July 29, 2016

A Concert Featuring the Cheick Hamala Diabate Ensemble


Event Date: 2016/03/23 Running Time: 62 minutes

Cheick Hamala Diabate Ensemble
Cheick Hamala Diabate is a West African historian in the griot tradition, a sought after performer, lecturer, storyteller and choreographer. Diabate was born into a griot family in Kita, Mali. In West African tradition, the griot is a male troubadour-historian whose hereditary role is to preserve and share the history, genealogy and oral traditions of his people, as well as providing advice and practicing diplomacy.

The Library of Congress
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July 27, 2016

Dolly Parton: Coat Of Many Colors

RCA Victor LSP-4603

Format: Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Stereo
Country: US
Released: Oct 1, 1971
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Coat Of Many Colors (3:02)
A2 Traveling Man (2:38)
A3 My Blue Tears (2:14)
A4 If I Lose My Mind (2:26)
A5 The Mystery Of The Mystery (2:24)
B1 She Never Met A Man (She Didn't Like) (2:40)
B2 Early Morning Breeze (2:53)
B3 The Way I See You (2:43)
B4 Here I Am (3:17)
B5 A Better Place To Live (2:39)
[Credits]
Dolly Parton (vocals) David Briggs (piano) Hargus Robbins (piano) Jerry Carrigan (drums) Pete Drake (steel) Johnny Gimble (fiddle) Mack Magaha (fiddle) Buddy Spicher (fiddle) George McCormick (guitar) Dave Kirby (guitar) Billy Sanford (guitar) Jerry Shook (guitar) Buck Trent (banjo) Bobby Dyson (bass)
Producer: Bob Ferguson, Painter: Les Leverett, Engineer: Al Pachuckiand Roy Shockley
[Notes]
With hindsight it feels incredible to think that Dolly Parton had to be convinced to record what would become one of her signature songs, ‘Coat of Many Colors’. The song was written on a tour bus in 1969, on the back of a dry cleaning receipt ironically for one of Porter’s Nudie suits (the receipt was eventually framed by Porter and can now be seen at Dollywood) but was not recorded until 1971 on this, her eighth album. Two years might not seem like a long time but Dolly had written and recorded many other songs in the interim. Porter himself actually recorded the first version, with Dolly on backing vocals, but he knew that there was only one singer who could do this song justice – the girl in the song. So why did Dolly hesitate to put this one on tape? To understand the answer we have to go back through the years, once again returning to her childhood in Tennessee.

Movie Film  The official trailer "Coat of Many Colors" for Dolly Parton NBC Movie on Vimeo

July 26, 2016

Blues Rediscoveries 1966

RBF Records RBF-11

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1966
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country Blues, Delta Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 Ain't No Tellin': Mississippi John Hurt
A2 Avalon Blues: Mississippi John Hurt
A3 Sleepy Man Blues: Bukka White
A4 Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues: Bukka White
A5 Poor Man Blues: Henry Townsend
A6 Poor Man's Friend: John Estes
A7 Liquor Store Blues: John Estes
B1 Oh Lord Search My Heart: Blind Gary Davis
B2 You Got To Go Down: Blind Gary Davis
B3 Doin' Wrong: Peg Leg Howell
B4 Jelly Roll: Furry Lewis
B5 Sweet Papa Moan: Furry Lewis
B6 Highway 49: Big Joe Williams
B7 Someday Baby: Big Joe Williams
[Credits]
Mississippi John Hurt (guitar/vocals)
Compiled and Edited: Samuel B. Charters, Designer: Ronald Clyne, Photographer: Ann Charters

