Dark Holler: Old Love Songs and Ballads

Dark Holler: Old Love Songs and Ballads

Dark Holler: Old Love Songs and Ballads

Editorial Reviews
New York Times, December 2, 2005
“…the singers all stretch out, irregularly, on vowels of their choosing, and add upturned yips to the end of stanzas.”

Product Description
These milestone 1960s Folkways recordings of soul-searing Appalachian ballads brought new respect for the time-worn tradition of solo song. Their power to reach deep inside us with stories of love, betrayal, and tragedy dispels the notion that ballad singers are detached and unemotional. An extraordinary bonus DVD of John Cohen's classic film The End of an Old Song brings to life the earthy existence of balladeer Dillard Chandler of Madison County, North Carolina, featured on 14 of the 26 tracks reissued here for the first time. 36-page booklet, 26 tracks (including four unreleased performances)! 72 mins. of music!

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Dark Holler: Old Love Songs and Ballads
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Appalachian Qawwali Music
 Dark Holler: Old Love Songs and Ballads
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AM67B4
Release Date: 2005-09-27

Tracks:

  1. CAROLINA LADY Dillard Chandler
  2. SOLDIER TRAVELING FROM THE NORTH Dillard Chandler
  3. SAILOR BEING TIRED Dillard Chandler
  4. YOUNG EMILY Dellie Norton
  5. PRETTY FAIR MISS IN HER GARDEN Dellie Norton
  6. WHEN I WORE MY APRON LOW Dellie Norton
  7. PRETTY SARO Cass Wallin
  8. FINE SALLY Cass Wallin
  9. NEIGHBOR GIRL Lee Wallin
  10. JUBA Cass Wallin
  11. COLD RAIN & SNOW Dillard Chandler
  12. GATHERING FLOWERS Dillard Chandler
  13. GASTONY SONG Dillard Chandler
  14. IN ZEPO TOWN Lisha Shelton
  15. DONT YOU REMEMBER Lisha Shelton
  16. AWAKE, AWAKE Dillard Chandler
  17. MATHIE GROVE Dillard Chandler
  18. SCOTLAND MAN George Landers
  19. LOVE HAS BROUGHT ME TO DESPAIR Berzil Wallin
  20. JOHNNY DOYLE Berzil Wallin
  21. SHORT TIME HERE, LONG TIME GONE Dillard Chandler
  22. DRUNKEN DRIVER Dillard Chandler
  23. JESUS SAYS GO Dillard Chandler
  24. MEETING IS OVER Dillard Chandler
  25. LITTLE FARMER BOY Dillard Chandler
  26. I WISH MY BABY WAS BORN Dillard Chandler

Album Description

These milestone 1960s Folkways recordings of soul-searing Appalachian ballads brought new respect for the time-worn tradition of solo song. Their power to reach deep inside us with stories of love, betrayal, and tragedy dispels the notion that ballad singers are detached and unemotional. An extraordinary bonus DVD of John Cohen's classic film The End of an Old Song brings to life the earthy existence of balladeer Dillard Chandler of Madison County, North Carolina, featured on 14 of the 26 tracks reissued here for the first time. 36-page booklet, 26 tracks (including four unreleased performances)! 72 mins. of music!

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Appalachian Qawwali Music.......2006-06-24

Listen to this, then listen to one of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's recordings. Like Ali Khan on recordings like "Qawwali: The Vocal Art of the Sufis", these Appalachian singers are also celebrating God and the mysteries of existence.
Zen calls it "Emptiness", or "the void", Dillard Chandler and his friends call it "Dark Holler."
And do they ever holler. These voices come from deep valleys of the shadow of the earth where they fear no evil.
Listen to the rod and the staff of a cappella. Immerse yourself in the wailings of whippoorwills as they circle the mouth of the void. And fear not the pit.
The sun riseth, and ye are baptised in sound.

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