Music From The Lost Provinces: Old-Time Stringbands From Ashe County, North Carolina & Vicinity 1927-1931
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Free Music Notes for Music From The Lost Provinces: Old-Time Stringbands From Ashe County, North Carolina & Vicinity 1927-1931
Free Music Review: Astonishing
Hit: 5 Stars
Sure, this CD probably isn't for everyone. If you like your music produced in such a way so that all the life, soul, and passion is drowned out in a slick, radio friendly sound, that makes it sound like everything else on the radio you need to steer very clear of this one. But if you like your music real, exciting, and full of life, snatch this one up pronto.Far from being mere "musicology" (though given its age alone, I suppose, on one level it can exist as that) this is a reminder that often times the best music comes from seemingly "unlikely" places. Unlikely that is, for those who assume that only contemporary pop stars can offer talent. One listen to the rough, no holes barred, fiddling, the shaggy but captivating vocals will prove that the further away music gets from the current corporate run music industry, the more exciting it becomes. Fans of "O Brother" will want to check this one out and see where it came from.
Free Music Review: Great artists, great songs, great album
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of the best old-time collections I've found. The featured instrument on most of the tracks is the fiddle (of which you'll hear many different "voices"), which is arranged with guitar, banjo and voice. The remastering was done quite well and the tracks HAVE been cleaned up. Purists need not worry though, as they managed to avoid that "watery" sound some of the worst collections out there have, and also managed to avoid flattness in the sound while keeping with the original mono feel. As for the liner notes, they're about as good as you can get. Three pages are devoted to discographical information, followed by ninteen pages of biographical and cultural information along with numberous photos.Free Music Review: Both Musicology and Music
Hit: 5 Stars
This album is wonderful in its historical value, especially in how well it informs a trained ear of not only the origins of well loved music found elsewhere in Americana but also in its re-expression in this authentic culture.
They did a great job of tracking down recordings of songs, sung into microphones by humble artists in an age when the music itself had to carry all of the attraction, unaided by fancy studio remixing and dubbing. Historically, this album is an excellent resource, with a nice thick insert that has lots of information about the music.
This album is both a historical tour and a cultural journey, unpolished and pure.
Free Music Review: Exhilirating String Band Music!
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of, if no the best, old-time string band compilation I've ever heard. The fiddling is intense, frenetic....as if the fiddler's life depended on getting that riff down. All of the string bands featured on the compilation are tight, rollicking ensembles, ranging from the stellar Grayson & Whitter to the stellar Frank Blevins performances. One listen to Blevins' version of "Sally Ann" and you're hooked on old-time string bands for life. Includes a well-written set of liner notes describing the geographical and sociological milieu these performers came from.This is Old Hat's first compilation and it is great!
Free Music Review: Threw her Arms around me like Grape Vines 'round a Gum
Hit: 5 Stars
This is the Holy Grail of Mountain Fiddle Music!
GB Grayson, the archetype of the Mountain Fiddler, lived near Mountain City and was one of the most influential fiddlers of the '20's, who, with his partner Henry Whitter, toured the coal fields of West Virginia, until Grayson was killed in a freak accident, falling from the running board of a car that he was hitching a ride on, on August 16, 1930.
But Frank Blevins is the real star on this recording. He is a fiddler more seminal than Uncle Pen, his fiddle wrapping you 'round in kudzu vines of primal melody...
Real "Tar Heel" rattlin'!
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