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American Patchwork Quartet (APQ) is an American musical group that reinterprets traditional folk songs with multicultural influences. Founded by guitarist and arranger Clay Ross, the group blends elements of jazz , Hindustani classical music , and Americana to explore themes of immigration, identity, and unity.
American folk music is a broad category of music including bluegrass, gospel, old time music, jug bands, Appalachian folk, blues, Cajun and Native American music. [ not verified in body ] The music is considered American either because it is native to the United States or because it developed there, out of foreign origins, to such a degree that ...
Dixie (song) The Dodger Song; The Dolphins (song) Don't Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man) Donkey Riding; Dorothea (song) Down in the Valley (folk song) Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill; Driver 8; Dry Bones (folk song) The Dutchman; A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request
Peter Lang, a guitarist associated with the genre, described American primitive guitar, writing: ". . . The New Age people call it Folk; the Folk people call it New Age, but it is really neither. It's transitional. The style is derived from the country blues and string band music of the '20s and '30s, however much of the music is contemporary.
Jerry Silverman (born 1931) is an American folksinger, guitar teacher and author of music books. He has had over 200 books published, which have sold in the millions, including folk song collections, anthologies and method books for the guitar, banjo and fiddle.
Music writer David Dicaire, in his book The Folk Music Revival, 1958-1970, wrote that the album "announced a shift to more traditional folk songs rather than the blues-drenched material of prior releases and what fans had come to expect from him. It ignited his career at a time when folk was in serious decline." [2]
The song was popular among old-time musicians of the Cumberlands before being widely adopted in the bluegrass repertoire. [4] Many variants of "Shady Grove" exist (up to 300 stanzas by the early 21st century). [5] The lyrics describes "the true love of a young man's life and his hope they will wed," [6] and it is sometimes identified as a ...
"Jesus is a Dying-Bed Maker" is based on the traditional gospel music song "In My Time of Dying. "Dalhart, Texas, 1967" was later revisited as "The Grand Finale" on John Fahey Visits Washington D.C.. America was reissued on a limited edition vinyl double album in 2009 on the San Francisco–based label 4 Men With Beards.