Folk Fiddle

Folk Fiddle

Track Listings

1. Cold, Wet & Rainy Night/The Grand Hornpipe - Eliza Carthy

2. Bonaparte's Retreat - Dave Swarbrick

3. Spanish Cloak-Jigs

4. Byker Hill - Martin Carthy

5. Dr. Gilbert - Michael Gorman

6. Rocky Road to Dublin - Ian Campbell

7. Sally Gardens - Four Men & A Dog

8. Day Dawn - Tom Anderson, Aly Bain

9. Mason's Apron - The Dubliners

10. Mrs Bermingham - Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick

11. Blacksmith - Barry Dransfield

12. Grand March in the Battle of Prague/Liverpool Hornpipe/Wellington Hornp - Waterson:Carthy

13. Mrs. Jamieson's Favourite - Tom Anderson, Aly Bain

14. Sword Dance - Dave Swarbrick

15. Midnight on the Water - Waterson:Carthy

Tracks:

Short Trip Home
Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier
1B
Appalachia Waltz
Soldier's Joy
Sliding Down
BT
Butterfly's Day Out
College Hornpipe
Fancy Stops and Goes
Old Tyme
Emily's Reel
Slumber My Darling
Death by Triple Fiddle
Amazing Grace
Song of the Liberty Bell (folk version)

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The likes of Yo-Yo Ma, Sam Bush, Edgar Meyer, Joshua Bell, and Mark O'Connor can be heard on Heartland, a compilation featuring the best tracks from Sony's ongoing Appalachian-themed series of CDs. Individually, these folk and classical stars have little in common, but when they meet to play these new bluegrass-meets-chamber-music arrangements, the results are pure magic. It's hard to pinpoint these Americana-tinged tunes--they could fit in either Carnegie Hall or a grange hall--but they're all great; this is as much Aaron Copland's version of roots music as it is Bill Monroe's. Whether on fast-and-furious breakdowns such as "Death by Triple Fiddle" or on mellow, almost New Agey instrumentals such as "Sliding Down" (featuring Bela Fleck on the banjo), these musicians excel. Guest vocals by James Taylor and Alison Krauss break up the instrumentals, though instrumental virtuosity is the real highlight of this disc. If you like what you hear on this sampler, check out the Grammy Award-winning Appalachian Journey next. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

A piece of heaven.......2006-02-01

Heartland is a haven and a piece of heaven. I was transported.

Great CD.......2004-03-16

Great violin, appalachian music, brings out your country roots, beautiful song by Allison Krauss, good mix of slow and up beat songs, excellent cd!

A bit of a yawn-er.......2003-04-22

If you are planning to open up a high-end gift shop specializing in handcrafted wind chimes and micro-bakery scone mixes and the like, then you must have this CD playing for your customers. It might have a certain appeal there that it did not find in my living room. Not to say that the musicianship is not utterly outstanding, which it is most certainly. Aside from Short Trip Home, which is why I purchased this CD in the first place, I found the rest of the pieces somewhat vapid considering the caliber of the artists. Again, it has its appeal in an easy listening realm, but this was not what I was looking for.

Exquisitely good music!.......2002-05-04

Didn't expect an outstanding cd, don't know exactly why i got it,maybe because of yo yo and bela, but every piece is played
beautifully, even the vocal piece by James Taylor. The album is almost too good to be called Heartland, every piece is a class act. Bravo!

Great Music!.......2001-11-09

I drive alot commuting to and from my job. This music has served as the perfect backdrop to an lovely Indiana fall! I'm sure I'll recall those colorful images as I continue to listen to this CD through the colorless days of winter!

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The best sounds I have ever heard
Enjoyed this very much
Lovely Traditional Tunes
Nice Collection of Tunes & Great Liner Notes
Excellent old-timey pickin' and hammerin'

The Civil War Collection
Jim Taylor
Manufacturer: Gourd Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Booth Shot Lincoln / I'll Learn You How To Rock...
3 Forks Of Hell / Arkansas Traveler / Pop Goes ...
Camp Chase
The Rebel Raid / Abe's Retreat
They Swung John Brown To A Sour Apple Tree
Dixie / Come Dance And Sing
McClanahan's March
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Album Description

A superb quartet featuring Jim Taylor and friends on hammered dulcimer, fiddle, banjo and guitar, playing music for square dances, hoe-downs, and minstrel shows; for sitting around the campfire or socializing in the parlor ... With fascinating liner notes telling the story of each tune, this album offers 70+ minutes of music (including Gary Owen, Haste to the Wedding, Arkansas Traveler, Seneca Square Dance, Booth Shot Lincoln) -- a rare treat for lovers of string band music and a treasure trove for students of the War Between the States. The Civil War Collection is a co-production of Gourd Music and Pearl Mae Music.

