From the Roots Playlist for November 7, 2011

From the Roots November 5, 2011 on WMMT-FM 88.7, real people’s radio from the Appalshop (91 Madison Ave; Whitesburg, KY 41858. www.wmmtfm.org). Hosted – remotely - on the first Saturday of each month by the Lazy Farm Boy (aka Art Menius; 3525 Young Rd; Manchester, MD 21102), 11 AM and on until 2 PM eastern.

John Hartford / Turn Your Radio On (II) / Aeroplane / Warner Brothers / 2:16

Steve Martin / Clawhammer Medley / The Crow / Rounder / 2:16

Gillian Welch / Six White Horses / The Harrow & the Harvest / Acony / 3:40

J.E. Mainer’s Mountaineers / Maple on the Hill / Ragged but Right / RCA Legacy / 2:45
8/6/1935

J.E. Mainer’s Mountaineers / John Henry Was a Little Boy / Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 / Revenant / 3:13
6/15/1936

Zeke Morris & Wade Mainer / Just as the Sun Went Down / Bloody War: 1924-1939 / Tompkins Square / 2:42

Zeke Morris & Wade Mainer / Riding That Train 45 / Ragged but Right / RCA Legacy / 2:45

Wade Mainer’s  Smilin’ Rangers / Wild Bill Jones / Bluegrass Early Cuts 1931-1953: Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 2:24

Wade Mainer & The Sons of the Mountaineers / Lonely Tomb / How Can I Keep from Singing, Vol. 2 / Yazoo / 2:50

Wade Mainer & The Sons of the Mountaineers / Farther Along / Something Got a Hold on Me: A Treasury of Sacred Music / RCA / 3:34

Wade & Julia Mainer / Charles Lawson / In the Land of Melody / June Appal / 2:51

Wade & Julia Mainer / Ramshackle Shack / In the Land of Melody / June Appal / 2:24

Ginny Hawker / Not A Word of that Be Said / Mountain Journey: Stars of Old Time Music / Rounder / 4:10

Morris Brothers / Salty Dog Blues / / Bluegrass Early Cuts 1931-1953: Classic Recordings Remastered / JSP / 2:37

Gillian Welch / Down Along the Dixie Line / The Harrow & the Harvest / Acony / 4:51

Abigail Washburn / Corner Girl / City of Refuge / Rounder / 3:24

Abigail Washburn / Backstep Cindy & Purple Bamboo / Song Of The Traveling Daughter / Nettwerk / 3:01

Slaid Cleaves / Texas Top Hand / Sorrow and Smoke / Music Road Records / 3:16

Slaid Cleaves / Rolling Stone from Texas / Sorrow and Smoke / Music Road Records / 3:39

Nell Robinson / Big Ball in Texas / On the Brooklyn Road / Red Level Records / 1:22

Pharis & Jason Romero / Out on the Western Plains / A Passing Glimpse / Lula Records / 2:46

Pharis & Jason Romero / I’m Just Here to get my Baby Out of Jail / A Passing Glimpse / Lula Records / 3:26

23 String Band / Raleigh & Spencer / Catch 23 / 23 String Band / 2:33

Pharis & Jason Romero / Hillbilly Blues / A Passing Glimpse / Lula Records / 4:26

Red Hen String Band / Cluck Old Hen / Birds of a Feather / Wepecket / 3:48

Emily Pinkerton / Black Light / Valparaiso / Green Jeans Records / 2:56

Red Hen String Band / Walnut Gap / Birds of a Feather / Wepecket / 2:34

23 String Band / Deer Tick / Catch 23 / 23 String Band / 2:43

Hal Cannon / Hittin’ the Trail / Hal Cannon / Okehdokee Records / 2:42

Hal Cannon / That’s How It Is on the Range / Hal Cannon / Okehdokee Records / 2:57

Nell Robinson / Woe is Me / On the Brooklyn Road / Red Level Records / 2:43

Nell Robinson / Turn Your Radio On / On the Brooklyn Road / Red Level Records / 2:525

Red Hen String Band / Martin Said to His Man / Birds of a Feather / Wepecket / 3:14

23 String Band / Fat Frankie / Catch 23 / 23 String Band / 2:48

Dehlia Low / Cannonball Blues / Ravens & Crows / Rebel / 3:07

Emily Pinkerton / Kingdom Down / Valparaiso / Green Jeans Records / 4:17

Emily Pinkerton / Hevenido Caminando / Valparaiso / Green Jeans Records / 3:08

Carolina Chocolate Drops & Luminescent Orchestrii / Hit 'Em Up Style / Carolina Chocolate Drops & Luminescent Orchestrii EP / Nonesuch / 4:52

Gillian Welch / The Way it Goes / The Harrow & the Harvest / Acony / 4:03

The Decemberists / June Hymn / The King Is Dead / Capitol Records / 3:57
released on Capitol Records on 14 January 2011.

Maria Muldaur / Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down / Steady Love / Stony Plain Records / 4:10

Maria Muldaur / I’ve Done Made it Up in My Mind / Steady Love / Stony Plain Records / 4:10

Alvin Young Blood Hart & Teenie Hodges / Step it Up and Go / Music From & Recorded For The Motion Picture The Great Debaters / Atlantic / 2:20

Etta Baker / Goin’ Down a Road Feeling Bad / North Carolina Banjo Collection / Rounder / 2:21

Wilmer Watts & His Lonely Eagles / Cotton Mill Blues / North Carolina Banjo Collection / Rounder / 3:04

Otis Taylor / Ran So Hard / Recapturing the Black Banjo / Telarc / 3:54