Genre: Field Recordings
As suggested by the name, Field Recordings are typically rough, rudimentary recordings -- often cut outdoors -- made by ethno-musicologists as a means of preserving and documenting the musical culture of a given region. Especially in corners of the world without written languages, musical or otherwise, field recordings are often the sole link to a culture's past; (read more)
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Featured Albums (view all Field Recordings albums)
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Various Artists: Deep River Of Song: Black Texicans
1999 Rounder -
Various Artists: Hard Times Come Again No More Vol.1
1998 Yazoo -
Alan Lomax: Italian Treasury: The Trallaleri Of Genoa
1999 Rounder -
Various Artists: Deep River Of Song, Mississippi: Saints And Sinners
1999 Rounder -
Various Artists: Field Recordings Vols.10&11: Texas & Arkansas (19...
1998 Document -
Various Artists: Southern Journey, Vol.9: Harp Of A Thousand Strings
1998 Rounder -
Woody Guthrie: Ballads Of Sacco & Vanzetti
1996 Smithsonian-Folkways -
Various Artists: Anthology Of American Folk Music Vol.1-3
1997 Smithsonian-Folkways -
Various Artists: Deep River Of Song, Mississippi: The Blues Lineage
1999 Rounder -
Various Artists: Classic Labor Songs From Smithsonian Folkways
2006 Smithsonian-Folkways -
Various Artists: World Library Of Folk And Primitive Music: England
1998 Rounder -
Blind Lemon Jefferson: Complete Recorded Works Vol.2 (1927)
1991 Document -
Various Artists: American Roots: A History Of American Folk Music
2000 Disky
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