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Traditional Folk Music Culture Barers
Check out these amazing performers of traditional music
Anglo Americans
The Carter Family
"Wildwood Flower"
"Wildwood Flower"
Roscoe Holcomb
"Little Birdie"
"Little Birdie"
Jean Ritchie
"Shady Grove"
"Shady Grove"
Clarence Ashley
"The Cuckoo"
"The Cuckoo"
Almeda Riddle
"Mama, Buy Me A Chiney Doll"
"Mama, Buy Me A Chiney Doll"
Doc Watson
"Tennessee Stud"
"Tennessee Stud"
Pete Seeger
"If I Had a Hammer"
"If I Had a Hammer"
Sacred Harp Singing
Southwest Sacred Harp Singing Convention , McMahan TX (2011)
"New Britian - Amazing Grace"
Southwest Sacred Harp Singing Convention , McMahan TX (2011)
"New Britian - Amazing Grace"
African Americans
Georgia Sea Island Singers
"Yonder Come Day"
"Yonder Come Day"
Leadbelly
"Goodnight Irene"
"Goodnight Irene"
Elizabeth Cotten
"Freight Train"
"Freight Train"
Bessie Jones
"Shoo Turkey"
"Shoo Turkey"
Sonny Terry
"Hootin' the Blues"
"Hootin' the Blues"
Mississippi John Hurt
"John Henry"
"John Henry"
Odetta Holmes
"Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child"
"Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child"
Latin Americans
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Other Cultural Groups
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