Welcome, everybody, to the Mudcat YouTube Folkmusic Video Thread.
The purpose of this thread is to build up a library of links to recorded music on the Internet in the folk/blues idiom, most of which (but not necessarily all) will be in the form of YouTube videos. Some overlapping between jazz on the one hand and classical on the other is probably inevitable from time to time, but the focus is firmly on folk/blues.
Most of the links will be to YouTube videos, but links to archived radio broadcasts will also be welcome, as will links to video sites other than YouTube. Members and guests are equally welcome to submit recommendations.
For the purposes of this thread, "folk/blues" has to be classified into several different categories, (as outlined below) in order to facilitate searches for recommendations.
The criteria for inclusion in this symposium are, that the videos should be :
A) of outstanding musical worth and /or B) of historical significance. ( except in the case of McGrath of Harlow's eclectic videos and Mudcatters's Own Videos ).
The criteria are unashamedly subjective, (ie I decide) but the selections are always open to comment on the sister thread We Need a YouTube Permathread.
This thread is purely for links to YouTube (or links to other online resources) . Posts will be deleted as soon as the links have been incorporated, and posts which do not contain suggested links will be deleted immediately.(This amendment made 25 February 2007)
Any comments, complimentary or otherwise, should be directed to the thread referenced above. We Need a YouTube Permathread
Please post links to specific videos, and not to lists of videos by any one performer, or group of performers. Normally, there will only be one link to any one performer, since YouTube will supply cross-references to other performances.
Please stay within the boundaries of "folk/blues" as far as possible. These boundaries are wide, I know, but I will not be putting up any links to pop and /or classical , unless they have significant connections to the folk/blues tradition.
Enough of the rules, on to the content. The classifications are as follows.
Americana
Vocal and instrumental performances in the American tradition.
Blues
Blues performances, vocal and instrumental.
Irish
Vocal, instrumental, and dance performances in the Irish tradition.
English
Vocal, instrumental, and dance performances in the English tradition.
Scottish
Vocal, instrumental, and dance performances in the Scottish tradition.
African
Vocal, instrumental and dance performances from the various African traditions.
Contemporary
stuff from contemporary songwriters
World
Anything which doesn't fit into any of the above categories.
Almost all links will belong to one of the categories above, but I am also creating several instrumental categories, many of the links in these will be duplicated in one of the categories above, but it will make it easier for anybody searching for instrumental performances.
Guitar
Guitar performances of outstanding merit.
Mandolin
Mandolin performances of outstanding merit.
Banjo
Banjo performances of outstanding merit.
Fiddle
Fiddle performances of outstanding merit.
Pipes
Piping performances of outstanding merit.
Miscellaneous
Any instrumental performances which do not belong to any of the above categories.
Eclectic videos recommended by McGrath of Harlow
Self-explanatory
Mudcatters' own videos
Videos of performances by members of Mudcat
This is a PermaThread™, maintained by Murray MacLeod. Feel free to post to this thread, but be aware that all messages in this thread are subject to deletion and editing.
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Bill D Date: 18 Oct 06 - 04:07 PM
If you should wish to download a video from YouTube for later viewing, here is a simple little program...(I tested it...it worked fine on my 1st try) It puts a little icon in your browser's titlebar, which you click to get the options banner...then paste the video address in its space and zooom...
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.
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
Paul Brady singing the "Lakes of Pontchartrain" in Gaelic, the translation was written by Francie Mooney.
Planxty performing "The Blacksmith". There are several clips of Planxty on YouTube, this one shows them in their youthful heyday. Wonderful singing from Andy Irvine.
The Dubliners singing Phil Coulter's song "The Town I loved so Well". A truly wonderful clip of the Dubliners in their prime.
Grace. probably the most moving song ever written, sung here by Anthony Kearns. Amazing voice, amazing song, amazing story. Normally I don't post videos here which don't actually show the performer singing or playing, but I have no hesitation in making an exception in this case.
Paul Brady singing "The Shamrock Shore", in a pub session. Simply superb, from both a historical and artistic viewpoint, this is the kind of video we need more of. Thanks to akenaton for pointing out this one.
Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick singing "I haven't told her, she hasn't told me". Enchanting clip, bit of a curiosity, it's not exactly "Byker Hill", but rivetting nonetheless
The Copper Family just a fragmentary clip of the Coppers singing "Thousands or More", but the only online clip available at present, unfortunately...
Traditional shanty sung by the men who actually do go to sea. (thanks to Azizi for this one, I would never have found it by myself)
"Dives and Lazarus" sung by a Finnish singer. It doesn't get much more cosmopolitan than this. I just wish Martin Simpson would allow some of his videos to appear on here, including his rendition of this song.
"Torn Screen Door" (that's the song title). obviously not traditional, but I feel it fits comfortably in the English traditional category. Nice acapella singing.
Eric Bogle singing "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" with powerful screen images of WW1
Eva Cassidy singing Sting's "Fields of Gold". A wondrous rendition by one of the finest female voices ever recorded.
Iris Dement singing "Our Town" , from the Transatlantic Sessions. Probably the finest piece of music in the whole series imo. Excellent harmonising from Emmylou, and instrumental support from a stellar group of musicians including Aly Bain and Jerry Douglas
Doc Watson playing "Deep River Blues". Superb fingerpicking from the master.
Tommy Emmanuel playing a medley of songs on stage during a concert celebrating Australia Day 2004. The ultimate guitar showman, yet his incredible technical virtuosity never gets in the way of the music. There are many many clips of TE on YouTube, I felt this one was probably the most representative for anybody seeing him for the first time.
Chris Proctor conducting a Taylor workshop. This is a "must watch" for all fingerstyle guitar players, his "Huckleberry Hornpipe" at 10.30 in Open G is particularly enthralling and will repay watching over and over again.
HAMADA Takasi (to give him the correct Japanese nomenclature), although he is called Takashi Hamada on the YouTube video. This man is truly amazing, his forte is classic ragtime, and in this clip he plays the finest rendition of "Maple Leaf Rag" you are ever likely to hear.
George Shuffler demonstrating his crosspicking technique. Shuffler is one of the great originals, ( he played with the Stanley Brothers in the fifties ), and this demonstration should be studied closely by all flatpickers.
John Renbourn singing and playing "Abide with Me" , and "Great Dream of Heaven". Effortlessly fluid fingerstyle. Renbourn is playing here at least as well as ever, if not better, on these two hymns, the second of which comes from the great Bahamian guitarist Joseph Spence. He needs to lose the woolly cap, however, imo.
Unfortunately, this Renbourn has been removed due to copyright issues. Oh well ...
Duelling Banjos from "Deliverance". Played by Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel on the soundtrack, and more properly entitled "Feuding Banjos". Check out the clothes-peg capo on the albino kid's banjo neck ...
