Philadelphia Folk Festival - 40th Anniversary [BOX SET] [ENHANCED] [LIVE]

Various Artists (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 2, 2001)
• Original Release Date: September 25, 2001
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set, Enhanced, Live
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Sliced Bread Records
• ASIN: B00005OAJD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #177,778 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Scots Piping - Bruce Martin

2. Walk A While - Fairport Convention

3. Green, Green Rocky Road - Dave Van Ronk

4. If I Had My Way - Rev. Gary Davis

5. Open Up Them Pearly Gates - Doc & Merle Watson

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. These Are The Days - Michael Cooney

2. Hoedown - Mad Pudding

3. No Love Today - Chris Smither

4. Watchin' The River Go By - John Hartford

5. Sensitive New Age Guys - Christine Lavin

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Going Up - Great Big Sea

2. My Father's House - Eric Bibb

3. Tanglewood Tree - Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer

4. My Heart in Rio - Oscar Lopez

5. Old Dominion - Eddie From Ohio

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Beg To Differ - Patty Larkin

2. Ring-Around-A-Rosie Rag - Arlo Guthrie

3. Darcy Farrow - Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen

4. I Ain't Marchin anymore - Phil Ochs

5. Devil's Dream/Sailor's Hornpipe - Bill Keith & Jim Rooney

See all 9 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Naturally, this remarkable four-disc set celebrates 40 years of the Philadelphia Folk Festival, but it also serves as a compelling and diverse history of modern folk music itself. The performances included here run the whole gamut of the genre: from early-1960s recordings by authentic purveyors of traditional blues and country such as Rev. Gary Davis, Mississippi John Hurt, and Doc Watson, to urban revivalists like Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Pete Seeger, to protest folkies such as Phil Ochs, to confessional singer-songwriters, folk-rockers, pristine-voiced divas, bluegrass pickers, Celtic, Eastern European, and Latino preservationists, and everything in between. Among the many highlights of this 58-track set are a solo blues by young Bonnie Raitt from 1970, Odetta's passionate 1977 reading of her self-penned "Hit or Miss," the Ricky Skaggs band tearing through a fiery instrumental in 1996, Richard Thompson's emotional 1996 solo performance of "Bee's Wing," Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen harmonizing exquisitely in 1996, and a stunning 1962 banjo display from Bill Keith. Younger artists like bluegrassers Nickel Creek, biting songwriter Mary Gauthier, and rousing Eastern European dance band Harmonia seem ready to carry the torch. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous, September 16, 2005

By	Sheila Bloom "Norma" (Alexandria, VA United States) - See all my reviews

I love this album because it brought back memories of my attending the Festival. It's a great way to discover a lot of new (and old) people such as John Prine, Mollie O'Brien, Richard Thompson, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and so many others. I realize that space was at a premium but I'm sorry Judy Roderick (who was a wonderful blues singer and very big in Philly) and the Greenbriar boys were left out. John Prine's Hello, in There and Richard Thompson's Beeswing are wonderful. In fact, the latter version is more haunting (if it's possible) than the recorded version and the song never fails to make me cry. Thompson is brilliant.

Even if you've never attended the Festival, it is worth getting for the joyous music on it.