I fortuitously discovered this Doc Watson record just before a trip to the NC mtns, not far from the original Mast Store on the back cover. The front photo was shot at P.B. Scott’s Music Hall in Blowing Rock, which closed in the 80s. "Some of the guys put some pitchers of beer in front of Doc, and he was wondering why everyone was trying hard not to laugh. Doc was not a drinker." https://www.hcpress.com/news/how-p-b-scotts-came-to-be-an-extensive-profile-of-the-venue-written-by-one-of-the-founders.html
Ladies and gentlemen, it is quilt week here at my art business, this is the latest one my mom e-mailed me photos of last week, really vibrant and colorful, this one is titled 'Caribbean Waters' and is made with batik fabrics from Indonesia, it measures 54 x 54 in (137 x 137 cm), this one is available, lots of great energy in this one; if anyone is interested, please let me know! ~ #art#quilts#quilting#quilter#quilters#artmarket#artforsale#artists#artist#handmade#crafts#artwork#folk
Today in Labor History April 22, 2011: Songwriter, musician and activist Hazel Dickens died at age 75. Dickens was well known, not only for her protest songs, but for her activism, too. According to blogger John Pietaro, "Dickens didn’t just sing the anthems of labor, she lived them and her place on many a picket line, staring down gunfire and goon squads, embedded her into the cause." She was born in West Virginia in 1925. After her family moved to Baltimore in the 1940s, she met Mike Seeger. Together, the two became active in the Baltimore folk music and protest scenes. She composed “They’ll Never Keep Us Down,” and “Working Girl Blues.” She made appearances in the Oscar-winning documentary Harlan County, USA, about the struggle of coal miners and contributed four songs to the film's soundtrack. She was also in the films Matewan and Songcatcher. And she recorded an album called, Don’t Mourn, Organize! covering the songs of IWW singer and organizer, Joe Hill. In the accompanying Youtube video, she performs Fire in the Hole, from Matewan. https://youtu.be/1pb2bDA7Kd0
Beck released the masterpiece Mellow Gold 30 years ago today (March 1) in 1994. I was 14. It's still one of my favorite albums. Mellow Gold is actually Beck's third album, but the one most folks are familiar with because of Loser. TONS of great songs on this one. My favorite might be Beercan, which I know well because I used to cover it. 🤣🔥
📖 In a chapter of the book "Music and the Making of Portugal and Spain", Vera Marques Alves explores how modernism and transnational connections shaped the folklore policy of the Estado Novo, in particular the nationalist uses of folk carried out by the regime's propaganda service (the Secretariat of National Propaganda).
I'm going to have a running thread of music I buy. A record (ahem) for me really. Because I lack discipline in actually giving music enough time and this might help. If someone else discovers a new artist then great. Mute #KeefsNewTunes if it's unwelcome.
Fascinating. Joan Shelley and Myriam Gendron sing lullabies from the archive of American Folk Song. (Taken from a wider piece of work.) First we hear Joan Shelley sing, then the song as performed by Clarice Garland many decades ago and captured by Mary Elizabeth Barnicle. Then Gendron sings and we hear the version of that song by Ernestine Laban as recorded by John A. Lomax. #folkmusic#folk#KeefsNewTunes