Customer Reviews:

The best sounds I have ever heard.......2007-02-13

This music style is great. Unfortunately this music style ( and others) are very rare in Berlin, Germany. Is there more music from Jim Taylor?
I shall buy them.....

Enjoyed this very much.......2006-05-30

I jam in the mountains with a group that plays both Irish music and what they call "old time music." This collection falls into both categories.

Lovely Traditional Tunes.......2005-07-05

When I first heard this, I played it through three times in a row. The hammered dulcimer, the fiddle and the banjo make you travel back in time to music played on the porch or at a dance. They do a great job with these. Very pleasant listening!
You get 74 minutes of lilting music that has you tapping your foot. Even an oldie like "Turkey in the Straw" sounds fresh at the hands of Jim Taylor.

Nice Collection of Tunes & Great Liner Notes.......2005-05-09

Playing music was one of the few ways Civil War soldiers had to break the mind-numbing tedium of camp life in the weeks and months between battles. Back home, in civilian life, these tunes would be played at barn dances and hoe-downs, but around the camp fires they became a welcome distraction from the war. The old fiddle tunes in this impressive collection were all current during the 1860s, and would certainly have been in the repertoire of camp fiddlers both North and South. Several of these tunes take their names from incidents in the war, like The Rebel Raid, Bragg's Retreat, or Hell Broke Loose in Georgia.
`The playing on this instrumental collection is first rate; I particularly enjoy the lively fiddling of Bruce Greene. As a fiddler myself, I found the tune arraignments to be simple and straightforward, and was able to add several of these tunes to my own repertoire after repeated listening. The liner notes provided with the CD are outstanding - extensive notes are included for each tune, including Civil War stories and legends that have become part of each tune's lore. This CD is a great addition to any collection of Civil War or old timey music.
It is for reasons of personal taste that I only rated this fine CD as four stars. As a fiddler, I am partial to fiddle music, and almost all of the tunes here are old fiddle tunes. Jim Taylor, however, plays a hammer dulcimer, and plays or shares lead on most of the tunes. Even though Mr. Taylor is a fine player, I find that the dulcimer lacks the power and verve of a fiddle. It is a fine point of taste, but worth noting. Even with this caveat, this is the finest collection of its kind, and I enthusiastically recommend it.

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Excellent old-timey pickin' and hammerin'.......2002-12-21

It is so rare these days to here a male style hammer dulcimer player, such as Jim Taylor, that is playing with synchopation and a driving rhythm. I suppose that is politically incorrect to say these days. However, this style of dulcimer playing is very different than the harp like exquisite Celtic tunes of a Maggie Sansone. This is one of the few CD's out there that has this rare, near extinct art form. Dulcimers could be backpacked or horse hauled into remote areas, whereas pianos were the luxury of the monied class. While they had their pianos, linens, polished silverware and servants, the people that had the guts to fight the civil war on both sides or be a pioneer in the old west had their music. The only thing that is missing is friends, fellow soliders or family gathered around a camp fire or woodstove. There is also excellent banjo provided by Sheila Adams ( yes, a female banjo player ) and fiddle provided by Bruce Greene. Sheila is providing here a smooth finger style lead and counterpoint banjo. Bruce is using the flatter faced fiddle to its best advantage for its double notes and slides. This provides voice like expressiveness. Several songs have a dulcimer, banjo, fiddle shared lead. The songs themselves are timeless and you keep humming or whistling them long after listening. It is more than just historic value here. If re-issued as simply old time blue grass, it may be closer to the truth and accessible to a wider audience that may still be traumatized by their high school history class. My wish list for future albums is to please include Bodhran ( Irish Drum ), spoons and bones, and/or Octave Mandolin. The Mandolin is a perfect complement to dulcimer.

Classic Old-Time Fiddle from Smithsonian Folkways

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Classic Old-Time Fiddle from Smithsonian Folkways
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Yew Piney Mountain - Melvin Wine
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Billy in the Lowground - Buddy Griffin w/ Red Allen & the Kentuckians
Fisher's Hornpipe - David & Billie Ray Johnson
Trombone Rag - Clark Kessinger
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Album Description

Old-time fiddler Jake Krack and Folkways archivist Jeff Place compiled and annotated this collection of vintage Southern Appalachian string band music from the Smithsonian archives. Clark Kessinger, Wade Ward, Tommy Jarrell, Marion Sumner, Gaither Carlton, Eck Robertson, Melvin Wine, and many more old-time fiddle masters play their signature sounds from the heart of Appalachia. 32-page booklet, 76 minutes.

