Family Traditions

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A country-blues mix with a few hymns thrown in for good measure, this album from North Carolina fiddler Joe Thompson conjures up notions like summertime... outdoors... parties. Thompson did the arranging, but most of the tunes are traditional, providing a snapshot of a regional music that has gone pretty much unchanged for years--Thompson himself has been playing since the 1920s. It's not as daring or genre-bending as, say, Gatemouth Brown, but it is a lot of fun. --Genevieve Williams

Family Traditions,Joe Thompson,Rounder Select,Appalachian Folk,Bluegrass,Country,Country & Western,Fiddle,Field Recordings,Old-Timey,Pop,String Bands,Traditional Folk

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Family Traditions The Black Lodge Singers Manufacturer: Soar Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Native American | North America | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002PYSBK Release Date: 2004-08-10

Tracks:

1. Chunkie Boy
2. Strait
3. Good Times
4. California
5. Instant
6. Tradish
7. Family Tradition
8. Ha He
9. Calling
10. Candy's Song
11. Good Feeling
12. Prophecy

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Songs Of The Seasons: Family & Community Traditions In New Hampshire Manufacturer: New Hampshire State Council For The Arts ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000DZCHTY

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New Hampshire is home to a variety of musical traditions. Some represent the early colonial heritage, others are fairly recent. Songs capture the spirit of community & family life, work, worship, & celebration. On this recording, some of NH's Families, friends, & solo artists share a sampling of (27) tradition-based songs & instrumental tunes as a seasonal journey.

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Christmas Traditions: 20 Family Christmas Favorites - Vocal and Instrumental Various Artists (Christian Family Press) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000L4HWRY

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This traditional Christmas CD contains 20 tracks: 1. Joy to the World; 2. The Holly and the Ivy; 3. Mary's Little Boy Child; 4. Away in a Manger/In the Bleak Midwinter; 5. Angels from the Realms of Glory; 6. The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy; 7. I Saw Three Ships; 8. O Come, O Come Emmanuel; 9. We Three Kings; 10. What Child Is This?; 11. O Come, All Ye Faithful; 12. Christmas Medley; 13. The First Noel; 14. Once in David's Royal City; 15. In the Bleak Midwinter; 16. Good King Wenceslas; 17. Silent Night; 18. Christmas Waltzes; 19. Ding Dong Merrily on High; & 20. We Wish You a Marry Christmas.Merry Christmas.

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Traditions of an Aberdeen Family Manufacturer: Ossian Publications/Scottish Archive ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000FTLI2K

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Catholic Traditions Manufacturer: Hanson Family Singers ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items: Treasured Hymns of the Church/ Catholic Traditional Catholic Hymns May Angels Welcome You/ Catholic Catholic Classics 1 Catholic Classics, Vol. 5 ASIN: B0000ZJ6EG Release Date: 1998-10-01

Tracks:

1. Jesus, Jesus come to me
2. Panis Angelicus
3. O Queen of the Holy Rosary
4. O Sacred Head Surrounded
5. Adoramus te Christe
6. To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King
7. Blessing of St. Francis
8. Soul of My Savior
9. Cantate Domino
10. Ave Maria
11. Were you there
12. O quam gloriosum
13. Holy God, We Praise Thy Name

Album Description

Music has always been an important part of our lives and we are thankful for the opportunity to produce this album of songs. We hope that thought these selections, we can express our appreciation for the rich heritage of the Catholic Church. We pray that all how listen will be blessed and the God will be glorified.

The Hansons

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Christmas Lights Manufacturer: Oakwood Chamber Playe ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA9XSS Release Date: 2002-01-01

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Traditions of a West Virginia Family & Friends The Hammons Family Manufacturer: Rounder Select ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Rounder Records | Specialty Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Edden Hammons Collection, Volume One Mountain Music Of Kentucky [2-CD Set] Forked Deer, Vol. 1 ASIN: B000005YVS Release Date: 1998-02-10

Tracks:

1. Old Sledge
2. Camp Chase
3. Three Forks Of Cheat
4. Sugar Groove Blues
5. Turkey In The Straw
6. The Route
7. Fine Times At Our House
8. The Yankee And Marcum
9. The Sandy Boys
10. Wilson's Clog
11. Sugar Babe (Version 1)
12. Singing Birds
13. Old Man, Can I Have Your Daughter
14. Shaking Down The Acorns/Hink Cogar's Deer Ride
15. Cranberry Rock
16. The Big Scioty
17. Greasy Coat
18. Jimmy Johnson
19. The Panther In The Sky
20. Muddy Roads
21. Bringing Back The Sheep
22. Sugar Babe (Version 2)

Tracks:

1. Young Henerly
2. Parson's Back
3. In Scotland Town
4. Little Omie
5. We're Marching Around The Leaves
6. Riddles
7. Merican Tittery-ary-a
8. Jay Legg
9. The Lonesome Pines
10. The Haunted Wagon
11. Hard Times In The Charleston Jail
12. Ireland's Green Shore
13. When This World Comes To An End
14. Johnny Booger
15. Walking In The Parlor
16. Rocky Mountain Goat
17. Who's Been Here Since I've Been Gone
18. Lost Indian

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Ancient & wonderful.......2002-01-29

This recording is one of the most valuable historical records of traditional life and music in the Appalachian that has ever been made. Recorded by Alan Jabbour for the Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, this two-cd set documents the music of the Hammons family, a large clan in the Allegheny Plateau of central West Virginia. Featured on the recording are Burl Hammons, Sherman Hammons, Maggie Hammons Parker, and Lee Hammons (who may or may not be kin to the other three).

