Anthology of American Folk Songs

Barbara Dane

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 14, 1997)
• Original Release Date: October 14, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tradition Records
• ASIN: B0000058RP
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #425,830 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. When I Was a Young Girl

2. Little Maggie

3. Nine Hundred Miles

4. Turkey Reveille

5. Who's Gonna' Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot

6. Ramblin'

7. Girl of Constant Sorrow

8. Gypsy Davy

9. Single Girl

10. I Know Where I'm Going

11. Danville Girl

12. Stung Right

13. Greensleeves

14. Lee Too Dum

15. Don't Sing Love Songs

Editorial Reviews

From the Label

Music critic Leonard Feather oncedescribed Barbara Dane as "Bessie Smith instereo." Her strong voice and ability to makea traditional folk or blues song her own madeher an invaluable influence on musicians asvaried as Janis Joplin and Tracy Chapman.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great then, even greater now, August 18, 2002

By	S. McAulay (Oakland, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

this "anthology" of mostly traditional folk music is a marvelous trip back for those of us who sang along in the coffee houses and open air festivals of the 60's and early 70's. it ought to be just as enjoyable for listeners today -- they're wonderful songs, and barbara's a wonderful talent. happily, i can tell the earlier reviewer who wondered "what's become of barbara?" that's she's singing up a storm again, in better voice than ever, just back from a successful european tour and with a new cd just out: "what are you gonna do when there ain't no jazz?" ...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible blueys take on traditional folk, October 31, 2001

By	Lisa Ann Paul "FriscoBookworm" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Just discovered Barbara Dane through Intnernet Radio, Live365, and what a discovery! She has a smokey bluesy voice that defies discription. Her unique interpretation gives these traditional folk songs -- that you've no doubt heard a million times -- a new and timeless meaning.

I wish she had ten albums in circulation, so I could buy them all and put them in my CD changer in endless rotation.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Barbara Dane on Don Ewell CD, March 28, 2005

By	Thomas J. Byers "Tom Byers" (Omaha NE) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Those Barbara Dane fans looking for more by her should look up a CD titled "Denver Concert" under Don Ewell. Ewell is a great pianist and this concert is just the two of them together. Dane sings on about half of the songs, with the others being piano solos by Ewell. This was my first exposure to her, being a Ewell fan, and I was blown away by her voice. She's good on the Folk Songs CD, but I think her voice is better on the Denver Concert CD.