Featured Links:
Podarama - Down Home's podcasting home on the internet! Robinhood Radio - "Log In, Tune In, Turn On." Down Home Radio's home on internet radio. We broadcast on their streaming schedule at 6pm on Saturday, replayed on Sunday @ 6pm and Wednesday @ 7pm. Check it out. Henrietta Yurchenco - Website of ethnomusicologist, author, and Down Home Radio co-host. Eli Smith - Music website for Down Home Radio co-host.
Music Links: Adelphi Records -Check out this link to Adelphi's archival film footage of some of the greatest blues musicians. Akonting - African Banjo Predecessor - Website for a main African predecessor to the American banjo. The Alan Lomax Collection / The Association For Cultural Equity - " The world of manifold civilizations animated by the vision of cultural equity" Also be sure to check out "Root Hog or Die" radio program hosted by Nathan Salsburg of the Alan Lomax Archive. Not to direct you to the competition, but this show really is worth checking out. PLUS check out Nathan's blog, he has a great, awesome, comprehenive list of free folk and world music Mp3 sites on the internet. American Folklife Center at The Library of Congress - Check out this link to their new *online* collections. Not that you shouldn't still make the trip to D.C., but this is great. Also be sure to check out their **Global Sound** project, where you can download everything! - Including all the original liner notes which is huge, and you can hear samples of every track before you buy it. Appalshop - A multi-disciplinary arts and education center in the
heart of Appalachia producing original films, video, theater, music and spoken-word Arhoolie Records - Excellent California based record company featuring Blues, Cajun/Zydeco, Mexican /Tejano, Old-Time/Country/Bluegrass, Jazz and World Music. Aunt Molly Jackson - In a sense, she started it all. Banjo Ben Links - New York and Tri-State Area Bluegrass/Old Time Music Scene (NY, NJ, CT) A Black Waxx Nation - Defy Containment. Destroy the Illusion. Crush the Machine. More than a label, A MOVEMENT. David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Fantastic Mississippi Delta blues musician. David Rovics - "Songs of Social Significance." Excellent political/topical song writer and singer. Definitive Jux - Premiere underground hip-hop label featuring such artists as EL-P, Mr. Lif, Aesop Rock, Cage, and others. Document Records - "If you`re looking for rare, classic, vintage Blues, Jazz, Boogie-woogie, Gospel and Country music then you have come to the right place." Dust to Digital - Great re-issue label out of Atlanta, GA. Really putting excellent stuff out there. Elijah Wald - Website for author, musician and hitch hiker. - A Down Home favorite. Embedded Music - DJ ESE, great underground hip-hop producer. Eli and Dave have both played on his tracks. The Field Recorders' Collective - A three year old organization dedicated to the release of materials (music and photographs) from private collections. The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. Folk Streams - Folk movies, free to watch on the internet. Really great stuff. Definitely check this out. Ginny & Tracy - Website for Ginny Hawker and Tracy Schwarz (1/3 of New Lost CIty Ramblers). Hank Bradley & Cathie Whitesides Henrietta Yurchenco - Website of ethnomusicologist, author, and Down Home Radio co-host. Home Spun Video -Excellent instructional videos from a number of excellent musicians on lots of different instruments. Great way to learn different styles. Joe Hickerson - "Vintage, Pre-Plugged, Paleo-Acoustic Folksinger." John Cohen - Multi-instrumentalist playing old-time music. 1/3 of New Lost City Ramblers. Check out his excellent photographs and films. Juneberry 78's - An awesome collection of early American roots music, available to listen to right on your computer, for free. Mat Callahan - Mat's book, "The Trouble with Music" is the best book on the subject of our criminally misguided music/entertainment industry, the assault by the private sector on "the commons" - the public spaces that we all share. This book will put into words the stuff you've been thinking about. Mike Seeger - Multi-instrumentalist playing old-time music. 1/3 of New Lost City Ramblers. Check out the excellent resources on his website, including his "What is Old Time Music" and "links" sections. Mississippi John Hurt Foundation - "Working to expose disadvantaged urban and rural children to folk/blues music by providing educational opportunities and on-hand experience, nurture any aspiring musicians in the field of folk/blues by providing performance opportunities and scholarship assistance, promote an appreciation of African American culture as it relates to the foundation of music by providing students with an in-depth study." Moe Asch - A good interview with Folkways Records founder Moe Asch. New Lost City Ramblers Discography - A good list of their recordings and also a link to a good article on the group that appeared in the magazine "Old Time Herald." Old Hat Records - Great North Carolina based 78 rpm record re-issue company. Old-Time Herald - A magazine dedicated to Old-Time music Smithsonian/Folkways Records - Needs no introduction. So many great records. Southern Folklife Collection at UNC - Check out their "online collections," they're listed right there when you go to the link. Dig in a little bit and you will find great stuff. To Hear Your Banjo Play - A film made by Alan Lomax back in the 40's featuring the only footage of Woody Guthrie in his prime, playing with Brownie and Sonny, and a very young Pete Seeger explaining about banjo playing, etc. Check this out for sure. Yazoo Records - Excellent re-issue record company. Check out their "Before the Blues" and "Secret Museum of Mankind" series as well as their other great stuff. What Is Art? - This is an essay on aesthetics that Leo Tolstoy did back in the 1890's. Its great. I actually woudn't go as far as he does, but its still great. This links to an article summarizing it, but click here for a link to excerbs from the actual piece. - And one final thing: Be sure to search for "Leadbelly" on Youtube.
