Wed - December 19, 2007
Mary Jane Queen - Appalachian Banjo and Singing
Listen to mp3 sample of the old song Liza Jane,
banjo music and mountain singing by Appalachian musician Mary Jane Queen
recipient of the 2007 National Heritage Fellowship Award for her life long love
of traditional music and the mountain folk arts.
Posted at 12:38 PM Listen
Sun - September 16, 2007
Shady Grove Song - Bluegrass Music - Listen
A version of the Shady Grove song from the Back
Porch Music CD, listen to old time bluegrass music performed by the Queen
Family, North Carolina mountains.
Posted at 03:12 PM Listen
Tue - August 14, 2007
Old Time Music Making - Sample from Appalachia
A sample of old time traditional music making in
the mountains of Appalachia, North Carolina. The song features old-time banjo,
fiddle and bass guitar music performed by the Queen Family, a sample song
selection from the Back Porch Music CD.
Posted at 03:43 PM Listen
Wed - January 17, 2007
Black Jack Davey - Ballad Singing and Banjo Picking Sample
A sample of the Black Jack Davy song, one of the
early folk ballads documented in the Child Ballads collection as the Gypsy
Laddie and dates the first printed version to around 1720. There are numerous
variants to this old ballad and in this Appalachian version you can hear Mary
Jane Queen singing the ballad and picking her banjo in the traditional old time
mountain way.
Posted at 11:32 AM Listen
Wed - November 22, 2006
William Riley Song - Appalachian Ballad Singing Sample
In this example you can hear Appalachian ballad
singer Mary Jane Queen singing William Riley acappella style, one of her
favorite old love songs learned as a youngster from family here in the mountains
of Western North Carolina. A song sample from the mountain music Cd
The Queen Family of Western North
Carolina.
Posted at 12:00 PM Listen
Fri - September 29, 2006
Old Time Religion Song - Mountain Banjo Music with Singing
The Old Time Religion Song, mountain banjo music
and singing performed by old-time mountain music maker Gilford Williams of
Graham County, North Carolina. This song sample is from An Unclouded Day -
Appalachian Folklore/Music CD and features traditional singing accompanied by 2
finger style banjo playing.
Posted at 09:58 AM Listen
Wed - August 2, 2006
Mountain Music MP3 Sample - Rabbit in the Log Song
Listen to old time mountain music sample from the
Queen Family-Western North Carolina Music CD. Mp3 song sample featuring fiddle,
banjo, guitar and mountain folk singing.
Posted at 07:56 PM Listen
Wed - May 3, 2006
Poor Ellen Smith - North Carolina Folk Music
The old
Ballad Poor Ellen
Smith is based on a true event which took
place in North Carolina in the 1890s. This song sample features traditional
banjo playing (three finger style) Appalachian Ballad Singing accompanied by
rhythm guitar. A selected tune from The Queen Family-Back Porch Music/CD, North
Carolina Folk Music Traditions.
Posted at 11:48 AM Listen
Wed - March 8, 2006
Old Mountain Guitar Music - Booth Shot Lincoln Song
In this music sample you can hear the sound of
acoustic Guitar played in the traditional flat-picking style on the old mountain
song, Booth Shot
Lincoln. Traditional guitar music from the
mountains in Jackson County, North Carolina.
Posted at 09:54 AM Listen
Wed - January 25, 2006
Arkansas Traveler - Old Time Music - Guitar-Fiddle Song
The
Arkansas
Traveler song, traditional old time music
making played here on Fiddle and Acoustic Guitar. A sample selection of music
from the Queen Family, keepers of the old time music and folk song traditions in
southern Appalachia.
Posted at 11:45 AM Listen
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