Between the Sound and the Sea: Music of the North Carolina Outer Banks

This album is the product of three years of fieldwork and research conducted by ethnomusicologist Karen G. Helms. Helms recorded the traditional and, she felt, overlooked music of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Prior to this recording, the original music of the narrow barrier islands had never been written down in notation. And, as Helms discovered, one could still find some of the "uniqueness and beauty of the culture, its world view and its values" in the traditional ballads that appear on this album. Liner notes include notes on the songs and photographs of the performers, all native folk musicians of the Outer Banks.

Track Listing

101	Johnny O'Lou Dile Gallop	02:45
102	Harmonica Medley: Home Sweet Home / Kitty Wells Isabel Etheridge	02:07
103	Amber Tresses Isabel Etheridge and Mary Basnight	02:32
104	Ole Tucky Buzzard / Oh Pray Doctor Elizabeth Howard	01:13
105	Mandolin Medley: Little Sydney (Cindy) / Round the Mountain Lawton Howard	01:58
106	Seventy-Two Dick Tillet	02:11
107	Tom Dan'ls Edgar Howard, Jule Garrish, and Maurice Ballance	01:29
108	Matilda Jane Lee Edgar Howard, Jule Garrish, and Maurice Ballance	03:12
201	The Sailor Boy Dick Tillet	02:51
202	Nellie Cropsey Isabel Etheridge	01:30
203	Charlie Mason Pogie Boat Charles Stowe	03:55
204	Carolina Cannonball Charles Stowe	03:34
205	Harmonica Medley: Casey Jones / The Old Sow Jumped over the Fence Jule Garrish	01:45
206	Booze Yacht Jule Garrish	02:37
207	Paddy's Hollow Edgar Howard, Jule Garrish, and Maurice Ballance	03:21
208	Let's Keep the Holler Alive Edgar Howard	01:34