The Edge of Americana presents:
Songs for My Mama (and yours!)
Happy Birthday to Barbara Jane Martin Bearman!
Songs of mamas and mothers and moms, and also a quick tribute to Tony Barrand, who helped to establish a community of English folk musicians in Canada and the USA.
Enjoy!
JB
Show Archive
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Alex Campbell, Olabelle & The New River Boys, “Mother Left Me Her Bible”
from Old Time Gospel Singing with String Band
Esgee - 1965
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Anna & Elizabeth, “Mother In The Graveyard”
from The Invisible Comes to Us
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - 2018
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Carl Story & The Rambling Mountaineers, “Always Be Kind to Mother”
from The Bluegrass Gospel Collection
CMH Records - 2004
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Mississippi Fred McDowell, “Drop Down Mama (Remastered)”
from Fred McDowell: The Alan Lomax Recordings
Global Jukebox - 2011
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Dock Boggs, “Mistreated Mama Blues”
from Dock Boggs
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Folkways Records - 2004
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Wade Mainer's Mountaineers, “Mother Came To Get Her Boy From Jail”
from 1937-02-16 Charlotte NC Bluebird Session
self-released - 1937
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Papa Charlie Jackson, “Mama Don't Allow It (And She Ain't Gonna Have It Here)”
from Why Do You Moan When You Can Shake That Thing
JSP Records - 2014
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The Fox Hunt, “Grandmammy Take a Look At Uncle Sam”
from America's Working So We Don't Have To
Skull City Records - 2008
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Jerron Paxton, “Motherless Child Blues”
from Recorded Music for Your Entertainment
Blind Boy Records - 2015
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Roscoe Holcomb, “Motherless Children”
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - 1998
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Cousin Emmy And Her Kinfolks, “Mother's Grave”
from Cousin Emmy And Her Kinfolks 1939-1947
Bear Family - 2007
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Frank Proffitt, “Shake Hands With Mother Again”
from Frank Proffitt Memorial Album
Folk-Legacy Records - 2005
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The True Brothers, “That Banjo Picking Mama of Mine”
from Hymns and Other Songs We Wrote Ourselves
Thunderbolt Records / True Broth - 2003
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Almeda Riddle, “Mama Buy Me A Chiney Doll”
from Sounds of the South Vol 4: American Folk Songs for Children
Atlantic - 1961
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe, “Sleep On Darling Mother”
from Sister Rosetta Tharpe Vol. 2 1942-1944
Document Records - 1995
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Big Joe Williams, “Momma Don't Allow Me to Fool Around All Night Long”
from Mississippi's Big Joe Williams and His Nine-String Guitar
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - 1995
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Nowell Sing We Clear, “The Cherry Tree Carol”
from The Best of Nowell Sing We Clear, 1975-1986
Golden Hind Music - 1989
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Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers, “Little Rabbit / Rabbit Where's Your Mammy”
from Kentucky Mountain Music (Classic Recordings of the 1920s & 1930s)
Yazoo Records - 2003
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joshbearman The Edge of Americana February 7th, 2022
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