Arkansas Traveler: Music From Little House on the Prairie

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Authentic Arkansas!
Fabulous!
Discover a rich part of American's musical heritage & legacy
This stuff is SOOOO great!

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Tracks:

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Irish Washerwoman (Pa's Fiddle Band)
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The Blue Juniata (Riders in the Sky)
Dixie's Land (Bob Carlin)
Happy Land (Peggy Duncan Singers)
The Monkey's Wedding (Mac Wiseman)
The Devil's Dream (Butch Baldassari/David Schnaufer)
Oh! California (Oh! Susanna) (Andrea Zonn/Alison Brown)
The Gypsy King (Jeff Black)
Bye Baby Bunting (Deborah Packard/John Mock)
The Arkansas Traveler (Riders in the Sky)
Bonus: . . . in the pot: Fantasy on `Pease Porridge Hot' (Stan Link)

Customer Reviews:

Authentic Arkansas!.......2007-03-14

This is great stuff, really capturing the essence of the period. No matter what genre of music is your favorite, you will find this is something you can appreciate for its wonderful combination of talent.

Fabulous!.......2007-01-13

LOVE this CD! Was leery about having "fiddle tunes" constantly blaring through the house (my 8-yr-old is non stop when she loves a song), but the music is VERY enjoyable for the whole family.

Discover a rich part of American's musical heritage & legacy.......2006-12-31

Playing time - 59:59 -- During her lifetime from 1867-1957, Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote a famous series of eight "Little House" books that trace her family's history through the west from 1867 to 1885. Published between 1932-1943, the books have become classics in American children's literature. Within her stories are references to 126 songs. There are songs from the parlor, stage, minstrel shows, church and school. Laura's guiding musical spirit was her singing and fiddling father, Charles "Pa" Ingalls. On this musical tribute, the second CD in a planned series of ten albums, we are treated to contemporary renderings of 18 of the 126 referenced songs. Recognizing the esteemed place that music-making once held within the lives of ordinary American families and pioneers, the set's producers and many participating artists are songcarriers who understand the importance of preserving music tradition. The Natl. Endowment for the Humanities has also taken note of the project, and they supported the 2005 release ("Happy Land") by including it in the "We the People Bookshelf" program that resulted in 2,000 copies to be sent to libraries throughout the U.S.

Two tracks (The Blue Juniata, Happy Land) on this second album, "The Arkansas Traveler" were previously released on the first, "Happy Land," that title cut which appears more often in Wilder's books than any other hymn and came to epitomize family strength and opposition to unruly outside influences. Different interpretations of The Devil's Dream, The Arkansas Traveler, and Oh! Susanna appear on both albums. Rather than just instrumental, this CD has narrator Ranger Doug providing dialogue from 19th century sources with "The Arkansas Traveler." And Wilder referred to an undocumented "Devil's Hornpipe" in the book so Butch Baldassari and David Schanaufer play "Devil's Dream" at hornpipe tempo in a spare setting with only octave mandolin and dulcimer. In a similar manner, Oh! Susanna features only Alison Brown (banjo, guitar) and Andrea Zonn (vocal, violin, viola).

In a sense, the concept albums are the books' soundtrack. Fans of the "Little House" books will especially thrill in being able to hear the music that was an integral part of pioneer life on the prairie. Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music Professor Dale Cockrell recruited well-known mandolinist Butch Baldassari to co-produce the project. Top Nashville musicians enlisted to participate include Elizabeth Cook, Riders in the Sky, Dave Olney, John Cowan, Buddy Greene, Andrea Zonn, Alison Brown, Deborah Packard, Pat Enright, Doug Green, Keith Little, Mike Eldred, Nashville Mandolin Ensemble, Judith Edelman, David Schnaufer, Mike Bub, Pat Flynn, Bob Carlin, John Mock, Butch Baldassari, Peggy Duncan Singers, Mac Wiseman, Byron House, Blair String Quartet, Jeff Black and Jeffrey Taylor. Lyrics for the songs are available at www.pasfiddle.com

The result is a set of contemporary renditions of American folk music, a melting pot of hymns, minstrel show songs, spirituals and fiddle tunes. A 12-page CD booklet provides background about the songs and a few nice 1870s Currier & Ives print reproductions. One should imagine the days before radio and TV when music-making was a family activity pursued for fun, entertainment and education. For that same reason, families today will obtain plenty of enjoyment together with the rediscovery of classics, as well as new discoveries like "The Gum Tree Canoe," "Daisy Deane," "Roll On Silver Moon," "The Gypsy King," and "Bye Baby Bunting." 19th- century disc jockeys might've had program playlists that looked like these albums' repertoire. And in Wilder's books, it was always Pa's fiddle at the end of the day that helped the family get through tough times. A bonus track closes the album with a contemporary composition (by Stan Link) that brings an old singing/clapping rhyme song, "Pease Porridge Hot," back to life in our century as a perfect example of how the folklore tradition works to pass information, usually verbally, from generation to generation.

