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Classic Appalachian Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, a 21-track compilation drawn from the Smithsonian Folkways collection and performances at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, is now available at folkways.si.edu.
The music of bedrock blues performers such as Pink Anderson, Lesley Riddle, Etta Baker, John Jackson, and Doc Watson shines bright, claiming Appalachia as one of the cradles of American acoustic blues.
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Also, for the second consecutive year, two Smithsonian Folkways albums have won an Independent Music Award. ¡Y Que Viva Venezuela! Maestros del Joropo Oriental, an all-star recording by Venezuela's masters of a rediscovered musical tradition, earned the Best Latin Album award and Blodeugerdd: Song of the Flowers — An Anthology of Welsh Music and Song, a beautiful collection of contemporary Welsh folk music, earned the Best Traditional World Album award.
Eleven additional Smithsonian Folkways albums or songs were IMA finalists, and both winners and finalists are eligible for the Vox Populi awards as determined by fan voting. Voting is open through June 25th, 2010.
Click here to submit your votes.
- Subscriber Discount: Enter Code AWARDS2010 and Save 20% off retail price on these award winning CDs or Album Downloads through February 28.
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Smithsonian Folkways Trivia!
Each month we'll ask a trivia question; email your answer, name, and address with the subject "February Trivia" to SmithsonianFolkways@si.edu by February 28, and a randomly selected entrant with the correct answer will win a free CD of his or her choice!
February Question: Which famous rock group created their name by combining the names of two bluesmen, one of whom sings "You Don't Know My Mind" on the new album Classic Appalachian Blues from Smithsonian Folkways?
Congratulations to last month's winner, Jonathan from Clinton, NY, who correctly answered "Canada" to January's question: Legendary concert promoter and album producer Sam Gesser (1930-2008) got his start in the music business distributing Folkways Records to what country?
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