Mini-Playlist of Old and New CDs Courtesy of Betsi's B & B
Item Number: 204
Time Left: CLOSED
Description
1. The Great Recession Orchestra
Have You Ever Heard of Milton Brown?
2. Butch Thompson
City of New Orleans
3. Always Lift Him Up
A Tribute to Blind Alfred Reed
4. Lynne Hanson
Things I Miss
5. Putumayo Presents
New Orleans
Betsi curated this heartfelt gift pack featuring new and old music to provide hours of entertainment.
Betsi's B & B can be heard on KXCI Saturdays from 6-8am.
A modern collection of new arrangements of traditional swing and popular tunes recorded before 1935 by Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies.
Who can forget the photograph of Blind Alfred Reed and Aunt Rosie Reed, sitting down to Christmas dinner in their cabin in West Virginia? Alfred seems to be eating something and Rosie seems to be watching him with an attitude of concern. Her plate is empty.
Alfred died soon after - of starvation, the story goes - in 1956.
How can a poor man stand such times and live? Reed lived and worked during the Great Depression, and he wrote some of the greatest people s songs of that era. He was a popular entertainer, but a man of deep feeling. He didn t make money. From the perspective of modern times, it s a miracle he was recorded at all. Thanks to the new Lost City Ramblers, his unique songs were revived for modern audiences in the 60s, where I first heard of him. Always Lift Him Up and Never Knock Him Down would make an interesting national anthem: kindness and empathy over bombs and flags.
Now, for the first time, we can listen to the songs of Alfred Reed interpreted by singers and musicians from his home state of West Virginia. What an imagination he had, what insight, what clarity. How is it that these wonderful songs have laid fallow for so long? Yet how fresh and timely they are, and that s the mark of a great artist. Shall I say a great American? Get to know him. Accept Blind Alfred Reed into your life! You must unload! -- Ry Cooder.
Produced by Don Dixon, Michael Lipton and Tim O'Brien.
Features performances by: Tim O'Brien, Kathy Mattea, Little Jimmy Dickens, Connie Smith, Asleep at the Wheel, Marty Stuart, Jerry Douglas, and more.
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Singer-songwriter from Ottawa, Canada with a soulful voice and real stories to tell. Porch music that merges universal themes with Texas soul-country.
For New Orleans, Putumayo founder Dan Storper researched traditional jazz and blues in forms both old and new after becoming a part time resident of New Orleans in 2003. The collection includes legends Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima, Doc Cheatham, Dr. John and the Preservation Hall Hot 4 with Duke Dejan alongside local favorites Nicholas Payton, Kermit Ruffins, Deacon John, Dr. Michael White, Topsy Chapman, Kevin Clark and Greg Stafford.
The descriptive liner notes, written by New Orleans musicologist Baty Landis, are in English, French and Spanish. They feature striking photographs by respected New Orleans photographer Michael Smith, as well as a resource guide for New Orleans music, travel and entertainment. Renowned New Orleans chef Paul Prudhomme has a contributed a recipe for seafood gumbo.
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