2004-03-02
Thousands of ancient melodies and simple lyrics passed over the ocean and found the fertile southern Appalachians. Country dances, long nights sittin around with family and friends and that good old homebrew.Dirk Powell and his wife Christine Balfa play many of the old cajun tunes in their band Balfa Toujour, buth the tunes here are specific to the label "old time". Anyone familiar with The Wheatland Music Festival has heard this sound ringing through the woods there.
Dirk's fiddle recently graced the Cold Mountain original soundtrack and author Charles Frazier provides the liner notes for this release.
LAURA LOVE & ORVILLE JOHNSON
The Sweeter the Juice
Jetty Rae
Blackberries
BRADFORD LEE FOLK & THE BLUEGRASS PLAYBOYS
Somewhere Far Away
AUDREY AULD MEZERA
LOST MEN AND ANGRY GIRLS
Old Blind Dogs
Four on the Floor
THE WOOD BROTHERS
Ways Not to Lose
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