Category Archives: blues ‘n’ folk

luv241

blues 'n' folk

Nightfall Blues

everyone is fighting a tough battle against an unfavouring world with strong temptations, doubts and fears. we all get the blues. be kind.
photo : Jeremiah Sudenkirk

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Tracklist
  1. Why’d You Do It, Baby? – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five – Decca / Fantastic Voyage (1948/2013)
  2. Call It Stormy Monday – T-Bone Walker – Capitol / New World Records (1958/1977)
  3. My Best Friend – Elmore James – Chess (1953/1969)
  4. Fussin’ And Fightin’ Blues – Little Junior’s Blue Flames – Sun Record Company / Charly Records (1953)
  5. Chains Of Love – Joe Turner – Atlantic (1951/1985)
  6. Nervous – Willie Dixon with Memphis Slim – Prestige Bluesville / DOL (1960/2013)
  7. Confusion – Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry – Folkways (1958)
  8. New Triflin’ Woman – Black Ace – Arhoolie Records (1960/1968)
  9. I Asked For Water – Howlin’ Wolf – Chess (1956/1969)
  10. Rain Down Rain – Big Maybelle – Okeh / Stag-O-Lee (1952/2014)
  11. Stinkin’ Drunk – Gene Phillips & His Rhythm Aces – Modern / Fantastic Voyage (1948/2013)
  12. Rain Is A Bringdown – Ruth Brown – Atlantic (1950/1986)
  13. Sinner’s Prayer – Ray Charles – Atlantic / DOXY (1957/2012)
  14. Bloody Murder – Otis Spann – Blue Horizon / Columbia (1968/1969)
  15. Cold In The Evening – J. D. Edwards – Imperial Records (1953/1969)
  16. This Old Life – Sonny Boy Williamson – Chess (1960/1969)
  17. Dead Man’s Blues – Scatman Crothers – Stag-O-Lee (1948/2014)

luv237

blues 'n' folk, odd pop, rock 'n' roll, seasonal series

Fell

mixtape #3 in this series of seasonal soundscapes mirrors the changes happening in the cool crispness of fall. autumnal audio.
photo : Autumn Waters

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Tracklist
  1. September Song — Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France — Barclay (1947/1975)
  2. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion — The Flaming Lips — Warner Bros. (2006)
  3. Autumn Sweater — Yo La Tengo – Matador (1997)
  4. October — Pivot — Warp (2008)
  5. excerpt from Wind In The Trees — Syntonic Research, Inc. (1974)
  6. October Country — October Country — Epic (1968)
  7. Autumn Almanac — The Kinks — Pye Records / Golden Hour (1967/1971)
  8. Harvest Breed — Nick Drake — Island (1972)
  9. Girl From The North Country — Bob Dylan — Columbia (1963)
  10. excerpt from Fall — Walter Carlos — Columbia (1972)
  11. Night Of The Vampire — The Moontrekkers — Parlophone / Acced Records (1961/2012)
  12. November — Neu! – Grönland Records (1985/2010)
  13. Rose Hip November — Vashti Bunyan — Philips / Dicristina (1970/2004)
  14. Autumn 2 – Vivaldi Recomposed by Max Richter — Deutsche Grammophon (2012)
  15. Comin’ Back To Me — Jefferson Airplane — RCA Victor (1967)
  16. Autumn — Joanna Newsom — Drag City (2010)

luv185

blues 'n' folk

Phonograph Blues

an old time blues mix for the dog days of summer made with sides from the first half of the last century.
true blues. original blues. timeless blues.
image : Muddy Waters with his first record, 1941

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Tracklist:
  1. Midnight Hour Blues – Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell – Vocalion Records / Columbia (1932/1969)
  2. 4, 5 and 9 – Leadbelly – Smithsonian Folkways Records (1948/1989)
  3. Feather Bed – Cannon’s Jug Stompers – Victor / DOXY (1928/2009)
  4. Cairo Blues – Henry Spaulding – Brunswick / Mississippi Records (1929/2009)
  5. That’s No Way To Get Along – Robert Wilkins – Brunswick / Mississippi Records (1929/2006)
  6. I’m Going Home – Charlie Patton – Paramount / Third Man Records (1929/2013)
  7. Christians Fight On, Your Time Ain’t Long – Bo Weavil Jackson – Paramount / Mississippi Records (1926/2008)
  8. Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues – Skip James – Paramount / Mississippi Records (1931/2008)
  9. Sitting On Top Of The World – Mississippi Sheiks – Okeh / Third Man Records (1930/2013)
  10. You Got to Get Sick and Die Some of These Days – Muddy Waters – Library of Congress / DOXY (1942/2013)
  11. Church Bells – Kid Prince Moore – Decca / Mississippi Records (1936/2006)
  12. Phonograph Blues – Robert Johnson – Vocalion Records / Columbia (1936/1970)
  13. Down On Me – Eddie Head & His Family – Okeh / Mississippi Records (1930/2010)
  14. Lonesome Road Blues – Cryin’ Sam Collins (a.k.a. Salty Dog Sam) – Perfect Records / Mississippi Records (1931/2009)
  15. Love Changing Blues – Blind Willie McTell – Victor / Third Man Records (1929/2013)
  16. Bull Doze Blues – Henry Thomas – Vocalion Records / Mississippi Records (1928/2010)

luv167

blues 'n' folk

Six Souls In My Hollow Body

one person. one acoustic guitar. six voices, seven if they sing. a sea of emotion. a world of music. a history of song. a story to be told. a time to play. a string to ring.
photo : the inside of an Oskar Graf guitar

*this mix is dedicated to the memory of the great Stompin’ Tom Connors.

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Tracklist:
  1. Georgia Buck – Precious Bryant – Mississippi Records (1969/2010)
  2. The Last Steam Engine Train – John Fahey – Takoma Records / 4 Men With Beards (1967/2012)
  3. Blackberry Blossom – Sam McGee – Arhoolie Records (1971)
  4. Fannin Street – Leadbelly – Smithsonian Folkways (1948/1989)
  5. I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow – Norman Blake – Lost Highway (2000)
  6. The Time Is Right – Michael Hurley and Amy Boute – Mississippi Records (1968/2009)
  7. Round About Midnight – Baden Powell – Musidisc (1966)
  8. Black Eyed Dog – Nick Drake – Island / Universal (1974/2004)
  9. Golden Valleys As Seen From The East – Harris Newman – Strange Attractors Audio House (2007)
  10. Wished I Was In Heaven Sitting Down – Fred McDowell – Alan Lomax Archives / Mississippi Records (1959/2011)
  11. Upward Over The Mountain – Iron & Wine – Sub Pop (2002)
  12. Water Verses – Harry Taussig – Takoma Records / 4 Men With Beards (1967/2012)
  13. Sugar Mountain – Neil Young – Reprise (1968/2008)
  14. Instrumental – Eddie Lee “Mustright” Jones – Mississippi Records / Sutro Park / Change (1965/2011)
  15. Kindhearted Woman Blues – Robert Johnson – Columbia (1936/1961)
  16. Peteneras – Sanchez Granada – Folkways Records (1956)
  17. Tomorrow Is A Long Time – Bob Dylan – Columbia (1971)
  18. Vaseline Machine Gun – Leo Kottke – Takoma Records (1968)
  19. Around The Bay And Back Again – Tom Connors – Rebel Records (1969)