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    • SPRING FED ARTISTS
      • Austin Derryberry & Trenton "Tater" Caruthers
      • Belen Escobedo
      • Bill Steber Archive
      • Billy Womack
      • Bruce Nemerov
      • Ed & Ella Haley
      • Eddie Jimenez and Ruben Jimenez
      • Fairfield Four
      • Felipe Pérez
      • Fiddling Tom Freeman
      • Gospel in Middle Tennessee - Various Artists
      • Hamper McBee
      • Howdy Forrester
      • Howdy Forrester & John Hartford
      • Jim Wood Rural Felicity: Fiddle Tunes from 18th and 19th Century North America
      • Joe Keene
      • John Work III
      • Lorenzo Martinez and Ramon “Rabbit” Sanchez
      • Mississippi John Hurt
      • Risey Scruggs
      • Roy Book Binder and Fats Kaplin
      • Roy Harper
      • Sam and Kirk McGee
      • Uncle Dave Macon
      • Uncle Shuffelo
      • Walter Greer
    • DAVIS UNLIMITED
      • Bill Lowery
      • England Brothers
      • Flattops and Fiddles
      • Frazier Moss
      • Gillian Brothers
      • Indian Creek Delta Boys
      • J.T. Perkins
      • Ken Smelser
      • The Morgans
      • North Folk Rounders
      • Omer Forster
      • Perry County Music Makers
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      • Sharon Winters-Bounds
      • Vernon Solomon
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      • Wally Bryson & the Blaylock Brothers
      • W.L. Gregory & Clyde Davenport
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    John Work III: Recording Black Culture SFR-104  BUY IT HERE
    Winner of a GRAMMY Award in 2008 for Best Album Notes, featuring previously unreleased field recordings of Black musicians made by Fisk University professor, musician and folklorist, John Work III and kept kept in his personal library. Featuring Work's interview with blues legend, McKinley "Muddy Waters" Morganfield made in 1941 during the Fisk University/Library of Congress Coahoma County study. This recording is a companion to the book, Lost Delta Found, by Bruce Nemerov and Robert Gordon. The CD package includes rare photographs and extensive notes about the music and musicians.

    Produced by Bruce Nemerov and Evan Hatch
    Liner Notes by Bruce Nemerov
    Graphic Design Sharisse Steber
    Audio Restoration by Jack Pearson  

     

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