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1	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics (1995) more music like this by Various Artists Like many Rhino compilations, this is geared more to the novice or the casual fan than the aficionado, but that's not a criticism. If someone wants a basic primer of the bluegrass sound past and present that manages to be accessible and avoid unduly clichéd track selection, this 18-song compilation fits the bill well. Most of the biggest names are ... see all copies from $8.03! new only from $10.76!
2	Anthology (2003) more music like this by Bill Monroe So much has been said about the founding father of bluegrass music that it would be nice if there was an all-encompassing collection of Bill Monroe's music to accompany the legend. Although the almost -correctly titled Anthology comes close, there is still a wealth of Columbia and RCA-Victor recordings missing from this Decca-centric collection, ... see all copies from $16.60! new only from $16.72!
3	Classic Mountain Songs (2002) more music like this by Various Artists From the time of its inception in the middle of the 20th century, the Folkways label recorded plenty of traditional folk music from the Southern Appalachians. This well-chosen collection, oriented mostly though not totally toward tracks with vocals, has a couple of dozen examples from the Folkways catalog. Though it's not always totally clear when ... see all copies from $9.46! new only from $10.70!
4	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!
5	Hand Picked: 25 Years of Bluegrass on Rounder Records (1995) more music like this by Various Artists Over the course of two CDs, Hand Picked: 25 Years of Bluegrass runs through Rounder Records' back catalog, featuring selections from Ricky Skaggs, Béla Fleck, Alison Krauss, David Grier, Del McCoury, David Grisman, and others. The album gives a good portrait of Rounder's artists, as well as a good sense of bluegrass during the '70s, '80s, and '90s ... see all copies from $9.22! new only from $10.90!
6	Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 1-3 (1997) more music like this by Various Artists Originally released in 1952 as a quasi-legal set of three double LPs and reissued several times since (with varying cover art), Anthology of American Folk Music could well be the most influential document of the '50s folk revival. Many of the recordings that appeared on it had languished in obscurity for 20 years, and it proved a revelation to a ... see all copies from $69.95! new only from $69.95!
7	Classic Bluegrass from Smithsonian Folkways (2002) more music like this by Various Artists While bluegrass samplers are by no means rare, it's unusual to encounter one as well thought-out as this generous (and mid-priced) package from Smithsonian Folkways, the folk label known more for its ethnomusicological field recordings than its bluegrass albums. Cynics will point out that this collection comes hot on the heels of the success of ... see all copies from $8.81! new only from $10.70!
8	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!
9	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!
10	Greatest Folksingers of the '60s (1972) more music like this by Various Artists Not only was Maynard Solomon's Vanguard Records one of the major folk labels of the 60s (having the prescience to pick up Joan Baez early on, and then recording the cream of the singer/songwriters thereafter), but it also had the rights to record and release material from the Newport Folk Festival, giving it access to several artists who were not ... see all copies from $12.86! new only from $15.40!
11 view cover	Pages (2005) more music like this by Bering Strait see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.34!
12 view cover	Mark Twang (1976) more music like this by John Hartford From the early to mid-'70s, John Hartford let his eccentric genius run wild, creating the cult favorite Aereo-Plain and the lovely, straightforward Morning Bugle. Mark Twang, released in 1976, proved to be the pinnacle of Hartford's artistic run. Unlike the previous albums though, it was stripped down to only Hartford recording live in the studio. ... see all copies from $10.64! new only from $14.52!
13 view cover	O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection (2001) more music like this by Various Artists The latest in a lengthening string of releases designed to benefit from association with the Coen brothers film O Brother, Where Art Thou? is this all-girl bluegrass compilation, which features on its cover the requisite stubbly cornfield and archaic font style. Opportunistic as the packaging may be, there's no arguing with the quality of the ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $10.00!
14 view cover	Smoky Mountain Hymns, Vol. 2 (1996) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $6.00! new only from $11.06!
15 view cover	Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980 (1963) more music like this by Bill Monroe/Doc Watson Any time two greats who admire each other and are musically compatible team together, the results are usually mutually beneficial. That was true for Bill Monroe and Doc Watson, whose spirited union on this 17-song disc is a sampler of American musical styles. They ripped through bluegrass, folk, blues, spirituals, mountain tunes, work songs, reels ... see all copies from $7.52! new only from $15.28!
16 view cover	Made in the Shade (2007) more music like this by Red Stick Ramblers Louisiana's Red Stick Ramblers, led by the twin fiddle attack of Kevin Wimmer and Linzay Young, are a versatile little modern string band as likely to burst into some Hot Club jazz as they are to update some classic Cajun 2-step into a chooglin' bit of swamp blues. On Made in the Shade, their fourth album and first for Sugar Hill Records, they do ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $15.65!
17 view cover	Rounder Fiddle (1992) more music like this by Various Artists A loaded album featuring a wide range of fiddle music by Ricky Skaggs, Eddie Stubbs, Alison Krauss, Vassar Clements, and Byron Berline. More than 60 minutes of music. Chip Renner, All Music Guide see all copies from $3.14! new only from $18.07!
18 view cover	Blue Ribbon Banjo (1996) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.18!
19 view cover	O Brother: The Story Continues (2002) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $15.49! new only from $18.07!
20 view cover	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!
21 view cover	First Offering (2002) more music like this by The Peasall Sisters see all copies from $8.88! new only from $16.09!
22 view cover	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!
23 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!
24 view cover	Johnny Cash: Roots & Branches (2006) more music like this by Various Artists The full title (or at least, the full text on the cover) is "Artists, Songs & Recordings That Inspired the Legend of Johnny Cash: Roots & Branches," and while there are no performances by Cash himself on the album, there are plenty of tracks that will evoke him for listeners, as compiler/annotator Rich Kienzle finds the original versions of songs ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $3.99!
25 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!

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