Monthly Archives: January 2020
The Ballad of “Wayfaring Stranger”
Ballad: “A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas, or verses.” Verse 1 I’m just a poor wayfaring stranger, a traveling through this world of woe But there’s no sickness toil or danger in that bright land to … Continue reading
Posted in Posts with Audio, Posts with Video, The Ballad Series
Tagged Alan Lomax, American Folklife Center, Charles Seeger, Charlie D. Tillman, Chasing The Rising Sun, Francesco Turrisi, Going Over Jordan, Jerry Silverman, Jerry Silverman's Folk Song Encyclopedia, John F. Garst, John Lomax, Joseph Bever, L.L. McDowell, Library of Congress, Our Singing Country, Over Jordan, Poor Wayfaring Stranger, Rhiannon Giddens, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Ted Anthony, The American Folklife Reading Room, The Christian Songster, The Hymn, The Revival, The Wayfaring Pilgrim, Times of Refreshing, Todd Harvey, Vaughan's Texas Quartet, W.T. Dale, Wayfaring Stranger
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“Are You Awake?”
First things first: Happy New Year!!! Every December since 2011 I’ve put together a personal “Best of…” playlist that I call Discoveries & Resurrections. The list draws from all of the music I’ve read about, written about, discovered, listened to, heard … Continue reading
Posted in EFS Music, Posts with Audio
Tagged Acoustic Guitar Instrumentals, Are You Awake?, Best of 2019
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