Ukelele magic. Jake Shimabukuro playing "While My Guitar gently Weeps". (in the middle of Central Park, yet.) This is one of the most famous and most frequently watched videos ever uploaded to YouTube, justifiably so. A million miles from George Formby ...
Jerry Douglas playing Donal Lunny's "Tribute to Peadar O'Donnell" and finishing off with "Monkey let the Hogs Out". The sweetest dobro playing you will ever hear.
Simon Thoumire, celebrated concertina virtuoso and bon viveur, demonstrating his fluidity, musicality and incredible dexterity on "Madame Bonaparte"
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Max Date: 16 Dec 06 - 10:27 AM
Murray, I commend you on this idea and thread.
A few months ago, I made a deal with Stefan Grossman for his entire collection of videos. http://guitarvideos.com/ . We've been encoding, classifying and organizing thousands and thousands of videos for months now. We're also working on a way to deliver these videos for a fee. The goal is to use all the proceeds to fund the mudcat. My optimism suggests that we'll never need contributions again if this works out well.
I'd be very interested in your thoughts about paying for such videos, maybe a dollar or two per clip. I sure have been enjoying the process of encoding and reviewing them all. They are going to be well organized, professionally encoded, perfectly synced (audio w/ the video). Stefan has one hell of a collection, and I am proud to be involved (and have a copy of every single one of them).
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Joe Offer Date: 13 Jan 07 - 04:49 PM
Just a request - some of us, particularly Mudcatters in rural areas, have slow dialup connections, and we cannot access Youtube. When you give links to Youtube videos, could you give us a brief explanation of what we're missing out on? It's very frustrating to see a thread that starts out with nothing but a Youtube link, with no explanation. Thanks. -Joe in the Sticks-
1. The Kennedy Center Millenium Stage's search engine, where you can find exactly the music YOU define as "folk music". Shows are normally an hour in length, streamed. Performers include artists you know, and artists you would like to know about.
2. Woodsongs Oldtime Radio Hour's Archive, which is VIDEO as well as sound, weekly, one-hour plus in length, streamed live and downloadable as sound and/or video through their archive. Again, you will find artists and music to fit YOUR definition of "folk music". Performers include artists you know, and artists you would like to know about.
Some of the links in that thread may not work, but the ones I've described here work.
Well, that is the editing and harvesting completed for the moment.
All suggestions have been considered, many have been implemented and some rejected, for various reasons.
The main criterion for inclusion is the musical merit of the performance, and that is something of which, I am afraid, I have to be the arbiter.
Many videos posted on the thread have unfortunately been removed by YouTube due to "terms of use" violation. Some of these were excellent videos, and it is indeed a pity that some artistes are unable to see that exposure on YouTube can only be beneficial to their careers.
Keep posting your suggestions, and do not be offended if I do not include them here.
Remember, there is absolutely nothing to stop you from maintaining your very own Permathread !
Now for the fun bit, I can start compiling the guitar, banjo, mandolin videos ...
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Abby Sale Date: 01 Feb 07 - 03:31 PM
I'm missing something here. All the links will be in the colored boxes & dated 12 Nov 2006? I mean, nothing wrong with Nov 12th, Bukka White's birthday - I jus' wunnerd.
Another "More Online Concerts" thing besides Millenium Stage: Actually, they occur in colaberation with Millenium Stage but at Coolidge Auditorium and are a different series. Put on (mostly) by American Folklife Center in their "Homegrown Concerts" series. Aren't too many online not but much worth checking.
Murray, great work! Thanks. One suggestion, in the dark green box the lettering is very difficult to read and my eyesight is pretty good. I think white text would be much easier on the eyes. Thanks, again!
Abby, the Nov 12th posts are just a number of reserved postings which make it easier for me to edit the thread and add new links as necessary. The date of the post doesn't really have any relevance to the content.
I suppose, technically, it would have been perfectly possible to accomplish the whole thing on one post (and who knows, maybe I will do that one day) but at the moment this is the easiest way for me to edit the thread.
Susan, Kat, your suggestions are noted and appreciated, and corrections will be made ASAP. I assume by the "dark green box" you mean Kevin McGrath's section ? Well, that's the whole idea , I was going to make the text dark green as well...(only joking, Kevin, as well you know ! )Keep these eclectic videos coming in.
slight problem here, the links in the McGrath box come up dark blue on dark green (because I have already viewed them ), is it possible to code them so that they stay white ?
I met Stephen Wade in 1975 at the Cambridge Folk Festival (UK) He impressed me enormously with his enthusiasm and knowledge, although to be honest I never thought he was any great shakes as a banjo player.
that same year Bill Keith was playing with the David Grisman Band , now there was a banjo player. Unfortunately, not much on YouTube that shows his prowess.
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Abby Sale Date: 01 Feb 07 - 10:08 PM
Murray. Your browser may (Netscape does, anyway) has an option to override site text/background colors and force your own choices. Clearing the cache may help, too.
Naw, you know I was kidding earlier - very nice work on this thread.
I'm confused, wasn't there another thread just like this earlier? Only, it wasn't so color coordinated.
I recall posting a YouTube link to my very own folk/blues video of me playing the 51 Highway Blues in that earlier thread and now I can't seem to find the thread or the link. Is simple deletion how recommendations that are not acceptable will be delt with in this thread?
I also asked whether our own videos were being sought for this purpose or if this collection was focused on gathering videos of those who might have achieved some greater level of the illusive fame factor. I don't recall receiving an answer to my question in that other thread. Would someone here care to field this?
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:GUEST Date: 02 Feb 07 - 10:12 AM
I recorded the Wolfe Tones singing Flight of Earls on The Late Late Show, RTE. 1987. When you go to youtube.com type in the search wolfe tones - flight of earls to see it
George has posted several on youtube; the latest is Pete S. and I singing Jenny Jenkins outside the Seegers Beacon home. Sorta funny. It was never used for anything other than a 'home movie.'
Jean, you are already highlighted ( in Americana ) singing "Blackwaters". As if I would leave you out ...
There won't be multiple links to the same performer on this thread , since YouTube provides all the necessary links once you click on the URL. (As long as the person uploading has had the nous to include the relevant tags, that is.)
So, Cruiser's Emmylou/Dolly/Linda link is redundant. Excellent clip but they are already highlighted above.
Reggie, the criterion for inclusion is that the video should be of outstanding musical quality, or of significant historical value or else so eclectic that it is spotted by McGrath of Harlow. If you really want to discuss the matter of the omission of your video, please do send me a PM, I think it might be better to discuss this "off the record".
Jeremy C, that is a most valuable piece of info. I shall scurry to my text editor post-haste to give it a twirl, and hopefully soon Kevin McGrath's links will be totally legible once more.
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Cruiser Date: 02 Feb 07 - 04:34 PM
Murray wrote:
[Quote} There won't be multiple links to the same performer on this thread , since YouTube provides all the necessary links once you click on the URL. (As long as the person uploading has had the nous to include the relevant tags, that is.)
