Show Me the Way Home, Honey

utorak, 01.04.2014.

Dave Van Ronk - Down in Washington Square (3 disk set)

Styles: British Folk, Folk Revival, Folk-Blues
Label: Folkways
Released: 2013
Art: full

Notes: Called “The Mayor of MacDougal Street,” Dave Van Ronk (1936-2002) was a leading figure in the Greenwich Village music scene for more than four decades. He epitomized the urban “folksinger”— apprenticing through immersion in the music revival’s New York City epicenter of Washington Square Park. Drawing from and developing a wide repertoire of songs, guitar techniques, and performing skills, he mentored younger musicians and songwriters such as Bob Dylan, Jack Hardy, Suzanne Vega, Christine Lavin, and many others. Down in Washington Square includes 16 never-before-released recordings coupled with tracks from the Smithsonian Folkways archive, spanning early live recordings made in 1958 (one year before his first Folkways album) to his final studio recordings in 2001, just months before his death. It paints a musical mosaic of Van Ronk’s artistry and expands his legacy, keeping alive the genius of a legendary performer who inspired audiences, musicians, and a major motion picture — Inside Llewyn Davis, written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Three CD box set, 54 tracks, nearly three hours of music, 40-page booklet with extensive notes.~Folkways
The very template of the urban folk singer in the late '50s and early '60s, Dave Van Ronk was born and grew up in Brooklyn, learning to play ukulele, banjo, and guitar at an early age. Initially drawn to jazz, he was influenced, like so many others, by Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, and began spending time at the famous impromptu Washington Square Park folk jam sessions. He developed a gruff, bluesy, intelligent, and authentic-sounding urban folk style that made him the Dean of New York's folk singers. This three-disc set spans Van Ronk's career, beginning with early live recordings he made in 1958 in advance of his first Folkways album, through his final studio recordings in 2001 just months before his death.~AMG
Read liner notes at Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Disc 1

1. Duncan and Brady - 3:06
2. River Come Down (Bamboo) - 3:48
3. Spike Driver Blues - 3:15
4. John Henry - 2:29
5. Backwater Blues - 3:04
6. K.C. Moan - 3:03
7. Haul on the Bowline - 1:21
8. Just a Closer Walk With Thee - 3:03
9. Gambler's Blues - 2:46
10. Sweeet Substitute - 2:34
11. Bed Bug Blues - 2:48
12. Winin' Boy - 2:40
13. Georgie and the IRT - 3:33
14. Betty and Dupree - 3:38
15. Come Back, Baby - 3:55
16. My Baby's So Sweet - 2:36
17. Black Mountain Blues - 4:04
18. Ya-Yas-Yas - 2:06

File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 125,2 MB
Time: 53:57

Down in Washington Square [Disc 1]


Disc 2

1. Willie the Weeper - 2:51
2. Dink's Song - 3:46
3. Santy Anno - 1:46
4. Leave Her, Johnny - 1:31
5. Tell Old Bill - 4:30
6. Careless Love - 2:58
7. Standing by My Window - 4:58
8. Please See That My Grave is Kept Clean - 2:58
9. Had More Money - 3:09
10. If You Leave Me, Pretty Mama - 3:09
11. Hesitation Blues - 2:35
12. In the Pines - 3:09
13. Oh, What a Beautiful City - 3:16
14. Mean Old Frisco - 2:58
15. Stackalee - 2:46
16. How Long - 3:52
17. Aint No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - 4:53
18. House of the Rising Sun - 6:10

File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 142,2 MB
Time: 61:24

Down in Washington Square [Disc 2]

Disc 3

1. Hootchie Kootchie Man - 3:15
2. Reckless Blues - 2:31
3. Trouble in Mind - 2:26
4. Oh Lord, Search My Heart - 3:57
5. God Bless the Child - 3:18
6. Losers - 3:19
7. Another Time and Place - 4:30
8. Garden State Stomp - 2:53
9. Motherless Children - 3:13
10. Don't You Leave Me Here (I'm Alabama Bound) - 4:43
11. Spike Driver Blues - 6:50
12. Down South Blues - 5:12
13. St. James Infirmary (Gambler's Blues) - 4:26
14. Ace In the Hole - 4:23
15. Going Down Slow - 3:30
16. Buckets of Rain - 3:55
17. Jelly Jelly - 3:03
18. Sometime (Whatcha Gonna Do) - 2:37

File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 157,6 MB
Time: 68:08

Down in Washington Square [Disc 3]



• Dave Van Ronk - Ragtime Jug Stompers
• Dave Van Ronk - Two Sides Of

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Oznake: British Folk, Folk Revival, Folk-Blues, Dave Van Ronk
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utorak, 18.03.2014.

Dave Van Ronk - Sunday Street

Styles: British Folk, Folk Revival, Folk-Blues
Label: Philo
Released: 1976/1999
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 101,9 MB
Time: 44:07
Art: front

1. Sunday Street - 3:31
2. Jesus Met the Woman at the Well - 5:38
3. Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning - 3:55
4. Maple Leaf Rag - 4:04
5. Down South Blues - 4:41
6. Jivin' Man Blues - 3:08
7. That Song About the Midway - 3:37
8. The Pearls - 4:33
9. That'll Never Happen No More - 3:53
10. Mamie's Blues - 4:24
11. Would You Like to Swing on a Star? - 2:38

Notes: This album, originally released in 1976, may or may not be, as annotator (and former Dave Van Ronk guitar student) Elijah Wald claims, "Dave's greatest single album" (frankly, Van Ronk has made so many albums for so many fly-by-night labels that it is hard to endorse so sweeping a statement), but it is certainly a very good one. Van Ronk had made various efforts in recent years to accommodate pop and rock music on his albums, but this one was a return to his usual repertoire of folk-blues tunes and jazz and ragtime transcriptions for guitar, with one Joni Mitchell song ("That Song About the Midway") and an original, the title song, thrown in. And it was a solo album on which Van Ronk sang and accompanied himself on acoustic guitar. Thus, it approximated what a good set in a club by this artist would sound like, minus the singer's witticisms, of course. Van Ronk never hid his influences, but he never sounded exactly like them, either, and on this album he was very much himself. Maybe it is his greatest single album; it is certainly one of his most representative.

