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<title>Mike Seeger</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 09:33:53 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The third of a musically gifted set of siblings including sister Peggy Seeger and half brother Pete, Mike Seeger established himself in his own right as a prolific performer and a valuable archivist of traditional American music forms. From 1958 to 1979 Seeger directed the New Lost City Ramblers, a performance collective devoted to the musical artifacts of the traditional American South. In the eyes of many, however, Seeger is at his best in solo performances when his wit resounds and his compassion inspires.
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<title>The New Lost City Ramblers</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:01:28 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Charlie Poole</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Charlie Poole isn't quite as much of a folk icon as the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers, yet his influence on old time, bluegrass, country & western and the folk revival is no less considerable. Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers were one of the most famous string bands in the 1920s, recording nearly 70 sides for Columbia. Unlike the Skillet Lickers and other popular string bands of the day, the Ramblers didn't play the "rowdy hillbilly" card. Inspired in part by ragtime, they employed a finesse and complexity that would go on to influence Bill Monroe and just about every other bluegrass pioneer. John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers once tagged the group's sound "mountain chamber music." Poole in particular was a stunning musician, inventing a distinctive three-fingered approach to the banjo. He was also a stunning drinker. As with so many race and hillbilly artists, his popularity began to wane as the Great Depression sunk its teeth into the country. This eventually sent Poole on a marathon bender -- we're talking weeks -- in 1931. Not surprisingly, it killed the man. Although the Ramblers soldiered on, they failed to achieve much commercial success without Poole.]]></description>
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<title>David Holt</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:21:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Singer/multi-instrumentalist/storyteller/radio and television host Holt is also an expert stringed instrument player. He combines his love of folk music and storytelling into a singular, down-home style. He is often accompanied on his numerous albums by expert instrumentalists such as Doc Watson and Chet Atkins.]]></description>
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<title>The Skillet Lickers</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:06:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Hackberry Ramblers</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:23 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>The Red Clay Ramblers</title>
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<category>Old-Time/Appalachian</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:07:23 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Red Clay Ramblers are one of the most bona fide folk revival bands of the stringed persuasion. They excel at playing old-timey Appalachian folk, as well as their own interpretation of porch music. Enthusiasts of this genre consider The Red Clay Ramblers to be one of the finest folk revival bands of the 20th century, and many music journalists compare their rustic authenticity and passion for musical history to that of The Band. They reached a wider audience outside the folk community with their musical score for Sam Shepard's play, <i>A Lie of the Mind</i>.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Mississippi Sheiks</title>
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<category>Country Blues</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:46:46 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This influential duo consisted of Walter Vincson on acoustic guitar and vocals and Lonnie Chatmon on fiddle and vocals. The Sheiks played a type of blues that incorporated elements of country, vaudeville, Ragtime and jazz, and they performed and recorded prolifically in the South throughout the 1930s. Chatmon came from a musical family -- his brothers Bo and Sam, both recording artists in their own right, sometimes joined the Sheiks. The duo's most famous song, "Sitting On Top of the World", has been covered by Cream and Howlin' Wolf among others.
- Tom Heyman]]></description>
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<title>The Charles River Valley Boys</title>
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<category>Country-Folk/Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 1 May 2009 14:02:22 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[One of the original bands that played and championed rural Old-Time String Band music at the beginning of the folk revival in the 1960s. Their high level of musicianship and tight harmony singing were very influential on bands like Country Cooking, the Jim Kweskin Jug Band and Skyline.
- Tom Heyman]]></description>
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<title>Hobart Smith</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:08:24 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Old-time Appalachian music that fuses blues and country in the same manner as the Singing Brakeman, Jimmie Rodgers. Rough-hewn vocals bounce over chugging acoustic guitars and sawing fiddles.
- Tom Heyman]]></description>
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<title>The Critton Hollow String Band</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:00:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Fiddles, guitars and banjo strike up some old-time mountain music sure to please crowds at annual Bluegrass festivals such as Telluride and MerleFest.]]></description>
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<title>Grayson &amp; Whitter</title>
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<category>Early Country</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:06:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Fuzzy Mountain String Band</title>
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<category>String Bands</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:53 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sparring fiddles square off to the accompaniment of banjo and guitar in the lively songs of this old-time string band. Recordings date from the early '70s and adhere strictly to tradition. Only a few tracks feature vocals.
- Chad Driscoll]]></description>
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<title>Jody Stecher</title>
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<category>Country-Folk/Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:01:39 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Jody Stecher is quite simply an extraordinary musician and an invaluable national resource. A multi-instrumentalist capable of dazzling playing on a multitude of stringed instruments -- including fiddle, guitar, mandolin and banjo -- Stecher has been a sideman to David Bromberg and Jerry Jeff Walker, not to mention Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. He is a singer of stunning depth, able to give traditional Appalachian songs a deeply personal feel, while at the same time transporting the listener to a different time and place. His knowledge of country, Bluegrass and old-time String Band traditions parallels Ry Cooder's deep understanding of the blues idiom. Stecher often records with his musical partner Kate Brislin, a multi-instrumentalist and long-time fixture on the West Coast Progressive Bluegrass and folk scenes.
- Tom Heyman]]></description>
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<title>Highwoods Stringband</title>
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<category>Old-Time Revival</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Originally formed as Fat City by a group of busking street musicians, Highwoods Stringband were a preservationist outfit primarily active during the early 1970s in San Francisco. Led by clawhammer banjo master Mac Benford and sporting an unorthodox twin fiddle setup, the Old-Time Revival band was an irreverent favorite on the hippie scene, inhabiting a place much closer to folk than rock but attracting audiences from both scenes. Emphasizing the good-time mentality inherent to much rural pre-war music and performing with stunning dexterity, Highwoods Stringband appear to be descended from the same bloodlines that produced Gid Tanner and Riley Puckett.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>The Racquette River Rounders</title>
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<category>String Bands</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:06:21 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Earl Johnson</title>
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<category>String Bands</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:30 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Riley Puckett</title>
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<category>Early Country</category>
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<title>Whistler &amp; His Jug Band</title>
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<category>String Bands</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:29 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Georgia Cotton Pickers</title>
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<category>String Bands</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:47:31 -0700</pubDate>
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