Song of America

This 3-cd set just came out on Sept 18. It was conceived by Ed Patterson and his Aunt Janet Reno (yes that Janet Reno). Ed had just written a folk song that took place in America's past and his Aunt suggested a project that encompsed all of America's history in song. Thus this sprawling project was started. The songs range from the 1400's to today. Harper Simon (son of Paul) does Yankee Doodle Dandy while John Mellencamp does Woody Gutherie's "This Land Is Your Land." The track list for the three tracks:

Disc: 1
1. Earl Bullhead - Lakota Dream Song [3:08]
2. Julie Lee - Once More Our God Vouchsafe To Shine [3:07]
3. The Blind Boys of Alabama - Let Us Break Bread Together [3:49]
4. John Wesley Harding - God Save The King [3:49]
5. Elizabeth Foster - Young Ladies In Town [3:01]
6. Malcom Holcombe - The Old Woman Taught Wisdom [6:30]
7. Ed Pettersen - The Liberty Song [4:59]
8. Harper Simon - Yankee Doodle [3:29]
9. The Wilders - Jefferson & Liberty [2:10]
10. Steven Kowalczyk-Santoro - Hail Columbia [2:56]
11. Take 6 - The Star Spangled Banner [2:04]
12. Beth Nielsen Chapman - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child [5:09]
13. Freedy Johnston - Peg and Awl [4:34]
14. BR549 - Sweet Betsy From Pike [4:23]
15. Will & Jehnean - Trail of Tears [4:35]
16. Minton Sparks/Pat Flynn - Declaration Of Sentiments [4:34]
17. Fisk Jubilee Singers - Go Down Moses [3:44]
18. The Mavericks featuring Thad Cockrell - Dixie's Land [6:13] Various -

Disc: 2
1. Marah - John Brown's Body [2:40]
2. Joanna Smith - Battle Hymn of the Republic [5:15]
3. Janis Ian - Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye [2:09]
4. Tim O'Brien - Thousands Are Sailing To Amerikay [4:24]
5. Otis Gibbs - The Farmer Is The Man [3:03]
6. Joni Harms - Home On The Range [4:30]
7. Jake Shimabukuro - Stars & Stripes Forever [2:28]
8. Judith Edelman & Neilson Hubbard - Sleep, My Child (Schlof Mayn Kind) [4:47]
9. Jen Chapin - Over There [2:31]
10. Andrew Bird - How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm [5:04]
11. Karen Parks - Lift Every Voice and Sing! [5:11]
12. Danielson - Happy Days Are Here Again [3:05]
13. Andy Bey - Brother Can Spare A Dime? [6:30]
14. Jim Lauderdale - Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat [2:11]
15. Old Crow Medicine Show - Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) [4:56]
16. Suzy Bogguss - Rosie The Riveter [2:31]
17. Folk Family Robinson - Reuben James [4:04] Various - Song of America Disc: 3 1. Elizabeth Cook and The Grascals - The Great Atomic Power [2:45] 2. Devendra Banhart - Little Boxes [4:08] 3. The Del McCoury Band - The Times They Are A Changin' [3:49] 4. Scott Kempner - Apache Tears [3:42] 5. Kim Richey - Get Together [4:01] 6. The Dynamites with Charles Walker - Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud [4:32] 7. Ben Taylor - Ohio [2:40] 8. Anthony David - What's Going On? [5:02] 9. Martha Wainwright - I Am Woman [3:27] 10. Matthew Ryan - Youngstown [4:14] 11. Gary Heffern & Chris Eckman - Wave [4:35] 12. Shortee - The Message [6:34] 13. Bettye LaVette - Streets of Philadelphia [3:49] 14. The Wrights - Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning [5:30] 15. John Mellencamp - This Land Is Your Land [4:10] I had to special order this set from Barnes & Noble. It's released from Split Rock Records/Thirty One Tigers, so it's not a big label. But this line up looks amazing. I just got a call earlier that it's in, but it was too late to go get it, the Barnes & Noble is across the Parish from me. I work this weekend, closing both nights, so I probably won't be able to get it till Monday. I'm not the most patient person when it comes to things like this. But I'll guess I'll just have to wait.