Janette Carter
A tribute to Janette Carter (1923-2006) and the music of Southwestern Virginia.
Playlist
Janette Carter with the Carter Family: God's Gonna Trouble the Water
The Original Carter Family in Texas (Old Homestead)
Carter Family: Mid the Green Fields of Virginia
Mid The Green Fields of Virginia (RCA)
Wayne Henderson: Cannon Ball Blues
48th Union Grove Fiddler's Convention (Union Grove)
Kelly Harrell and the Virignia String Band: Ballad of Charles Guiteau
Old-time Ballads from the Southern Mountains (County)
Virginia Playboys: Walking in My Sleep
Galax Old Fiddlers' Convention, 1961-1963 (Folkways)
Bull Mountain Moonshiners: Johnny Goodwin
The Bristol Sessions (CMF)
Norman Edmonds and the Old-Timers: Walking in the Parlor
Galax Old Fiddlers' Convention, 1961-1963 (Folkways)
The Mountain Ramblers: Baptizing Down By the Creek
White Spirituals (Atlantic)
E. C. Ball and the Friendly Gospel Singers: Beautiful Star of Bethelem
Self-titled (County)
Carter Family: Hello Central, Give Me Heaven
More Original Gems from the Carter Family (RCA)
Janette and Joe Carter: Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?
Alan Lomax 1983 film footage (unissued)
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Traditional, folk, vernacular, endangered, and extinct music from America and elsewhere. Hosted by Nathan Salsburg, an archivist, producer, and writer based in Louisville, Kentucky.
He has worked for the The Alan Lomax Archive since 2000, for which he currently serves in the capacities of production manager, photo and video archivist, and general digital catalog editor. Salsburg maintains an index of online vernacular music resources at his blog, roothogordie.wordpress.com, contributes occasional music writing to the Louisville Eccentric Observer and the Other Music weekly update, and is curator of Twos & Fews, a vernacular music imprint in collaboration with Chicago's Drag City label.
more He has worked for the The Alan Lomax Archive since 2000, for which he currently serves in the capacities of production manager, photo and video archivist, and general digital catalog editor. Salsburg maintains an index of online vernacular music resources at his blog, roothogordie.wordpress.com, contributes occasional music writing to the Louisville Eccentric Observer and the Other Music weekly update, and is curator of Twos & Fews, a vernacular music imprint in collaboration with Chicago's Drag City label.
