Various Artists - Songs Of Civil Rights & Protest (Various Artists) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Doc Watson is renowned as one of the greatest acoustic guitarist alive. Best of the Vanguard years in a combination of the best studio recordings from two previous The Essential and the Vanguard Years. This Sessions title, however, also includes four live tracks from the Vanguard archive never before released on CD InchGrandfather's Clock,Inch InchRaiko,Inch InchDoc's GuitarInch and InchCrawdad Hole.Inch Also features InchCountry Blues,Inch InchTennessee Stud,Inch InchTom Dooley,Inch InchAlberta,Inch InchRising Sun Blues,' InchBlack Mountain Rag' and more!

This collection is the first (although released third) of our series of four themed albums. We hoped to capture the joy of longer days and warmer weather with these songs and tunes from England, Scotland, and Ireland. All tracks feature myself (Hanz Araki) playing flute, whistle, and vocals; Kathryn Claire on fiddle, guitar, and vocals; and Joe Trump on percussion. Track 1 An Leanbh Sidhe (The Fairy Child), The Primrose Lass, The Maid in the Cherry Tree, The Otter's Holt -- slow air/reels I first heard An Leanbh Sidhe played by the great Galway whistle player Sean Ryan. There are words set to this air written by Samuel Lover, a poet and writer from the 1800s based on an Irish legend 'O'er the mountain thro' the wild wood, Where his childhood lov'd to play, Where the flow'rs are freshly springing, There I wander, day by day, There I wander, growing fonder Of the child that made my joy, On the echos wildly calling, To restore my Fairy boy.' The reels in this set are common session tunes that fit our theme both in title and in tone. The Maid in the Cherry Tree also goes by the title 'The Curragh Races'. We changed this tune slightly to suit the rest of the set and mean no offense. The Otter's Holt has been a favorite reel of mine for years. This track features Cal Scott on guitar. Track 2 Searching For Lambs Yet another songs pinched from the June Tabor cannon. Track 3 As I Roved Out We learned the words of this song from Colleen Raney who learned it from the singing of Sarah Makem. At a festival in Austin, TX, we were lucky enough to take part in a singer's session (a rare occurrence!) with the Makem and Spain brothers. After Kathryn finished singing this song, Rory Makem said he remembered his Granny singing it when he was a boy. Hanz Araki plays a Rob Forkner bodhran on this particular track. Track 4 The April Fool, The Dawn, The Skylark A jig and two reels. Very

2022 featuring 25 musicians from the United States, Caribbean and Africa who each compose a song to fight against systemic racism in the world. The 25 composers are between 20 and 80 years old and are known for their work as leaders but also their collaboration with world-famous artists from the 60's until today (D'Angelo, Fela Kuti, Meshell Ndegéocello, Salif Keita, Marcus Miller, Roy Hargrove, Erykah Badu, Steve Coleman, Joe Zawinul, The Headhunters, Wayne Shorter, Esperanza Spalding). They draw on many influences, such as African music, hip-hop, jazz, funk, rock, fusion, rap, jungle, nu-jazz, soul, blues, Caribbean jazz, opera, classical music, poetry. This project brings together more than 60 musicians, who play a large variety of instruments saxophone, trumpet, trombone, vibraphone, guitar, drums, bass, vocals, piano, keyboards, turntables, ka drums, n'goni, djembe and tama. There is even a choir from Mali, composed of girls 7 to 13 years of age.