Folk Music Index - Newly Indexed Sources.
2011 Update
Listed here are the 281 books and recordings that have been added to
the index since the previous November 2008 edition.
Printed Sources - Some 57 books, folios, and instruction material with songs
have been added. Some titles of interest include Hazel Dickens' "Working Girl Blues";
listings of text and/or notation of songs from the first 9 volumes of the Journal of
American Folklore Society; Betty Smith's book, Jane Hicks Gentry, a Singer Among
Singers (Gentry was one of the North Carolina singers collected by Cecil Sharp);
and Vivian Williams's Haynes Family Manuscript, which documents the dance music
(fiddle tunes) played by the Oregon Pioneer Settlers in the upper Willamette Valley.
These and a few other useful and interesting items (I hope) are marked with a * below.
- ACTWU Songbook, AFL-CIO,
- Agay, Denes / Best Loved Songs of the American People, Doubleday,
1975
- Andrews, Eddward Andrews / The Gift to Be Simple, Dover, 1962
- Beall, Pamela; and Susan Nipp / Wee Sing Silly Songs, Price/Stern/Sloan, 1985
- Beall, Pamela; and Susan Nipp / Wee Sing Childrens Songs & Fingerplays, Price/Stern/Sloan, 1985
- Beall, Pamela; and Susan Nipp / Wee Sing and Play, Price/Stern/Sloan,
1985
- Bill Hardey's Songs of the Good Old Days, Robbins, 1946
- Brand, Oscar / Folk Songs for Fun, Berkeley Medallion, 1961
- Cannon, Hal (ed.) / Old-Time Cowboy Songs, Gibbs Smith, Gib
- *Charters, Samuel / The Bluesmen, Oak, 1967
- Crawford, Richard / The Civil War Songbook, Dover, 1977
- *Dickens, Hazel; & Bill C. Malone / Working Girl Blues, U. Illinois,
2008
- Donnelly, Dennis (ed.) / Ramblin' Woman. Songs & Tunes of Becky Bernson,
Donnelly, 2001
- Dykema, Peter W.(ed.) / Sing Out! Teacher's Book, Birchard, 1947
- Edwards, Jay; and Robert Kelley / Coffee House Songbook, Oak, 1966
- Fiddler Magazine's Favorites, Mel Bay, MelB
- Fife, Austin E. & Alta S. / Ballads of the Great West, Amer. West,
1970
- Guest, Bill / Hundred Favorite Fiddle Tunes, Mel Bay, 1980
- Hubbard, Lester A. / Ballads and Songs from Utah, Univ. of Utah, 1961
- *Journal of American Folklore, AFS, 1887-1900
- Kersey, Robert E. (ed.) / Just Five; A Collection of Pentatonic Songs,
Belwin Mills, 1972
- Keefer, Jane (ed.) / Old Time Stringband Workshop for Fiddle, Banjo, Guitar & Mandolin,
4 VolumesMel Bay, 2011
- Krull, Kathleen (ed.) / Gonna Sing My Head Off!, Knopf, 1992
- Latest 101 Hootenanny Folk Song Favorites, Modern World Library, 1963
- *Leach, MacEdward / The Ballad Book, Harper & Row, 1955
- Leach, MacEdward / The Heritage Book of Ballads, Heritage, 1967
- Lee, Lorraine A. / An Elizabethan Songbook, Am. Music Series, 1977
- Lomax, Alan / Penguin Book of American Folk Songs, Penguin, 1969/1964
- MacNeil, Madeline / You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer, Mel Bay,
Mel Bay, 1989
- Miller, Craig R. &; Larry V. Shumway (eds.)/ Old-Time Utah Dance Party, Utah Arts, 2000
- Morse, Jim; & Nancy Mathews(Eds.) / Sierra Club Survival Songbook, Belwin
Mills, 1971
- Nash, Tom; and Twilo Scofield / Well-Traveled Casket. Oregon Folklore, Univ. of Utah, 1992