Wilder's eight children books inspired two television series - one that ran from 1974-1983, and the other which had a limited airing in 2005. With the CDs already issued and forthcoming in this 10-album series, we can all work hand-in-hand to help kids discover a rich part of American's musical heritage and legacy. (Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now)

This stuff is SOOOO great!.......2006-12-27

According to their web site, they're going to do ten discs in the "Little House" series, which will be a truly wonderful thing, if they can keep the quality as high as it is on the first two CDs in the set.

I set up a reading circle with my daughter, my granddaughter and a couple of their friends, keep the discs cued up to the songs (if they're on the two discs I currently own), and it has truly enriched our experience.

As a music historian, I'm thrilled to death to see these songs coming back to life.

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Not quite living up to its title
Waylon
A good CD for a long road travel
HELP
Half Essential

The Essential Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings
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Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
The Taker
Good Hearted Woman
You Asked Me To (Single Re-Mix)
Amanda
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Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
Wild Side Of Life/It Wasn't God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels
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Storms Never Last
Just To Satisfy You
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Never Could Toe The Mark
America
The Broken Promise Land
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Drawn from Waylon's 20 restless years with RCA, we hear him constantly challenging and reinventing himself. Waylon understood simplicity, and heeded Buddy Holly's advice to master rhythm. Few more rhythmically adventurous country records were ever made. Rooted for the greater part in the '70s when Waylon was at his commercial and artistic peak, this 16-song collection includes classics like "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line," "Good Hearted Woman," "Waymore's Blues," "Just to Satisfy You," "Storms Never Last," and 11 others. It's hard to fault each song individually, save to say that most of them come from albums which deserve to be heard in their entirety. --Colin Escott

Customer Reviews:

Not quite living up to its title.......2005-08-16

This is a good introduction to Waylon's music but I would have expected any collection of his RCA music titled Essential to include Luckenbach Texas - and that's only the most obvious omission among several. Compare this compilation with the more recent single CD (Ultimate), the American double CD (RCA country legends) or the Australian triple CD (Legendary) - this last compilation was issued in the UK titled Legends.

Once you get past the shock of some obvious omissions, look on the bright side - this includes some wonderful tracks instead of the obvious ones, especially a couple of great duets with Jessi Colter (his wife) - Storms never last and the medley, Wild side of life / It wasn't God who made honky tonk angels. Also included are Just to satisfy you (a duet with Willie Nelson that is also on Ultimate but not on RCA country legends) and Wurlitzer prize.

Even on this collection, some of Waylon's essential tracks are included such as Only Daddy that'll walk the line, Good hearted woman, Amanda, Are you sure Hank done it this way and Theme from the Dukes of Hazzard.

So this is a great collection in its own way, but other collections are stronger - look at those before deciding that this is the one you really want.

Waylon.......2004-05-07

Outlaw Country At Its Best A Man That Change The Game Of Country
Music Forever A Legend Indeed A Must Own For Jennings Fans.

A good CD for a long road travel.......2003-10-16

A good Country album featuring a powerful voice with all the brilliant chrome of a Harley Davidson. Had he been born in another latitude, Waylon may have ended up singing classical opera. But is great he didn't. Country music would have missed a great singer. The Essential W.J. is great for listening during a long road travel with sentimental songs like Storms never last and the Wurlitzer Price along with and lighter, heavy rythm material like the Good Ol'Boys and Rainy Day woman.

HELP.......2003-03-22

I am looking for a tape that was made in, oh somewhere in the 80's. One of the songs was Lucille. One other one i remember was a song of all the titles of his greatest hits album. The song just rolled along that way. God i wish i could remember the rest of the songs on that album. It would bring back such fond memories. Thanks to anyone who can help with the name of the album or where i can get one. Anything would be helpful. Thanks,
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Half Essential.......2002-12-19

The Essential Series by RCA, which this cd is a part of, rarely lives up to its title(The newer RCA Legends series, despite having fewer tracks, tends to do a better job). Like most Essential cd's, the first half of this cd is filled with great songs by a truly great artist. Many of the songs on the second half, however, have no business whatsoever being on a Waylon Jennings compilation, especially when there are countless Outlaw classics that could take their place.

