Various - Virginia Traditions - Non-Blues Secular Black Music flac album

Twenty selections showcasing African American fiddle, banjo, guitar, accordion, and harmonica traditions. Produced by The Blue Ridge Institute, Ferrum College, Ferrum, Virginia, under National Endowment of the Arts/Folk Arts Grant No. R70-54-140. Remastered with technical facilities courtesy Trix Records, Rosendale, New York.

Atmospheric Austere Earthy Eerie Ethereal Intimate Quirky Rustic Sparse Wistful Gentle Gritty. Virginia Traditions: Non-Blues Secular Black Music. Smithsonian Institution 1. CD.

Virginia Traditions: Tidewater Blues. Another in the Virginia Traditions series assembled by the Blue Ridge Institute for Appalachian Studies at Ferrum College in Ferrum, Virginia, Tidewater Blues combines commercially released 78s from the 1920s with field recordings done in the 1940s, '50s and '70s to provide a historical sketch of blues in the region

The Virginia Four's unaccompanied "I'd Feel Much Better," from 1939, isn't so much blues as secular black gospel, as is "Pleading Blues," sung by the Monarch Jazz Quartet and drawn from a 1929 recording. Tidewater Blues ends up being a gentle, soothing portrait of blues (and blues-based forms) from the coastal region of Virginia, and makes a fine complement to another volume in the Virginia Traditions series, Western Piedmont Blues, which places its focus further inland.

8. Going Down the Road Feeling Good.

PLAY ALL. Virginia Traditions: Western Piedmont Blues. Released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Blue Ridge Institute May 2015 17 Tracks. Gaana is the one-stop solution for all your music needs.

Virginia's musical contribution to American culture has been diverse, and includes Piedmont blues, folk, brass, hip-hop, and rock and roll bands, as well as the founding origins of country music in the Bristol Recording sessions by Appalachian Virginians. The origin of music from within the state is very diverse, including cities such as Richmond, college towns such as Charlottesville and Fredericksburg, and the rural areas of Southwestern Virginia along The Crooked Road.

Title: Southwest Virginia Blues, Various. Few states in this country can boast of more diverse folkways than Virginia. Many of the material objects-such as barns, tools, and furniture-reflect the traditions that shaped the lives of it's earliest settlers and the generations of Virginians who followed. Read full description. See details and exclusions. See all 4 brand new listings.