for a treat with this superb collection. (FS)
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| CHRIS PROCTOR |
Flying Fish 357 |
Runoff, Delicate Dance |
● CD $15.98 |
A composite of this acoustic guitarists's first two
releases.
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| CHRIS PROCTOR |
Flying Fish 471 |
His Journey Home |
● CD $15.98 |
Guitarist's 1988 LP in digital format.
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| CHRIS PROCTOR |
Flying Fish 554 |
Steel String Stories |
● CD $15.98 |
Original melodic & balanced compositions played on steel
string guitars sprinkled with occasional additional instrumentation.
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| FRANK PROFFITT |
Folk Legacy 1 |
Ballads & Songs Of Appalachia |
● CD $15.98 |
CD issue of Folk Legacy's first album from 1962 featuring
this great North Carolina singer and banjo player.
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