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Pages in category "Appalachian folk songs" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * Appalachian music; B.
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 ...
The Southern Shift and Southern Drawl: A vowel shift known as the Southern Shift, which largely defines the speech of most of the Southern United States, is the most developed both in Texas English and here in Appalachian English (located in a dialect region which The Atlas of North American English identifies as the "Inland South"). [11]
Cripple Creek, performed by Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers (1929) "Cripple Creek" is an Appalachian-style old time tune and folk song, often played on the fiddle or banjo, listed as number 3434 in the Roud Folk Song Index.
The song has been recorded by The Pennywhistlers on their 1965 album, A Cool Day and Crooked Corn; [5] by The Young Tradition, live, included on the 1970 compilation album, The Folk Trailer (Trailer LER 2019); [6] by Emmylou Harris on her 1987 album Angel Band; [7] by The Wailin' Jennys on their 2011 album, Bright Morning Stars;, [8] by the Northern Irish folk singer Cara Dillon on her 2014 ...
The album is composed of Appalachian folk music 1960's recordings made and compiled by musicologist John Cohen in Madison County, North Carolina. [1] Most of the songs are done in an a cappella style. [2] More than half of the songs on the album are sung by Dillard Chandler, a "mysterious" illiterate man who knew hundreds of songs. [2]
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Frank Sinatra Jr. recorded a version of the song, titled "Black Night", on his 1971 album Spice. Dolly Parton's version appears on her 1994 album Heartsongs: Live from Home. [7] Anna Domino (as Snakefarm) recorded a version on the 1999 album Songs From My Funeral. Carl Rutherford recorded a version on his 2001 album, Turn Off the Fear. [25]