- Ochs, Bill / The Clarke Tin Whistle, Pennywhistler's Press", 2000/1988
- Okun, Milt (ed.) / Something to Sing About, MacMillan, 1968
- *Pancerzewski, Joe; and Vivian & Phil Williams / Pleasures of Home,
Voyager, 1988
- Pankake, Marcia and Jon / Prarie Home Companion Folk Song Book, Faber and Faber, 1988
- *Rabson, Carolyn / Songbook of the American Revolution, NEO Press, 1974
- Ritchie, Jean / Celebration of Life; Her Songs, Her Poems, Geordie,
1971
- *Seeger, Pete / Where Have All The Flowers Gone (3rd ed), Sing Out,
2009
- Seeger, Pete; with Jo Metcalf Schwartz / Incompleat Folksinger, Simon &
Schuster, 1972
- Shaeffer, Arling / Barn Dance, Cole, 1933
- Shirley, Kay (ed.) / Book of the Blues, Leeds, 1963
- Silverman, Jerry / How to Play Guitar, Doubleday, 1968
- Sing Together. A Girl Scout Songbook, Girl Scouts, 1957/1949
- Sing Together. A Girl Scout Songbook, Girl Scouts, 1973
- *Smith, Betty N. / Jane Hicks Gentry. A Singer Among Singers,
U. Ky, 1998
1998
- Southern Exposure, Inst. Southern Studies, 1973- (a single issue)
- Southern, Eileen / Music of Black Americans, 3rd. ed., Norton, Nor0
- *Thomas, Phillip J. / Songs of the Pacific Northwest, 2nd ed. Hancock
House, 2006. An expanded reissue of the original 1979 ed. of music collected in the field
- Titon, Jeff Todd (ed.) / Worlds of Music, Schirmer, 1996 (limited
to primarily English language material)
- Tolman, Albert H. / Some Songs Traditional in the United States, Amer.
Folklore Soc., 1916. A 40 page article from the J. Amer. Folklore Soc. bound in a hard cover.
- W. C. Handy Blues Folio, Robbins, 1942ca
- Walters, Neal; and Brian Mansfield / MusicHound Folk, Visible Ink,
1998 (only tunes on the CD that is issued with this reference source)
- Wessells, Katherine (ed.) / Singing Games, Simon & Schuster, 1947
- *Williams, Vivian (ed.) / The Haynes Family Manuscript, Voyager, 2010
- Witmark's Old Time Songs, M. Witmark, 1941
- Yolen, Jane, et.al. / Fireside Song Book of Birds and Beasts, Simon &
Schuster, 1972
Recordings - The 227 items listed below include several more
multi-CD reissue compilations of country, blues and Irish music from the 20's
thru the 40's, as well as some field recording collections, that were collected
by revivalist musicians in the 60s and 70s. Some of these items that may be of special
interest are marked with a* below.
- 10th Annual Portland Old-Time Music Gathering Sampler,
2009, OTG, 2009
- 3rd Annual Brandywine Mountain Music Convention, 1976, Heritage
(Galax), 1977
- Abrams, Rick / Wild Goose, Heritage (Galax), 1987
- Acoustic Guitar Summit, Accent on Music, 1998
- Addiss and Crofut / Let's Sing Together, Geneva, 1965
- After Hour Blues - 1949, Biograph, 1969/1949
- Allen, Linda / Women's Work, Flying Fish, 1984
- Allison, John / Heroes, Heroines and Mishaps, Ficker, 1957
- Ambletown Three, Hi-Life, 196?
- *American Folk-Blues Train, Castle Music, 2003/1957
- Appalachian Breakdown, Fuel, 2001
- Armstrong, George & Gerry / Simple Gifts, Folkways, 1961
- Army in the West, 1870-1890. Military Music in America, V.3, CMH,
197?