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There are two kinds of dominant personalities in the world--
An accomplished master is reborn!

Republic of Strings
Darol Anger & the American Fiddle Ensemble
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Darol Anger isn't the sort of musician who stretches musical boundaries; he's the sort of musician who refuses to concede that such boundaries even exist. On Republic of Strings he and his American Fiddle Ensemble use relatively simple tunes such as Irish fiddler Liz Carroll's "Lost in the Loop" or Bill Monroe's "Old Dangerfield" as a starting point to create harmonically complex, rhythmically rich arrangements. The band consists of guitarist Scott Nygaard, the brilliant young fiddler Brittany Haas, cellist Rashad Eggleston, and Natalie Haas, who takes Eggleston's place on three tracks. Guest artists include Nickel Creek's Sara Watkins, who lends vocals to a slightly spooky version of Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground," and Laurie Lewis, who delivers a bluegrass-tinged take on Joni Mitchell's "Help Me." You might call this improvised Afro-Scandinavian Irish old-time string band music, but it would be equally true, and much simpler, to just say they play great music. --Michael John Simmons

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There are two kinds of dominant personalities in the world--.......2004-06-20

--those that surround themselves with sycophants and those that associate with their peers or betters.

Darol Anger is distinctly of the latter type. The musicians he has chosen to play with on this altogether remarkable disc are every bit his peers, if not his superiors. The result is a disc of magnificent presence and accomplishment.

Perhaps the standout characteristic of this astounding music is the diversity of material Anger has managed to round up and "break" (as one might a wild bronc) within its purview: everything from Irish traditional ("Lost in the Loop") to Detroit soul ("Higher Ground") to Kentucky bluegrass ("Old Dangerfield") to elay folk-rock ("Help Me" [nearly unrecognizable, it must be said], featuring the eartheral vocals of Laurie Lewis) to Villa-Lobos-like Brazilian-classical ("Andre de Sabato Nuovo") to smart swing ("Sneezin'") to Arabic ("Ouditras Rez") to gospel/blues ("Evening Prayer Blues") to African ("Dzinomwa Muna Save") to Scandinavian fiddle music ("Sand").

Surrounding himself with up-and-coming musicians of the absolute top rank (wildly creative fiddle player Brittany Haas; hugely underregarded flat-picking guitarist Scott Nygard, practically the peer of David Grier; monster cellist Rushad Eggleston), Anger has upped the ante of string-band music almost off the charts, with us, the listeners, being the beneficiaries.

Rhapsodic gloriousness of the first order: You snooze, you lose. Plus, contains a hidden mysterioso track that contextualizes the proceedings with gravitas beyond the call of duty.

Transcendent.

An accomplished master is reborn!.......2004-03-10

Fans of progressive acoustic music think they know Darol Anger, but they won't know what hit them after they hear this! It seems like most musicians of Darol's generation are content to mine existing veins, settling into a cosy twilight. Not Anger -- here he's paired with two amazing young musicians (cellist Rushad Eggleston and fiddler Brittany Haas) and, along with under-rated flatpicker Scott Nygaard, use the techniques he has developed over years of exploration to enliven a new set of music drawn from all over the world. The guitar and cello are an unexpectedly forceful rhythm section, driving Anger and Haas to new levels of invention and intensity. But this isn't all about flash: the slower, more spacious tunes are amazingly empathetic -- bordering on telepathy. It's great to hear someone like Darol still testing the limits of his music...if you're new to his music, or haven't heard him in a while, here's where you pick up.

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The best CD I've purchased in five years...
The music opens up the world of Laura Ingalls
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Happy Land in the Piano Studio
"Happy Land" enhances the Little House experience!

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Highland Mary - Deborah Packard
Arkansas Traveler/Devil's Dream - Pa's Fiddle Band
Captain Jinks - Riders In The Sky
Oft In The Still Night - John Mock
The Big Sunflower - Douglas B. Green
Happy Land - Peggy Duncan Singers & Pa's Fiddle Band
Barbara Allen - Deborah Packard
Nelly Was A Lady - Dave Olney
Uncle Sam's Farm - Douglas B. Green
Promised Land - Harpeth Valley Sacred Harp Singers
On Jordan's Stormy Banks - Walnut Grove Church
The Devil's Dream - Jep Bisbee

Album Description

The Little House® books by Laura Ingalls Wilder are famed for their compelling stories of life on the frontier of the 1860s-80s. By tracing her family's history Wilder expressed the trials and triumphs of those who attempted to carve a place for themselves and their families out of the expanse of the American West.

