The great Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown developed into the very template for gritty Americana, taking on almost every corner of American roots music with his guitar, fiddle,...

The third volume of Leadbelly's incredible Library of Congress sessions includes several searing spiritual numbers, among them "Down in the Valley to Pray," "Must I Be...

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Art Rosenbaum, like Mike Seeger and John Cohen and other urban folk revival survivors, fell under the spell of traditional Appalachian music in the 1960s, and has spent...

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Fess' Gumbo is kind of an odd duck, a 1980 session originally recorded for Canadian radio and claimed here as Professor Longhair's last-ever recording session. It mixes...

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Taken from two nights of performances at a club in Zugabe, Vienna, this is a typical set from Chicago's favorite down-home combo. John Primer handles the vocals on the...

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Longtime Buddy Guy sideman Scott Holt certainly doesn't suffer from a lack of talent. He's got the voice, the chops, and the look to be the next "great white hope" of the...

As the world of early acoustic blues was morphing into R&B and so-called "race" records, the beat became more prevalent, electric organs and guitars took the forefront,...

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This CD has the final 20 recordings by the good-time hokum/blues singer Lil Johnson, including eight performances that were previously unreleased. It seems strange,...

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Schola Cantorum, a chamber choir made up of music students from the University of Oslo, is a remarkably disciplined and mature group. In this selection of very...

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Piano for Relaxation collects Gerhard Oppitz's renditions of soothing classical piano pieces by Chopin, Faure, Brahms, and others. Ravel's "Pavane por une Infante...

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