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33 1/3 Series

Wed, 09/12/2012 - 00:00 | Craig Graziano
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33 1/3 series

I am an addict...and my addiction is popular music. I adore it. Who doesn't? We all have our favorite songs, artists, genres. The right track at the right moment can hit us emotionally or physically, make us weep or dance. What I like almost as much as music are all of the details and stories that lead up to the making of some of my most cherished albums. That's where the 33 1/3 series comes in.

Started in 2003 by editor David Barker, 33 1/3 is a collection where each volume examines the allure of a particular album as well as the artist who recorded it.  Named after the number of revolutions on an LP record, the series spans rock, hip-hop, folk, metal, pop, country, dance, punk, electronica, and world. There is something here for everyone. 

The Best of the Decca Years

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By The Weavers

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American folk music has had great influence on popular music worldwide. The quartet known as “The Weavers” was probably the most important folk group of the “Folk revival” of the 1940s and 50s. Even though some of their recordings sound corny now it would difficult to overstate the influence of these four people- Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman – on popular music. Songs included on this album are: • 1. On Top of Old Smoky • 2. Hard, Ain't It Hard • 3. Goodnight Irene • 4. Around the Corner (Beneath the Berry Tree) > • 5. Old Paint (Ride Around, Little Dogies) • 6. (The Wreck of the) John B • 7. Roving Kind • 8. Tzena, Tzena, Tzena • 9. Wimoweh (Mbube) • 10. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine • 11. So Long (It's Been Good to Know Yuh) • 12. Midnight Special • 13. Rock Island Line • 14. Sylvie (Bring Me Li'l' Water, Silvy) • 15. Lonesome Traveler • 16. When the Saints Go Marching In

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Scottish Folk: Music Rough Guide

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By World Music Network

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This Rough Guide collection features some of Scotland’s finest musicians, from the exquisite fiddling of Aly Bain with his teacher Tom Anderson to the Highland bagpipes of John D. Burgess and the traditional harp playing of Alison Kinnaird. Gaelic song has never died and is represented here, as are also the English language songs from the industrial south of Scotland. Contemporary popular music with a traditional Gaelic touch is represented by the group Capercaillie. • 1. Clan Coco/The Road to Benderloch/Fifteen Stubbies to Warragul - The Battlefield Band • 2. Griogal Cridhe (Beloved Gregor) - Mac-Talla • 3. Rithill Aill - Karen Matheson • 4. Heart and Soul - Wolfstone • 5. Crags of Ailas/Staffa's Shore - Alison Kinnaird • 6. Queen of Argyll - Silly Wizard • 7. John Griffi's - Rory Campbell • 8. Centennial Waltz - Fiddlers Five • 9. Good Drying Set - The Tannahill Weavers • 10. Tha M'Eudail Is M'Aighear 's Mo Ghradh (My Treasure, My Delight, My Lov - Christine Primrose • 11. Dirty Old Town - Ewan MacColl • 12. 's Gann Gunn Dirich Mi Chaoidh - Ossian • 13. Quiet Man/The Solstice/The Silver Spire - Jonny Hardie • 14. Harper/Lady Catherine Ogle - Whirligig • 15. Gathering Storms/The Lowland of Scotland/Feaden Glan A; Phiobair - Ross Kennedy • 16.Jack Broke da Prison Door/Donald Blue/Sleep Soond Ida Mornin'/Lasses Trust
in Providence - Tom Anderson • 17. Wooden Whale/Leaps & Bounds/Skeye Barbeque - Alasdair Fraser • 18. Tree - Capercaillie • 19. Swallow-Tailed Coat/Turf Lodge - John D. Burgess

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Another Flower Gone: Good-bye to Mary Travers

Thu, 09/17/2009 - 11:30 | Virginia Johnson
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A daughter of union organizers, Mary grew up in Greenwich Village and while only a teenager sang backup for the legendary Pete Seeger. Today, her clear, warm vocals on songs written by Seeger and Bob Dylan remind us of the softer aspects of 1960s social struggle. "If I Had a Hammer," "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" and "Blowin' in the Wind" are still favorites for youth groups.