So, Cruiser's Emmylou/Dolly/Linda link is redundant. Excellent clip but they are already highlighted above." {End Quote}
Thank you for clarifying that. That makes sense because to link each song would clutter the categories up with redundancy. We can be expected to do some of the work for you!
The rest of you, pay better attention than I did to the instructions.
..."the video should be of outstanding musical quality, or of significant historical value or else so eclectic that it is spotted by McGrath of Harlow." (?)
I didn't read that in the description of what was going to be included in this thread. Here's what I read.
"For the purposes of this thread, "folk/blues" has to be classified into several different categories, (as outlined below) in order to facilitate searches for recommendations, and I am also going to operate a "editor's recommendation " system, whereby videos of outstanding musical worth and /or historical significance, will be awarded a "star award" ranging from three to five stars. The criteria for these awards are unashamedly subjective, but the selections are always open to comment either on this thread or on the sister thread We Need a YouTube Permathread. All genuine recommendations will be catalogued, but please remember that posts on this thread are always subject to editing or deletion."
What I understand this to mean is just what it says. That some videos "videos of outstanding musical worth and /or historical significance will be awarded a "star award" ranging from three to five stars. The criteria for these awards are unashamedly subjective but the selections are always open to comment either on this thread, or on the sister thread We Need a YouTube Permathread."
My comment regarding this song submission is that I'm perplexed at just what you consider folk/blues. "51 Highway Blues" is a genuine folk/blues song of old. The authorship of, though I attribute it to Big Joe is somewhat clouded as is the case with so many early folk/blues. It is as historically significant as any other song from this same genre, and perhaps more so as it mentions one of the few roadways that were principally responsible for the spread of this music northward from the Deep South. Recordings also played a role in finding new ears for this music but it was the migration of those who played this music from the Delta to nothern urban centers, places like Chicago, that was primarily responsible for the popularity of the blues. I performed my interpretation of this old gem in the tradition of so many great folk/blues, on an acoustic guitar. Not just any acoustic, but a resophonic guitar of unique design that I hand built from junk I found at garage sales. I adapted my version of this song to be played using a bottleneck slide approach.
I'm not upset that my post to this thread was deleted. I just didn't know where it went and why my questions were not addressed. I am, however, now curious as to why my genuine, folk/blues, submission wasn't cataloged, especially because of what I read in the introduction to this thread. "All genuine recommendations will be cataloged." Or, is it yet to be included?
Here's a clip of Seamus Ennis playing his father's composition The Morning Thrush on the pipes - with a gentle spoken introduction that's worth having in itself.
Is your page reduced in width? (With the clicky thing up the top right of the page, next to the cross that closes the browser down.) Normally I find that, when I reduce the browser page, the lines adjust so they don't spill over, but right now that isn't happening. But if it's set on maximum, no problem.
I am still having a problem with text overrunning the margins on this thread.I think it's OK now, Murray. The main thing is, if you use an HTML tag, you have to close it:
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But I think what caused your trouble is that you had a long, long line made with ___ instead of with a horizontal rule:
Thank you Joe, for fixing that glitch. I will also follow up on your suggestion in the PM.
Now then, Reggie. First of all I would like to point out that I did say in my previous post that we should discuss this by PM, but since you have chosen to go public, well, so be it.
The fact is, I think you are almost certainly capable of much better than what that video shows. Would you say, hand on heart, that that video shows you at your best ?
The fact that the song is of historical significance is not in question but that is not the point at issue. For the video to be of historical significance it would need to be a video of the original composer, or else a very early and rare performance (eg the Peter Paul and Mary performance of "The Times They are a Changing" noted above)
The opening post of this thread was posted up almost four months ago.
Originally I wanted to make this a thread a symposium purely and simply of superb musical performances of the music which I know, love and understand, but I was persuaded to open it up to much wider criteria. So, as far as the the African, World, McGrath categories are concerned, I just stick the links in without any judgment, because I do not consider myself qualified to make any judgment in these categories.
In the other categories, however, I do consider myself qualified to make an "artistic judgment" as to whether the video should be listed or not.
I hope, Reggie, that you will soon come up with a video which will display your talents to their full and I will be more than happy to include it on this thread.
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Azizi Date: 03 Feb 07 - 03:42 PM
Murray MacLeod, I understand that the initiator of a Mudcat Permathread has the responsiblility of maintaining that Permathread and that "maintainence" includes determining which posts he or she will retain or delete.
I also understood and understand from your posts prior to Jan 26, 2007 that you had changed the statement that you had posted at one point that "All genuine recommendations will be cataloged."
In addition, I recognize from reading your post of 26 Jan 07 - 06:33 PM that all videos submitted to this Permathread are suggestions, and -perhaps apart from Kevin McGrath's section-you are the sole arbiter of the musical merit and/or historical value of that performance.
Murray, you wrote in your Jan 26, 2007 post that people should not be offended by the decisions you make as to which videos you include on this Permathread. I am not offended, and hope that other people are not and will not be offended by your decisions since the criteria you use is yours, and as is the case with any criteria, other people can agree or disagree with it.
Furthermore, prior to your Jan 26, 2007 post and ongoing I understand "there is absolutely nothing to stop [another person] from maintaining your very own Permathread".
Murray, while I understand that you have the right to decide to include or not include any personal video or any other video that anyone posts to this thread based on your judgement of that video, I believe that it would have been clearer if you had revised-and would now revise-the criteria that is articulated in your first post. That first post still leads people to believe that:
"For the purposes of this thread, "folk/blues" has to be classified into several different categories, (as outlined below) in order to facilitate searches for recommendations, and I am also going to operate a "editor's recommendation " system, whereby videos of outstanding musical worth and /or historical significance, will be awarded a "star award" ranging from three to five stars.
The criteria for these awards are unashamedly subjective, but the selections are always open to comment either on this thread or on the sister thread We Need a YouTube Permathread.
All genuine recommendations will be catalogued, but please remember that posts on this thread are always subject to editing or deletion." -snip-
Furthermore, Murray, I'm not sure what to make of the fact that there is only one video posted in the African section of your Permathread, particularly since you wrote 03 Feb 07 -02:12 PM that "So, as far as the the African, World, McGrath categories are concerned, I just stick the links in without any judgment, because I do not consider myself qualified to make any judgment in these categories."
That statement seems to imply that this been only one video submitted to the African section. Yet I know that at a given point in time-before I realized your criteria for submission had changed-I submitted numerous African and "world" videos. And other people may have also submitted African videos for your consideration. Given those submissions, I can only conclude that either you are indeed using your judgement to select videos for the African section-which is fine because this-after all-is your Permathread. Or perhaps I should conclude that-with the exception of the Nina Simone video that I submitted- all of the African videos that I and perhaps others submitted to this Permathread "have unfortunately been removed by YouTube due to "terms of use" violation. Some of these were excellent videos, and it is indeed a pity that some artistes are unable to see that exposure on YouTube can only be beneficial to their careers".