Other Radio Shows the competition, but in a good way : Bluegrass Country - 24/7 of bluegrass radio, streaming on the internet. This site includes the "Dick Spottswood Show," which airs Saturdays at midnight and Thursdays at 10 am, EST. Check it out. Ephraim McDowell's Podcast- Loretta Lynn CDs in oud shops, Sanaa, Yemen. Grandpa Jones & Red Solvine on department store shelves, Koror, Palau. Johnny Cash on Trenchtown sound systems. Country & Eastern sounds give way for the Xillbilli Mau-Mao Nº1 Sound System. Hober - Internet radio, streaming "Unvarnished Music." Podarama - Down Home's podcasting home on the internet! Robinhood Radio - "Log In, Tune In, Turn On." Down Home Radio's home on internet radio. We broadcast on their streaming schedule at 6pm on Saturday, replayed on Sunday @ 6pm and Wednesday @ 7pm. Check it out Check out the "Root Hog or Die" radio program hosted by Nathan Salsburg of the Alan Lomax Archive. Not to direct you to the competition, but this show really is worth checking out. PLUS check out Nathan's blog, he has a great, awesome, comprehenive list of free folk and world music Mp3 sites on the internet. Sugar In The Gourd - Straight up 24hrs-a-day old-time music radio, streaming on the internet. WFMU - Archives of another great radio show, "The Secret Museum of the Air" hosted by Pat Conte. Great stuff. There's a lot of great stuff in these WFMU archives. But don't stop listening to DHR!
Politics Links: Center for Constitutional Rights Citizen Soldier - An organization dedicated to supporting the constitutional rights of American citizens serving in the military including their right to dissent and oppose war. Democracy Now - "The Real News." You can watch it online. Industrial Workers of the World - One Big Union. Law and Disorder Radio - Check out Eli's Dad's political talk show. Learn about legal issues with a Left perspective. Its a great program aired every monday @ 10am in NYC on WBAI. You can hear it any time at this link on the internet. Peter Werbe's Radio Show: Nightcall - Leftist political talk radio out of Detroit. Smart Meme- Change agents who work with grassroots movements to change the stories that shape the dominant culture. Socialist Action -Political party based in San Francisco, CA with branches and members in MN, NY, IL, CO, NE, WI, UT, MI, OR, MO, NC and CT. They Rule - One interlocking directorate!
Other Links: Archive.org -Check out Thomas Edison's films from the 1890's and lectures by Harry Smith on here. Lots of other stuff too. Bob Levis - Just ran for Congress on the Green Party ticket in Wisconsin. Made a great movie called "Gold" back in the 60's, check it out, its got both Jack Elliott and Del Close in it. Fox Fire - A self sufficiency, practical living skills, traditional lore, arts and crafts book series and community centered learning organization. Fractured Atlas - A national non-profit artist service organization providing a comprehensive range of support services... Free Byte Music Zone - Free music related software. ISO Hunt - Bit Torrent search engine. p2p file sharing, very good. Karen Gunderson -Incredible artist, she has expanded the color of black.(Dave's mom) Off-Center Media - Off Center produces low-cost videos for non-profit organizations and law firms for use as part of comprehensive advocacy efforts and education campaigns. StoryCorps - A huge oral history project going on here in the USA. Get involved! Vorbis - Great website for free open-source software. Free open-source software is an important movement in contemporary technological, computer dependent mass society. You Tube - "Broadcast Yourself."
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