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1	Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Fishes (Little & Big) (1998) more music like this by Pete Seeger Previously available on two separate 1955 Folkways LPs (Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Little Fishes and Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Bigger Fishes), this CD combines both of these children's records onto one disc, complete lyrics included in the accompanying booklet. As the titles make plain, the songs were devoted to animals of all sorts; Birds, Beasts, ... see all copies from $13.22! new only from $14.95!
2	The Carter Family: 1927-1934 (2002) more music like this by The Carter Family Fans looking for more than ASV/Living Era's Wildwood Flower collection but scared off by Bear Family's massive 12-disc box could comfortably pick up this five-disc budget compilation. At 126 songs, it covers all of their RCA Victor recordings in chronological order, omitting only alternate takes. The remastering isn't necessarily better than other ... see all copies from $20.52! new only from $25.71!
3	Sound Traditions: Appalachian Mountain Bluegrass (2007) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $7.13! new only from $8.16!
4	Songcatcher II: The Tradition That Inspired the Movie (2002) more music like this by Various Artists The 2001 film Songcatcher told a semi-fictional story of a field musicologist who "discovers" authentic English and Scottish folk ballads being sung by people in the Appalachian region of the United States. The film (along with another popular film of the time) kindled interest in the old-timey music spotlighted in the movies, and due to popular ... see all copies from $12.86! new only from $15.65!
5	Good for What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Show (2005) more music like this by Various Artists The American medicine show came into its own shortly after the Civil War with the rise of so-called patent medicines and the almost complete lack of regulations concerning the ingredients that went into them, and any number of noxious tonics, elixirs, and nostrums with trumpeted healing powers were hawked by silver-tongued pitch doctors to the ... see all copies from $19.11! new only from $25.42!
6	The Very Best of Ralph Stanley (2002) more music like this by Ralph Stanley The title of Audium's 2002 release, The Very Best of Ralph Stanley, is a little misleading, and while it is not a genre-spanning, all-encompassing collection of everything the godfather of bluegrass recorded, it does grab 16 very nice recordings from the early to mid-'70s, with one recording jumping out from the year 2000. Stanley's most ... see all copies from $15.65! new only from $15.65!
7	Headed for the Hills (2004) more music like this by Jim Lauderdale One of the most immediately notable things about the ever-prolific Jim Lauderdale's Headed for the Hills is who's not listed on the cover: lyricist Robert Hunter. Hunter does not perform on the set, but he co-wrote every song. If you are incredulous in wondering why Hunter should receive a billing credit, the answer is simple: there is an ... see all copies from $4.35! new only from $5.98!
8	O Brother: The Story Continues (2002) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $15.49! new only from $18.07!
9	Black Mountain Rag (2006) more music like this by Doc Watson/Merle Watson Black Mountain Rag is drawn from Doc and Merle Watson's three early-'80s albums for Flying Fish Records (1981's Red Rocking Chair, 1983's Doc & Merle Watson's Guitar Album, and Watson Country, which in turn was a sort of a best-of the Flying Fish years), and what is immediately striking about this compilation is how varied it is, even as it ... see all copies from $12.45! new only from $15.40!
10	Ballads, Banjo Tunes and Sacred Songs of Western North Carolina (1996) more music like this by Bascom Lamar Lunsford A precious collection from one of folk music's legendary figures, Ballads, Banjo Tunes and Sacred Songs of Western North Carolina collects a few of his songs from his 1928 Brunswick sessions (the immortal "I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground," "Dry Bones") and adds over a dozen songs -- from a total of over 350 -- recorded in March 1949 for the ... see all copies from $10.99! new only from $14.93!
11 view cover	Hallowed Ground (1984) more music like this by Violent Femmes After the surprise success of their landmark debut, Violent Femmes could have just released another collection of teen-rage punk songs disguised as folk, and coasted into the modern rock spotlight alongside contemporaries like the Modern Lovers and Talking Heads. Instead they made Hallowed Ground, a hellfire-and-brimstone-beaten exorcism that both ... see all copies from $5.31! new only from $7.03!
12 view cover	Sings Songs for Little Pickers (1990) more music like this by Doc Watson Songs for Little Pickers is a wonderful live recording of Doc Watson performing family material that he remembers singing as a child in North Carolina. Thom Owens, All Music Guide see all copies from $9.68! new only from $14.23!
13 view cover	His Folkways Years (1963-1968) (1998) more music like this by Dock Boggs After Boggs, the Appalachian singer/banjoist who had released a dozen sides in the late '20s, was rediscovered by Mike Seeger in 1963, he did some recording for Folkways Records. This double-CD, 50-song set contains the material from three Boggs LPs for Folkways: Legendary Singer & Banjo Player (1963), Vol. 2 (1965), and Vol. 3 (1970). The ... see all copies from $19.71! new only from $22.28!
