Tangled Up Blues

From: The Texas Observer | Date: May 7, 2004| Author: Hagstrom, Karl | Copyright information

Alan Lomax's Southern Journey Remixed

Tangle Eye/Rounder Records

Who could have guessed that the 21st century would be inundated by folk songs from the early days of the talking machine? They are everywhere. Work song reissues stuff the racks at Tower. Scratchy fiddle records echo from independent radio. The mainstream country charts are still shaking from the surprise popularity of the Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. Eric Clapton's latest cops the blues that Robert John...

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