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A
CELEBRATION OF THE AMERICAN
FARM
The Old Farmer's Almanac has teamed up
with a newly minted record label, Almanac
Recording Company, to release a beautiful
collection of music called A Celebration
of the American Farm: Traditional and
Contemporary Music Inspired by the Spirit
of the Family Farm. The CD features all
original recordings by notable talents Jay
Ungar and Molly Mason,
Nanci
Griffith,
Maura O'Connell, Glenn Yarbrough, John
Cowan, David Schnaufer and others. There
is a tremendous range of sounds, from a
hauntingly beautiful orchestral piece,
"Prairie Spring" by Jay Ungar and Molly
Mason, to a Depression-era blues offering,
"Thunder Rollin' 'Cross Arkansas" by
Victor
Mecyssne.;
from the piano of
Paul
Hovda
to the dulcimer and Tennessee Music Box of
David
Schanufer
and Stephen
Seifert.
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