#lead belly

[odinsblog]

[fangomusic]

Postal Stamps

ABBA, The Tragically Hip, The Beatles, Buddy Holly, Marvin Gaye, U2, Leonard Cohen, k.d. Lang, and Leadbelly.

[musickickztoo]

Lead Belly

January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949

[citizenscreen]

Folk/blues singer Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter was born on January 20, 1888 #botd

[brianmchenry]

In the pines, in the pines

And a print of it here: https://brianmchenry.bigcartel.com/

[xtcstuff69]

[geekysteven]

[folk-enjoyer]

Song of the day

do you want to know the history of a folk song? submit an ask or dm me and I'll cover it

"Irene (Goodnight, Irene)"

Lead Belly, 1933

this song was covered by many artists, but my favorite is the most notable cover: this one by the Weavers

The Weavers' version is incredibly important to the history of folk music, as it was their most popular song in 1948 (and the first no. charting single in the folk music genre), and helped kick them off into popularity before they were blacklisted just 2 years later.

[doraemonmon]

Lead Belly

[opticandmasturbation]

The earliest known photo of Lead Belly, apparently dating back to 1918

--Document records, fb

[slowtraincumming]

It's been 75 years since Huddie Ledbetter's or better known as Lead Belly's passing, so I wanted to post the lyrics to a song Woody wrote a month after his passing 💜

[agirlnamedbone]

in the pines, in the pines

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

MUSIC HISTORY AS AMERICAN HISTORY UNDER ONE ROOF.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on American folk musician/vocalist Woody Guthrie playing alongside folky African-American bluesman Leadbelly (on 12-string guitar) in Chicago, IL, c. 1940. 📸: ?

Man, never knew these two crossed paths before, but the fact that these pictures exist at all is a thing of beauty all its own.

Source: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/picture/2013/oct/03/woody-guthrie-lead-belly.

[musickickztoo]

Lead Belly *January 20, 1888

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Amythyst Kiah - “In the Pines”

There’s room for Amythyst Kiah “In the Pines.”

She is the latest to redo Lead Belly’s oft-covered track and makes it all her own with passionate vocals and a lo-fi arrangement and production values that include acoustic and electric guitars and percussion and perfectly capture the lethal circumstances of the lyric.

Kiah calls the release “a callback to (my) formative years and my undying love of murder ballads” and the result suggests she might want to incorporate more of this alongside her original songs. For while anyone can rearrange and record “In the Pines” - and many have - few can do it like Kiah did it.

Grade card: Amythyst Kiah - “In the Pines” - A

4/29/24

[jazzdailyblog]

Exploring Keith Jarrett's "Sun Bear Concerts:" A Monument of Jazz Improvisation

Introduction: Keith Jarrett’s “Sun Bear Concerts,” released in 1978, stands as one of the most ambitious works in the world of solo jazz piano. This monumental ten-LP box set, now available as a six-CD collection, captures five live performances from Jarrett’s November 1976 tour of Japan, during which he performed in Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Tokyo, and Sapporo. Over six hours of uninterrupted…