The Old Songs Podcast explores old songs – traditional, industrial, street ballads – one at a time. Learn where they came from, where they've been, who sung them and who sings them still. Most of the series is available on Mixcloud. Presented by traditional singer, Jon Wilks.
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A podcast where we count down our favorite songs from all different artists and kinds of music. From hip hop to classic rock, country to alternative, each week features a new episode focusing on either a single musician or a theme in which we discuss our favorite songs and musical moments. We look in depth at new hits, old classics, and great songs we've never encountered before. Whether it's a Themed Top Ten exploring the best songs of a certain genre, or it's an Artist Top Ten diving deep ...
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Newest 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs banjo songs which Banjo Hangout members have uploaded to the website.
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Top 20 Old-Time Songs flatpicked guitar songs which Flatpicker Hangout members have uploaded to the website.
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Top 100 Old-Time Songs fiddle songs which Fiddle Hangout members have uploaded to the website.
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Top 20 Old-Time Songs resonator guitar songs which Reso Hangout members have uploaded to the website.
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Top 100 Old Time Songs banjo songs which Banjo Hangout members have uploaded to the website.
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Top 20 Old-Time Songs mandolin songs which Mando Hangout members have uploaded to the website.
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Top 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs banjo songs which Banjo Hangout members have uploaded to the website.
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A Tune of the Week written in the late 1800's, considered a ragtime or tin pan alley tune. It's a tough one to play, especially having just learned it today, but it was also an unusual tune to figure out.Av Kerry Mills
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What I worked out in gEADE tuning for playing clawhammer with piano at a contra dance. (it's for a dancing, so it's fairly long)From a couple of years ago, first dance from long break of Covid. Was a bit rough.Av banjoak
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Playing around with gDGDE tuning.Also experimenting using BandLab app and some of built in fx and processing for mastering... to demo what it does (it is a bit much)Av banjoak
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This was an experiment using iPhone and BandLab app for quick multitrack in kitchen.Av banjoak
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Old Kentucky crooked fiddle tunes are intriguing and Hiram Stamper is an authentic learning resource in my book. Bruce Greene recorded this one and it was tricky to arrange. I got some help listening to George Jackson, the New Zealander old-time player that's a pleasure to hear.Av JanetB
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From the playing of an Alabama fiddler, Paisley Hagood. Mostly he plays ABAB, which is kind of a treat after always playing AABBAABB. The high note in the A part gives it an ancient tone feeling for me.Av JanetB
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It's rare to work on a jig with clawhammer. This is a sweet tune with a real Irish (to my ears) melody. Its minor tones make it a bit bittersweet.Av JanetB
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Based on the playing of the Leslie Riddle and the Carter Family, the melody resembles White House Blues, an earlier song, and is included in a Tune of the Week featuring the latter. This recording was made when my husband, Kit, and I were performing locally at events focusing on local history. We liked choosing old-time tunes and songs and have a i…
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Played on newly constructed parts banjo. Key of GAv hudie
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This old standard is played clawhammer style on a banjo I built which features internal-to-the-rim head tensioning, an internal resonator, and a Helix-style laid up rim made from carob wood.Av Traditional, based on arrangement by Ralph Stanley
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Country bluesAv WalshyBanjo
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Classic clawhammer tune played on my new Stone Banjo Company Half Fretless banjo.Av jbest
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Tune written for my daughter.Played on my new Stone Banjo Company Half Fretless banjo!Av jbest
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Really fun tune played on my new Stone Banjo Company Half Fretless!Av jbest
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Based on the playing of George Landers, fCFCD or thereabouts...Av RG
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Self arrangementAv Carter family
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From around the year 1800, Jamie Allen is named for the Northumbria bagpipe player, Jamie Allen. It is played as a march in New England these days.Av JanetB
