Tag Archives: Appalachian music.

John Jacob Niles’ I Wonder as I Wander: Carols and Love Songs

Posted on 21st December 2016 by Diverse Voices

Lory Hess penned this review. If John Jacob Niles is just a name to you–perhaps most famously attached to the haunting carol “I Wonder as I Wander”–then listening to this recording will make him into a Voice. And I mean … Continue reading →

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Sandy” Ives’ Drive Dull Care Away: Folksongs From Prince Edward Island and John Lilly’s Mountains of Music: West Virginia Traditional Music from Goldenseal

Posted on 9th June 2016 by David Kidney

I used to have this dream. I was, like John or Alan Lomax, driving in my big old car with a clunky reel-to-reel tape recorder in the back seat. I would cruise up and down the country roads searching for … Continue reading →

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