Resources (online)
* S&P Music Archive (downloads provided week by week)
* YouTube (Astute Searches, as indicated week by week)
LINKS:
* Digital Tradition (Mudcat)
* Max Hunter Folk Song Collection
* UC Berkeley Music Library Streaming Audio Databases
Open Streaming Audio link and look for American Song: http://search.alexanderstreet.com/amso
* Smithsonian Global Sound
Resources (print)
* S&P Songsheet Sets
* S&P Reade
Harry Smith Anthology (1952) Original LP recordings and handbook (in Reader)
John & Alan Lomax Collections
Rise Up Singing (Folk Song Lyrics)
Resources (community)
* Down Home Music Store - 10341 San Pablo Avenue El Cerrito, CA 94530. A classic source for all varieties of roots music--American and world, with occasional free in-store concerts and a very knowledgeable staff. The front end for Chris Strachwitz's Arhoolie Records. A good place to visit, browse and ask questions...
http://www.downhomemusic.com/
More:
* Take a look at this blog project, https://oldweirdamerica.wordpress.com
based on the Harry Smith Anthology (1952) and clearly a labor of love...
* And Roger McGuinn's long-time song-a-month project, Folk Den:
http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/
* Also, for some compelling contemporary (and not too historicist) versions of the songs, listen to the Jerry Garcia / David Grisman collaborations (on The Pizza Tapes) and of course anything by Ry Cooder or Iris Dement...
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