MUSIC

The Carter Family Collection, Vol. 1 1927–1934 [6 CDs]

The Carter Family are among the most important artists in the entire history of popular music. They were pioneers in writing and recording folk and country music for the commercial market. This 6-CD set focuses on recordings between 1927–1941 featuring the original incarnation of the group. Songs include “Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow”, Keep On the Sunny Side”, “Wildwood Flower”, “I’m Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes”, and more. (Acrobat)

6CD# MOB601027

$24.99

Oh Lordy Mama – The Buddy Moss Collection 1930–1941 [2 CDs]

Eugene “Buddy” Moss, one of 12 children of a family of sharecroppers, was a blues singer guitarist and harmonica player from Georgia, and was one of what became known as the Piedmont school of bluesmen alongside Blind Blake, Josh White, Blind Boy Fuller and Barbecue Bob. Songs on this collection include “Hard Time Blues,” “I’m On My Way Down,” “Bye Bye Mama,” “Red River Blues,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB345525 $16.99

Complete Greatest Hits / Gordon Lightfoot

The most comprehensive single CD collection by treasured troubadour Gordon Lightfoot. These 1965–1987 United Artists, Reprise and Warner tracks include his Top 10 hits “Sundown,” “If You Could Read My Mind,” “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” “Carefree Highway,” and 14 more! Also available is If You Could Read My Mind, a concise DVD primer on Lightfoot’s career and craft. (Warner)

1CD# MOB828721 $15.99

If You Could Read My Mind DVD / Gordon Lightfoot

1DVD# MOB248833 $19.99

The Early Years – The First Albums 1961–1962 / Judy Collins

The legendary folk artist Judy Collins has been a respected personality on the music landscape for the last six decades, a singer, guitarist, songwriter and more recently a film director. This album focuses on her output in the early 1960s, with songs like “Wild Mountain Thyme,” “Golden Apples of the Sun,” “John Riley,” “Sing Hallelujah,” “A Maid of Constant Sorrow,” and more. (Acrobat)

1CD# MOB440428 $16.99

A Hundred Miles or More – Collection / Alison Krauss

A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection is comprised of 16 tracks, highlighting Alison Krauss’ career outside of her traditional releases with longtime band Union Station. The album features Krauss’s collaboration with John Waite on “Missing You,” as well as contributions to film soundtracks, including “You Will Be My Ain True Love,” written for the motion picture Cold Mountain, and “Down to the River to Pray” from the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Rounder)

1CD# MOB055520 $16.99

Crescent City Bounce – New Orleans R&B 1950–1958

This unique compilation examines the recordings of three legendary New Orleans piano-players, Archibald, Salvador Doucette, and James Booker, each of whom had surprisingly short discographies. Both Archibald and Booker were hugely influential players, and the latter would go on to enjoy enormous commercial success in the 1970s.

(Jasmine)

1CD# MOB319422 $17.99

20 Best Folk Songs of America

Margie Butler and Paul Espinoza sing some of the most famous and influential folk songs ever written. The songs reflect a wide range of musical styles that have influenced the multitute of singers and songwriters who have contributed to American folk music. Songs include “5 Miles,” “Tom Dooley,” “Sweet Betsy from Pike,” “Lemon Tree,” “If I Had a Hammer,” and more. (ARC Music)

1CD# EUCD2194 $12.99

Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper –Singles Collection 1947–1962 [2 CDs]

Husband and wife duo Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper performed and recorded through most of their career with their group The Clinch Mountain Clan. This 58-track 2-CD set comprises at least one side from most of their releases on the Rich-RTone and Columbia labels, including the Top 10 country hits “Come Walk With Me”, “Big Midnight Special”, “There’s A Big Wheel” and “Wreck On The Highway”. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB342524 $16.99

Ultimate Bluegrass Gospel

Continuing the ongoing Instrumental “Ultimate” series from Pinecastle Records, Ultimate Bluegrass Gospel is a collection of instrumental renderings of the most iconic gospel tunes in the songbook. Expertly played by Tony Wray and Tim Crouch. The album continues in the footsteps of other titles such as “Ultimate Pickin”, “More Ultimate Pickin’” and “Ultimate Banjo”. (Pinecastle)

1CD# MOB126724 $14.99

Bill Monroe – Father of Bluegrass Music [DVD]

No single figure in American music so dominated a genre as did Bill Monroe with bluegrass. Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music features video performances by Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys, Lester Flatt, Emmylou Harris, Paul McCartney, the Osborne Brothers, Dolly Parton, and more. Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music stands alone as the most intimate and detailed portrait of this unique musical innovator. (MVD Visual)

1DVD# MOB457794 $19.99