Folksongs of Illinois.

Format Audio (CD)
Publication InfoChicago, IL : Illinois Humanities Council, ℗2007.
Description1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorThieme, Art performer.
Other author/creatorSpaulding, Henry, performer.
Other author/creatorLangford, Jon, 1957- performer.
Other author/creatorHogan, Kelly, performer.
Other author/creatorNeary, Eleanor Kane, performer.
Other author/creatorBean, Janet Beveridge, performer.
Other author/creatorHale, Orval, 1910-1933, performer.
Other author/creatorEvans, Mervin, performer.
Other author/creatorWilliams, Ken (Musician), performer.
Other author/creatorDietz, Arlin, performer.
Other author/creatorSandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 performer.
Other author/creatorBigg, James performer.
Other author/creatorHalker, Bucky, performer.
Other author/creatorRamos, Silvano performer.
Other author/creatorRamirez, Daniel, 1958- performer.
Other author/creatorBlue Grass Roy, performer.
Other author/creatorSpecial Consensus (Musical group) performer.
Other author/creatorPolish Mountaineers (Musical group), performer.
Other author/creatorHerr Louie and Weaselis, performer.
Other author/creatorHungry Five (Musical group), performer.
Other author/creatorTamburitza Orchestra Javor, performer.
Other author/creatorSt. John Missionary Baptist Church (Decatur, Ill.). Choir, performer.
Other author/creatorPrairie du Rocher Singers, performer.
Other author/creatorGirls of the Golden West (Musical group) performer.
Other author/creatorStaples Singers, performer.
Variant title Folk songs of Illinois. #1
Contents Nine pound hammer (The Special Consensus) -- Down by the Embarras (Art Thieme) -- Cairo blues (Henry Spaulding) -- Dziura polka (Polish Mountaineers) -- Mississippi flood (Jon Langford & Kelly Hogan) -- Morning dew ; Travelers ; Shark's favorite reels (Eleanor Kane Neary) -- The hanging of Charlie Birger (Janet Bean) -- Hop big-eyed rabbit (Orval Hale) -- Down by the pickle works, part 1 (Herr Louis & Weaselis with the Hungry Five) -- Too late (Mervin "Skeet" Evans, Ken Williams, Arlin Dietz) -- Prijedorska carsija (Tamburitza Orchestra Javor) -- Jay Gould's daughter (Carl Sandburg) -- I love the Lord (Deacon James Bigg & St. John Missionary Baptist Church Choir) -- The dying miner (Bucky Halker) -- El corrido de Texas (Silvano Ramos & Daniel Ramirez) -- La gui-annee (The Prairie du Rocher Singers) -- Lonely cowgirl (The Girls of the Golden West) -- I'm coming home (Staples Singers) -- Wizard oil (Blue Grass Roy).
Abstract Contains a selection of songs and music about and from Illinois, including country ballads, Polish polkas, Irish reels, Mexican-American corridos, labor anthems, Scandinavian waltzes, African-American gospel hymns, Serbo-Croatian kolos, bluegrass songs and ethnic comedy skits.
General notePopular and folk music.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteLiner notes written by Bucky Halker and Nicole Saylor ([22] p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded 1928-2006.
Publisher numberIHC07-01 Illinois Humanities Council

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