"A National Preserve of Documentary Films about American Roots Cultures"

Go here for an amazing archive of documentary films. Their featured film is about Kentucky banjo player and National Heritage Award winner Morgan Sexton, but there is so much more.

Thanks to Old Sledge's Sabra Guzman for the link.

Old Sledge to play Sunset Road fri 10/1/10

Tune in this friday at 5pm ish to hear old-time string band Old Sledge (on a return visit to Sunset Road) play a few tunes/songs talk about what's been happening with them recently and talk up their concert gig with guest Jake Hopping on banjo that evening with Sarah White & the Pearls and PieMan at the Southern in Charlottesville.

Acme Swing Mfg Co on the WTJU folk marathon 4/17/10

In case you missed these.....

The Red Hen Stringband on Atlantic Weekly pt 1 9/25/10

Sunset Road Playlist 9/17/10

Fri, Sep 17, 2010: "Sunset Road" [17:06 - 19:00, Pete Marshall]

1. "Pete's Tune" - Extended Play Boys - Extended Play Boys [Beet]
   theme tune
2. "Old Dangerfield" - Darol Anger And The American Fiddle Ensemble - Republic Of Strings [Compass]
3. "Help Me / vocals by Laurie Lewis" - Darol Anger And The American Fiddle Ensemble - Republic Of Strings[Compass]
4. "Free Man in Paris" - Adrienne Young - Room To Grow [Addie Belle]
5. "Have You Seen My Chicken?" - The Sweetback Sisters - Chicken Ain't Chicken [Signature sounds]
   playing at Jammin Java, Vienna on w 10/13, & th 10/14 at Mockingbird, Stauton
6. "My Uncle Used To Love Me But She Died" - The Sweetback Sisters - Chicken Ain't Chicken [Signature sounds]
7. "Down In The Swamp" - David Grier & Chris Thile - Live from The Prism Coffee House 11/3/00 [Live Recording]
   Chris Thile w Punch Bros appearing at the Limekiln, Lexington f 9/24 & at Watermelon Park Festival, Berryville s 9/25
8. "Rye Whiskey" - Punch Bros feat Chris Thile - Antifogmatic [Nonesuch]
9. "Smithland Farm" - Jane Rothfield - I fiddle, they banjo [Self]
   Appearing with her band Red Hen on Atlantic Weekly Pt 1 here on WTJU on sat 9/25, at CFOOT (Pete Vigour's studio) W Main Charlottesville on 9/25 in the evening, and at the Greenwood Contradance sun 9/26.
10. "War And Pizza" - Jane Rothfield - I fiddle, they banjo [Self]
11. "Hell Up Coal Holler" - Old Sledge - EP [Self]
    Appearing at the Southern on f 10/1, and , hopefully, here on Sunset Rd beforehand the same evening.
12. "Home By The Sea" - Old Sledge - EP [Self]
13. "Yew Piney Mountain, My Mama Always Talked To Me" - Albemarle Ramblers - Gentlemen From Virginia [Self]
    Nice new old time cd from Pete Vigour, Dick Harrington &
14. "Otto Wood The Bandit" - Albemarle Ramblers - Gentlemen From Virginia [Self]
15. "New Orleans" - Scuffletown - Another Sundown [Self]
    Scuffletown will be playing a benefit for David Bailey at Cville Coffee tomorrow evening. David's long diagnosed brain cancer has returned and he is in Hospice of the Piedmont. Our thoughts go out to you, David.
16. "So Alive" - David Bailey - Two to see [Self]
17. "Superstition" - Old School Freight Train - Run [Acoustic Disc]
    Catch OSFT's Jesse Harper & Darrel Muller together with Andy Thacker, Adam Larrabee & guests playing 80's pop hits as Love Canon most wednesdays at The Southern, Charlottesville. They are also playing (as is an Old School Freight Train reunion) at The Festy Experience at Devil's Backbone Brewery in Nelson County VA oct 9th & 10th
18. "Memphis" - Jesse Harper - And His Best Intentions [Self]
19. "The Fiddle" - Annbjørg Lien - Waltz With Me [Compass]
    Bruce Molsky on vocals. Bruce will also be at the Watermelon Park Festival, Berryville, sat 9/25.
20. "Big Shoe" - Bill Frisell - The Willies [Nonesuch]
21. "Satellite" - Bill Frisell & Petra Haden - Petra Haden And Bill Frisell [True North]
22. "The Dingle Berries" - Lunasa - The story so far [Compass]
    Lunasa wiill be at the Richmond Folk Festival 10/9/10
23. "Volcanic Jig" - Natalie MacMaster - Yours Truly [Compass]
    Natalie MacMaster will be at the Paramount Theater 12/11/10

Richie Hayward RIP

A little late, but just heard that Little Feat drummer Richie Hayward passed away August 12th. Folk? Not really. Great music, hell yeah!


















Obituary here.

Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek) Live on Tell Us A Tale, 12 September 2010

Sara Watkins on the fiddle

Sara Watkins on the ukelele