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Country / Folk / Americana
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Country / Folk / Americana is a genre connected to a wider network of artists, recordings and musical traditions.
The clearest way to understand Country / Folk / Americana is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers and Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys.
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1930s · Country / Folk / Americana
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordings1930s starting recordings
01Took My Gal A‐Walkin’1931 · Country · countryOpen in new tab 02Jimmie’s Texas Blues1930 · Country · countryOpen in new tab 03Worried Man Blues1930 · Country · countryOpen in new tab 04The Cyclone of Rye Cove1930 · Country · bluegrassOpen in new tab 05For the Sake of Days Gone By1932 · Country · countryOpen in new tab 06I’m Working on a Building1934 · Country · bluegrassOpen in new tab 07Darling Daisies1934 · Country · countryOpen in new tab 08There’ll Be Joy, Joy, Joy1934 · Country · bluegrassOpen in new tab 09It’ll Aggravate Your Soul1934 · Country · countryOpen in new tab 10Glory to the Lamb1935 · Country · countryOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
1930s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1930s albums
Album·1935
In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain
Album·1934
Longing for Old Virginia: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1934)
Album·1931
Husband and Wife Were Angry One Night
Album·1930
My Clinch Mountain Home: Their Complete Victor Recordings, 1928-1929
Album·1930
Smoky Mountain Ballads
Album·1930
Country, Volume 1: Nashville – Dallas – Hollywood 1927–1942
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