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Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium
Aa.vv.
Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium
Aa.vv.
Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium - 2xCD - In the span of just 40 songs, Birthright offers an expansive overview of American Black roots music - from old-time banjo and traditional jazz to Mississippi hill country blues - demonstrating the pervasive influence of these styles on popular culture from country to hip hop. This rollicking ride through the joyful landscape of African American musical invention includes essays from musician/scholars Dom Flemons and Corey Harris, as well as an essay and track notes by co-producer Ted Olson.
Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 2 |
Released | February 17, 2023 |
EAN/UPC | 0888072424869 |
Label | CONCORD 7242486 |
Genre | Folk |
Dimensions | 130 × 137 × 14 mm · 216 g |
Track list
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1. CD
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Bourbon Street Parade
- Corey Harris - Station Blues
- Mississippi Fred Mcdowell - Highway 61
- Carolina Chocolate Drops, Joe Thompson - Georgie Buck
- Ranky Tanky - Ranky Tanky
- Etta Baker - One-dime Blues
- Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin, Canray Fontenot - Eunice Two-ste
- Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins - Automobile Blues
- Benny Richardson - Grizzly Bear
- The Staple Singers - Motherless Children
- Sonny Terry, Brownie Mcghee - Blues Before Sunrise
- Dink Roberts - Fox Chase
- Martin, Bogan & the Armstrongs - Sweet Georgia Brown
- The Golden Eagles, Monk Boudreaux - Little Liza Jane
- Clifton Chenier and His Band - Ay-tete Fee
- Skip James - Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
- George Lewis' Ragtime Band - Weary Blues
- Bessie Jones - Yonder Come Day
- Joseph Spence - We Will Understand It Better by and by
- Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Best of All
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2. CD
- Cedric Burnside - Step in
- Amythyst Kiah - Pretty Polly
- Lonnie Johnson, Elmer Snowden - St. Louis Blues
- Leyla Mccalla - Money is King
- Dom Flemons - Polly Put the Kettle on
- Taj Mahal, Keb' Mo' - Diving Duck Blues
- Boozoo Chavis - Crying Blues
- Campbell Brothers - Morning Train
- John Lee Hooker - when I Lay My Burden Down
- Lesley Riddle - Titanic
- Professor Longhair - Go to the Mardi Gras
- Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man
- Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues
- Odetta - Spoken Introduction: Special Delivery Blues
- John Jackson - Step It Up and Go
- Tuts Washington - Arkansas Blues
- Rev. Gary Davis - Lo, I Be with You Always
- Inmate Named Peter - Ups on the Farm
- Cephas & Wiggins - John Henry
- Sweet Honey in the Rock - Study War No More
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