Appalachian Voices Sing the Blues

Lu-Ann Farrar in the Herald has some good music news:

Smithsonian Folkways has issued a compilation recording, Classic Appalachian Blues. The Washington Post reviewed the CD:

"Generally lighter and more lyrical in tone than its brooding Mississippi counterpart, the blues that emerged from the Appalachian Mountains during the Great Depression ranged widely in type, encompassing barnyard stomps, ragtime, piano-driven boogie-woogie and proto-rock-and-roll. Much of it, as the Smithsonian set reveals, became an enduring part of the American musical vernacular, figuring prominently in the repertoires of rock-era luminaries such as Bob Dylan, Jerry Lee Lewis and the Grateful Dead."