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Born in the high elevation of Denver, Fox Lake brings an elevated and energetic sound to the heavy music scene. The band started in 2017 as four friends jamming in their basement looking to branch... more

"Bringin' Country Back" is more than a catchphrase for Zane Williams. It is a rallying cry for a return to authenticity and substance in mainstream country music, and a fitting title for Zane... more

After researching, learning, and polishing songs found on early recordings of country music, multi-instrumentalist Mike Seeger laid down these rousing tracks in 1962 at his home in New Jersey. His... more

Recorded during the height of anti-war protests in America, this 14-track collection focuses on the issues of civil rights and the Vietnam War. Contributing songs and performances are Frederick... more

Narrated by Langston Hughes, The Story of Jazz is a concise history of jazz beginning with Drums of the Yoruba, from Nigeria, and continuing to the post-WWII era of be-bop with Dizzy Gillespie's... more

It takes 2 CDs and 2 LPs to cover the career of these Kansas City rockers, who debuted in '79. These cuts cover it all: their '80s hits "You've Got What I Need," "Hollywood" and "Touch Me Tonight"... more

Classic Swedish black/death metal.

Musicians who recorded with Miles Davis during his early explorations into electric instrumentation inevitably went on to form bands of their own, but few were as adept or as influential as the... more

Superstar violinist Anne Akiko Meyers is one of today's most in-demand classical performers. A Billboard top selling classical instrumentalist of the year, she is beloved by audiences around the... more

Visions of the Old West and the new sound of the Tijuana Brass met on this fine LP, which cracked the Top 30 in November of '69. Alpert's swingin' spin on "Moon River" joins "I'm an Old Cowhand,"... more

This veteran of the Texas honky tonks started charting in '75, then broke through to the big time in 1980 with his smash "Lookin' for Love." He went on to notch 31 country hits, but this new release... more

Mike, Peggy, Barbara, and Penny Seeger join forces on this album of folk songs, which includes ballads, lullabies, and ring games. Particularly interesting is the accompanying essay by musicologist... more

In the mid-1940s, Elizabeth Cotten (1895-1987) chanced to meet composer Ruth Crawford Seeger at a department store. They began to talk, and Seeger soon hired Cotten to work in the Seeger household.... more

Although he made many recordings in the 1950s and 1960s, this collection presents Doc Evans' first tracks for Folkways' forerunner, Disc Records, in 1947. The musicians' spirited ensemble playing... more

This Folkways LP came out in '61, but the tracks take you from John's first year of recording ('29) through his '30s prime. The Memphis blues icon is backed by the unmistakable mandolin playing of... more

Country Bluegrass from Southwest Virginia is the first in a series of albums recorded by the Virginia Mountain Boys. Even as many commercial bluegrass bands in the 1970s were being influenced by... more

There is no single kind of music that led to the creation of Jazz. Instead, the genre evolved, and continues to evolve, from diverse musical avenues. Following the popularity of swing music in the... more

Collected in the mountain country of southwestern Virginia by Eric H. Davidson, Paul Newman, and Caleb E. Finch, this recording focuses specifically on the string band music of Grayson and Carroll... more

Cisco Houston's smooth, spirited voice croons songs from the railways, mines, and the open range on this collection of his favorite ballads. In the tradition of composing songs to tell stories,... more

Their 1958 eponymous LP includes Dallas Rag; East Virginia; Take a Drink on Me; Brown's Ferry Blues; Roving Gambler; Davy, Davy; Tom Cat Blues; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down, and more great old songs... more