Mountain

This program brings together a wide variety of Alan Hovhaness’ works including numerous world premiere recordings. These range from the earliest of his band compositions, the processional Tapor No. 1, to more recent chamber pieces such as the gentle barcarole of Vision on a Starry Night. The Ruins of Ani returns us to the tragic location also explored in Hovhaness’ Symphony No. 23 ‘Ani’ (available on Naxos 8.559385), while the Three Improvisations on Folk Tunes evoke dances from the Indian subcontinent. Newly discovered works with percussion include the Japanese-influenced overture to Hovhaness’ opera The Burning House alongside October Mountain, now a classic in its genre.

There are a lot of good singer/songwriters around today. But there are few true artists. One who leaves a lasting impression. Dianne Davidson is such an artist. A singer, songwriter, guitarist, performer, and producer, Dianne’s style and range escape categorization. Any genre, Davidson performs with a robust intensity, taking her listeners on a musical journey that few are likely to forget.

The Youngbloods could not be considered a major '60s band, but they were capable of offering some mighty pleasurable folk-rock in the late '60s, and produced a few great tunes along the way. One of the better groups to emerge from the East Coast in the mid-'60s, they would temper their blues and jug band influences with gentle California psychedelia, particularly after they moved to the San Francisco Bay Area…

Molly O'Day - And The Cumberland Mountain Folks (1946-1951) {2CD Bear Family BCD15565 rel 1992}
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© 1946-51, 1992 Bear Family Records | BCD15565
Country / Traditional Country / Mountain Music

The double-disc set Molly O'Day & the Cumberland Mountain Folks contains all 36 tracks that O'Day recorded for Columbia Records between 1946 and 1951. O'Day was one of the most important female country singers of the '40s, but she never attained the stardom she deserved because she retired from the business in 1951. Nevertheless, her music has come to be regarded as some of the finest of her era, especially considering how she could make traditional mountain music, both sacred and secular, come alive. Molly O'Day & the Cumberland Mountain Folks preserves her classic sides in a classy fashion, and any musicologist or dedicated fan of string bands needs the compilation in their collection.

Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968 the third installment from Neil Young's Archives - although through some weird filing system this is Vol. 00, possibly because this dates before either of the previously released volumes in Archives Performance Series - culls highlights from Neil Young's two shows at Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, MI on November 9 and 10, 1968.

Music legend Dolly Parton, in collaboration with Owepar Entertainment, is thrilled to announce an unprecedented exploration of her rich family heritage with the upcoming release of Dolly Parton & Family – Smoky Mountain DNA.