The Mountain

Amos Lee performs Steve Earle's song, "The Mountain", with some help from eleven year old mandolin player Bella Betts. The picture is not the best, but the audio is good.

Sharon Shannon

A post of songs performed by my favorite accordionist, the Galway Girl, Sharon Shannon. I have seen her live before, and her concerts are as much fun in persons, as they appear in the videos.

"Potholes"



"The Neck Belly Reels"



I can't do a post on Sharon Shannon without including this Steve Earle song, "Galway Girl"

Maria Muldaur

Maria Muldaur is one of my favorite singers, and I cannot believe that I have not done a post on her before now. So to end the year I will rectify this omission. Muldaur is most famous in popular music for her monster hit with "Midnight at the Oasis". It is unfortunate that she known mainly for this, since her talent ranges for beyond this one song.

Here is a recent clip with Muldaur discussing her early influences, and a rendition of the Bessie Smith song "Empty Bed Blues".



A short clip of the young Maria from her jug band days.



This is "Cajun Moon", off the album "Lousiana Love Call". I have a personally signed copy of this CD, plus she winked at me when she signed it.



A clip from the Odetta Memorial. Muldaur sings "Down by the Riverside" with the Holmes Brothers. Also on this clip Steve Earle sings Woody Guthie's "Deportee".



If you like this, try these previous posts:

St. Louis Blues/Bessie Smith - September 7, 2009

Odetta - January 25, 2010

Labor Day - Woody Guthrie - September 6, 2009