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28 Jan 02 - 03:11 PM (#637269) Subject: American Trad. Music Question From: GUEST,Mark A. I'm very interested in classic American Trad/Old-Timey music. I enjoy artists like Dock Boggs, Roscoe Holcomb, Texas Gladden, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Jimmie Rodgers, Uncle Dave Macon, Hobart Smith, Frank Proffitt, Hazel Dickens, Clarence Ashley, etc. Are there newsletters, magazines, websites, etc. devoted EXCLUSIVELY to this music? It would be nice to read articles on these people, their music, their times, anecdotes, CD reviews, etc. Thanks... |
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28 Jan 02 - 03:23 PM (#637284) Subject: RE: Help: American Trad. Music Question From: Desert Dancer Old Time Herald magazine's web site Library of Congress American Memory site has several of the Folklife Center's collections on line with music And, for a local plug, many of these links and others are on the links page of Tucson Friends of Traditional Music ~ Becky in Tucson we'll see how many responses we can get in the first 10 minutes... |
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28 Jan 02 - 03:25 PM (#637289) Subject: RE: Help: American Trad. Music Question From: Desert Dancer whoops, lost one line break ~ B in T and I was doing so well... |
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28 Jan 02 - 03:31 PM (#637295) Subject: RE: Help: American Trad. Music Question From: nutty I discovered this recently and it just blew my mind ..... a wonderful site CLICK HERE |
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28 Jan 02 - 03:35 PM (#637300) Subject: RE: Help: American Trad. Music Question From: Alice Two of the old time music sites that I had bookmarked just came up as missing, but here is another site - you may be able to find something of interest to you: Down Home Music Alice
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29 Jan 02 - 12:42 AM (#637619) Subject: RE: Help: American Trad. Music Question From: Desert Dancer Musical Traditions is another fine site -- English-based, so more of that than American, but some good reviews and articles on American music, too. In my experience the American "old-time" scene is heavy on the string band stuff and lighter on singers. Musical Traditions makes up for this with writers who understand American traditional song. Record labels: Rounder, Folk Legacy, Appleseed, Smithsonian Folkways, among others, have done some fine first or re-issues. As a source, the Andy's Front Hall catalog includes record reviews that are useful (especially since its lists are so long that there's no more info than artist and title).
~ Becky in Tucson |
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29 Jan 02 - 12:05 PM (#637972) Subject: RE: Help: American Trad. Music Question From: GUEST,Mark A. Fantastic! Thanks for the responses... I look forward to exploring ALL of the sites mentioned above. |
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29 Jan 02 - 12:32 PM (#637986) Subject: RE: Help: American Trad. Music Question From: GUEST Sorry, but it always makes me smile when you Americans think of 50-100 years as a 'tradition' 'Clutching at straws' comes to mind, but even that saying is older than modern America. |
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29 Jan 02 - 12:49 PM (#638002) Subject: RE: Help: American Trad. Music Question From: Amos Well, it could be we think a little faster than some, but we like it that way. Why spend centuries beating around the bush? LOL! A |
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29 Jan 02 - 12:51 PM (#638004) Subject: RE: Help: American Trad. Music Question From: Desert Dancer Ooo, hasn't this been debated here once or twice before?? Age and tradition are two different things, I don't believe the age of the music necessarily determines whether it's traditional... Sure, the string band "tradition" is just a baby, by Old World standards, but lots of the tunes pre-date the string band format of the early 20th century and definitely come out of oral tradition (with fiddles and such-like, isn't that more an "aural" tradition?). And, given that Mark A. listed singers like Texas Gladden and Frank Profitt, he's talking about some music that is not only traditional, but pretty darn old, even by your standards. However, doesn't the debate get a bit fuzzy when so many "ancient, traditional songs" don't seem to go further back than 200 years... even on your side of the pond? ~ Becky in Tucson |