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Tag: Pre-War America

Woody Guthrie – Dust Bowl Ballads

February 28, 2022June 27, 2022 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Woody Guthrie – Dust Bowl Ballads

Woody Guthrie Dust Bowl Ballads Victor – 1940 / Folkways – 1964 Rating: 9.7 Everything that made Woody Guthrie an icon – his talentRead More…

Harry Smith’s America: Part 3, Songs

February 22, 2022February 21, 2022 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Harry Smith’s America: Part 3, Songs

This is the final installment in a three-part series about the music and impact of Harry Smith’s seminal 1952 compilation, Anthology of American Read More…

Harry Smith’s America: Part 2, Social Music

February 18, 2022February 17, 2022 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Harry Smith’s America: Part 2, Social Music

This is the second installment in a three-part series about the music and impact of Harry Smith’s seminal 1952 compilation, Anthology of AmericanRead More…

Harry Smith’s America: Part 1, Ballads

February 15, 2022February 16, 2022 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Harry Smith’s America: Part 1, Ballads

Eccentric? Yes. A polymath? Absolutely. Genius? Probably. I’ve seen countless definitions of the latter term, but for me, the one that tracks besRead More…

An Introduction to Country Blues

February 7, 2022February 6, 2022 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on An Introduction to Country Blues

Few genres loom larger in the history of American song than the blues. The style first emerged in the South, prior to the Civil War, deriving froRead More…

Welcome to Pre-War America Month

February 1, 2022February 14, 2022 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Welcome to Pre-War America Month

Certain phrases are fully capable of existing in a realm of ambiguity – with omitted details sufficiently implied by the surrounding context clueRead More…

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