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Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 2: A Musical Melting Pot

by Field Recorders' Collective

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Joe Cormier, fiddle; Eddie Irwin, piano; Edmond Boudreau, bass - Cottonwood Reel 02:31
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Theresa Morrison , fiddle; Doug MacPhee, piano - Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk 00:56
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Hiram Allen, fiddle - Money Musk 01:06
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Owen “Snake” Chapman, fiddle; Paul Smith, banjo; Bert Hatfield & Roger Cooper, guitars - Money Musk 01:58
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Gerry Robichaud, fiddle; Henry Riendeau, guitar; Edmond Boudreau, bass - Money Musk 01:37
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Jerry Lundy, fiddle; Fields Ward, guitar - Piney Woods Gal 01:50
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Jim Herd, fiddle; Stan Jackson, guitar - Katy Hill 01:37
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Roger Cooper, fiddle; Robin Kessinger, guitar; Michael Garvin, bass - Katy Hill 02:36
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Gene Goforth, fiddle; Mark Wilson, guitar - Katy Hill 01:33
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Van Kidwell, fiddle; Asa Martin, guitar - Rocky Mountain Goat 02:39
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George Hawkins, fiddle - Grand Round Hornpipe 02:15
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Earl Thomas, Jr., banjo - Rocky Mountain Goat 01:40
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Omar Hooks, banjo; Warner Walton, guitar (?) - Rocky Mountain Goat 00:51
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Doug MacPhee, piano - The Mallard/Tom Marsh’s Hornpipe 02:22
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Tommy Doucet, fiddle; I. Bolduc, piano - Electric Hornpipe/Unnamed March 03:46
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Bert Garvin, banjo; Danielle Fraley, guitar - Ricketts' Hornpipe 00:43
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Buddy Thomas, fiddle; Leona Stamm, guitar - Sheeps and Hogs Walking Through the Pasture 02:26
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Owen “Snake” Chapman, fiddle; Paul Smith, banjo; Roger Cooper, guitar - Lamplighter's Hornpipe 01:16
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Jim Beeler, guitar - Spanish Fandango 01:25
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John Lozier, harmonica - Italian March 01:46
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Blair Reedy, mandolin; E.C. Ball, guitar - Apple Butter Rag 01:37
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Lem Isom, fiddle; Steve Isom, guitar - The Grapevine Twist 01:26
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J.P. Fraley, fiddle; Annadeene Fraley, guitar - Over the Waves 02:14
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Dwight Lamb, fiddle; Lynn Holsclaw & Roger Cooper, guitars - Gigue des Militaires 01:55
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Balfa Brothers Orchestra - Johnny Can't Dance (Johnny ne Peut pas Danser) 02:18
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Ed Mahoney , fiddle; Mary or Dwight Lamb, parlor organ - Pacific Slope 01:21
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Gerry Robichaud, fiddle; Henry Riendeau, guitar; Edmond Boudreau, bass - Cascade Brook 02:20
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Joe Robichaud, fiddle; Henry Riendeau, guitar; Edmond Boudreau, bass - Moccasin Two-Step 01:42
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Graham Townsend, fiddle; Glen Paul, piano - Indian Reel 01:54
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Theresa Morrison, fiddle; Gordon MacLean, piano - The Braes of Auchentyre 01:01
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Buddy MacMaster, fiddle; Gordon MacLean, piano - The Braes of Auchtertyre 00:43
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Paddy Cronin, fiddle; Mary Irwin, piano - The Braes of Auchtertyre 01:23
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Buddy Thomas, fiddle; Leona Stamm, guitar - Billy in the Lowground 02:31
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Mary Irwin and Paddy Cronin, piano and fiddle - Saddle the Pony 01:53
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Ray Hilt, fiddle - Dad's Schottische #2 01:48
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Chris Jerup, accordion - Danish Schottische 01:06
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Dwight Lamb, accordion; Lynn Holsclaw & Gordon McCann, guitars - Danish Waltz #2 02:22
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Joe Peter MacLean, fiddle; Janet Cameron, piano - Beul Iosait 00:50
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George Hawkins, fiddle - Humphrey's Jig 02:06
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Donald MacLellan, fiddle; Doug MacPhee, piano - Sally Growler 01:28
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Roger Cooper, fiddle; Robin Kessinger, guitar - Sally Growler 01:33
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Robin Kessinger, guitar - Butterfly Hornpipe 02:02
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Alva Greene, fiddle; Mark Wilson, guitar - Matches Under the Hill 01:12
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Joe MacLean, fiddle; Lila Hashem, piano; Peter Dominick, drums - The Old Bog Hole 00:39
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Lonnie Robertson, fiddle; Troy Wilson, banjo; Paul Jones, guitar; George Rhodes, bass - Turkey in the Straw 01:13
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Bob Walters, fiddle - Natchez Under the Hill 01:17
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about

Outside of the Preview volume (FRC800), the 15 volumes of this survey focus on specific themes within North American traditional music. The tracks are entirely drawn from the North American Traditions (NAT) collection, recorded between 1972 and 2008, primarily by myself, Lou Curtiss, John Harrod, Morgan MacQuarrie, Gordon McCann, and Gus Meade. Most of these recordings were made in connection with a series of commercial releases by Rounder Records, although much of the present survey has not been previously released in any form. The 16 FRC releases serve both as a guide to the full NAT Research Archive (which is now publicly accessible; see tinyurl[dot]com/NAT-Research-Archive) and as a vehicle for outlining what we have learned about these songs and their position within historical tradition. To this end, Norm Cohen, myself, and others have prepared extensive notes for each volume (see tinyurl[dot]com/NAT-volume-notes).

This volume focuses upon the rich blending of cultures that lies in the background of our traditional forms of instrumental music. Several versions of a common tune are placed alongside one another, as a means of illustrating how diverse a melody can become as it settles into different communities across our broad continent.

—Mark Wilson

Extensive album notes are included with this download or may be found at tinyurl[dot]com/V2-NAT-notes

credits

released August 7, 2023

©2022 Field Recorders’ Collective, Inc. Produced by Mark Wilson and John Schwab. Mastered by John Schwab. All tracks Ⓟ Mark Wilson. Graphic design: Jim Garber, PaperClip Design. Cover photo of Theresa Morrison: © Mark Wilson. Detailed credits in the accompanying PDF notes, included with this download. Special thanks to Norm Cohen, Bill Nowlin, and John Harrod

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