

From "the Rebel Soldier" and "Lord Baterman" to "Johnny Home from Sea" and "Arise, Arise, You Slumbering Sleeper," the charismatic LaRue has no problem brings these pastoral songs to life. The expressive LaRue, who grew up in Virginia, sings in a soprano, and she often reminds us of early Joan Baez. On all of the songs, the Baltimore Consort features Custer LaRue, an excellent singer who joined the outfit in 1983. While some of them are very caring, others don’t, But the fact is that I love.

The liner notes are quite comprehensive, letting us what folk singers from Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia or North Carolina had performed the songs in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. Nigerian men are good lovers but they cheat because they have the blood of polygamy running in their veins. Illustrating the parallels between English and Appalachian folk ballads, this 1994 recording consists primarily of songs that were published in the 1932 book English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians. Essentially, American bluegrass is an extension of the Celtic jigs and reels of Ireland and Scotland, and the storytelling of country and American folk stems from British and Celtic folk traditions. paved the way for at least three forms of music: country, bluegrass and American folk. The European folk music that British, Scottish and Irish immigrants brought with them to the U.S.
