Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook, Vol. 1
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2006-10-24
Music Label: Old Town School
Soundtracks:
- Shady Grove - Colby Maddox
- Take This Hammer - Jon Langford
- I Know You Rider
- Browns Ferry Blues - Robbie Fulks
- Trouble in Mind - Alice Peacock
- Aragon Mill - Rita Ruby
- Worried Man Blues - Chris Walz
- Salty Dog - Rick "Cookin'" Sherry
- Cripple Creek - Steve Rosen
- Deep River Blues
- Amazing Grace
- St. James Infirmary - Pete Special
- Don't This Road
- Down in the Valley - Bill Brickey
- Old Dog Tray - Kathy Cowan
- Drunken Sailor
- Erie Canal
- Wabash Cannonball - Danny Barnes
- Just a Closer Walk with Thee - Elaine Moore
- Wayfaring Stranger - John Stirratt
- Freight Train - Mark Dvorak
- Midnight Special - Steve Levitt
- Goodnight Irene
Music reviews of Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook, Vol. 1
Music Review: Very well recorded
Rating: 4 Stars
You'll have to decide for yourself whether you like this kind of music. It's acoustic, which I liked, but I did not like some of the arrangements/performances. What I really did like is the (important) fact that this CD is unusually well recorded. In that sense, at least, this is a very nice CD.
Description of Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook, Vol. 1
Since 1957, Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music has served as a catalyst for folk's progression and preservation, attracting students who would go on to greater glories (such as the Byrds' Jim--later Roger--McGuinn) and providing an intimate performing space for a wide range of artists. On the verge of its 50th anniversary, the School has enlisted instructors and some higher-profile kindred spirits, including the Mekons' Jon Langford, Freakwater's Janet Bean, Wilco's John Stirratt, and the Bad Livers' Danny Barnes, to perform a generous selection of 23 folk standards. Many of these are well-known and all have long stories (documented in the accompanying booklet), but they hold up well and a new generation does them proud. There's rarely a dropoff in quality from the better-known recording artists to the instructors, though a couple of the latter treat the material with a reverence that borders on sterility. Among the liberties taken, Elaine Moore brings a ragtime twist to the spiritual "Just a Closer Walk with Thee," Bill Brickey delivers an uptempo, syncopated "Down in the Valley," and Dan Zanes and band inject some reggae toasting into "Drunken Sailor." The music is acoustic but rarely solo, with supporting instrumentation and harmonies adding to the communal, hootenanny spirit. --Don McLeeseGeneral CDs
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