  
The Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook provides such a service with this topnotch overview of songs that have thrived in the centuries-old oral traditions of American folk cultures. All your song styles are represented: ballads and narratives, lyricals, blues, work songs, sacred songs, protest songs and even some folkified Tin Pan Alley compositions. This CD also proves that something good can be good for you as well. Yes, it is a valuable learning tool for anyone interested in traditional songs, but it’s also a bang up good listen.
Tracks: * 1. Shady Grove (Colby Maddox) * 2. Take This Hammer (Jon Langford) * 3. I Know You Rider (Linda Smith) * 4. Browns Ferry Blues (Robbie Fulks) * 5. Trouble In Mind (Alice Peacock) * 6. Aragon Mill (Rita Ruby) * 7. Worried Man Blues (Chris Walz) * 8. Salty Dog (Rick Sherry) * 9. Cripple Creek (Steve Rosen) * 10. Deep River Blues (Janet Bean) * 11. Amazing Grace (Rob Anderlik & Erin Flynn) * 12. St. James Infirmary (Pete Special) * 13. Don't This Road (Andrea Bunch & Aerin Tedesco) * 14. Down In The Valley (Bill Brickey) * 15. Old Dog Tray (Kathy Cowan) * 16. Drunken Sailor (Dan Zanes & His Band) * 17. Erie Canal (Ted & Marcia Johnson) * 18. Wabash Cannonball (Danny Barnes) * 19. Just A Closer Walk With Thee (Elaine Moore) * 20. Wayfaring Stranger (John Stirratt) * 21. Freight Train (Mark Dvorak) * 22. Midnight Special (Steve Levitt) * 23. Goodnight Irene (Weavermania)
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