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Ballads and Songs of the Blue Ridge Mountains: Persistence and Change

Various Artists
Ballads and Songs of the Blue Ridge Mountains: Persistence and Change

Stemming from a want to preserve the dwindling unique oral traditions of the Blue Ridge Mountain back-country region, Eric Davidson, Paul Newman and Caleb Finch performed field recordings of songs that exemplified the evolution of ballads in the region, creating an anthology of music that characterized the musical mountain traditions. Originating from folk music of the British Isles, many of the songs are performed with little or no instrumental accompaniment. These beautiful archaic folk melodies have retained their roots in the ballad and lament tradition, sung here by both men and women (traditionally ballads were sung only by women) with occasional lively banjo accompaniments.

Track Listing

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Paul Joines
01:34
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102
Sarah Hawkes
01:54
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103
Granny Porter and Wade Ward
02:43
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104
Paul Joines
02:19
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105
Paul Joines
04:21
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106
Sarah Hawkes
02:15
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107
Kilby Reeves
01:22
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108
Sarah Hawkes
01:50
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109
Kilby Reeves
01:50
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110
Polly "Aunt Polly" Joines
01:22
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111
Spud Gravely and Glen Smith
02:31
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112
Paul Joines
02:52
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201
Ivor Melton, Cullen Galyean, Bobby Harrison
02:09
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202
Spud Gravely
01:16
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203
Hobart and Larry Delp with Joe Kyles
02:28
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204
Ruby Vass
03:22
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205
Glen Neaves
03:12
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206
Ivor Melton, Cullen Galyean, Claudine Lambert
03:36
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207
Glen Neaves
01:55
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208
Ruby Vass
02:13
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209
Paul Joines and Cliff Evans
02:35