J-Walk - Posted - 12/22/2010:  18:19:40

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It's that time of year when we reflect on the best new old time music released in the last 12 months. Here are 21 OT albums released in 2010 that I know about.

I'm sure I missed a lot. Please add those that I missed. Maybe we can have a mini-Grammy awards or something.

Adam Hurt - Earth Tones
Albemarle Ramblers - Gentleman From Virginia
Annie & Mac - Message from the Hills
Appalachian Storm - Appalachian Storm
Booger Holler String Band - Where the Pavement Ends
Chris Coole & Ivan Rosenberg - Farewell Trion
Corbin Hayslett - Pickin' My Path
Dead Fiddlers Society - Livin' it up
Jason & Pharis Romero and Friends - Back Up and Push
Jim Pankey & Bobby Burns - Grasshopper Sittin' on a Sweet Potato Vine
Kirk Sutphin & Riley Baugus - Long Time Piedmont Pals
Mary Z. Cox & Yazid - Drumming On the Edge Of Banjo
Meghan Dudle - You Are Always In My Dreams
Mineola Band - Rags &Pieces
Molly Tenenbaum - Goose and Gander
Rachel Eddy & Kristian Herner - Chilly Winds
Scott Prouty - Puncheon Floor
The Freight Hoppers - Mile Marker
The Hot Seats - EP 2010
The Pearly Snaps - The Pearly Snaps
The Possum Whackers - All Young

Note: The links all go to CD Baby -- which is turning out to be the best place to buy music online. Sometimes, you can find them at Amazon for a bit less.

Cross posted at Banjo Hangout

ironworker - Posted - 12/22/2010:  18:28:06

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now, here's a post we can all be happy about!
this is a fine list, and i can personally vouch for 8 of the 21 here.
for the rest, i hope santa's reading this, too.

thanks, and have a fine fiddling holiday-

michael ford

AZJohnB - Posted - 12/22/2010:  19:09:30

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And don't miss these from the Field Recording Collective fieldrecorder.com/
Reverend Gary Davis - FRC116 - John Cohen recorded Gary Davis in Davis’s home
Jont Blevins #65293; Grayson County, VA Banjo Player - FRC117
Gaither Carlton 1972 - FRC118 -
Harold Hausenfluck #65293; Vol. 1: The Fiddling Collection - FRC119 -
Vernon Riddle #65293; Old-Time Texas Style Fiddle - FRC120 -

bowbag - Posted - 12/23/2010:  05:31:16

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Nice post! I'll check those out.

I love the Field Recorder stuff too. I was actually just listening to a couple of those.

RobBob - Posted - 12/23/2010:  06:59:37

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Is that all of the old time or just the best? Where is the Ola Belle Reed reissue CD on Folkways?

fiddleman - Posted - 12/23/2010:  11:59:25

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Also Memories of John by the John Hartford String Band

oldlongbow - Posted - 12/23/2010:  13:18:37

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well two of you folks beat me to it...

Ola Belle...& Hartford String Band

wormbower - Posted - 12/23/2010:  17:17:12

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So, J-Walk, do you have all those albums? Of those on your list, I have:

Jason & Pharis Romero and Friends - Back Up and Push
Jim Pankey & Bobby Burns - Grasshopper Sittin' on a Sweet Potato Vine
Kirk Sutphin & Riley Baugus - Long Time Piedmont Pals

Which of the others do you most highly recommend?

By the way, it's not a 2010 release, but if you missed it, I highly recommend the 2006 album, Amy & Karen Play 15 "Old Time" Quality Tunes & Songs, produced by FHO's very own Brendan Doyle. Lots of great tunes to learn, and cheap at only $6.99 (MP3 download) at Amazon!

Paul

J-Walk - Posted - 12/23/2010:  17:45:54

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No, I don't have them all. Not even close.

I have the same ones as you do, plus Albemarle Ramblers and Adam Hurt (and a few selected tunes from others). But they are all on my save for later list. Some of them, unfortunately are "CD only," which means I'll probably never get them.

I think we can conclude that OT music is alive and well -- generating a new album about every two weeks, on average.

wormbower - Posted - 12/23/2010:  18:10:53

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After sampling all the lists, I added several to my wish list, and hit the "buy" button on Scott Prouty - Puncheon Floor. That's my kind of fiddling, and it contains several tunes that are high up on my to-learn list, like Old Aunt Jenny With Her Nightcap On, and one old favorite that continues to allude me: Camp Chase.

Paul

AZJohnB - Posted - 12/23/2010:  19:14:15

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Also
Big Medecine Pine to Pine Yodel-Ay-Hee is dated 2009 but I believe was not actually available in 2010.

and
Meghan Dudle and Tim Foss Phonola Winders

and
Dwight Lamb Danish and American Melodies (reissue) Missouri Valley Music 2010

and
Dwight Lamb Old Time Fiddle classics in the missouri (reissue from 1967 & 72Valley Style Missouri Valley Music 2010

OTJunky - Posted - 12/24/2010:  05:07:06

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Originally posted by wormbower

After sampling all the lists, I added several to my wish list, and hit the "buy" button on Scott Prouty - Puncheon Floor. That's my kind of fiddling, and it contains several tunes that are high up on my to-learn list, like Old Aunt Jenny With Her Nightcap On, and one old favorite that continues to allude me: Camp Chase.

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I like Prouty's fiddling too.

If you do buy that CD and get the liner notes, I hope you'll tell us where he got that version of "No Corn on Tygart". It doesn't sound at all like any other version I've heard of it and so it's likely going to complicate my life at jams...

--OTJ

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Edited by - OTJunky on 12/24/2010 05:07:29

wormbower - Posted - 12/24/2010:  12:03:18

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quote:

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Originally posted by OTJunky
If you do buy that CD and get the liner notes, I hope you'll tell us where he got that version of "No Corn on Tygart". It doesn't sound at all like any other version I've heard of it and so it's likely going to complicate my life at jams...

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Sorry, OTJ, I just downloaded the MP3s...

Paul