The premise of Soldier's Joy: A Civil War Odyssey seems a bit shaky, since it purports to be inspired by Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain novel, and given the high-profile movie made from the book, this disc smacks more of marketing than it does inspiration, especially since most of the songs included here were old even when the Civil War was ...
It's Trad Dad! compiles 20 songs that document the strange British trad jazz scene of the late '50s and early '60s. For some strange reason, the sounds of jazz as played by the originators from New Orleans were a huge deal and scads of trad jazz groups flooded Britain. The most famous of the lot was Acker Bilk, who had a big hit in 1962 with the ...
Two thematic and musically related Tennessee Ernie Ford LPs have been combined onto one deluxe CD, with audiophile sound and extensive annotation and full lyrics. Had this been released in time for Ken Burns' Civil War series, it could easily have become the best-selling CD in the entire Bear Family catalog in the U.S. -- Ford was in top form at ...
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