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Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.Av mmuussiiccaall
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A Tune of the Week with various titles and styles, but popularized most by a Canadian string band as Kiley's Reel, whose style is normally notey and energetic. For the final B part, I combined this clawhammer arrangement with its minstrel roots in the last time through on the B part.Av JanetB
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This Tune of the Week, Echoes of the Ozarks comes from a 1920's recording by Kansas fiddler Sam Long. His fiddling was said to be smooth and rhythmic, but I found this piece too crooked to easily play along with him. It also has lots of syncopation. It's said to resemble Little Old Log Cabin in the Woods.…
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The Tune of the Week features a contemporary old-time composition by one who is super talented at it -- Arnie Neiman. He truly loves his dog and the tune Walking the Dog is a happy one, with Arnie's ability to create something unique amidst so many hundreds of tunes in our repertoire.Av Arnie Naiman
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Raw sound file for new album "Raging Seaward"Av wrench13
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The river title is familiar, but this is a unique tune by "Papa Jake," a Virginia fiddler recorded by David Bragger of the Old Time Tiki Parlour. The TOTW presenter went up the neck, so I thought that would be an added challenge this week. The tuning is open C here, gCGCE. Normally the tune is played in the key of D.…
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Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.Av Andrew Prahlow
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A tune from Ohio with a title referring to the old way of logging where a horse pulled the log attached to a chain. It's a good drop thumb workout for us clawhammer players.Av JanetB
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As played by Missouri fiddler Lyman Enloe, tuned in what is called open C, but on a cello banjo, so that you are hearing Cowhide Boots in its normal key, which is G. (dGDGB)Av JanetB
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From Marcus Martin's fiddlingaDAdeAv carlb
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From the playing of West Virginian Jimmy Triplett via a Mose Coffman recording. Who is this she-possum?!Av JanetB
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Here's a Tune of the Week I used to play a long time ago, Wedding Dress. It's a sweet song, with a touch of a modal sound.Av JanetB
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This version of Coal Creek comes from the playing of Mannon Campbell. It is said to resemble Shooting Creek, so here are the two of them in a medley.Av JanetB
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For comparison sake to the Estil Adams recording, here's John Salyer's version of Cincinnati Hornpipe. Adams came from Ohio, Salyer from Kentucky, but who can say where the tune was composed?Av JanetB
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A hornpipe from Ohio played by an Ohioan fiddler, Estil Adams, is my source. I learned another version from a Kentuckian and will be comparing the two versions for similarity.Av JanetB
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Snyders waltz played by Billy Mathews. I do not know when I recorded this but it was a while back. Billy learned this tune from a recording of Lonnie Robertson in MO.Av strokestyle
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Here's my arrangement of Lafayette from the playing of Kirk McGee and Arthur Smith found on the Slippery Hill site. It was a popular dance tune on the Grand Old Opry back in the days.Av JanetB
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Lafayette - Paul Sidlickfrom the fiddling of Kirk McGeeaDAdeAv carlb
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Lafayette - Steve Austinfrom the fiddling of Kirk McGeeaDAdeAv carlb
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Lafayette - Carl Baronfrom the fiddling of Kirk McGeeaDAdeAv carlb
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Lafayette - Doug Lintonfrom the fiddling of Kirk McGeeaDAdeAv carlb
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Key of A and played on a vintage (circa 1930's) short scale 5 string with bare fingers in old time two finger style.Av hudie
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A song we used to play with the Rough & Ready Fruit Jar Pickers. Here's the 3-finger solo I worked out at the time.Av JanetB
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(gCGCE)Av DelusionsOBanjer
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Here's a modern, pretty, rather crooked tune from North Carolina. The key is G, but I used gDGBE tuning to facilitate ease of fingering.Av JanetB
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From a biblical storyAv WalshyBanjo
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Key of A and played on a conversion banjo. Vintage pot and a new neck.Av hudie
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James Bryan, Alabama fiddler, recorded Rabbit in the Grass on a very early album, Lookout Blues, as a medley with two other Mack Blalock tunes, the most well-known being Farewell to Trion.Av JanetB
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