Too little noted is the music referenced in the books, some 126 separate songs and tunes. By the Shores of Silver Lake contains mention of 37 songs; These Happy Golden Years is titled after a song; and six of the books close with music making. The music Wilder employed in the service of her narrative is some of the very finest in the history of American music.

Throughout, the guiding musical spirit is Laura's father, Charles "Pa" Ingalls, who sang and played fiddle. It's "Pa's fiddle" that accompanies the Ingalls family through its adventures and comes to symbolize the endurance of the family unit in a wild and threatening frontier world.

Happy Land is a selection of Laura's "old songs." The producers—Dale Cockrell, a professor of musicology and American music expert, and Butch Baldassari, master mandolinist and producer, were challenged to take the old songs of yesterday and make them new and engaging for audiences today.

An old song both starts and ends the recording. There are no recordings of Pa's playing (he died in 1902), but in his stead is the music of fiddler "Jep" Bisbee, who was born only eight years after Pa and, amazingly, just fifty miles from Ingalls' birthplace.

Other songs, hymns, and tunes on Happy Land are reinterpreted by some of the nation's finest and most respected musicians, cognizant of their debt to the past but keenly aware of their responsibilities to the present.

Customer Reviews:

The best CD I've purchased in five years..........2006-08-09

I bought it shortly after it came out, and have subsequently purchased four additional copies to give to family members.

One went to my mother, who introduced me to Laura Ingalls Wilder's books over 40 years ago.

One went to my 13 year old granddaughter, who is an aspiring violinist, and who I introduced to Laura Ingalls Wilder several years ago.

My daughter, my sister, and my father-in-law were the other recipients.

I can't emphasize enough how much I enjoy this CD...it has a permanent slot in my six disc changer, right next to "Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs Of Stephen Foster".

I'm sincerely hoping that Dale Cockrell can keep the great music coming, and am hoping for many subsequent volumes.

Music is an integral part of the Wilder books, as well as my personal life. This CD satisfies my soul both ways.

The music opens up the world of Laura Ingalls.......2006-08-07

I've been reading the "Little House" series to my five-year-old daughter and was thrilled to find this cd. It really makes Laura's world come alive. In fact, my daughter was certain that she was hearing Pa play the fiddle and Ma sing along.

We have played "Happy Land" continuously at our house, morning and night, since we bought it. You can't help but sing along to the rollicking version of "Oh! Susanna" and Andrea Zonn's ethreal voice makes "Sweet By and By" even sweeter. However, it wasn't until I heard Riders in the Sky sing "The Blue Juniata" that I realized just how wonderful this cd is. The night before I bought "Happy Land," we read a chapter in "Little House on the Prairie" and it was in that chapter that Pa played "The Blue Juniata." Hearing the music helped me capture the mood, the happy contentment, that the Ingalls must have felt that particular evening.

"Happy Land" is a must for "Little House" fans, and folk and old-time music fans everywhere.

The Pioneers spirit revived! .......2006-07-31

This is the one needed addition for the Little House Books readers to sing along with Pa's Fiddle!

The songs are performed in the old way, with no electronic arrangements, and the fiddle's soul is in every note. If you close your eyes, you can just see a little house snowed in by a blizzard, with merry people incide, dancing and singing along with the fiddle. I am not an American, I have never been there, and I can still see it all just as if I were there a 150 years ago...

What adds to the songs is a booklet with the lyrics and the citations from Laura's books where the songs appear, including comments and stories about these songs.

I wish there were more of Pa's songs available!

Happy Land in the Piano Studio.......2006-02-04

My own children and I have read the Laura Ingalls Wilder books several times and now we are really enjoying the Happy Land CD. In my piano studio my students have individual lessons plus a music lab. This year all of my students (in grades 1-12) listened to the Happy Land CD while following the liner notes and they thoroughly enjoyed the quality music performances. Many students are passionate about the books and were delighted to hear the music. They all found the CD an enjoyable way to learn something about American music of the nineteenth century.

