http://1690wmlb.com Wed, 16 May 2012 17:13:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://1690wmlb.com/sacred-harp-singing/ http://1690wmlb.com/sacred-harp-singing/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 19:59:13 +0000 admin http://1690wmlb.com/?p=13035 http://1690wmlb.com/sacred-harp-singing/feed/ 0 http://1690wmlb.com/corridos/ http://1690wmlb.com/corridos/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 15:13:59 +0000 admin http://1690wmlb.com/?p=11113 http://1690wmlb.com/corridos/feed/ 0 http://1690wmlb.com/old-time-banjo-in-america/ http://1690wmlb.com/old-time-banjo-in-america/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:42:31 +0000 admin http://1690wmlb.com/?p=13027 http://1690wmlb.com/old-time-banjo-in-america/feed/ 0 http://1690wmlb.com/the-titanic/ http://1690wmlb.com/the-titanic/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:03:32 +0000 admin http://1690wmlb.com/?p=13020 http://1690wmlb.com/the-titanic/feed/ 0 http://1690wmlb.com/scott-matthews-and-lined-out-hymns/ http://1690wmlb.com/scott-matthews-and-lined-out-hymns/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:17:52 +0000 admin http://1690wmlb.com/?p=12721 http://1690wmlb.com/scott-matthews-and-lined-out-hymns/feed/ 0 http://1690wmlb.com/the-dixie-jigs/ http://1690wmlb.com/the-dixie-jigs/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:11:14 +0000 admin http://1690wmlb.com/?p=12715 This week, Backroads & Banjos looks forward to St. Patrick's Day by welcoming in Decatur's own "The Dixie Jigs." The group stopped by the AM 1690 studios to record some of the traditional Irish tunes from their repertoire including step jigs, traditional jigs, and the Irish ballad "Do You Love an Apple." Bandleader, fiddler, and singer Moira Nelligan is joined by mandolin extraordinaire George Norman and her son Mickey Nelligan playing guitar and fiddle.]]> http://1690wmlb.com/the-dixie-jigs/feed/ 0 http://1690wmlb.com/field-recorders-collective/ http://1690wmlb.com/field-recorders-collective/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:15:46 +0000 admin http://1690wmlb.com/?p=12489 Rather than focusing on a specific artist or collection, this week's Backroads & Banjos focuses on the Field Recoders' Collective. This small organization revitalizes and releases field recordings from private collections. While these issues typically are old-time mountain music, they also focus on gospel and acoustic blues.]]> http://1690wmlb.com/field-recorders-collective/feed/ 0 http://1690wmlb.com/scrapper-blackwell-mr-scrappers-blues/ http://1690wmlb.com/scrapper-blackwell-mr-scrappers-blues/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:11:16 +0000 admin http://1690wmlb.com/?p=12483 This episode of Backroads & Banjos features recordings of Scrapper Blackwell made by Art in July 1961 in Indianapolis. Having been officially retired from the music business for over 25 years, these recordings remain legendary as the only music put on tape of the aging Blackwell. Armed with only an acoustic guitar (and a piano on one track), this is a wonderful disc chronicling a variety of styles including ragtime, instrumental and Piedmont blues.]]> http://1690wmlb.com/scrapper-blackwell-mr-scrappers-blues/feed/ 0 http://1690wmlb.com/blind-willie-mctell-the-devil-cant-hide-from-me/ http://1690wmlb.com/blind-willie-mctell-the-devil-cant-hide-from-me/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:28:45 +0000 admin http://1690wmlb.com/?p=12303 This week's Backroads & Banjos focuses on John Lomax's recording of Blind Willie McTell from November 1940. After seeing McTell playing at an Atlanta restaurant, Lomax (who may or may not have known the works of Blind Willie McTell) asked Blind Willie to come by his hotel room to record a session for the Library of Congress. These recordings have become somewhat legendary over the years thanks in large part to an interview included in the tapes with Lomax trying unsuccessfully to get Willie to talk about "hard times" songs and traditional black blues. This lead to the contention that Lomax likely didn't understand Blind Willie McTell's intelligence and deep understanding of musical styles outside of the blues. These recordings have been recently reissued under the name "The Devil Can't Hide from Me."]]> http://1690wmlb.com/blind-willie-mctell-the-devil-cant-hide-from-me/feed/ 0 http://1690wmlb.com/eck-robertson/ http://1690wmlb.com/eck-robertson/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:14:50 +0000 admin http://1690wmlb.com/?p=12059 Although he was born in Eastern Kentucky in the late 19th century, Robertson honed his craft in Texas in the earlier part of the 20th century combining his Eastern Kentucky roots with Texas swagger. While Eck is a legendary name in old-timey music, his recording career was fairly sparse. His recording career began in the early 1920s and came to a halt in 1929. In the 1940s, Eck entered the recording studio and recorded 100 fiddle tunes in a single session. As is common in early American folk music recordings, these tapes were all mysteriously destroyed. As an older gentleman, Robertson enjoyed a late career revival thanks in large park to the New Lost City Ramblers and especially John Cohen who brought his music to a much wider audience during the folk revival of the late 1950s and 1960s.]]> http://1690wmlb.com/eck-robertson/feed/ 0