Again, I am not offended by what appears or does not appear on this Permathread and I sincerely hope that no one else is either.
I do regret that the video links that you did not and do not accept have not been and may not be archived or saved on another thread. But, again, this is your Permathread, and is therefore maintained as you have determined it should be.
Perhaps, someone or a number of people working together who have the time and skills and interest will team with you or on his,her, or their own will initiate a Permathread that will save those videos that you do not select. If so, it is my hope that that Permathread will have a broader criteria for the inclusion of submitted videos.
That said, I wish you well with this Permathread, and will continue to open it to see and hear the interesting examples that you post on it.
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:BanjoRay Date: 03 Feb 07 - 09:14 PM
Thanks Obie - the Mississippi John Hurt track was gorgeous and made even better for me by having the late great Hedy West sitting next to John in the Pete Seeger Rainbow Quest programme. You also get to hear her amazing voice at the end of the Goodnight Irene clip with the same lineup. Anyone seen a clip of the same show where she gets to lead a song? Ray
Hi BanjoRay, I didn't realize that was Hedy West until I read your post. I did a search on rainbow quest hoping to find her doing 500 Miles but so far no luck. Obie
A wise man once told me, "Use what you got". Of course, there are certainly many circumstances in life where I would never dream of applying this guide as it can mean taking unnecessary risks. However, this philosophy has proven to be most beneficial to me and my musical pursuits on many levels. I even went so far as to include the line in a song I wrote about my midlife Chrysler.
People say don't play your life away Spinnin' your wheels in those same ol' grooves I'm just usin' what I got cuz it's all I got to use I've got the 65 Newport ragtop blues
This old ride of mine was funky to look with its caved in rear quarter panel and really ragged top but it served me well. Someday I hope to be able to resurrect it with a few new, or at least, better used tires, rebuild the motor, and give it a face lift with a new top, interior, paint etc but until that time... You see, not all of us have the good fortune to able to obtain the finer things in life, a new SUV or sports car, a home that is considered a showplace, the perfect guitar, the best recording gear, or in this case a video of outstanding musical worth and/or historical significance. Some of us have to make due with much less. This fact has been the source of many a blues song and will no doubt be the source of many more.
There are two choices one can make in any adverse situation. One can be daunted by the difficulty of a particular circumstance or use the resources that you have at your disposal.
As Azizi has pointed out this is your thread. You are in control of its content. The best of luck to you on weeding out what you consider the best and the brightest.
It's a shame the David Bromberg videos don't convey anything like the full force of what Bromberg delivers in a live performance. I have been hoping for months that somebody would upload something really spectacular, maybe of the Bromberg Band circa 1975, or even from the Performance Channel special he did with John Sebastian, there was some really great stuff on that. Still, better to have something than nothing.
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Cruiser Date: 05 Feb 07 - 10:45 AM
This neat thread may become obsolete and moot.
YouTube may be going down the "tubes"
In the last 2 days, 5 of the videos I had as Favorites are no longer available and the users have lost their rights to ever join YouTube again. "This video has been removed due to terms of use violation."
"Long Long Time with Bobby Darin [video unavailable] 04:58"
When clicking on the user that posted the video the result is:
"This user account is suspended."
From YouTube Help:
"Why was my account suspended?
Your account was suspended due to repeated or severe violation of our Terms of Use. Users with suspended or terminated accounts are prohibited from creating new accounts or accessing YouTube's community features. "
There must be someway royalties can be provided so we can see these videos. Perhaps a membership fee that YouTube passes on to the copyright owners.
I would gladly purchase DVDs of some of the videos if they were available.
Here's one that shouldn't be affected by that kind of thing.
It's Emile Benoit, a Newfoundland fiddler and singer, singing an 18th Century French song, Vive la Rose - he died a few days after the record containing this came out in 1992. Here is more about Emile Benoit, and here are the words of the song, also know as "Mon ami me délaisse" (slightly different from the version Emile sings.) I know that extra stuff won't get archived, but it's good having the context in the meantime.
Vive la Rose - the song is used here as background to some rather charming family photos of a visit to Newfoundland and a family reunion.
Here's one that shouldn't be affected by that kind of thing.
Emile Benoit was a Newfoundland fiddler and singer, and here he is singing an 18th Century French song, Vive la Rose. He died a few days after the record containing this came out in 1992. Here is more about Emile Benoit, and here are the words of the song, also know as "Mon ami me délaisse" (slightly different from the version Emile sings.) I know that extra stuff won't get archived, but it's good having the context in the meantime.
So herer is Emile singing Vive la Rose - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4uLc2PmB0o - the song is used here as background to some rather charming family photos of a visit to Newfoundland and a family reunion.
Shaneo, I am not denying Diedre's ability as a singer, but do you think her rendition of this song belongs in this symposium ?
I would say she belongs to the Daniel O'Donnell, Foster and Allen, and Dana school of Irish singing, "good" singers all of them , but imo they don't belong in here alongside Paul Brady and Andy Irvine.
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Shaneo Date: 06 Feb 07 - 12:57 PM
Murry I put the link there because it was the fastest up-loading video of 'The Homes Of Donegal' there is another one there of Paul Brady but it's too slow up-loading , head wrecking for dial up connections, still it gives an idea of how the song could be played even in waltz time like Diedre's version. Yes, it's a more country music version and maybe doesn't belong here. I will endeavor to try harder in future [smile]
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:GUEST,Rev Date: 08 Feb 07 - 06:15 PM
Here's a fun one. It's an old TV advertisement for Ballentine Brewer's Gold Ale Which uses the melody to the favorite old sea chantey "New York Girls" aka "Can't you Dance the Polka."
Murray, Thanks for the Complementary on the song Grace sung by Anthony Kearns,in the {Irish section} I put it all togather about 5 years ago,the song was taken from a concert televised on RTE. Plunkett also had tuberculosis at the time, he married Grace just hours before he was executed in front of a firing squad in Kilmainham Gaol. Thanks Again.
I have decided that there should be three more categories in this thread.
I was quite entranced by Guest Rev's 1950's ad for Brewer's Gold Ale, and it undoubtedly has some historical significance, but could hardly be classed as an outstanding performance, so I am creating a " Quirky Unclassifiable " category for gems such as these.
Also, it is obvious that come what may , people will continue to put up links to their own, or their friends' performances, irrespective of the artistic merit of the performance, so there will be another category headed "Self- Publicising" into which these videos will go.
Finally, there should definitely be a category for Mudcatters' own videos. Watch this space ...
