Willie Colon with Hector Lavoe & Yomo Toro – Asalto Navideño Vol.II Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | Art scans | Folk, Holiday, Salsa 2023 Craft Recordings || Orig.rel. 1973 Fania I wanted to get this post up before the holiday season passed, and I just *barely* made it — Jan. 6 is…
John Fahey – Popular Songs Of Christmas & New Year’s: Guitar Instrumentals Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz || Folk, Holiday 1983 Varrick || Includes insert from Rounder Less hauntingly beautiful as his initial Christmas LP, this is still plenty enjoyable. Heck, by 1983, Fahey had released enough Xmas records that I quite literally can’t keep…
The Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music 1967 Swallow Records – LP-6011 Vinyl transcription in 24-bit 192 khz || File sets in mp3, FLAC and 24-bit FLAC I had this record ready to post here long before there was a Cat 4 hurricane bearing down on the bayou. I’ve been rewatching some Les Blank films…
The Humblebums – First Collection of Merry Melodies Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | Art scans at 300 dpi 1969 Transatlantic Records TRA 186 | Genre: Folk The other week, I ran a Patreon poll for the site’s handful of patrons to ask what genre the next post should be about, and “folk” won the…
Shirley & Dolly Collins The Harvest Years 2008 EMI (UK) 50999 2 28404 2 4 A brand new documentary, The Ballad of Shirley Collins, directed by Rob Curry and Tim Pliester – was just released to rave reviews in the UK. Since I sadly don’t live there yet, I can’t see it and am…
Shall We Gather at the River: African-American Sacred Music from the Florida Folklife Collection Florida Folklife Program – S1576 (2011)