- Artichoke Nights, Vol. 1, Artichoke, 2010
- Baby Sitters / Folk Songs for Babies, Small Children, Baby Sitters..., Folkways,
1958
- Baker, Kenny / Grassy Fiddle Blues, County, 1974
- Banjoman. A Tribute to Derroll Adams, Rising Son, 2002
- Beaton Family of Mabou / Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music, Beccon, 2004
- Been Here All My Days, Mississippi, 2007ca
- Billy Faier, Banjo, Takoma, 1973
- Bird's Creek Boys / Tennessee Smoky Mountain Music,
Bird's Creek, 2006
- Blarney Folk / In the Sound of Ireland, London International, 1969
- Blevins, Haywood, Field Recorder, 2007
- *Blood and Roses, Vol. 1, Blackthorne, 1979ca
- *Blood and Roses, Vol. 2, Blackthorne, 1979ca
- *Blood and Roses, Vol. 3, Blackthorne, 1979ca
- Blue Sky Boys / Within the Circle; Wouldn't Be Lonely, Blue Tone,
1992?
- Bluegrass Intentions / Old As Dirt, Native & Fine, 2002
- Boggs, Dock / His Folkways Years, 1963-68, Smithsonian/Folkways, 1998
- Bok, Gordon / Herrings in the Bay, Timberhead, 2003
- Bright, Judy / This Is Judy Bright, Dot, 1965ca
- Brothers Four / Sing of Our Times, Columbia, 1963
- Brown, Red; and the Tune stranglers / If You Ain't Right, Get Right, Yoyo Recordings, 2004
- Bull, David;, Linda Danielson, and Chico Schwall / Celtic Holiday, Schwall, 2005ca
- *Burke, John; and the Yankee Carpetbaggers, Union, 1968
- Bursen, Howard / Banjo Manikin, Folk Legacy, 2001
- Californios / Flowers of Our Lost Romance, San Diego FOTM, 1998
- Cameron, Isla / Best of Isla Cameron, Prestige International, 1950s
- Camp Creek Boys, County, 1967
- Cap'n Hawkins' Choice, Winter Harbor, 1977
- Carl Martin and Willie "61" Blackwell; 1930-36; 1941, Document, 1994
- Carolina Chocolate Drops, Nonesuch, 2005
- Carroll, Liz / Lost in the Loop, Green Linnet, 2000
- Carter Family / Last Sessions... Victor Recordings, 1933-41, Rounder,
1998
- Chenier, Clifton / King of the Bayous, Arhoolie, 1970
- Cherish the Ladies / Woman of the House, Rounder, 2005
- Cheseborough, Steve / Outstanding Blues, Chezz-Tone, 1997
- Cheseborough, Steve / Fetch It, Cheseborough, 2009
- Chesney Brothers / Old Time Music, Chesney, 1986/1948
- City Limits Bluegrass Band / Live at the Oxford Hotel, Biscuit City,
1976
- Classic Canadian Songs, Smithsonian/Folkways, 2006
- Clawhammer Banjo - Vol. 1, County, 2002/1966
- Clawhammer Banjo, Vol. 3, County, 2004/1978
- Clawhammer Banjo. Vol 2 [More Clawhammer Banjo], County, 2003/1969
- Clayton, Paul / British Broadside Ballads in Popular Tradition, Folkways 8708, 1957
- Clayton, Paul / Whaling Songs and Ballads, Stinson, 1963/1955
- Conescu, Nancy; and Friends / Long Distance, Mek, 1997
- *Cowboy Tour. A National Tour of Cowboy Songs, ..., Rounder, 2000/1983
- Crabtree, David; and Dick Weissman / Tours - Detours, Wind River,
2002
- *Creed, Kyle / Banjo Lessons on Kyle's Back Porch, Old Blue, 2009
- Denny, Sandy / Like an Old Fashioned Waltz, Island, 1973
- Dewan, Brian / Words of Wisdom, Eschatone, 2007
- Dixie Hummingbirds & the Little Wonders, Field Recorder, 2007
- Doan, John / Departures, Narada Lotus, 1987
- Down Through the Winters, Revels, 2010
- Dyer-Bennet, Richard / 6; Songs with Young People in Mind,
Smithsonian, 2000
- Eat 'n Run / Driving Me Crazy, Voyager, 2004/2000
- Edmonds, Jimmy / Looking Back, Edmond, 2010ca
- Eulberg, Steve / I Celebrate Life, Owl Mountain, 2005
- Exiles / Freedom Come All Ye, Topic, 1966
- Fahey, John / Voice of the Turtle, Takoma, 1968
- Fast Folk; a Community of Singers & Songwriters, Smithsonian, 2002
- Finger, Peter / Bottleneck Guitar Solos, Kicking Mule, 1973
- Fink, Cathy; and Marcy Marxer / All Wound Up, Rounder, 2001
- Fink, Cathy; and Marcy Marxer, Sugar Hill, 1989
- Foghorn Stringband / Weiser Sunrise, Nettwerk America, 2005
- Folkmusic from Scotland, Laserlight, 1993
- *Folksongs from the Beehive State, Utah State U., 2008 (field recordings)
- Freeman, Brian / A Bottle and a Friend, Fifth Finger, 2003
- Freeman, Brian / Songs of Robert Burns, Fifth Finger, 1999
- Fuller, Jesse / Frisco Bound, Arhoolie, 1991
- Fureys / Through the Eyes of an Irishman, Alias, 1998
- Gaelica, Gaelica, 2004
- Galvin, Patrick / Irish Street Songs, Riverside, 1950s?
