Modern Americana in Tradition

Modern Americana in Tradition
Modern Americana in Tradition

We revisit tradition and roots with a number of contemporary performers who honor the American musical heritage with new arrangements, new interpretations, and songs whose lyrics might take on a different meaning in a new time. What was ripe for picking in the first part of the century might not mean all of the same in our world today. We’ll hear songs of love, death, destitution, prostitution, farmer’s work, the sky above and the sea below… You’ll hear Americana releases from as far back as 1971 and we’ll include a number of tracks from this year…the year 2015…with the one thing in common being that the songs performed have stories that go further back and, in most cases, go so far back that they are considered traditional.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Van Dyke Parks/Mondrian Sail Away Lady The Harry Smith Project Live Vol. 2 Amazon
3The Wailin' Jennys Long Time Traveller Firecracker Amazon
4Rosanne Cash Motherless Children The List Amazon
5Cyd Cassone/Ruthie Foster Death Came a Knockin' (Travelin' Shoes) Stages Amazon
6Steve Martin Sweet Heaven When I Die Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited Amazon
7Pharis and Jason Romero Goodbye Old Paint A Wanderer I'll Stay Amazon
8Spuyten Duyvil Stewball The Social Music Hour Vol. 1 Amazon
9Alison Krauss Cluck Old Hen Every Time You Say Goodbye Amazon
10Robert Earl Keen, Jr. East Virginia Blues Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions Amazon
11Adkins & Loudermilk Swing Low Sweet Chariot Adkins & Loudermilk Amazon
12She & Him Swing Low Sweet Chariot Volume One Amazon
13Ben Harper & The Blind Boys Of Alabama If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again There Will Be a Light Amazon
14Allen Toussaint St. James Infirmary The Bright Mississippi Amazon
15Ashley Monroe The Storms Are On The Ocean Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited Amazon
16Uncle Tupelo No Depression No Depression Amazon
17Band Of Ruhks Lost Highway Band Of Ruhks Amazon
18Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men What Does the Deep Sea Say? Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land Amazon
19Mudcrutch Shady Grove Mudcrutch Amazon
20Dwight Yoakam/The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Some Dark Holler Dwight's Used Records Amazon
21Rhiannon Giddens Round About the Mountain Tomorrow Is My Turn Amazon
22Leo Kottke Cripple Creek Mudlark Amazon
23David Johansen Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me Shaker Amazon
24David Johansen & The Harry Smiths Richland Woman David Johansen and the Harry Smiths Amazon
25The Boxmasters Knoxville Girl The Boxmasters Disc 2 Amazon
26Bruce Springsteen Shenandoah We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
27Bruce Springsteen O Mary Don't You Weep We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
28Charlie Haden Old Joe Clark Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy Amazon
29The Duhks Banjo Roustabout Beyond the Blue Amazon
30Kate & Anna McGarrigle Green Green Rocky Road High On A Mountain Amazon
31Emmylou Harris Bury Me Beneath The Willow Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited Amazon