The album is an embarassment of riches. There are over a dozen fiddle tunes, most of which are unique to West Virginia (e.g., "Old Sledge"), some of which are unique to the Hammons family (such as "Big Scioty"). Even those fiddle tunes which are common to the repertoire of other regions are given unique treatment (e.g., "Turkey in the Straw"). A number of tunings are used and all the tunes are played without accompaniment. The playing is impeccable - haunting and lonesome stuff. There are also about nine banjo tunes, including many standards in the old time repertoire of West Virginia banjo players, such as "Walking in the Parlor." Both the banjo and fiddle pieces are almost all from the 19th century or earlier and seem free from any commercial influence whatsoever, even though the family was recorded in the early 1970s. This is traditional music of the region in its rawest (and rarest) form.

Also featured is the singing of Maggie Hammons Parker, who adds about a dozen a cappella songs to the set. Maggie sings everything from old ballads (such as "Young Henerly") to camp meeting hymns (e.g., "When This World Comes to an End"). Her voice is pure and natural, without a hint of self-consciousness.

Those with historical interests will be enthralled by the tales told between musical selections, such as the origins of the song "Camp Chase," stories of ghosts and deer-riders, and riddles from years gone by. The story-telling style of the family is of almost as much interest as the music.

Included with the two cds is a 120-page (!) booklet which includes a history of the Hammons clan and their migrations throughout the region, many photographs of the performers and their musical ancestors (such as the renowned Edden Hammons) and very detailed liner notes to each track.

I would highly recommend this recording to fiddlers, banjo players and ballad singers, anyone with an interest in old time music, or anyone interested in the history and culture of the region. These cds are worth far more than the cost.

Ancient & wonderful.......2002-01-29

This recording is one of the most valuable historical records of traditional life and music in the Appalachian that has ever been made. Recorded by Alan Jabbour for the Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, this two-cd set documents the music of the Hammons family, a large clan in the Allegheny Plateau of central West Virginia. Featured on the recording are Burl Hammons, Sherman Hammons, Maggie Hammons Parker, and Lee Hammons (who may or may not be kin to the other three).

The album is an embarassment of riches. There are over a dozen fiddle tunes, most of which are unique to West Virginia (e.g., "Old Sledge"), some of which are unique to the Hammons family (such as "Big Scioty"). Even those fiddle tunes which are common to the repertoire of other regions are given unique treatment (e.g., "Turkey in the Straw"). A number of tunings are used and all the tunes are played without accompaniment. The playing is impeccable - haunting and lonesome stuff. There are also about nine banjo tunes, including many standards in the old time repertoire of West Virginia banjo players, such as "Walking in the Parlor." Both the banjo and fiddle pieces are almost all from the 19th century or earlier and seem free from any commercial influence whatsoever, even though the family was recorded in the early 1970s. This is traditional music of the region in its rawest (and rarest) form.

Also featured is the singing of Maggie Hammons Parker, who adds about a dozen a cappella songs to the set. Maggie sings everything from old ballads (such as "Young Henerly") to camp meeting hymns (e.g., "When This World Comes to an End"). Her voice is pure and natural, without a hint of self-consciousness.

Those with historical interests will be enthralled by the tales told between musical selections, such as the origins of the song "Camp Chase," stories of ghosts and deer-riders, and riddles from years gone by. The story-telling style of the family is of almost as much interest as the music.

I would highly recommend this recording to fiddlers, banjo players and ballad singers, anyone with an interest in old time music, or anyone interested in the history and culture of the region. These cds are worth far more than the cost.

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Traditions of a West Virginia Family & Friends Manufacturer: Rounder ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Rounder Records | Specialty Stores | Music ASIN: B0000002UF Release Date: 1998-02-10

Tracks:

1. Old Sledge
2. Camp Chase
3. Three Forks Of Cheat
4. Sugar Groove Blues
5. Turkey In The Straw
6. The Route
7. Fine Times At Our House
8. The Yankee And Marcum
9. The Sandy Boys
10. Wilson's Clog
11. Sugar Babe (Version 1)
12. Singing Birds
13. Old Man, Can I Have Your Daughter
14. Shaking Down The Acorns/Hink Cogar's Deer Ride
15. Cranberry Rock
16. The Big Scioty
17. Greasy Coat
18. Jimmy Johnson
19. The Panther In The Sky
20. Muddy Roads
21. Bringing Back The Sheep
22. Sugar Babe (Version 2)

Tracks:

1. Young Henerly
2. Parson's Back
3. In Scotland Town
4. Little Omie
5. We're Marching Around The Leaves
6. Riddles
7. Merican Tittery-ary-a
8. Jay Legg
9. The Lonesome Pines
10. The Haunted Wagon
11. Hard Times In The Charleston Jail
12. Ireland's Green Shore
13. When This World Comes To An End
14. Johnny Booger
15. Walking In The Parlor
16. Rocky Mountain Goat
17. Who's Been Here Since I've Been Gone
18. Lost Indian

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Crown Pleasers Lewis Family Manufacturer: Music Mill/Traditions Alive ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000RRUS5S Release Date: 2007-05-15

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Live in Georgia Lewis Family Manufacturer: Music Mill/Traditions Alive ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000RRUS62 Release Date: 2007-05-15

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