Take Me Back to the Range: Selections from Western Jubilee Recording Company

by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

supported by

Uncompahgre Records Songs for a home on the range, whether imaginary or real. The poems are quite whimsical as would be heard on Prairie Home Companion radio show. The instrumentals are majestic and the vocalists are characters. Great somewhat recent takes on the positive fruits of American mythology. Favorite track: Take Me Back to the Range.

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$10 USD or more

1.	Peter Rowan & Don Edwards - Take Me Back to the Range 04:10	buy track
2.	Norman Blake & Nancy Blake - The Sunny Side of Life 03:21	buy track
3.	Wylie & the Wild West - Where Horses Are Heroes 03:19	buy track
4.	Waddie Mitchell - Typical 01:14	buy track
5.	Don Edwards, Waddie Mitchell, and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra - Annie Laurie / Bad Half Hour 05:49	buy track
6.	Katy Moffat - Hallie Lonigan 04:31	buy track
7.	Rich O'Brien - Santa Rosa Serenade 03:59	buy track
8.	Georgie Sicking - Rooster Poem 00:48	buy track
9.	David Wilkie and Cowboy Celtic - Bonnie Dundee / Fareweel Tae Tarwathie / The Railroad Corral 03:29	buy track
10.	Norman Blake & Rich O'Brien - Flop-Eared Mule 04:08	buy track
11.	Don Edwards - Coyotes 04:34	buy track
12.	Waddie Mitchell - Waddie-ism-8 00:22	buy track
13.	Michael Martin Murphey - Summer Ranges 03:36	buy track
14.	Cowboy Nation - Two Miles to Town 04:13	buy track
15.	Tom Morrell - Lupus #1 02:59	buy track
16.	Waddie Mitchell - Harsh Words 01:02	buy track
17.	Norman Blake - Cloverdale Plantation March 04:33	buy track
18.	Sons of the San Joaquin - From Whence Came the Cowboy 04:23	buy track

about

The Western Jubilee Recording Company is a small label with an exceptional catalog of authentic cowboy music and poetry. Founded in 1996 by Scott O’Malley, Western Jubilee has been based out of a former warehouse of the Santa Fe Railroad in Colorado Springs that doubles as an intimate concert space and recording studio. Its walls adorned with Western paraphernalia, the warehouse, much like the label itself, served as a sanctuary to the deep-rooted and ever-evolving traditions of Western music and folklife. 'Take Me Back to the Range: Songs from Western Jubilee Recording Company' shows the label in its full breadth. From the old-time tunes and historic songs by Norman Blake and Don Edwards to Buckaroo poems from Waddie Mitchell, from Hollywood-styled “Singing Cowboy” songs from Sons of the San Joaquin to the pioneering fusion from the punk-inspired Cowboy Nation, this 18-track compilation, produced to celebrate the label’s acquisition by Smithsonian Folkways, showcases the diversity of sound and voices in cowboy music and poetry, honoring the label that has championed it.

credits

released April 28, 2020

Learn more: folkways.si.edu/western-jubilee

license

about

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Washington, D.C.

contact / help

Contact Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, you may also like:

Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes
by Leyla McCalla

supported by 6 fans who also own “Take Me Back to the Range: Selections from Western Jubilee Recording Company”

EVERY song here is a classic, do not pass on the chance to have a copy of this superior music release ! PJ
go to album
Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 1
by Gillian Welch

supported by 6 fans who also own “Take Me Back to the Range: Selections from Western Jubilee Recording Company”

Gillian and David are must-haves to any Americana collection. These numbers are a great example of their prowess and musicianship. bobbymac824
go to album
Everywhere at the end of time
by The Caretaker

supported by 6 fans who also own “Take Me Back to the Range: Selections from Western Jubilee Recording Company”

Actually astounding and emotionally moving, creating a community that I have been proudly a part of for 2 years OrsonXD
go to album
Climatic Rock
by Anduela Keku

Think of it as a soundtrack to a psychedelic Western movie—the latest from Anduela Keku is epic and hypnotic. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 22, 2022
go to album
The Long Way
by Nicolette & The Nobodies

Nicolette Hoang's velvety vocals are the finishing touch on this pitch-perfect update on outlaw country with a touch of 60s glam. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 27, 2024
go to album
13. The Unfortunate Numbers
by Juan Pablo Fernández & Ivonne Van Cleef

As Ivonne Van Cleef, Juan Pablo Fernández creates dramatic, melancholic psychedelia with a dark ambient edge adding to the haunting aura. Bandcamp New & Notable May 31, 2022
go to album
Into The Trees
by Zoe Keating

supported by 5 fans who also own “Take Me Back to the Range: Selections from Western Jubilee Recording Company”

Hi, my name is Tommy and I live in Sweden. I have bought your album. It is innovative and different. But at the same time very good! ymmotu
go to album