20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Carter Family
happyrobot (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
This is the first song the Carter Family recorded, August 1, 1927, in Bristol, Tennessee. The same day as Jimmie Rodgers. Its anniversary should be a national holiday. And some background:
The Common Room (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
We've got Ray Price, a very young Minnie Pearl, Faron Young, the Carter Family, and Johnny and Jack Webb. Fun times. (following is a repost) For years it seems I have been collecting material on the importance of song in our lives- not deliberately, just accidentally, by the by, like a magpie picks up shiny bits here and there, and before the magpie realizes it, the hollow in the tree is too full,...
LAist (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Eleni Mandell & Inara George mezmerized the packed room at the Bootleg Theater Last Tuesday, LA-Underground co-presented a show with KCRW at the Bootleg Theater, featuring Kentucky-based Daniel Martin Moore as well as beloved locals Eleni Mandell , Inara George ( The Bird and the Bee ), and Ferraby Lionheart . "We normally don't say much about the shows we help out with (before or after the...
Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Hiltons, VA -- Wayne Henderson’s top-notch finger-picking is a source of great pleasure and pride to his friends, family, and neighbors in Grayson County, Virginia. His guitar playing has also been enjoyed at Carnegie Hall, in three national tours of "Masters of the Steel-String Guitar," and in seven nations in Asia. In addition to his reputation as a guitarist, Henderson is a luthier...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
With the Carter Family Marionettes' new show, "Raven and the Box of Daylight," opening Nov. 14, the Northwest Puppet Center turns its attention to Native American tribal lore.
enrevanche (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Aimee Mann Andrew Bird Ani DiFranco Art Tatum Avett Brothers The Beatles Bettye Lavette Big Joe Turner Big Star Bill Evans Bill Hicks Bill Monroe Bill Withers Billy Bragg Biz Markie Bo Diddley Bob Dylan Bobby Timmons Booker T Jones, with or without MG's British Sea Power Bruce Springsteen Buck Owens Bud Powell The Carter Family Charles Mingus Charlie Parker Chet Atkins Chet Baker Chic Coleman Hawkins...
Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
The Carter Family Memorial Music Center, Inc., has purchased property on the A. P. Carter Highway across from the Carter Fold in Hiltons, VA, it was announced November 2nd. Formerly the home of the late Pauline Shaffer, the property includes 2.15 acres with some level property along the highway, a one story five-room house, and two small outbuildings. Pauline Shaffer was a lifelong neighbor of Janette...
bliss in a teacup (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Just a little somethin' for your Monday mornings. I've was listening to The Carter Family as I cooked dinner tonight, and I just can't get enough of that old timey music ( this is actually my favourite version, but it didn't have the great video)! Hope you're all having a lovely day! xo
Appalachian History (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Rebecca Dart , a Vancouver comic book artist and animator, is turning heads this week with her fresh visualization of the old-time tune "On the Banks of the Ohio." Click on each panel to see her wonderful linework enlarged. Says Wikipedia of this tune: " Banks of the Ohio is a 19th century murder ballad, written by unknown authors, in which 'Willie' invites his young lover for a walk...
rogerbourland.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Last week in our MUSIC HISTORY, CULTURE, AND CREATIVITY class, we talked about musical embellishments. Robert Winter spoke at length about melodic embellishments in classical music–a rich resource to be sure. As A.J. Racy has been demonstrating Arab melodies for the past few weeks, virtually every phrase is filled with embellishments, and ones that are [...]
Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Hiltons, VA -- From the pastoral hills, hollers, shopping malls, and interstate highways of Goodlettsville, Tennessee; home of Bill Monroe, Bashful Brother Oswald, Stringbean, Grandpa Jones, Keith Whitely, and some living country music performers, comes the most entertaining blast from the past since Lester Moran and the Cadillac Cowboys. They’re the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band – five guys...
Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Hiltons, VA -- The Whitetop Mountain Band is a family-based band from the highest mountains of Virginia. Whitetop is an area rich in the old time music tradition, and this band has deep roots in mountain music. The band's members have worked tirelessly to preserve the Whitetop region's style of old time fiddling and banjo picking and are legendary musicians and teachers of the style. Their shows are...
TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
It didn't sink in for Michelle Carter-Scott that her son had finally landed a job near home until the first time he showed up on her couch without notice.
Allie Is Wired (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Last month, we told you all about the new offering from country crooner, Roseanne Cash. Her new album, “The List” made its debut on October 6th and we’ve got one on vinyl, just for you. The track listing for the album: 1. “Miss the Mississippi and You” 2. “Motherless Children” 3. “Sea of Heartbreak” (w/ Bruce Springsteen) 4. “Take [...]
Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Saturday, October 31st, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, Virginia, will present a concert by the Hillbilly Gypsies and Bryan Bowers. Admission to the concert is $7 for adults, $1 for children 6 to 11, under age 6 free. The Hillbilly Gypsies are a West Virginia native string band who specialize in playing their own homegrown style of Appalachian old time music, mixed with a hard...
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