Murray, as I understood it you wanted folks to post not only the link but also a brief description of the content and some suggestions as to appropriate classifications. I noted that many posts were simply links, with no background information to help. I suspected that this was causing you more work. I also noticed that there was a lot of discussion of the links, which I initially thought was not what you wanted to see here in this thread. I now note that since you are involved in some of those discussions I probably misunderstood.
In summary I thought folks might be creating more work for you by ont following the guidelines that you appeared to lay out clearly in your initial post.
That is all.
Once again I find myself astounded at a reaction to a simple post here on mudcat. Having come across this kind of reaction before I had cut back on posting here and stopped using a permathread I had been given for "promotional purposes". I was uncertain about returning here to post anything linked to my business activities. It looks like my reservations were based on firm foundations and that I clearly made an error coming back here. I will make it clear right here and now that I will never make this mistake again.
John, the original purpose in my setting up this Permathread was to establish an archive of outstanding performances in the folk/blues field.
That was back in October 2006.
Since that date , this thread has been inundated with links to videos from every wannabe in the business, and I do not intend to put up links to every suggestion that wafts through the ether onto this thread.
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Stewie Date: 19 Feb 07 - 05:33 PM
The 3 or 4 David Francey videos that were on youtube seem to have been removed, incuding 'Torn Screen Door' included under 'English' above. Incidentally, it seemed somewhat inappropriate to have included the composition of a Canadian singer/songwriter, albeit an acapella rendition, under the category of traditional English.
machree, it will be fine if you just copy and paste the URL on this thread, and I will convert it to a link, but if you want to do the link go to the bottom of this page and click on "Make a Link", and it will help you out. (I think)
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Beer Date: 27 Feb 07 - 07:38 PM
West Wren Clare Boys was an absolute great video. Thank you for sharing. Now could you tell me why the costumes? What tradition are they celebrating? Not mummering by any chance? Sorry for my ignorance. Beer (adrien)
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:akenaton Date: 27 Feb 07 - 07:51 PM
Hi beer...They're celebrating an ancient tradition called hunting the wren who origins are lost in antiquity.
the tradition is referred to often in folk song, both in Ireland and England
Ditchfield in 'Old English Customs', p. 32, informs us that a wren-box was sold at Christies a few years ago which used to be carried in procession in some parts of Wales on St. Stephen's Day. It is about seven inches square, and has a glass window at one end. Into this box a wren was placed, and it was hoisted on two long poles and carried round the town by four strong men, who affected to find the burden heavy. Stopping at intervals they sang [The Cutty Wren]. And so on for eight more verses, taking the form of question and answer, as in the ballad of "Cock Robin", and describing the method of shooting the wren, cutting it up, and finally boiling it. (W.S. Walsh, Curiosities of Popular Customs)
See also The Wren (The King); Wren Song
[1962:] Some of the most ancient, most enduring and at the same time most mysterious English folk songs are those concerned with the attributes and sacrifice of monstrous animals. At the end of the 14th century, when peasant rebellion was in the air, the old magical song of the gigantically powerful bird (presented by a kind of folklore irony as a tiny wren) took on a tinge of new meaning. For here was the story of a great fowl so hard to seize, so difficult to dismember but so apt for sharing among the poor; and what did that suggest but a symbol of seignorial property? (A. L. Lloyd, notes Ian Campbell Folk Group, 'Songs of Protest')
Here is a song that was televised in the 1960's on RTE, The Croppy Boy sung by Anne Byrne if the link doesn't work below go to youtube and type in the croppy boy anne byrne Good Luck.
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Hawker Date: 05 Mar 07 - 09:38 AM
My harp ensemble, Harpers Bizarre, playing a traditional Cornish tune 'The Parting' (Hawker is 2nd from left) at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m15z9G0wKmM
this one was recordeed in 1985, it's Brendan Grace singing My Heart is in Ireland, he's impersonating Tommy Byrnes from the Wolfe Tones he's great at it. if address will not work go to youtbe and type in my heart is in Ireland brendan grace
There have been several archived videos removed due to terms of use violation.
I usually put a note after the video if this happens rather than deleting it.
I am particularly pissed off by the Jerry Douglas and John Renbourn videos being removed. Why don't the complaining parties allow a partial viewing, and offer a chance to buy the DVD ?
I put on Danny Doyle singing Lizzie Lindsay from a record I have called "Whiskey On A Sunday {1968}. If the link below will not work go to youtube and type in lizzie lindsay good luck
Here's one that's amazing...an older gentleman playing the fiddle with one arm, bow held between his thighs AND it's his right hand he's fingering the notes with! According to one comment he's playing the Rosebud of Avenmore, though I couldn't swear to it, not being familiar with that tune. If you watch to the very end, there's a good close up which shows his technique.
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:harpmolly Date: 22 Jun 07 - 05:14 PM
OK, I'll put my head on the chopping block. :) This is under "Mudcatter's Own Videos".
Matt Hyland, a lovely Irish song of star-crossed lovers (what else?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15v5P89wgKU
Si Bheg Si Mhor, an ever-beloved O'Carolan tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf26A2RaSH8
P.S. And while we're youtubing, I'm going to post these even though they aren't actually of anyone "playing" music. But they *are* folk-instrument-related. :) They can piggyback off my videos, can't they? Pleeeeeeeease? Believe me, you won't regret it. :D
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Don Firth Date: 26 Jun 07 - 05:53 PM
Harpmolly, regarding your posting at 22 Jun 07 - 05:14 p.m. . . . .
Now that's weird! Not you, Molly, that was lovely indeed! But the others!
Well, not to keep harping on this theme, but here's one that displays some interesting techniques. I know some people play by ear, but I can't say I've seen this before.
Written by Eric Bogle, saying goodbye to his mother when he was getting on a train to leave for Australia, never to see her again. It would bring a tear to a Glass-eye. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAFIfCQ38OA
Flying Column singing Four Green Fields written by Tommy Makem, sung by Cathleen Largey her husband narrating Mise Eire in English and Irish. if you can't find the address go to youtube and type in Four Freen Fields it's the one that shows the Connaught Flag.
if i could i would put the blue link on but i don't know how to do it.
Amazing video of the Beers Family collected by Pete Seeger. It contains dancing dolls, which must be similar to the "dancing dolls" belonging to Seth Davy and mentioned in the Irish song "Whiskey on a Sunday". I 've always wondered what Seth Davy's dolls looked like the Beer family
I met Olle Paulsson of Drone Music AB at Celtic Connections this year and he's trying to build up a collection of Northern European folk music on www.tvfolk.net
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Joe Offer Date: 04 Oct 07 - 08:41 PM
Interesting collection of video clips to accompany Bok, Muir, and Trickett's And So Will We Yet. Not what I would have chosen to accompany the music, but interesting - and it's a great song. -Joe-
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Hamish Date: 05 Oct 07 - 02:49 AM
I put some clips of Bob Fox singing Sally Wheatley and various Karine Polwart songs from Otley the other week. You'll find them under my YouTube id of hamish1357
Speaking of Otley, here are some clips from the same weekend, featuring a tired but fairly spirited Peters and Tyrrall closing out the Sunday evening concert in Kork's wine bar.