July 21, 2016

Elvis Country: I'm 10,000 Years Old

RCA Victor LSP-4460

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 05 May 1971
Genre: Rock, Country, World
Style: Country Rock, Rock & Roll, Classic Rock
[Tracklist]
A1 Snowbird (2:04)
A2 Tomorrow Never Comes (3:53)
A3 Little Cabin On The Hill (1:45)
A4 Whole Lot-ta Shakin' Goin' On (3:00)
A5 Funny How Time Slips Away (4:20)
A6 I Really Don't Want To Know (2:45)
B1 There Goes My Everything (2:55)
B2 It's Your Baby, You Rock It (2:56)
B3 The Fool (2:26)
B4 Faded Love (3:04)
B5 I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water (3:41)
B6 Make The World Go Away (3:34)
[Credits]
Elvis Presley (vocals)
Backing Vocals: The Imperials Quartet (tracks: A2, A5, A6, B1, B6)
Arranged Strings: Cam Mullins (tracks: A2, A6, B1), Don Tweedy (tracks: A1, A5, B6)
[Notes]
Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) is the eleventh studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released on RCA Recordsin January 1971. Recorded at RCA Studio B in Nashville, it reached number 12 on the Billboard 200. It peaked at number six in the United Kingdom, selling over one million copies worldwide. It was certified Gold on December 1, 1977 by the Recording Industry Association of America. The lead single of the album, "I Really Don't Want to Know" backed with "There Goes My Everything", was released on December 8, 1970 and peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, number two on the Adult Contemporary chart, and number 23 on the country singles chart.

July 16, 2016

Old-Time Southern Dance Music: Ballads and Songs

Old Timey Records LP-102

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1965
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Old Time
[Tracklist]
A1 Rose Conley: Grayson & Whitter
A2 Pretty Polly: Coon Creek Gals
A3 Little Maggie: Grayson & Whitter
A4 That Fatal Courtship: Ephraim Woodie
A5 Frankie Silvers: Byrd Moore's Hot Shots
A6 Black Jack David: Cliff Carlisle
A7 Old Ruben: Wade Mainer
A8 Handsome Molly: Grayson & Whitter
B1 It's Hard To Leave You, Sweet Love: Lewis McDaniel & Gid Smith
B2 Franklin Roosevelt's Back Again: Bill Cox & Cliff Hobbs
B3 Roy Dixon: Jimmy Tarlton
B4 School House Fire: Dixon Brothers
B5 A Little Love: Wade Mainer
B6 Deep Elm Blues: Lone Star Cowboys
B7 Frankie Dean : Darby & Tarlton
B8 On The Old Plantation: Blue Sky Boys
[Credits]
Liner Notes: Tony Brown, Editor's Note: Chris Strachwitz

July 1, 2016

Dolly Parton: The Grass Is Blue

Sugar Hill Record SUG-CD-3900

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released:1999
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 Travelin' Prayer (4:15)
02 Cash On The Barrelhead (3:07)
03 A Few Old Memories 4:01
04 I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open (3:04)
05 Steady As The Rain (3:04)
06 I Still Miss Someone (3:37)
07 Endless Stream Of Tears (2:39)
08 Silver Dagger (4:54)
09 Train, Train (2:49)
10 I Wonder Where You Are Tonight (3:13)
11 Will He Be Waiting For Me (3:25)
12 The Grass Is Blue (3:43)
13 I Am Ready (2:44)
[Credits]
Dolly Parton (vocals) Jim Mills (banjo) Jerry Douglas (dobro) Stuart Duncan (fiddle) Bryan Sutton (guitar) Sam Bush (mandolin) Barry Bales (bass)
Designer: Sue Meyer Design, Musical Director: Jerry Douglas, Engineer: Chuck Turner and Toby Seay, Photographer: Dennis Carney, Producer: Steve Buckingham
[Notes
The Grass is Blue is a bluegrass album by Dolly Parton, released on October 25, 1999 on the Sugar Hill label. It is her 35th studio album. In addition to rejuvenating Parton's career, the album, along with the O Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack and the work of Alison Krauss, is credited with making bluegrass a hugely popular musical genre during the early 2000s. Though the album received little airplay on mainstream country radio, it sold well (peaking at number 24 on the U.S. country albums charts), and was among the most critically acclaimed albums of Parton's career. The album was listed on many critics' year-end "best of" lists and won a 2001 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. The songs included a mixture of Parton originals and folk and bluegrass standards, as well as a Billy Joel cover. "Silver Dagger", a late nineteenth century ballad, had been popularized by Joan Baez during the early 1960s. Norah Jones would later record the title song on a 2003 Parton tribute album. Parton had originally written "Steady as the Rain" for her younger sister Stella Parton, who had a top-forty country hit with the song in 1979. "Will He be Waiting for Me" is an update of a song which originally appeared on Parton's 1972 album Touch Your Woman. The album also includes an acoustic cover version of the Southern rock band Blackfoot song "Train, Train".