- Gaslight Singers, Mercury, 1963
- *Gennett Old Time Music ... Country Recordings, 1927-34, JSP, 2010
- Girls of the Golden West / Songs for You, Old and New, No. 6, Bluebonnet
Recording, 1960s
- Good Old Mountain Dew. Banjo Songs of the Southern MountainsWashington, 1960s?
- GTM String Band, GTM, 2009
- Holloway Stanley / Tavern Songs of Old London, Decca, 1960s
- Hoosier Hot Shots / Rural Rhythm, 1935-42, Columbia Legacy, 1992
- *Hopkins, Lightning (Sam) / Country Blues, Tradition, 1959
- Huckabee, Dan / Why Is This Man Smiling?, Ridge Runner, 1976
- Hull, Dakota Dave / Hull's Victory, Flying Fish, 1983
- Hurt, Mississippi John / In Concert, Magnum America, 1995/1965
- Irish Heritage, Compose, 2000
- Irish Songs from Old New England, Folk Legacy, 2003
- James, Steve / Short Blues Stories, Hobemian, 2008
- Jarvis, Ward / Ward Jarvis, Field Recorder, 2004
- Jenkins, Tim / Bonnie Sue Cleland; Tales of Love and Death, Jenkins,
2011
- Jigsaw / Cut Up the Floor, Jigsaw, 1996
- Jim & Jesse's Paradise, Opryland, 197?
- John Hannah, Field Recorder, 2006
- *John Work III, Recording Black Culture, Spring Fed, 2007/1938-41
- Johnson Mountain Boys / We'll Still Sing On, Rounder, 1985
- Jones, Frank / Old Boats and Old Ballads, Jones, 200?
- Kahn, Si / Companion, Appleseed, 1994
- Kennedy, Michael J./ Sixty-five Years of Irish Music, June Appal, 1977
- King, Cast / Saw Mill Man, Locust, 2005
- Korn, Meryle / Past - Presence, BB&P, 1994
- Kytr, Hobe; and Dave Berge / Dog Salmon and Rutabagas, Kytr, 2008/1985
- Langston, Peter; and Puddle City Bluegrass Band / In Concert, CAT,
2010/1972
- Lapow, Gary / Tell It From the Heart, Springhill, 1982
- Larson, Leroy; & the Minn. Scandanavian Ensemble / New Sweden '88, Banjar Records, 1987
- Lead Belly's Last Sessions, Smithsonian/Folkways, 1994
- Leadbelly / Take this Hammer, Bluebird, 2003
- Leigh, Bonnie / Straight from the Heart, Maywind, 1996/1948
- Levy, Steve / Times to Cherish, Levy, 200?
- Life and Times / Strawplait and Bonelace, Fellside, 1984
- Lind, Bob / Elusive Bob Lind, Verve/Folkways, 196?
