The Edge Of AmericanaThe Richmond Sacred Harp Singers in the Live Room Tonight on the The Edge of Americana!

For our Holiday Show this year we have the usual assortment of old time and bluegrass Christmas  music,  plus tunes for the Solstice, wassails and a few Klezmer tunes.  But what is extra special is 15 members of the Richmond Sacred Harp Singers (here's their website: http://members.cox.net/rshs1/ ) packed in to WRIR's live room for some early 19th century shape note hymns.  This is going to be great so give it a real listen!  Otto and Josh

PODCAST AVAILABLE HERE

A few more pictures:

Leading from the center of the square

A confluence of tradition

Shape Notes

Artist / Name / Album / Comments

Sacred Harp Singers / Sherburne / Songs of Christmas / Rounder
Murphy Gribble / Christmas Eve / Black Appalachia / Folkways
Joseph Spence / Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town / Living on the Hallelujah Side / Rounder

Nowell Sing We Clear / Apple Tree Wassail/The Derby Ram / The Best of Nowell Sing We Clear, 1975-1986 / Golden Hind
Bill Monroe / Christmas Time's A-Coming / Bluegrass, 1950-1958 / Bear

Di Naye Kapelye / Oyvey Rebbenyu / A Mazeldiker Yid / Hatikvah Music
Di Naye Kapelye / 999 – Yom ha-Shabbes / A Mazeldiker Yid / Hatikvah Music
Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers / Christ Was Born On Christmas Morn / Where Will You Be Christmas Day? / Dust to Digital
Wilson Douglas / Old Christmas Morning / The Right Hand Fork of Rush's Creek / Rounder
Lead Belly / Christmas Is A-Coming / Where Will You Be Christmas Day? / Dust to Digital

George Davis / Jesus Appeared in a Barroom / When Kentucky Had No Union Men / Folkways
Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver / The First Noel/It Came Upon A Midnight Clear/Joy To The World / Christmas Time's A-Comin' – The Essential Bluegrass Christmas Collection / Time Life
Stephen B. Tucker / 35-Christmas time in the morning / Great Big Yam Potatoes / Mississippi Dept of Archives and History
Jolly Joe's Jug Band / Cider Time Rag / Fonotone Records, Frederick, Maryland / Dust to Digital
Nowell Sing We Clear / While Shepherds Watched / The Best of Nowell Sing We Clear, 1975-1986 / Golden Hind

Fiddlin' John Carson / Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over / (Volume 5)-(1927-29) / Document
Lord Beginner / Christmas Morning The Rum Had Me Yawning / Where Will You Be Christmas Day? / Dust to Digital
Laura Henton / I Can Tell The World About This / How Can I Keep From Singing, Volume 1 / Yazoo
Esker Hutchins / Breaking Up Christmas / Esker Hutchins – Fiddle & Banjo / Field Recorders Collective

Nowell Sing We Clear / Rise Up Jock / The Best of Nowell Sing We Clear, 1975-1986 / Golden Hind