"Happy Land" enhances the Little House experience!.......2006-01-30

I've been reading the Little House Series for almost 35 years now - first to my own children and now to the second graders at my local public school who adore it as expected. For years I have been frustrated when I came to the chorus and verses of the many songs in each of the books. All I could do was read the lyrics, which anyone knows is a pitiful substitution for a song. Finally, I told the children I would do some research and see if I could find the music and learn the tunes for them. What a thrill to find "Happy Land" offered on your website and what a fabulous CD! I just got back from the 2nd grade classroom in which I volunteer each week and they were as excited as I when we played "Arkansas Traveler" as we read the chapter, Dance at Grandpa's!!! How thrilled they were to be hearing the very song to which Grandma and Uncle George were dancing! They even got up and started "jigging", playing imaginary fiddles, tapping their toes, square dancing ----oh, it was great! This is education at its best - children reveling in a real life experience from a time long gone, but full of such value for us all today. Of the seventeen songs recorded on this CD, only three are from the first Little House Book, "Little House In the Big Woods"; but those three -Arkansas Traveler, Devil's Dream and Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines- are so well performed that the children are begging for more. One child asked if they could forget about recess and just stay in and dance to the fiddles! How wonderful to know that there will be more of these period pieces that Pa played as we progress through the series. I wish the publisher of the Little House books would invite these wonderful musicians to record ALL the songs and put the CDs inside each book's cover to make the reading experience as total as Laura would want it to be. If the technology had been available to her, I know that's what she would have done! Meanwhile, buy this CD for anyone who loves the Laura Ingalls Wilder books. It is the missing link that will make your Little House experience complete.

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Papa John Creach RIP "Filthy" Classic

Playing My Fiddle for You/Filthy
Papa John Creach , and Zulu
Manufacturer: Acadia Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00097HDRW
Release Date: 2005-05-02

Tracks:

Friendly Possibilities
Milk Train
I Miss You So
String Jet Continues
Playing My Music
Git It Up
Gretchen
One Sweet Song
Golden Dreams
Filthy Funky
No More Country Girls
Don't Tell It to No One
Mother's Day
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Everybody Wants My Good Thing
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Time Out for Sex
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Album Description

This 2-on-1 albums features the second and third albums from his works. Both recorded for the Jefferson Airplane's own Grunt Label (via RCA/BMG). Guest include Hot Tuna, Big Joe Turner and jazz trumpeter Blue Mitchell. Papa John passed away in 1994 aged 77. Guitarist Kevin Moore of Zulu is now better known as Keb Mo with a successful solo career of his own. Acadia. 2005.

Album Details

Papa John Creach Became a Somewhat Unlikely Addition to the Jefferson Airplane Extended Family in the Early 70's. Then in his Mid Fifties and Wielding a Fiddle Rather Than a Guitar Papa John Soon Became Much Loved by the Fans of the Airplane and Hot Tuna with Whom He also Played and Recorded. His Second and Third Albums Are Included Here Both Recorded for the Jefferson Airplane's Own Grunt Label. " Guests Include Hot Tuna, Big Joe Turner and Jazz Trumpeter Blue Mitchehll.

Customer Reviews:

Papa John Creach RIP "Filthy" Classic.......2007-05-13

The music recorded in Creach's Filthy album is music that will live forever: a true Classic album. A copy of this music is extremely difficult to locate and we feel very fortunate to own at least one of his CD's. We urge all music lovers to secure a copy before it is impossible to buy. This is truely soul inspiring 'happy' music!

May I Kiss Your Hand: Hungarian & Gypsy Fiddle Music & Songs

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Interesting....but
Hungarian music but not lyrics
hair-raising!
It was only okay.
5 Stars is not enough! This album is mesmerizing!

May I Kiss Your Hand: Hungarian & Gypsy Fiddle Music & Songs
Csókolom
Manufacturer: Arhoolie Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000DBU0
Release Date: 1998-11-17

Tracks:

Amari Szi, Amari
Kaltotaszegi Legenyes (in C Minor)
Medved Na Lancu
Lulu-Valse
Feljott A Nap/Romanian Dance #4
Nu Face Bine/Romanian Hora (in B Minor)
Szerelem/Lorincreve (in A)
Mori Shej, Sabina
Gankino Horo
Mysterieuse
Anii Mei
Dance From Gyimes
Eddig Vendeg
Keserves/Szekelyfoldy
Kalotaszegi Legenyes (in F)
Cinege
Szatmari/Csokolom/Szatmari
Amari Szi, Amari (Slow Version)
Janoska/Szatmari
Lorincreve (in G)

Amazon.com

The debut album from Csokolom is bursting with festive dance tunes, haunting laments, and a recurring Gypsy influence. The shuffling fiddle and walking bass that kick off "Amari Szi, Amari" wouldn't be out of place in a Southern American string band, but when arranger-musician Anti von Klewitz comes in with her distinctive lilting voice we are transported to another land. While concentrating on traditional Hungarian instrumentals and songs such as the gorgeous gem "Szerelem," von Klewitz also leads this accomplished group of violin, viola, kontra (Hungarian chord violin), and double bass players through original songs in several languages. A solid grounding in traditional music informs the single four-hour session, during which most of the material was recorded, lending it an energetic cohesiveness. American listeners who have pricked up their ears for the sounds of the Hungarian band Muzsikas (with Marta Sebestyen) or Finland's Varttina will be pleased. --Peter Irvine

