Various Artists - Classic Southern Gospel: From Smithsonian Folkways - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This compilation features classic recordings by artists doing some of their best loved songs during the great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s. Includes tracks by Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Lead Belly, Brownie McGhee among others. Album Tracks 1. Pastures of Plenty - Woody Guthrie 2. We Shall Overcome - Pete Seeger 3. Rock Island Line - Lead Belly 4. No More Auction Block - Paul Robeson 5. Deportees (Plane Wreck at los Gatos) - Barbara Dane 6. John Henry - Doc Watson 7. John Hardy - Mike Seeger 8. Betty and Dupree - Brownie McGhee 9. Gallis Pole - Fred Gerlach 10. Polly Von - Paul Clayton 11. Butcher Boy - Peggy Seeger 12. Duncan and Brady - Dave Van Ronk 13. Railroad Bill - Hobart Smith 14. Wayfaring Stranger - Burl Ives 15. Big Rock Candy Mountain - Haywire Mac 16. Born 100,000 Years Ago - Cisco Houston 17. Sugar Babe, It's All Over Now - Mark Spoelstra 18. Changes - Phil Ochs 19. Black and White - Earl Robinson 20. Most Fair Beauty Bright - Jean Ritchie 21. Cielito Lindo - Pete Seeger 22. Tom Dooley - the New Lost City Ramblers 23. Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten 24. Down on Me - Mary Pickney 25. This Train (Bound for Glory) - Big Bill Broonzy

The banjo is one of those quintessential American instruments that is surprisingly versatile. It has been used traditional southern music, bluegrass, country, jazz and a whole lot more. The folks at the Smithsonian have put together a special CD focused on this unique instrument and some of the masters who used it best. Album Tracks 1. Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Girl/Cripple Creek/Ida Red/Old Joe Clark 2. Banging Breakdown 3. Johnson Boys 4. Peachbottom Creek 5. Coo Coo 6. Josh Thomas S Roustabout 7. Jaw Bone 8. Bright Sunny South 9. Coal Creek March 10. Mississippi Heavy Water Blues 11. Walk Light Ladies 12. Buck Creek Girls 13. Gut Bucket Blues 14. Skylark/Roaring Mary 15. St. Anne S Reel/La Renfleuse Gorbeil 16. Smokey Mokes 17. Golden Bell Polka 18. Banjoland 19. Sally Ann 20. Lonesome Road Blues 21. Fox Chase 22. Hop Along Lou 23. Cotton Eyed Joe 24. Foggy Mountain Top 25. Rambling Hobo 26. Old Rattler 27. Georgia Buck 28. I Wish to the Lord I D Never Been Born 29. Black Eye Susie 30. Bluegrass Breakdown

Spirituals, guitar evangelists, InchShoutInch bands, quartets and choirs sing out the sacred sounds of African American Gospel music. This Smithsonian Folkways InchClassicInch spans over a half century of select recordings to paint a broad panorama of this cherished musical creation. Reverend Gary Davis, Sister Ernestine Washington, Sonny Terry, the Fisk Jubilee Singers and Elizabeth Cotten are among those featured on these 24 tracks of soulful song. Album Tracks 1. Jesus Going to Make Up My Dying Bed - Horace Sprott 2. Oh Lord, I'm So Glad I Got Good Religion - Starlight Gospel Singers 3. Thank You, Lord - Alvin Dockett and Blessed 4. When I Was Sinkin' Down - the Fisk Jubilee Singers 5. Just Got Over at Last - Little Brother Montgomery 6. Moses Smote the Water - the Thrasher Wonders 7. Soon, One Mornin' - Rev. Willie Gresham 8. Dry Bones Ezekiel Saw the Wheel - the Missionary Quartet 9. Holy Ghost - Juanita Johnson and the Gospel Tones 10. Where Could I Go - Sister Ernestine Washington with Bunk Johnson 11. Oh, What a Beautiful City - Sonny Terry 12. You've Got to Move - Two Gospel Keys 13. Let the Church Say Amen - Elder Charles Beck 14. I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say - Bishop Bowen and the Combined Gospel Choirs 15. If I Had My Way - Rev. Gary Davis 16. Low Down Death Right Easy - Dock Reed 17. He's My Rock - Brother John Sellers 18. Hallelujah, It Is Done - Elizabeth Cotten 19. We Praise Your Holy Name - Mississippi Mass Choir 20. Don't Let His Name Go Down - First Independent Holy Church of God and Unity 21. Go Tell It on the Mountain - Fannie Lou Hamer 22. Been in the Storm So Long - Mary Pinckney 23. Every Time I Feel the Spirit / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / They Hung Him on the Cross (Medley) - Lead Belly 24. It's Time to Make a Change - Madison's Lively Stones