Harry Belafonte: I'd missed that "Belafonte and Friends" album somehow. The Belafonte albums I loved the best were "An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba" with Miriam Makeba, and "An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri" with Nana Mouskouri. I have old LPs; I'm startled to see those almost-50-year-old albums are on CD.
I agree with you on The Chieftains/The Wide World Over, at least as much as I remember that album. Mostly I prefer to stick to the Chieftains' numbered albums, the ones before they became really famous. (Even if #1 and #2 are mono-only... :-) )
Joni Mitchell: "Shine" is very late in her career, 2007, and I never got around to hearing it. Joni's most epic album was "Court and Spark" from 1974, right on the cusp between her folk-ish period and her jazz period. Looking at the AADL catalog: "Blue" and "Ladies of the Canyon" would also be recommended. "Hits" is a compilation of her best known work.
The Friends of AADL Book Sale downtown had a copy of Janis Ian's autobiography in the "Music" shelf on Saturday. No idea how long it will last. My wife is a huge fan of Janis Ian, but I find that mostly I prefer her live to on CD.
I do need to run down the new-era Steve Martin banjo albums. I don't know who appeared on the first ones; later ones have a band called the Steep Canyon Rangers who have their own existence outside of Martin.
I think the Suzanne Vega "Close-Up" series is new, contemporary re-recordings of her work. I listened to her a lot when she was new, but haven't heard anything she's done in maybe 15-20 years. :-/
Based on what you are reviewing here, I'm going to push this week's enthusiasm on you: the Long Hill Ramblers, "Beauty and Butchery." British quartet doing a mix of British and American songs in an old-time-ish folk style. The fiddler Ben Paley is the son of Tom Paley, who was in the New Lost City Ramblers back in the earliest 1950s-1960's folk revival boom. Available for free streaming, the whole album, on Bandcamp.
Also, at the AADL, I would like to suggest the John Reischman bluegrass albums, and Alan Munde's bluegrass CD "Made to Last."
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I agree with you on The Chieftains/The Wide World Over, at least as much as I remember that album. Mostly I prefer to stick to the Chieftains' numbered albums, the ones before they became really famous. (Even if #1 and #2 are mono-only... :-) )
Joni Mitchell: "Shine" is very late in her career, 2007, and I never got around to hearing it. Joni's most epic album was "Court and Spark" from 1974, right on the cusp between her folk-ish period and her jazz period. Looking at the AADL catalog: "Blue" and "Ladies of the Canyon" would also be recommended. "Hits" is a compilation of her best known work.
The Friends of AADL Book Sale downtown had a copy of Janis Ian's autobiography in the "Music" shelf on Saturday. No idea how long it will last. My wife is a huge fan of Janis Ian, but I find that mostly I prefer her live to on CD.
I do need to run down the new-era Steve Martin banjo albums. I don't know who appeared on the first ones; later ones have a band called the Steep Canyon Rangers who have their own existence outside of Martin.
I think the Suzanne Vega "Close-Up" series is new, contemporary re-recordings of her work. I listened to her a lot when she was new, but haven't heard anything she's done in maybe 15-20 years. :-/
Based on what you are reviewing here, I'm going to push this week's enthusiasm on you: the Long Hill Ramblers, "Beauty and Butchery." British quartet doing a mix of British and American songs in an old-time-ish folk style. The fiddler Ben Paley is the son of Tom Paley, who was in the New Lost City Ramblers back in the earliest 1950s-1960's folk revival boom. Available for free streaming, the whole album, on Bandcamp.
Also, at the AADL, I would like to suggest the John Reischman bluegrass albums, and Alan Munde's bluegrass CD "Made to Last."