August 30 - New Additions

Subject: August 30 - New Additions
From: Wally Macnow
Date: 30 Aug 99 - 10:08 AM

Well, the response to last week's posting was small but positive so I'm going to go ahead with the new listings. If you order something, don't forget to let me know that you found it through the Mudcat.

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East Montpelier, VT 05651
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Here are this past week's

New Arrivals At Camsco Music

Updated

Monday, August 30, 1999

Click on the artist's name for track list information.

Abrams, Bob

• MELM 77166, A Fool's Advice, $14.98 (Irish)

  A new album of traditional Irish music featuring Bob Abrams on button accordion, mandolin and octave mandolin.

Amidon, Peter And Mary Alice

• AMM 06, Hymns & Ballads, $14.98 (Folk)

  'Hymns & Ballads' is a CD album of the Amidons' favorites (shape note hymns, gospel from both black and white singing traditions, American and English ballads, and poems set to music by Mary Alice) in a variety of settings: Peter and Mary Alice's 

  distinctively strong duo harmonies; the Amidon quartet that now includes Sam's tenor that is a cross between Dock Boggs and Mike Waterson and Stefan's profoundly deep bass; the Amidon/Armstrong Septet where the Amidon four are joined by the extraordinary singing family of Jennifer Armstrong and her two daughters Suzannah and Georgia Rose; and one Sydney Carter gem where Peter and Mary Alice are joined by Margaret Dale and Tony Barrand.

Clouds of Heaven

• SF 40117, Saints' Paradise, $13.98 (Blues/Gospel)

  Beyond jazz, blues, or gospel as most know it, this is the powerful trombone shout band music of the legendary United House of Prayer for All People. While much public attention is lavished on brass band jazz of New Orleans, these remarkable sacred shout bands of the Eastern seaboard have remained largely unheard except inside the church built by the late Bishop C.M. "Daddy" Grace. In this first-ever anthology, the top House of Prayer shout bands perform live--showing how a choir of trombone "voices" brings congregations to "one accord" of ecstasy with the Spirit.

DiGiuseppe, David

• DDG 01, South of Andromeda, $14.98 (Folk)

  David DiGiuseppe's first solo recording, offers an exciting combination of traditional music performed in a contemporary folk style. Selections include Irish jigs, French musettes, Breton dances, English ballads and original compositions. Featuring David on vocals, accordion, Irish cittern and mandolin and accompanied by some of the finest musicians from the North Carolina Piedmont.



FootLoose

• SKY 209, FootLoose, $14.98 (Dance)

  This debut release from North Carolina's premiere contra dance band features original tunes, unusual tunes and even a few chestnuts from the traditional New England repertoire. Skillfully arranged and performed, high in spirit and energy, the quartet plays reels, jigs, waltzes and even a tango on fiddle, accordion, clarinet, piano, bass, mandolin, bouzouki, guitar and washboard; special guests add drums (Jim Roberts) and banjo (Joe Newberry) on some cuts.

• SKY 215, Steppin' Out, $14.98 (Dance)

  This newest release from the contra dance band FootLoose features music for couple dancing. Included are waltzes, tangos, hambos, schottisches and zwiefachers.

Goforth, Gene

• RDR 0435, Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks, Vol I, $12.98 (Fiddle)

  The Ozarks are home to some of the best traditional fiddle music to be found in America, but it is only rarely heard outside the region. Here one can find old dance melodies from the British Isles mixed with breakdowns that celebrate frontier customs. Interspersed in the blend are the black-influenced two-steps that constituted the original roots of ragtime. This CD, the first of 

  three, samples the distinctive music to be heard from Salem, Missouri down through the northern counties of Arkansas.

Lamb, Dwight

• RDR 0429, Joseph Won a Coated Fiddle, $12.98 (Fiddle)

  The farmers who homesteaded the plains of Iowa, Nebraska and the Dakotas loved old-time fiddle music every bit as much as their Appalachian compatriots. Dwight Lamb of Onawa, Iowa is heir to this unique pioneer heritage.

Miller, Rodney

• SF 40126, Choose Your Partners!, $13.98 (Dance)

  New Hampshire is home to a variety of time-honored music and dance traditions. This 1999 studio recording is a collection of dance tunes played by six New Hampshire groups. Built upon a blend of English, French, and Celtic influences, the music features fiddle, guitar, flute, piano, mandolin, and hammered dulcimer. Some of New Hampshire's renowned dance callers invite you to "choose your partners" and join in New England contra dancing, barn dancing, and singing squares.

