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Dubbed a "trio of insidious crusaders for ‘old-timey' music" by Sing Out!'s Pete Welding, the New Lost City Ramblers helped bring old-time music to wider audiences through their performances as a band and through their work making field recordings of traditional musicians and resurrecting songs from old 78rpm discs. Country(s) United StatesCulture Group(s) Anglo-AmericanKeyword(s) Ballads; Blues; Complaint; Dance music; Disasters; Folksong revival; Labor unions; Laments; Marriage; Old-time music; Opera; Sentimental; String band; Wit and humorInstrument(s) Banjo; Dobro; Fiddle; Guitar; Mandolin Year of Recording 1961 Record Label Folkways Records Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Credits Artist New Lost City Ramblers ; Recorded by Peter Bartok ; Design by John Cohen
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