Customer Reviews:

Interesting....but.......2007-08-02

While this album is a nice collection of pieces and pleasant to listen to, I feel a lot of the songs have lost their original feel. If you want to hear the song "Mori Shej, Sabina" the way it's supposed to be sung - listen to Jozsef Balogh (of the band Kalyi Jag) sing it on the album "O Suno". If you want to hear the song "Szerelem" or "Cinege" listen to the versions by the Sebo Ensemble (called "Love, Love/Where Were You at Night Titmouse?") on their album. I feel the songs on Csokolom are mere imitations sung with bad accents, but if it will make non-Eastern Europeans appreciate the music of this region, more power to them.

Hungarian music but not lyrics.......2000-03-06

With a title like Csokolom- Hungarian Fiddle music - at least half of the lyrics should have been in Hungarian but the music is still something I'd enjoy seeing live. Hope I find out about their next visit to NJ.

hair-raising!.......1999-08-24

just saw them in concert, bought the cd and have been playing it just about nonstop ever since. terrific energy, terrific variety. bravo to arhoolie for bringing this one out.

It was only okay........1999-07-12

I am really disappointed. I suppose if I was just exploring music from other countries, I might find it acceptable. But with Hungarian ancestory and a "purist" when it comes to this music, I found the "hungarian" part was almost non-existent.

5 Stars is not enough! This album is mesmerizing!.......1999-06-13

My husband bought this album on a whim a few months ago. Since then, it's rarely been out of our CD player, except when one of us sneaks it to work. It's a wonderful fusion of modern fiddle playing and Gypsy tunes, a combination of virtuoso jazz violin and music ethnography. Anti von Klewitz delivers an astonishing performance, singing in three different languages while she bows and plucks complicated rhythms and melodies on her violin. I can only imagine what a live performance must be like! The liner notes provide translations of the songs as well as brief comments on their origins. I was left panting for more and have since purchased other gypsy and fiddle albums, but they pale in comparison. I eagerly await Csokolom's next release, or I will have to make the trip to Europe to hear them live.

A Portland Selection: Contra Dance Music in the Pacific Northwest

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Contra music at its best

A Portland Selection: Contra Dance Music in the Pacific Northwest
Various Artists
Manufacturer: self-produced
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00007E906
Release Date: 2001-12-12

Tracks:

Hommage dmond Parizeau
Money in Both Pockets/Campbell River/Reunion Jig
Shamrocks in the Galax/Damon's Winder/Two Wide Nickels
Round the Horn
Basket of Yarn/Blair Atholl/Millbrae
Father Kelly's
Star Above the Garter/Reverend Brother's/The Walk Home
Miss Monaghan's/Cottage in the Grove/The Mason's Apron
Liza Jane
Shoes and Stockings/Johnny Cope/Big Liza Jane
Eli Greene's Cakewalk/Little Judique
Merriweather/Sally Ann Johnson
The Black Cat Jig/Asher
Le Cultivateur/Evit Gabriel/La Belle Catherine
Pretty Peggy
Bouchard's Hornpipe/Ice on the Road/Sandy MacIntyre's Trip to Boston
Cna

Album Description

A Portland Selection: Contra Dance Music in the Pacific Northwest, contains beautiful, lively jigs and reels played on fiddle, mandolin, 4-string banjo, and piano. This recording is a companion to the popular tune book, The Portland Collection, and includes a cross section of the different styles and sources of contra dance music encompassed in the book. The cd contains a mix of both traditional and recently composed tunes as well as popular standards and tunes that have not been recorded before. Most of the music on the recording is arranged in dance-type medleys and played at dance speed. However, some of the tracks are played slowly with broader variation and may suggest ways of approaching the music outside a contra dance setting. All of the tunes on the recording can be found in The Portland Collection.

Customer Reviews:

Contra music at its best.......2007-03-04

I have had the pleasure of dancing with these musicians on many occasions. This CD is one of my favorites because it not only recalls those times, but allows me to listen to these fine musicians in my own home. George Penk may be one of the best fiddlers now playing, while Sue Songer and Clyde Curley keep the music rich and the beat steady. You won't hear a lot of flash or crash, but you will hear good tunes played to perfection.

I'm told that the Portland Collection tune book, from which these tunes are taken, is a standard across the US. This CD deserves similar appreciation.

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