| Various Artists / Civil War Naval Songs |
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| Album: | Civil War Naval Songs | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | 06/2011 | |
| Label: | Smithsonian/Folkways | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-10-02 | Pull Date: | 2011-12-04 |
| Week Ending: | 6 Nov | 23 Oct | 9 Oct |
| 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 |
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| Guest DJ Account Reviewed 2011-09-28 | ||
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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. | ||
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