From the 90s, Bob Dylan and friends perform the fabulous Stephen Foster song, Hard Times Come Again No More
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Hard Times Come Again No More
Stephen Foster wrote Hard Times – it was first published in 1854 and first recorded in 1905. It’s still very relevant today. While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay, There are frail forms fainting at the door; Though their voices are… Read More
Cuckoo
Tonight’s Daily Dose features the mountain dulcimer, sometimes also called the Appalachian dulcimer. This is a fretted instrument that normally has either three or four strings. It belongs to the zither family of instruments. The Cuckoo – this is Jean Ritchie Here’s one of my… Read More
Hard Times
This song was written by Stephen Foster in 1854. It was first recorded in 1905. It never gets old. I love songs that can endure style, fad and fashion, that remain as powerful today as the day someone made them up, or pulled them from… Read More