- Long, Lionel / Waltzing Matilda, Columbia, 1962
- Lonnie Seymour, Field Recorder, 2005
- Louie and the Architects / Please Help Me, I'm Drawling,
Paddywhack, 2002
- Low Tide Drifters / Progress and Porchlights, Lowtide, 2007
- Lynn, Peggy; and Dan Berggren / Cloudsplitter, Sleeping Giant, 1995
- Mac Kinnon, Raun / American Folk Songs, Parkway, 1962
- MacDonald, Sheila / This Way, MacDonald, 2009
- MacMaster, Natalie / My Roots are Showing, Rounder, 2000
- Martin, Edsel / Appalachian Dulcimer Music, SHHG, 1970s
- Martin, Steve / The Crow; New Songs for Five String Banjo, Rounder,
2009
- Mason, Phillip / Hammered Dulcimer's Companion, Mel Bay, 1985
- Masters of the Mountain Dulcimer, Vol. 1, Susan Trump, 1997
- McCarl, Julie / Sweet Dreams and Lullabies, McCarl, 1983
- McCutcheon, John / Gonna Rise again, Rounder, 1987
- McCutcheon, John; and Si Kahn / Signs of the Times, Rounder, 1994
- McDowell, Mississippi Fred / Somebody Keeps Calling Me, Antilles,
1973/1969
- McGee, Sam & Kirk / Whoop 'Em Up Cindy, Guest Star, 196?
- McLean, Don / Playing Favorites, United Artists, 1973
- Metamora, Sugar Hill, 1985
- Midnight Sons / Sounds of Scandinavia, Arctic, 1970s
- Minstrel Banjo Styles, Rounder, 1994
- Misty Mamas / Wild Rose of the Mountain, MistyMamas, 2009
- Misty River / Rising, Misty River, 2000
- Mitchell, Marty / Marty Mitchell, Mitchel, 2008
- Morton, Jelly Roll / Kansas City Stomp, Rounder, 1993
- Murdock, Lee / Between Two Worlds, Depot, 2004
- Mustard's Retreat / There and Back Again, Yellow Room, 2007
- *Negro Songs of Protest. vol. 2; Cap'n You're So Mean, Rounder, 1982
- Never Let the Same Bee Sting You Twice, Document, 2005
- New North Carolina Ramblers / Four and a Half, Old Blue, 2009
- New Riders of the Purple Sage, Columbia, 1971
- Niles, John Jacob / American Folk and Gambling Songs, Camden, 1956
- Noonan, Steve / Bringin' It Back Home, Noonan, 2008
- Noonan, Steve / Eleven Songs, Noonan, 2010
- Novicki, Frank; and Ben Bonham, WSW, 2001
- O'Hara, Mary / Irish Traditional Folk Songs, Legacy, 1980's
- Odetta / Blues Everywhere I Go, MCR, 1999
- Ohrlin, Glenn / A Cowboy's Life, Rounder, 1998/1996
- Old Time Music on the Air, Vol. 2, Rounder, 1996?
- Original Folkways Recordings of Doc watson and Clarence Ashley, Smithsonian/Folkways, 1994/1962
- Plum, Cecil, Field Recorder, 2005
- Polk Miller and His Old South Quartette, Tompkins Square, 2008
- Portland FolkMusic Society - A Compilation, PFS, 2011
- Portraits and the Music, Temple, 2004
- Potter, Dale / Unique Fiddle Style of Dale Potter, Stoneway, 1977
- Prosperity String Band / Hello Stranger, PRS, 1986
- Ramblin' Woman. Songs and Tunes of Becky Bernson, Donnelly, 2001
- Rambling Boys of Pleasure / Glad to Be Here, Richmond, 1980s?