14 view cover	Shake Sugaree (2004) more music like this by Elizabeth Cotten Elizabeth Cotten was a national treasure. She didn't begin recording until she was 66 years old (in 1958), but a simple song she had written when she was 11, "Freight Train," became a staple of the folk revival in the 1960s, and her frequent concerts and appearances on the folk circuit were legendary for their unassuming grace and wisdom, not to ... see all copies from $13.22! new only from $14.95!
15 view cover	Classic Bluegrass, Vol. 2 (2005) more music like this by Various Artists When Moses Asch released American Banjo (which focused on the influence of Earl Scruggs' innovative three-finger banjo playing technique) in 1956 on his little independent Folkways label, it was the first ever full-length bluegrass LP. Asch followed it up with dozens more, and when Folkways became part of Smithsonian Recordings in 1987, Asch's ... see all copies from $9.46! new only from $11.03!
16 view cover	Live at the Newburyport Firehouse (2005) more music like this by Dry Branch Fire Squad It would be way too simple to call Dry Branch Fire Squad a bluegrass band. They play bluegrass, certainly, but they infuse it with mountain gospel harmonies and an intimate knowledge of Appalachian folk melodies until it would seem to be something else again, a sort of natural extension of the old-time string bands, not slick and showy like most ... see all copies from $13.31! new only from $16.89!
17 view cover	The High Lonesome Sound (1998) more music like this by Roscoe Holcomb Twenty-one tracks from his Folkways album, including his accomplished, somber renditions of standards such as "House of the Rising Sun," "Moonshiner," "Trouble in Mind," and "Motherless Children." Holcomb is a big favorite among musicians and folklorists -- Bob Dylan, for one, is a big fan -- yet it must be said that this is probably too ... see all copies from $13.22! new only from $15.28!
18 view cover	Can the Circle Be Unbroken?: Country Music's First Family (2000) more music like this by The Original Carter Family The second half of the Carter Family's recorded output largely rests with the contents of this CD. It's their output for Columbia's OKeh and Conqueror labels, 17 of the 20 recorded over five days in May 1935 and the final three from an October 1940 session. In typical Carter Family fashion, the material is wide ranging and eclectic, running from ... see all copies from $6.05! new only from $11.06!
19 view cover	Ralph Stanley (2002) more music like this by Ralph Stanley The undisputed modern patriarch of bluegrass, Ralph Stanley is presented starkly and honestly on this self-titled 2002 album. Similar in sound and execution to Johnny Cash and Rick Rubin's American Recordings, Ralph Stanley presents the 75-year-old vocalist in a bare-bones environment with only minimal musical accompaniment, highlighting his ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $19.28!
20 view cover	Music from the People's Republic (1989) more music like this by Various Artists An update on traditional songs (from the 1976 People's Republic) uses pre-revolution folk instruments. Myles Boisen, All Music Guide see all copies from $8.42! new only from $14.74!
21 view cover	An Untamed Sense of Control (2003) more music like this by Roscoe Holcomb As documented by the Smithsonian Folkways reissue The High Lonesome Sound, Roscoe Holcomb, like contemporaries Dock Boggs and Bascom Lamar Lunsford, was the real thing, a raw, solitary musician who expressed the inexpressible, a yearning out of time and place, a sense of the wild, the unseen, the unknowable, perhaps even the unspeakable. The title ... see all copies from $13.22! new only from $14.95!
22 view cover	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968 (1999) more music like this by Doc Watson Boasting 23 tracks (three unreleased) culled from six of Watson's classic Vanguard albums, The Best of Doc Watson 1964-1968 is a great summing up of the music he made during that period and a perfect testament to his standing as a true American musical treasure. Showcasing the amazing depth of ability that Watson has made his trademark, this ... see all copies from $10.95! new only from $15.40!
23 view cover	An Evening Long Ago: Live 1956 (2004) more music like this by The Stanley Brothers Larry Ehrlich was at end of a long day in a studio in Bristol, VA. Carter and Ralph Stanley as well as Ralph Mayo and Curley Lambert entered the studio in front of one microphone, and Ehrlich, after seeing them play hog callings, a couple of radio shows, and a barn dance, asked the band to sing some of the traditional songs they had been recording ... see all copies from $9.47! new only from $10.66!
24 view cover	Vanguard Visionaries (2007) more music like this by Doc Watson Founded in 1950 by brothers Seymour Solomon and Maynard Solomon just as the LP format was taking hold (it had been introduced to the market two years previously), Vanguard Records took full advantage of the longer playing time afforded and began life as a classical label, moving easily into jazz, then gospel, bluegrass, blues, and folk (as Joan ... see all copies from $8.57! new only from $10.79!
25 view cover	Wildwood Pickin' (1997) more music like this by Mother Maybelle Carter see all copies from $9.55! new only from $10.79!

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