Mostly trad. songs and instrumentals, but we do our Dylan cover and Gordon's John Clare setting. Not all the clips are complete, unfortunately (and I might be having words with the lighting engineer, too!)
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:joseph Date: 18 Oct 07 - 04:57 AM
HI there There are some fine Irish Folk Songs and Music on you tube. Try Machree01 he has some fine recordings including Liam Clancy etc. You will get a number of links from there
Thanks Joseph, i haven't been on mud-cat for over a month. Heres one i just uploaded on youtube, it's the Wolfe Tones singing Dreams of Home, from Siamsa Cois Laoi Gig, 1986.
I have just put a track from my Dunmow Flitch lp, which is no longer available,on you tube,Jez Lowe on guitar, Sue Miles clarinet,Dick Miles on concertina,The two tracks are Archies Fancy and Herd on the hill,there is some great clarinet playing on these two tracks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItcBocS__x_M Iam intending to put more tracks up soon,you might have to search under dickmiles music.DickMiles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItcBocS_x_M here is the link that should get DickMiles and co,Archies FancyHerdontheHill.this wasrecorded, July 1981.Dick Miles
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Freso Date: 08 Nov 07 - 12:36 PM
For the MudCatters category, I nominate http://ie.youtube.com/profile?user=FrederikSOlesen, the YouTube channel of Freso, which contains and will contain more of solo-performances on harp, bodhrán, bones, spoons, and/or vocals. And it will probably even feature a few non-solo performances as well! (Now, I need to get me girlfriend to allow me to record her whistling, either with me drumming or harping along...)
For the dancing category, I nominate the channels of LeneMads and AneLuise. (And I think I am dancing meself in a few of their videos... can you find me? ;))
Uh?? I've just submitted a message to this thread, full of clickies it took me ages to make, and when I pressed 'submit' it just disappeared. So this is a test, really.
It just happened again, though fortunately I'd made a copy this time of what I'd written. Anoyone any idea why my posts aren't being accepted when I put blue clickies in them?
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:GUEST Date: 22 Nov 07 - 03:31 PM
Ah, problem was I had Automatic Line Breaks selected.
Murray wrote: "Brian, you really must shape up and do better with your video presentation."
Sorry, but it wasn't my presentation. The clips were posted by Pete Simmons, whose Youtube ID is SIMMO7TS, and has put a lot of stuff up there from various folk festivals. I've now contacted him and the details for the Peters / Tyrrall stuff are up there. In addition there are these clips of my solo performance at Sheffield Folk Festival a couple of weeks ago: All Around My Hat
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Tweed Date: 23 Nov 07 - 08:38 AM
And pore Lightnin' at the height of his powers doing Mojo Hand. Looks like the front porch mockup they put together during one of the Folk Blues tours to Europe.
Here's a great clawhammer banjo performance by Julie Duggan. If you search on her name at YouTube, you'll find another, musically satisfying but the video is ruined by extreme high contrast, so you really can't see what her hands are doing in that one.
The Kanun is perhaps the most developed form of the plucked psaltery / zither; with the bridges resting on velum resonaters & each string equipped with moveable bridges to facilitate pitch shifting & portamento during playing. For a further virtuosic exanmple from a young player have a look at this...
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Gulliver Date: 28 Nov 07 - 05:54 AM
Guest Mark, that was a nice version of Carrickfergus, and I found Headland's Myspace page where there are a few more nice tracks. Where does the "I Never Dreamed" song come from? Any chance of the group making it over to Ireland?
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Beer Date: 28 Nov 07 - 10:32 PM
Great great song "The Myra" However it would be nice if John Grace got the area correct. It is definitely not a Newfoundland song. It comes from Cape Breton where the Myra is located. And Capers would not be pleased with this mistake. Beer (adrien)
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Beer Date: 29 Nov 07 - 08:51 AM
I apologize to Brendan for this for you see as I was typing I was thinking of John Gracie from Cape Breton who has a great voice and one of his songs is titled "Cape Breton Christmas Morn". I going to look and see if I can find a clip of it somewhere. Thanks Kat for the heads up. Beer (adrien)
It's okay, Adrien. I hope you can find one. I'd like to hear him!
It's nice to see young folks playing folk instruments. I just found this lovely one of hammer dulcimer and hang drum HERE at youtube. Beautiful, meditative music. Well done.
I don't know if these would be of interest at all? 9 clips, all recorded at Richmond Folk Club, North Yorkshire, Uk - featuring guitar, mandocello, long-necked dulcimer, duet concertina and unaccompanied. Stories and songs, some sad, some funny, some just unusual...
Here's a really unique take on some Mozart with other tunes and techniques, some of which sound kind of folkie, even some blues at one point...see whatcha think: click here
I did Banjiman, I even sent the '5th string jealousy' to a banjo playing friend! I even turned off the folk program on the radio to listen to Wendy's lovely voice, & I'll keep listening to other videos after I've heard all the Arrowsmith offerings.
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Alan Day Date: 02 Jan 08 - 08:44 AM
I have mentioned The George Session on Mudcat a few times some of the session can now be heard on U Tube. Sorry I am not sure how to do the link.You will also find me playing solo on U tube and in the session playing Anglo. Happy New Year to you All. Al
Not one, but two brilliant songs from Small Potatoes. The first song "Waltz of the Wallflowers" by Jacquie Manning is a Kerrville winner - the second, "1,000 Candles, 1,000 Cranes" by Rich Presioso should have also been a winner! see here Thanks to the folks at the Back Room for posting this.
[I am taking the liberty of adding another Small Potatoes song, their set-finishing anthem I Will Pass this Way Again . Murray.]
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Dazbo Date: 05 Feb 08 - 03:23 PM
Brian Peters, an highly accomplished musician and occasional poster here came round my house to let me video him. So here's a link to one of the clips. Enjoy some excellent English melodeon playing.
I have a booklet on making vegetable instruments that someone at the renaissance fair was hawking... there's more on YouTube that'll show in the links, no doubt.
Tom Dundee singing Delicate Balance -- this video, containing a few stage patter clips followed by his best known song, was screened at the Memorial Tribute Concert on May 14, 2006 at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago.
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Gulliver Date: 22 May 08 - 11:43 AM
I just mentioned the Comhaltas YouTube account in my last post, but I found this great flute playing from the under-15 champion, Orla McAuliffe, on the Comhaltas web site:
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:JedMarum Date: 02 Jun 08 - 11:28 PM
Sorry if this too academic - "The White Cockade" mentioned above in the Mudcatters videos post is actually in standard tuning. I take the DADGAD comment as a high compliment though. I do use DADGAD and other tunings but wanted to have some of of the big fat modal sounding chords in the song - and get that from standard tuning. I couldn't begin to tell you the names of the chords I use in the song - they're all made up to sound a little DADGAD-ish.
