Various Artists / Civil War Naval Songs
Album: Civil War Naval Songs   Collection:General
Artist:Various Artists   Added:Jun 2011
Label:Smithsonian/Folkways  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2011-10-02 Pull Date: 2011-12-04
Week Ending: Nov 6 Oct 23 Oct 9
Airplays: 1 1 2

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 30, 2011: Crooked Spoke Adjourned
The Florida's Cruise
3. Oct 06, 2011: The Songsmith Show
The Blockade Runner
2. Oct 20, 2011: The Songsmith Show
The Flight Of Hatteras And Alabama
4. Oct 05, 2011: Brownian Motion
The Fate Of The Pirate Alabama

Album Review
Guest DJ Account
Reviewed 2011-09-28
Collection of Civil War naval songs, from the Union and Confederate Navies. Some of the ballads were adapted to existing tunes, some of them were adapted to new tunes. Ol' timey feeling. Simple instrumentation. - Ruben

1*. Banjo and vocals. Uptempo.
2. Vocals and concertina. Slow tempo.
3. Ballad set on an old Irish tune "Laningan's Ball". Piano and vocals.
4. Ballad set to an 1854 Southern tune. Fiddle and vocals.
5*. Ballad set to a Scottish tune. Vocals and concertina.
6*. Banjo, concertinas, vocals. mid-tempo. lighter mood.
7. Dulcimer, banjos and vocals. mid-tempo.
8. A cappella.
9. Concertina and vocals.
10*. Banjo, fiddle and vocals. Uptempo. Jumpy
11. Piano, vocals and chorus.

Track Listing
 ArtistTrack Name
1. Davis, Jeff The Flight Of Hatteras And Alabama
2. Coffin, David The Jamestown Homeward Bound
3. Milner, Dan Farragut's Ball
4. Davis, Jeff The Florida's Cruise
5. Coffin, David The Old Virginia Lowlands, Low
6. Milner, Dan The Blockade Runner
7. Davis, Jeff The Bold Privateer
8. Milner, Dan A Yankee Man-Of-War
9. Coffin, David The Sailor's Grave
10. Milner, Dan & Davis, Jeff The Brooklyn, Sloop-Of-War
11. Davis, Jeff The Alabama
12. Coffin, David The Fate Of The Pirate Alabama
13. Milner, Dan The Monitor & Merrimac