Various Unheard Ofs & Forgotten Abouts cd

$13.00

cd
2010/1916-64
new
78s from the collection of a contemporary California performer of 20s & 30s banjo & fiddle tunes, Frank Fairfield. A very personal & wide ranging set: Bagpipes that breathe of dead centuries, marionette music from Japan, diamond hard country blues, East African folk songs, appalachian fiddlers who were actually from Chicago, Hawaiian grunting, an Eastern Orthodox liturgical hymn, and a tinkly version of 'La Bamba' from before Richie Valens was born. Tracklisting: Pipe Major Forsyth and Drums-Hundred Piers, Pipe Major Forsyth and Drums-Miss Drummond of Perth, Pipe Major Forsyth and Drums-Sleepy Maggie, Kamemaru Sunakawa-Yagi Bushi, Kamemaru Sunakawa-Yanre Bushi, Slim Barton & James Moore-Poor Convict Blues, Akumu Odhiambo-Pius Ogola, Sudanese Wandering Minstrels-Sondiata, Hermanos Huesca-La Bamba, Tommy Dandurand & Ed Goodreau-Campbells are Coming, Tautu Archer-Ama Ama, Goerit Grisee & Bok Hjam-Rondo Karang Toeri, Kakapti-Makwatu, Charlie Bowman & Al Hopkins-Fox Chase, Professor Liu Tianhua-Kongshoung Niaoyu, Bernard & Cantournet-Un Pied Dans L'eau, Chanter P Manea with Choir-Patera Yion, Rev. Frank Cotton-The Pool of Siloam.
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