Folk music in America, 252 songs (free DL)

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Ok brehs, I have no idea what to do with this mega post...

This blog I follow just posted like 252 songs of "American folk music", all up for free DL

Fans of American folk are advised to get clicking in the direction of the fabulous ”Folk Music in America” collection, a series of 15 LP records published by the Library of Congress between 1976 and 1978.

Released to celebrate the bicentennial of the American Revolution, the collection boasts 252 songs (12 hours of music) and was compiled by librarian/collector Richard K. Spottswood.

Funded by a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts, the music mainly comes from the Library of Congress Archive of Folk Song (now Archive of Folk Culture), and covers the period from 1890-1976).

Included in this fascinating selection are native American songs and instrumental music, blues, jazz and country music and songs brought into the States by immigrants from all over the world.

As it says, various areas, periods, genres, basically a lot of everything. They are arranged in individual files too:

1. Religious Music – Congregational and Ceremonial
2. Songs of Love, Courtship, and Marriage
3. Dance Music – Breakdowns and Waltzes
4. Dance Music – Reels, Polkas, Etc.
5. Dance Music – Ragtime, Jazz, Etc.
6. Songs of Migration and Immigration
7. Songs of Complaint and Protest
8. Songs of Labor and Livelihood
9. Songs of Death and Tragedy
10. Songs of War and History
11. Songs of Humor and Hilarity
12. Songs of Local History and Events
13. Songs of Childhood
14. Solo and Display Music
15. Religious Music – Solo and Performance

I figure somebody will be interested in this, so here goes...enjoy brehs

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