Sunday Street



• Dave Van Ronk - Two Sides Of
• Jim Kweskin - Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)


Posted by muddy

Oznake: British Folk, Folk Revival, Folk-Blues, Dave Van Ronk
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četvrtak, 02.01.2014.

BabaJack - Exercising Demons

Styles: Acoustic Blues, British Folk, Traditional Folk
Label: Independent
Released: 2010
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 118,8 MB
Time: 51:53
Art: full

1. Big Man Blues - 4:22
2. Sweet Jelly Love - 5:00
3. Going Down - 5:17
4. Parade - 4:49
5. Big Summer Rising - 5:02
6. Dog Tired - 4:41
7. The Last Train - 3:50
8. Religion - 6:21
9. I Walk on Diamonds - 4:05
10. The Well Song - 8:20


Notes: This is a CD that is going to grab you by the shoulders and shake you around for a bit, resettling your mind into a new locale on a wide-open range. It can seem serene and be flowing smoothly and in a blink erupt with a power and energy you never saw sneaking up on you. It is folky and then goes to almost violent tribal rhythms that display the sheer power of the music being generated. There are gypsy rhythms intertwined with African beats, drone, blues, and folk music. BabaJack is comprised of Trevor Steger on acoustic Dobro and wine box guitars, harmonica and vocals; Becky Tate vocals, drum, and stomp, with Aron Attwood on drums, bass, percussion and vocals (he also produced the disc) and they are joined by about five of their cohorts on various tracks on various instruments. The songs they unleash on the unsuspecting—they did write all of them—are well written and show the versatility of this group with their friends.
The singing, mostly done by Becky, is always full of emotion and very evocative and expressive. Though her voice comes very close to the level of surrender to the song, it is the musical rhythms that carry them. It is as much as what they don't play, the spaces they create and don't play into, as what they do play that creates the tension in the songs. Becky's voice has a gritty edge to it that gives it added texture along with Trevor's percussive guitar playing, particularly when he is using his slide. Though it might sound as if it could be hibildy gibbery it is a very cohesive disc that earns repeated listenings with its musicianship.

Exercising Demons



• Babajack - The Maker •
• Moreland, Arbuckle & Floyd - Floyd's Market •


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Oznake: Babajack, Acoustic Blues, British Folk, Traditional Folk
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ponedjeljak, 09.12.2013.

Babajack - The Maker

Styles: Acoustic Blues, British Folk, Traditional Folk
Label: Independent
Released: 2008
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 95,4 MB
Time: 41:40
Art: full

1. Life Is A Struggle - 5:14
2. Standing On The Corner - 4:04
3. Coming Home - 5:02
4. A Thousand Angels - 3:25
5. Mary - 4:09
6. Daddy's Gone - 4:11
7. Stones In My Shoes - 3:09
8. I Wish - 4:21
9. The Lady baby Stomp - 4:16
10. But I'm Happy - 3:46


Notes: 'The Maker' finds Trevor Steger laying down guitar, dobro, harmonica and vocals and Becky Tate providing drum, percussion, stompbox and vocals; two become one, Steger and Tate are BabaJack! This is a ten track work that's right up there with the best; well crafted songs delivered with complete unity and mutual understanding of exactly what's required to produce the goods. BabaJack absolutely nail it! I reviewed a demo from this duo earlier in the year which showed great potential but possibly also showed a little recording naivety - 'The Maker', however, is well recorded and is blessed with great clarity and just the right balance throughout. BabaJack's 'The Maker' is a little gem in fact!
'The Maker' brings together several facets of roots blues and suggests that BabaJack can be a force to reckoned with on the blues circuit. BabaJack keep it all relatively simple but make the most of their stripped back approach; there's nothing at all showy about BabaJack and their subtle style only emphasises their nicely syncopated way. The songs are nicely crafted and Steger and Tate seem more than a little happy in each others musical company - their strength is in their 'compact' approach and their unified belief in each other - oh, and the fact that they can write, play and sing to a very high standard .
With 'The Maker', BabaJack have seriously impressed me - I already knew that they were capable but 'The Maker' takes BabaJack to the next level and makes them very competitive and majorly saleable. I can only offer praise to this tasty duo and hope that others will see the bigger picture through this excellent album. 'The Maker' by BabaJack puts Steger and Tate fully in the frame - hopefully BabaJack will continue to grow and get themselves on the road with some serious belief in themselves and show that roots blues is fully workable in this stripped down, two 'man' form. Impressive work this from a truly dedicated twosome - and I can't help but feel that this is just the start of much bigger things from the excellent BabaJack.
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The Maker



• Jim Kweskin - Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) •
• Scott Ainslie - You Better Lie Down •


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Oznake: Babajack, Acoustic Blues, British Folk, Traditional Folk, England
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