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Tag Archives: folk singers
New Stuff Tuesday – September 27, 2016
Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings of the Upper Midwest, 1937-1946 by James P. Leary ML3551 .L35 2015 New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor The upper Midwest has a long tradition of folk music that is often overlooked in favor of … Continue reading
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New Stuff Tuesday – March 17, 2015
Tomorrow is My Turn by Rhiannon Giddens FOL Gid Tom New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor Rhiannon Giddens, founding member of the African-American string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops, released her first solo album at the beginning of March. Giddens has … Continue reading
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New Stuff Tuesday – December 3, 2013
Child Ballads by Anaïs Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer POP Mit Chi Browsing CDs, 2nd floor The Child Ballads, a set of over 300 English and Scottish popular ballads collected by Francis James Child in the late nineteenth century, continue to … Continue reading
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Folk Singer Odetta
Folk singer Odetta died on Tuesday, December 2nd, according to NPR: Odetta’s folk songs made her a symbol of the civil rights movement. She performed at the Civil Rights March on Washington in 1963 and sang “O Freedom.” Her ballads … Continue reading
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