The Edge of Americana/Time Again Radio presents:
All the weird modal tunes and ghastly ballads you can muster. Plus a lot of gospel which, when framed in a certain way, is the most morbid of all.
Enjoy
JB
The Del McCoury Band, “It's Just the Night”
from Celebrating 50 Years Of Del McCoury
McCoury Music/RED - 2009
The Two Poor Boys, “Two White Horses in a Line”
from Rough Guide to the Best Country Blues You've Never Heard
World Music Network - 2006
Frank Proffitt, “Hangman”
from Nothing Seems Better To Me: The Warner Collection, Vol. 2
Appleseed - 2007
Cas Wallin, “Conversation with Death”
from Old Love Songs & Ballads from the Big Laurel, North Carolina
Folkways Records - 1964
Luther Strong, “Hog Went Through The Fence, Yoke and All”
from Library Of Congress Kentucky Recordings 1937
Library of Congress - 1937
Alice Gerrard, Gail Gillespie, & Sharon Sandomirsky, “Wild Hog in The Woods”
5-String Productions - 2007
Pete Steele, “House Carpenter”
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Folkways Records - 1958
The Nashville Bluegrass Band, “The Ghost of Eli Renfro”
from The Boys Are Back in Town
Sugar Hill Records - 1993
Harvey Sampson & The Big Possum Stringband, “Abe's Retreat”
Augusta Heritage - 1986
Tom Dickson, “Death Bell Blues”
from Rough Guide to the Best Country Blues You've Never Heard
World Music Network - 2006
Estil Ball, “Pretty Polly”
Rounder - 1975
Cyril Smith with Rudy Vallee's Connecticut Yankees, “With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm (Ghost of Anne Boleyn)”
from Bluebird B-7078
Bluebird - 1937
Larry Sigmon & Barbara Poole, “These Bones Gonna Rise Again”
from Unique Sound of the Mountains #10 These Bones Gonna Rise Again
self-released
John Starling, “Bringing Mary Home”
from Epilogue: A Tribute to John Duffey
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - 2018
Ashley & Foster, “Frankie Silvers”
from People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938
Dust To Digital - 2007
Kansas City Bear Fighters, “They Won't Stay Dead”
from Apocalypse Party
Kansas City Bear Fighters - 2009
Dock Boggs, “Little Black Train”
from Dock Boggs: Vol. Two
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Folkways Records - 1965
Roscoe Holcomb, “Willow Garden”
from An Untamed Sense of Control
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - 2003
joshbearman The Edge of Americana/Time Again Radio October 30th, 2018
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