Also - I have bunch of Youtube videos posted and I'll add more as time goes by. Here's my Youtube Channel
And there are a few other videos people have posted from my concerts or from projects that I've participated in. Those can be found in this list at Youtube.
Two year old Jali Sherrifo Kouyate is the son of two jalis, Suntou Kouyate and Makoy Jobarteh in Brikama in The Gambia. He is named after a third jali, Jali Sherrifo Konteh. His young life is totally surrounded by music-making and already seems very committed to music making himself.....
Some good clips on here too: David's only recently started posting videos of artists at Edinburgh Folk Club. Footstompin's a good site if you want to know what's going on in Scottish music too. http://www.footstompin.com/public/forum?threadid=162847
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Banjiman Date: 15 Jul 08 - 04:09 AM
If you've nothing better to do why not have a quick look at our new project? Work Tomorrow Blues by Blind Summat!
A bluesy little anti-work song written by our friend and co-conspirator Joolz Cavell. Shame the fiddler had gone walkabout but we'll put some more videos up with her (Becks) on as well after the next gig.
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Mr Happy Date: 31 Jul 08 - 07:10 AM
When I tey to get You Tube, I get this:
Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage
Most likely causes: You are not connected to the Internet. The website is encountering problems. There might be a typing error in the address.
What you can try: Diagnose Connection Problems
More information
This problem can be caused by a variety of issues, including:
Internet connectivity has been lost. The website is temporarily unavailable. The Domain Name Server (DNS) is not reachable. The Domain Name Server (DNS) does not have a listing for the website's domain. If this is an HTTPS (secure) address, click Tools, click Internet Options, click Advanced, and check to be sure the SSL and TLS protocols are enabled under the security section.
For offline users
You can still view subscribed feeds and some recently viewed webpages. To view subscribed feeds
Click the Favorites Center button , click Feeds, and then click the feed you want to view.
To view recently visited webpages (might not work on all pages)
Click Tools , and then click Work Offline. Click the Favorites Center button , click History, and then click the page you want to view.
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It was on earlier today, but its been off ages now.
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:alanabit Date: 30 Aug 08 - 05:21 PM
I posted this on the other thread, but there's no harm putting it up twice! Here's me and the lads having a go at Used To Have A Name and Fat People In Love.
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Banjiman Date: 06 Sep 08 - 04:04 AM
Thanks Katlaughing......apart from the obvious harmonies (i.e. Wendy) listen out for the excellent job the audience did on the choruses of "Sleep Well"...don't you love it when the "act" and the audience meld together so well.
I'm also really pleased with our new (first) fiddler....Becks Findlay, she joined a couple of months ago and adds so much to the other songs. Also brings a bit of youth to the group!
These videos are from only our second gig with the full line up (which was last weekend!). Plenty more between now and Christmas though.
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:GUEST Date: 01 Oct 08 - 06:19 PM
Doh!!!! Ok, let me bang in this link before all disappears in a blitz of binaries. Nottingham Clarion Choir (UK) I'm 3rd from right on back row thankfully hidden by the brunet, front right.
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Beer Date: 30 Oct 08 - 05:09 PM
Here is a little something from my friend Gordon Belsher and a great fiddle player by the name of Cynthia MacLeod. Both from Prince Edward Island. Beer (adrien)
This one is the one that caught my attention first - it's a Yiddish lullaby, "Oyfn Veg Shteyt a Boym," by Itzik Manger (1901-1969) - lyrics at Zemerl.
The title of this particular video is "Kolibyel'niye mira. Idish" I know the third word is Yiddish, but I can't figure out what "Kolibyel'niye mira" means.
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Willie-O Date: 14 May 09 - 09:27 PM
I'm late to the party, having just recently joined the camcorder generation, but I put a few more tunes up today, being motivated by pouring rain outside and power failure indoors...(ie camcorder was charged, then the power came back on and so did my PC...no I didn't upload during a power failure, I'm not that clever).
I haven't been playing much in DADGAD for some years now, but it used to be my mainstay. So today I dropped to those mellifluous D's and A's and went over some old favourites:
Well this was taken on a mobile phone and I'm just astounded by the quality of this live recording. The words are by Ken Bryant-Penfold (Romany Man here on Mudcat) and the chorus and music by me. Both Ken and I are from Travelling people, and this says it all in my mind.
I didn't know this thread existed. Now need a weekend to trawl through and click all the links.
Beautiful John. BTW, thanks for the lyrics and chords. Now just gotta figure out what programme to open that document with.
Can't believe I am doing this.... but well.. er... here's me singing Waterboy with some back up from Clive Lever on keyboard and others providing percussion. Though it is being performed in a pub in Kent, UK, it is Americana, I think. It definitely fits the Mudcatters youtube video category.
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Banjiman Date: 16 Jun 09 - 04:00 PM
Here's one for you.
"The Visitor" written by Wendy Arrowsmith performed by Wendy Arrowsmith, Paul Arrowsmith, Rebekah Findlay and the audience at the Kirkby Fleetham Folk Club Winter Warmer Weekend in Feb this year.
The song tells the story of the rescue of the brig, The Visitor off Robin Hood's Bay by the Whitby lifeboat in January 1881.
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Willie-O Date: 24 May 10 - 09:19 AM
Hey there Mudcat!
I just added a couple more vids of my band The Skirmish, back in our first year (2006), playing at the Brockville Celtic Festival. I loved Pat Foley's bass playing, (Sue is his sister, the whole family has chops!) but he didn't stay in the band much longer.
We play mostly standards, but we try to do them justice.
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:Willie-O Date: 24 May 10 - 02:00 PM
Oh, here's one I did on the road a few months ago--the soundtrack is the classic Ian & Sylvia version of "Someday Soon"--never gets old, forty-odd years later!
In fact, here's a blog posting that sets the scene if you care to go there, a slice of my working life on Highway 7...it has the same video embedded and cool RR photos too! Early Mornin Rain: aka The Story Of My Life
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:BK Lick Date: 30 Oct 10 - 11:31 PM
If you visit peglegsam's Channel at YouTube and enter "rainbow" into his search box (the one in the scrollable list of videos, not the YouTube search box at the top) you will turn up these 111 lovely clips from Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest TV program. Then you can use your browser's search function to find a video from this list. (I've added some information that the browser search will miss -- e.g., Hedy West in #62.)
