A Daily Dose of Australian folk music….this is Jim Causley and as a bonus, it features some accordion.
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Rank Stranger to Me
Today’s Daily Dose features The Stanley Brothers performing Rank Stranger…
Walk On
I started listening to Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee in high school, when I was a teenaged blues freak. When I listen to them now it takes me right back. Ok, one more….Rock Island Line
Careless Love
I first heard Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon back in about 1980 in the listening room at the York University Library. I discovered they had a marvelous collection of blues greats on vinyl and I decided I wanted to listen to them all. The… Read More
2013 tunes?
I was reading my friend Bad Tempered Zombie’s post about favourite music from 2013, and the first thing that struck me is that most of the music I’ve been listening to was recorded before last year. As I’ve become more and more interested in various… Read More
Angeline the Baker
There is Angeline the Baker and there is Angelina Baker and there is plain old Angeline and there are countless variations and approaches to the tune, from Old Time to Bluegrass styles. Here is the Turkey Creek String Band… Or how about Dwight Diller… Northern… Read More
Why Traditional Music?
Check out this excellent little film about mountain dulcimer player Ami Fabbri. I stumbled on this video on YouTube. It’s one of a series of films about Appalachian traditions. The Mountain Traditions Project is a collaboration between Appalachian Independent Newspaper, Mountain City Traditional Arts and… Read More
The last Daily Dose of 2013
And it’s going to be an Ottawa Valley fiddle tune by the late great Ward Allen, called Back up and Push. I hope you’ve enjoyed some of the music I’ve posted here at 27th Street this year as much as I’ve enjoyed sharing my interest… Read More
Sally in the Garden
I started playing a tune called Sally in the Garden on banjo today. It’s a lovely melancholy melody. When I first start playing a tune I like to listen to a bunch of different versions to see what various players have done with it. Here’s… Read More
It’s one-man band time here at 27th Street
Let’s listen to Jesse Lone Cat Fuller and his Fotdella…John Henry, Red River Blues, and San Francisco Bay Blues Do you have a fave one-man band?
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