Pulled from field recordings, old 78s, archived radio broadcasts, podcasts and LP cuts, this is old-time music at its most surreal and hypnotic

Bonaparte's Retreat (Marcus Martin, 1941 Field Recording)

Flatwoods (Emmett and Kelly Lundy, 1941 Field Recording)

Fortune (Glen Smith, 1961 Field Recording)

Bile Them Cabbage Down (The Lone Star Rangers, 1941 Field Recording)

Old Tyme

Silver Dagger (Ed Haley, LP Cut)

Breaking Up Christmas (The Feed Room Five, 1960s Radio Broadcast)

Fox Chase (John Tyree, LP Cut)

Soon One Morning, Death Comes Creeping in the Room (Josh Thomas, 1970 Field Recording)

Twin Sisters (Sidna Myers, 1960s Field Recording)

Roustabout (Buffalo) (Dink Roberts, LP Cut)

Ida Red (Frank Blevins, Home Recording)

Leather Britches (Carlton Rawlings, 1960s Home Recording)

Cacklin' Hen (The Feed Room Five, 1960s Radio Broadcast)

Tres and mandolin by Wes Freeman
Arranged, mixed and mastered by R. Hoyte Raney

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Nothing For Ears, Nothing For Eyes (for Charles Wright)

Appalachian musician based in Chicago playing old-time songs with fuzz guitar and lefty sentiments.

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