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Resentment and despair leavened with wit and humor…isn't that the blues? It is here as you encounter 103 tracks that vent even as they entertain with dazzling musicianship: "Last Fair Deal Gone Down"... more

This precious link to a lost rural past takes us from Georgia and Alabama up to Indiana and New York, where all-day singing conventions were as much a social gathering as a musical event. Hauntingly... more

The Father of Country Music had many sons—that is, singers who studied him well and filled the gap when he was gone. Here are 100 of the country/bluegrass sides for which Jimmie blazed the trail:... more