American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2

Ballads fuse the arts of music and storytelling. Through ballads, classic tales of human experience are enshrined in poetry and song. Pete Seeger, an American folk hero and icon of the great "folk revival" of the 1950s & 1960s, hand-selected some of his favorite American ballads to compile a series of classic American song-stories flowing from the bedrock of the American experience. Through these captivating songs, a tale is told of America "once upon a time." This CD is the second in a series of Ballad reissues, and an important recording for any fan of American folk music.

Songlist:
1. Barbara Allen
2. The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn
3. Midnight Special
4. House of the Rising Sun
5. Careless Love
6. Oh, What a Beautiful City (Twelve Gates to the City)
7. Poor Boy
8. Sally Ann
9. The Riddle Song
10. Go Tell Aunt Rhodie
11. The Water Is Wide
12. The Fox
13. The Keeper & the Doe
14. Pretty Polly
15. Jesse James
16. Stagolee (Stagger Lee)
17. Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
18. Camptown Races
19. Blow the Man Down
20. Froggie Went a Courtin'
21. I Had a Rooster (Barnyard Song)
22. Putting on the Style
23. The Farmer's Curst Wife
24. Hard Travelin'
25. Alabama Bound
26. Wimoweh
27. Dink's Song

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20th Anniversary (yes - Rise Up Singing is 20 years old!) Singalong Concerts & Workshops

Sunday, Sept 28, Amherst MA Obama fundraising benefit singalong concert, 7-9pm, at the Nacul Center, 529 Main St. More info Sue Cairn or (413) 253-9148.

Fri, Oct 4, Shutesbury MA Benefit coffeehouse for Zavakos family, 7:30pm, Shutesbury Elem Sch. Info: Susan Reyes

Sat, Oct 18, Minneapolis MN Benefit singalong concert for Friends for a Nonviolent World, 7:30pm, at Minneapolis Friends Meetinghouse, 4401 York Avenue S. For more info, call Ava Thomas, 651-917-0383.

Sat, Nov. 1st, Cambridge MA Retreat with Peter "Be Not Afraid: Embracing Passion, Love & Praise as Friends." Cambridge Friends Meeting, 9:30-5, sponsored by Quaker Studies Comm. For more information contact Sarah Spencer.

April 24-26, Old Chatham NY Women's Retreat with Annie. At Powell House.

Swing performances Annie is doing with the

O-Tones

Girl From Mars



We urge you to check out the new website

nobelprize4pete

promoting efforts to secure a Nobel Peace Prize for legendary folk singer & environmental & peace activist, Pete Seeger. A new edition of Seeger's autobiography (which Peter edited) is coming out this spring.

There are some great quotes from Pete on the power of group singing in the recent New York Times article on community sings around the country, many of which use Rise Up Singing.

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