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Episode 28
ListenEpisode #28: "Folk Heroes...Human and Otherwise" - In this episode of Tapestry of the Times, Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee, and Sonny Terry sing the praises of larger-than-life mythic characters like John Henry and Joe Turner. And we enjoy some distant sounds from Paraguay, Indonesia, and Gambia. Real music, real people, and the stories behind the sounds.
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Big Bill Broonzy
Album:
Trouble in Mind
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14, Shuffle Rag
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Album:
Classic African-American Ballads
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6, John Henry
Cisco Houston
Album:
The Folkways Years 1944-1961
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10, The Frozen Logger
Woody Guthrie
Album:
Hard Travelin’: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 3
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6, Mean Talking Blues
Walt Robertson
Album:
Walt Robertson Sings American Folk Songs
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11, The Fox
Otis High and Flarrie Griffin
Album:
Hand-Me-Down Music: Old Songs, Old Friends, Vol. 1, Traditional Music of Union County, North Carolina
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2 Froggie Went a Courtin
John Snipes
Album:
Black Banjo Songsters
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3, Old Rattler (Fox Chase)
Frank Proffitt
Album:
Frank Proffitt Sings Folk Songs
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13, Ground Hog
Bascom Lamar Lunsford
Album:
Classic Mountain Songs
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16, Mole in the Ground
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Aaron Henkin is the creator and host of 'Tapestry of the Times.' He's also a co-creator and producer of WYPR's weekly cultural program, The Signal. Aaron's reports and features have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Day to Day, and PRI's Studio 360 and The World. He's a regular guest-host on the American Public Media program The Story. He's also the curator and host of a weekly podcast called The NPR Station Showcase with PRX