- Ramsay, Obray / Blue Ridge Banjo: Southern Mountain Songs, Washington,
1957
- Raphael, Joel; Band / Woodyboye, Appleseed, 1994
- Rasmussen, Jerry / Get Down Home, Folk Legacy, 1980
- Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts and Lollypops, Columbia Legacy, 1991
- Red Fox Chasers / I'm Going Down to N. Carolina, Tompkins Square,
2009/1928
- Reel World / In Good Time, Flying Fish, 1984
- Rice Brothers, Rounder, 1989
- Rick and Judy / Land of the Silver Birch, JR, 1983
- Ritchie, Jean / The Appalachian Dulcimer, Folkways, 1963
- Rite of Spring / Seaward Robin - Crystal Creek, Wallowa, 2002
- *Robertson, Jeannie / Songs of a Scots Tinker Lady, Riverside, 1956
- Rodgers, Jimmie / Recordings, 1927-1933, JSP, 2002
- Rosinators, PDC, 2003
- *Ross County Farmers, Field Recorder's Collective, 2007
- Rudnick, Sol; and Marshall Racowsky / Traditional Fiddle Favorites, Purist Records, 1979
- *Rural Parlor Guitar - Recordings from 1967-1971, County, 2009
- Scandanavian-American Folk Dance Music, Vol. 2, Banjar, 1976
- Schwarz, Tracy and Eloise / Home Among the Hills, Folk Variety, 1980
- Seeger, Mike; and Peggy Seeger / Fly Down Little Bird, Appleseed,
2011
- Seeger, Pete / American Favorite Ballads, Smithsonian/Folkways, 2009
- Seeger, Pete / Darling Cory and Goofing-Off Suite, Smithsonian/Folkways, 1993/1950s
- Seeger, Pete / Gazette, Vol 2., Folkways, 1961
- Seeger, Pete / Pete Seeger's Family Concert, Sony Kids Music,
1992/1962
- Seeger, Pete / We Shall Overcome. Recorded Live at His Historic Carne..., Columbia. 1963
- Shannonside Ceili Band / Kerry Ceili, Fiesta, 1970
- Sharecroppers / This New Founde Lande, Sharecropper, 1996
- Sharp, Arnold / Arnold Sharp, Field Recorder, 2006
- Silveria, Paul / Professor Banjo; Old Familiar Tunes, Silveria, 2008
- Simmons Family / Ozark Mountain Dulcimer, Dancing Doll, 197?
- Sky, Patrick / Songs That Made America Famous, Adelphi, 1973
- Songs for Sisters (and Brothers), Cascade Songwriters, Cas4
- Songs of the Pacific Northwest; Philip J. Thomas Companion CD, Caribou Music, 2006. Songs collected by Phil Thomas in the 60s
- Stafford and De Weese / Wheel Made of Wind, Little Infinities, 1997
- Stafford, Kim / Pilgrim at Home; Vagabond Songs, Little Infinities,
2009
- Stamper, Corbett / Corbett Stamper Field Recorder, 2006
- Stanley Brothers / Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers, Columbia
Legacy, 1996
- Stanley, Ralph / Old-Time Pickin', Rebel, 2008
- Succotash / When the Bloom Is on the Sage, Succotash, 2011
- Taylor, Jim; and Friends / Civil War Collection, Vol. 1, PearlMae,
1995
- Taylor, Jim; and Friends / Civil War Collection, Vol. 2, PearlMae, 1997
- Thomassin, Adelard / Musique Traditionalle pour la Dance, Laridaine,
1978
- Thompson, Eric / Thompson's Real, Herringbone Disc, 2000
- Thompson, Eric and Suzy / Dream Shadows, Herringbone Disc, 2008
- Todalo Shakers / 4th Street Messaround, Todalo, 1999
- Townsend, Graham / Le Violon - The Fiddle, Rounder, 1976
- Traditional Banjo Music of the Ozarks, Collectibles, 2006
- Traditional Dance Music of Ireland, Musical Heritage, 1997
- Walk Right In; the Secret History of Rock & Roll, Bluebird, 2002
- Washington, Jackie / Jackie Washington, Vanguard, 1962
- Welcome Yule; An English Christmas Revels, Revels, 2010
- Wheeler, Jimmy / Jimmy Wheeler, Field Recorder, 2004
- White, Josh / Joshua White, Vol. 1, Earl Archives, 1982/1933
- Wilson, Joemy / Carolan's Cup, Dargason, 1984
- Wolfe Tones at Their Very Best, Live, Celtic Collections, 2004
- Womack, Billy / Down at the Barbershop, Spring Fed, 2008/1960s
- *Workman, Nimrod / I Want to Go Where Things Are Beautiful, Twos &
Fews, 2008/1982 - recorded in Workman's Kentucky home by Mike Seeger in 1982