String Bands

Jean Ritchie/Paul Clayton - The Tradition Years: American Folk Tales and Songs

Personnel: Jean Ritchie (vocals); Paul Clayton (vocals); Richard Chase. Recording information: 1956. Singer/dulcimer player Jean...

Various Artists - Anthology of American Folk Music [Box]

This newly remastered six-CD box set is a reissue of the six-LP set compiled by folk archivist Harry Smith in 1952. Some of the many...

Various Artists - Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music Vol. 4

Includes a 96 page hardbound book with essays by Ed Sanders, John Cohen, Dick Spottswood, John Fahey and Greil Marcus. Digitally...

Dock Boggs - His Folkways Years 1963-1968

Personnel: Dock Boggs (vocals, banjo); Mike Seeger (guitar). Includes liner notes by Barry O'Connell and Mike Seeger. All tracks have...

East Texas Serenaders - Complete Recorded Works (1927-37)

Personnel includes: Cloet Hamman (guitar); John Munnerlyn, Shorty Lester (banjo); Daniel H. Williams (fiddle); Henry Bogan (cello).

Jean Ritchie - Ballads From Her Appalachian Family Tradition

Solo performer: Jean Ritchie (vocals, dulcimer). Recorded in 1961. Includes liner notes by Kenneth S. Goldstein, Jean Ritchie, ...

Various Artists - Classic Old Time Music From Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Various Artists - Classic Old Time Music From Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Fiddlin' John Carson - Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol. 4: 17 March 1926 to 11 Octob

Personnel includes: Fiddlin' John Carson (vocals, fiddle); Rosa Lee "Moonshine Kate" Carson (vocals, guitar); T.M. Brewer (banjo); Earl...

Great American String Band - 200 Years of American Heritage in Song [Box]

Full title: 200 Years Of American Heritage In Song. The Great American String Band includes: Arthur Smith (vocals, electric guitar, ...