A Living Tradition: Selections from Folk-Legacy Records

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coniesaurus A beautiful composition of tracks, thank you. Favorite track: The Lamoille River Song.

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1.	Peter and Mary Alice Amidon - Bright Morning Star 02:20	buy track
2.	Sara Grey, John Dildine, Howie Mitchell, Lynn Hickerson, Joe Hickerson - Angeline the Baker 05:16	buy track
3.	Sandy and Caroline Paton - The Lamoille River Song 02:50	buy track
4.	Cindy Kallet - Wings to Fly (Crow) 02:20	buy track
5.	Rick Lee and Lorraine Lee Hammond - Sundown 01:47	buy track
6.	Hedy West - Barbara Allen 05:20	buy track
7.	Jerry Rasmussen - Poor Elijah 01:58	buy track
8.	Frank Proffitt - Little Birdie 03:21	buy track
9.	Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir, Ed Trickett - Turning Toward the Morning 05:23	buy track
10.	Skip Gorman - Reel du Poteau Blanc / The Woodchopper / The Golden Wedding / The Green Meadows Reel 03:19	buy track
11.	David Paton - Music from Brittany 03:45	buy track
12.	John Roberts and Tony Barrand - Oak, Ash, and Thorn 02:43	buy track
13.	The Boarding Party - The Alabama 03:48	buy track
14.	Sandy Paton, Caroline Paton, Dave Para, Cathy Barton, Ed Trickett, Harry Tuft - For All the Good People 03:08	buy track
15.	Margie Harmon, R.L. Harmon, Ottie "Coot" Greene - Precious Memories 03:44	buy track

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The songs on A Living Tradition: Selections from Folk-Legacy Records offer a small sample of the vast catalog of Folk-Legacy Records, which was started by Sandy and Caroline Paton and their friend Lee Haggerty in 1961. It became an influential label in the 1960s folk revival as well as a community center for those artists and friends who gathered at the label's Connecticut headquarters to share in the creation and performance of folk music. While the label is rooted in traditional music, Folk-Legacy and its artists never shied away from innovation, recording contemporary and political songs as well as fresh versions of old-time classics. The 15-track compilation includes the skillful old-time banjo picking of Hedy West on “Barbara Allen”, the wistful harmonies of the Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir, and Ed Trickett trio on “Turning Toward the Morning”, and Frank Proffitt’s rendition of the old-time standard “Little Birdie”.

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released July 31, 2019

Learn more about Folk-Legacy Records: folkways.si.edu/folk-legacy

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