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Fire In My Bones

eli_smith@hotmail.com (Eli Smith) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:18:05 +0000

Here’s some preview tracks from the new Tompkins Square Records release, “Fire In My Bones,” a really amazing gospel compilation. 1. Don’t Let Him Ride - Mississippi Nightingales 2. Storm Thru Mississippi - Henry Green 3. How Long - Sister Ola Mae Terrell

Ernest V. Stoneman: A Rare Find!

eli_smith@hotmail.com (Eli Smith) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:09:11 +0000

Here’s an LP from Ernest V. Stoneman, “The Unsung Father of Country Music.” Stoneman made records starting in 1924 through the end of his life in 1968. These recordings were made near the end of Stoneman’s life and were lost until a decade after his death. This excellent record, released by Stoneman’s daughter, came out [...]

Tompkins Square Records’ new release- “I’m Going Down to North Carolina”

eli_smith@hotmail.com (Eli Smith) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:21:08 +0000

On today’s show I speak with Josh Rosenthal, the founder of the New York based Tompkins Square Records. This is a great record company that has been putting out really interesting CDs, Lps and 45s over the last few years. There latest is “I’m Going Back to North Carolina: The Complete Recordings of the Red [...]

The Dust Busters on WFHB 98.1FM- Bloomington, IN

eli_smith@hotmail.com (Eli Smith) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:02:12 +0000

While on tour in early August, my old-time string band The Dust Busters made our first radio appearance. Here we are on Mike Kelsey’s program on WFHB 98.1FM, community radio in Bloomington, IN. We play live, talk with Mike and promote the show we played in Bloomington that night. It was a great tour! Met [...]

A Walk Around Clifftop 2009

eli_smith@hotmail.com (Eli Smith) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:47:55 +0000

I went down to the Clifftop Appalachian String Band Festival just a couple of weeks ago with my band The Dust Busters. We had a great time, met and played with a million different people and played a set on Saturday afternoon with our friends John Cohen and Tracy Schwarz of the New Lost City [...]

Mike Seeger (1933-2009)

eli_smith@hotmail.com (Eli Smith) — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:30:17 +0000

[Mike Seeger at the Newport Folk Festival 1966] With sadness we mark the passing of one of the real true greats of American music in the last half century. Mike Seeger was a master of the banjo, guitar, fiddle, autoharp, mouth harp, jew’s harp, quills, mandolin and essentially any instrument he laid his hands on as well [...]

Interview with Æ

eli_smith@hotmail.com (Eli Smith) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:41:15 +0000

On today’s show I speak with Aurelia Shrenker and Eva Primack, amazing singers and ex-UCLA enthnomusicology students who have relocated to New York and together form the singing duet “Æ.” They do a wonderful and unprecedented mix of songs from the Balkans and Eastern Europe, mixed and mashed with ballads from the American [...]

Banjo Workshop with John Cohen

eli_smith@hotmail.com (Eli Smith) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:02:02 +0000

Banjo Tunings and Styles Workshop with John Cohen Here’s the first bit of audio I’m posting from the Brooklyn Folk Festival - John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers leads a banjo workshop focusing on different tunings and styles used by a number of banjo players he has learned from either directly or studied through [...]

Art Rosenbaum & Al Murphy LP 1972

eli_smith@hotmail.com (Eli Smith) — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:59:27 +0000

Apparently this album is still in print and I was asked to take it down. Oh well, great album. But it is available for download on iTunes. Here’s a wonderful LP from Art Rosenbaum (banjo) & Al Murphy (fiddle). Art Rosenbaum has recently been issuing his fantastic field recordings on the “Art of Field Recording” series [...]

The Brooklyn Folk Festival: May 15th-17th

eli_smith@hotmail.com (Eli Smith) — Sat, 09 May 2009 21:25:50 +0000

Thanks to everybody who made the festival such a big success. See ya next year! (Look out for audio, pictures and video from the festival coming up real soon here on DHR) Friday, May 15th thru Sunday, May 17th at the Jalopy Theater. Down Home Radio is proud to announce the 1st annual Brooklyn Folk Festival. This festival [...]