Morrison, Theresa

• RDR 7026, Laments and Merry Medleys from Cape Breton Island, $12.98 (F-Fiddle) 

  The Scots pioneers who settled Canada's Cape Breton Island early in the last century underwent many hardships but, through all the desperate winters, they carefully preserved their precious heritage of violin music. Today modern influences are beginning to shade the island's music, but on this truly unique album Theresa Morrison plays a wide range of Scottish music in the best traditional style of her homeland.

Thompson, Joe

• RDR 2161, Family Tradition, $12.98 (F-Fiddle)

  Joe Thompson is among the last African-American fiddlers still active in the South. A member of a North Carolina farming family with an active stringband tradition, Joe has been playing music since the 1920s. Released to coincide with Joe's eightieth birthday, this disc documents tunes and songs going back three generations of Thompson family musicians.

Walser, Bob



• ONT 9902, When Our Ship Comes Home, $14.98 (Sea Songs)

  Bob Walser is one of the premier collectors and resurrectors of sea songs in the world today. Here is his first CD produced in England by Dave Webber

Subject: RE: August 30 - New Additions
From: Dani
Date: 30 Aug 99 - 10:17 AM

Just want to recommend the Joe Thompson CD. He's a wonderful soul and his music is a joy to hear - especially Oil in My Vessel and I Shall Not Be Moved. I feel like I've been to church, singing along. Try to catch him playing and telling stories if you're ever around this corner of NC!

Subject: RE: August 30 - New Additions
From: bbc
Date: 30 Aug 99 - 12:44 PM

Hi, Wally,

Just a thought (not intended as a criticism)--in your subject line, include Camsco Music. Many of us do not read all threads, so we need more specific subject lines.

Thanks,

bbc

Subject: RE: August 30 - New Additions
From: kendall morse (don't use)
Date: 30 Aug 99 - 12:49 PM

Hey Wally, just found your latest additions... what else do you have?

Subject: RE: August 30 - New Additions
From: Wally Macnow
Date: 30 Aug 99 - 01:00 PM

To BBC

I didn't want to make the thread title too long. I'll try to come up with somthing that includes Camsco, the date, and "new additions" or some equivalent that will fit in the title box. If you have a suggestion, let me know.

Subject: RE: August 30 - New Additions
From: Wally Macnow
Date: 30 Aug 99 - 01:04 PM

Hi Kendall,

Boy, they sure do let anyone on here. Hope things are well with you and that I get to see you again this winter. You can find my whole catalog on line at Camsco Music

Subject: RE: August 30 - New Additions
From: Dale Rose
Date: 30 Aug 99 - 01:21 PM

I will add a bit of clarification to Wally's listing for Gene Goforth, Rounder 0435. Actually it is a sampler of 40 cuts recorded in 1997 by Stan Jackson, Gene Goforth, Violet Hensley, Howe Teague, Bob Holt, Jesse Wallace, Cecil Goforth, Sam Younger, and Audrey Handle. (I think I got 'em all) The front has a picture of Howe Teague, (I saw him at Silver Dollar City in late May) the back cover has a small picture of Bob Holt, and the booklet back features Violet Hensley, whom I also saw in May. The tunes are all very well annotated, with notes by Mark Wilson who co produced with Gordon McCann. While I can't say that every one of the cuts is to my liking, on the whole it is a worthwhile and entertaining CD, not to mention a significant history of fiddle music in the region. I am anxiously awaiting the publication of volumes two and three.

Subject: RE: August 30 - New Additions
From: kendall morse (don't use)
Date: 30 Aug 99 - 04:42 PM

hey Wally, I didn't come here to be insulted... I can go anywhere and get treated like dirt!!! how the hell are ya stranger?

Subject: RE: August 30 - New Additions
From: bbc
Date: 30 Aug 99 - 05:21 PM

Hi, again,

How about "New at Camsco Music--date"? Looks like there is enough room on the subject line. If you aren't specific, people who would be interested may pass over the thread.

best,

bbc

Subject: RE: August 30 - New Additions
From: KathWestra
Date: 30 Aug 99 - 05:40 PM

Hiya Kendall. Welcome to the 'Cat. I'm sure you'll give as good as you get in the insult department. Read up on a few of the threads and you'll see how the words fly 'round. Anyway, glad you're here. I'm fairly new to the Mudcat game myself, and am having a ball. Kathy