Beers Family - Dumbarton's Drums (part 1 of 2)
Beers Family - Dumbarton's Drums (part 2 of 2)
Beers Family - In My Garden Grew Plenty of Thyme
Beers Family - The Connaughtman's Rambles
Bessie Jones - I'm Gonna Lay Down my Life for my Lord, Yonder Come Day, The Devil's Been to my House
Bessie Jones - Johnny Brown
Bessie Jones & Pete Seeger - "12 Days of Christmas" & "Shalom Chaverim"
Bessie Jones & Pete Seeger - "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" & "Children, Go Where I Send Thee"
Buffy Sainte-Marie - Little Wheel Spin and Spin
Buffy Sainte-Marie - Men of the Fields
Buffy Sainte-Marie - My Country 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying
Buffy Sainte-Marie & Pete Seeger - Cindy
Buffy Sainte-Marie demonstrates the mouth bow
Clancy Brothers - I Never Will Play the Wild Rover No More
Cousin Emmy - Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Cousin Emmy - Turkey in the Straw
Cousin Emmy - You Are My Sunshine
Cousin Emmy, Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys
Doc Watson - St. James Hospital (Streets of Laredo)
Doc Watson, Clint Howard, and Fred Price - Cackling Hen
Donovan, Shawn Phillips, Rev. Gary Davis, and Pete Seeger
Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon - Steal Away to Jesus
Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon - Titanic Blues
Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon - Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Dr. Ralph Stanley - The Clinch Mountain Backstep
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train
Elizabeth Cotten - Mama, Your Papa Loves You
Elizabeth Cotten - Wilson Rag
Frank Warner & Pete Seeger - Tom Dooley (Frank Proffitt)
Grant Rogers - Bessie The Heifer
Grant Rogers - Tales of My Grandad
Grant Rogers - The Ballad of Pat McBraid
Grant Rogers - When a Fellow is Out of the Job
Grant Rogers & Pete Seeger
Hedy West - Ballad of William Moore
Herbert Levy - pennywhistle
Herbert Manana and Pete Seeger - Tina Sizwe (We Africans)
Jack Elliott, Pete Seeger, & Malvina Reynolds - Woody's Rag
Jean Ritchie - Shady Grove
Jean Ritchie - Skip to my Lou
Jean Ritchie & Pete Seeger - Jenny Jenkins
Jean Ritchie, Pete Seeger, B.J. Reagon - O Mary, Don't You Weep
Jim and Hazel Garland - Jew's Harp - Turkey in the Straw - Sugar in the Gourd
Jim Garland - I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister
K.L. Wong & the Hi-Landers Steel Band - Mary Ann
Kim Loy Wong & the Hi-Landers Steel Band, Herbert Levy, and Pete Seeger --When the Saints Go Marchin' In
Kim Loy Wong and the Hi-Landers Steel Band
Len Chandler - Beans in my Ears
Len Chandler - Takin' Me Away From You Train
Len Chandler & Pete Seeger - Move on Over (John Brown's Body)
Malvina Reynolds - No Hole in My Head
Malvina Reynolds - The Little Red Hen
Malvina Reynolds - The New Restaurant
Malvina Reynolds - Turn Around
Mamou Cajun Band
Mamou Cajun Band
Mimi & Richard Farina - House Un-American Blues Activity Dream
Mimi & Richard Farina - Joy 'Round My Brain
Mimi & Richard Farina performing "Dopico" and "Celebration For A Grey Day"
Mimi & Richard Farina performing Pack Up Your Sorrows and a small chat with Mimi
Mimi and Richard Farina - Bold Marauder
Mississippi John Hurt. Hedy West, Pete Seeger - Goodnight Irene
New Lost City Ramblers - Man of Constant Sorrow
New Lost City Ramblers - Soldier and the Lady
New York Downtown Community School students & Pete Seeger - Beans in my Ears
Patrick Sky & Pete Seeger - Girl I Once Did Own, Coyote My Little Brother, Guabi Guabi
Patrick Sky - Keep on Laughin' and Walkin'
Patrick Sky - Separation Blues
Patrick Sky sings a South African folk song
Patrick Sky, Pennywhistlers, and Pete Seeger - Rosin the Bow
Paul Draper - Dance Improvisation
Paul Draper & Pete Seeger - Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around
Pennywhistlers - Portland Town
Pennywhistlers - Sto Mi e Milo
Pennywhistlers - Майка Рада
Pete Seeger - Abiyoyo
Pete Seeger - All Mixed Up
Pete Seeger - Blue Mountain Lake
Pete Seeger - Guantanamera
Pete Seeger - Little Boxes
Pete Seeger - Lolly-Too-Dum
Pete Seeger - Seventy Miles
Pete Seeger shows how to play "Skip to my Lou" on the banjo
Pete Seeger, Doc Watson, Clint Howard, & Fred Price - Careless Love
Pete Seeger, Martha Schlamme, & Abraham Stockman - Peat Bog Soldiers
Pete Seeger, Pat Sky, and the Pennywhistlers - No Sir No
Pete Seeger, Pham Duy, Steve Addiss, and Bill Crofut - Oh My Darling Clementine
Pete Seeger, Theodore Bikel, Rashid Hussain - Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (Ed McCurdy)
Pete Seeger, Theodore Bikel, Rashid Hussain - Peace (Old Testament)
Ralph Marino & Federico Picciano - Eh Volla Volla
Ralph Marino & Pete Seeger - The Butcher Boy
Ralph Marino sings a South Italian folk song
Ralph Marino, Frank Cernuto, and Federico Picciano
Ramblin' Jack Elliott - San Francisco Bay Blues
Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Talking Merchant Marine
Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Pete Seeger - Portland Town & Mule Skinner Blues
Rev. Gary Davis
Rosa Valentin & Rafael Martinez - Aguinaldo
Roscoe Holcomb - Little Gray Mule
Ruth Rubin & Pete Seeger - Tumbalalaika (Dumbala Laika)
Sonia Malkine - 1
Sonia Malkine - 2
Sonia Malkine & Pete Seeger
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Cindy & Rock Island Line
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Down by the Riverside & Fighting a Losing Battle
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Easy Rider
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Hootin' the Blues
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - I Couldn't Believe My Eyes
I an really saddened that almost all the videos to which I linked in the early days, five years ago, have now been deleted due to " terms of use violation."
There was some really great music there which sadly will now never be heard...
Subject: RE: YouTube Folkmusic Video PermaThread From:harpmolly Date: 23 May 11 - 01:48 AM
Jason, I grew up listening to Danny Doyle's "Twenty Years A'Growin'" album. It was what introduced me to John McCutcheon's amazing song "Christmas in the Trenches".
Which, in turn, led me to post this. Not my very best, but once I get a bee in my bonnet about a song it's hard to resist the urge to fire up the ol' iSight. ;)
Molly
P.S. Which reminds me, I also learned Loch Tay Boat Song from that album...
My Youtube Channel here:- Georgiansilver1's Channel Not all Folk songs and to some maybe a strange mix... latest a tribute to Bob Dylan who is 70 tomorrow (24/5
sj
