Americana
- Doc Watson and Jack Lawrence playing "Black Mountain Rag." Superlative flatpicking from two of the finest flatpickers on the planet.
- Doc Watson singing "Deep River Blues" Vintage clip of Doc showing his hypnotic vocal style and superb fingerpicking
- Link to a 16 minute film of vintage Pete Seeger. Well worth watching.
- Vassar Clements, Mark O'Connor, Jerry Douglas and Marty Stuart each turning in stellar performances on "Florida Blues".
- Lonnie Donegan singing Woody Guthrie's "Grand Coulee Dam." It's a bit difficult to know where to slot Lonnie, some may say he should be in the English category, but since all his material came from the American tradition, I feel he belongs here.
- DL Menard, Dewey Balfa, Aly Bain "I passed by your door" Nice cajun music
- John Hartford sings one of his best -loved songs "Where Does an Old-time Pilot Go", ably assisted by Vassar Clements, Tony Rice, Jerry Douglas and Mark O'Connor
- Dolly , Emmylou and Linda singing the sweetest three part harmony you could imagine on "The Sweetest Gift / Bury me beneath the willow"
- The same trio singing Jean Ritchie's song "My Dear Companion". Beautiful.
- The McGarrigles singing "The Logger's Waltz" (recommended by Abby Sale. ) I am breaking my own rules including this as the performers are not shown, but it is rather charming ...
- Catfish Stephenson singing and playing Jimmie Rodgers' "Waiting for a Train". Nice version, and included here as much as a tutorial in slide guitar as anything else. Note the extremely accomplished yodelling as well. Thanks to katlaughing for this one
- Jean Ritchie singing "Blackwaters". A powerful and intensely moving song about the horrors of 20th century mining in the Appalachians. Please watch this.
- The Weavers singing "Goodnight Irene". A vintage performance from 1949