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| American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 4 |
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| Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways |
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Pete Seeger has long set the standard for interpreters of American traditional and topical songs. This fourth volume in the popular series compiled from the Folkways Records American Favorite Ballads series of the 1950s and 1960s features Seeger's versions of classic folk songs from America’s past. Extensive liner notes by folk song scholar Guy Logsdon describes their origins in an emerging nation and their place in the American folk song movement. American Favorite Ballads is a classic among classics. 32 PAGE BOOKLET, 28 CLASSIC TRACKS! 70 MINUTES OF MUSIC!
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 The Worker Forever |
| Review Date: July 19, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Nelson L. G. Paula, |
I love Pete Seeger - he's a perfect worker of music.
This CD is cool and strong.
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pete finds his roots and ours
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| Review Date: June 26, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Alfred Johnson, boston, ma |
Since my youth I have had an ear for roots music, whether I was conscious of that fact or not. The original of that interest first centered on the blues, then early rock and roll and later, with the folk revival of the early 1960's, folk music. I have often wondered about the source of this interest. I am, and have always been a city boy, and an Eastern city boy at that. Nevertheless, over time I have come to appreciate many more forms of roots music than in my youth. The subject of the following review is an example.
I have done reviews of Pete Seeger's more political albums and need not address those issues here. These volumes of American classics with Pete and banjo are the songs you learned mysteriously in your youth, apparently by osmosis. As each song goes along you find yourself singing along to at least part of the song. These songs go deep into the popular culture and the roots of what makes those of us who were born here conscious of the musical influences that formed our lives. You may not like every song but the total effect will grab you. Foggy Dew and Alll My Trials stick out in this volume. |
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