No Apologies - ( I am what I Listen To )
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Smithsonian Folkways, a label known for preserving obscure recordings of many of the heroes of traditional music, has released a beautiful (inside and out) box-set of music recorded by Friends of Old Time Music from 1961 to 1965 (with Doc Watson's first public concert and performances by Mother Maybelle Carter, The Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, Mississippi John Hurt and lots more). Folk Alley.comThis is a lot of great old-timey music from the artists that I came to learn about and appreciate as I got older, it's not music I grew up listening to, but the music that influenced the music and musicians that I grew up with and continue to listen to, and love. (Did that make sense?)Being out here on "The Mog" I find tons of new and interesting artists but I'm always led back to my love for folk and bluegrass, the rhythms and melodies familiar and heartfelt, the storytelling true and to the point. There's a lot to be said for indie, hip hop, and the undefined, and sometimes I feel guilty posting the older artists but it's a history and a music I love, no apologies....Mog On!Here's some Mississippi John Hurt doing some "You're Going To Walk That Lonesome Valley Blues" for y'all -And here's "John Henry" -
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