Folk Files #5 - No More To Roam Folk Files

Wayfaring Stranger is the featured song in this episode of Folk Files, which explores the history of Appalachia, shape note tradition, and the difficulties of tracing the origins of early American folk music. 

Host: Olivia Harding

Special thanks to: Aaron J. Morton, Jo Morton, Lucas "Whiskey Richards" Husted, and Mary White-Harding

Musical excerpts:

ARTIST: Jack White

WORK: Wayfaring Stranger

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25P08So3rfI



ARTIST: Cherokee National Youth Choir

WORK: North Wind

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_7j3qx-Qrs



ARTIST: Detlef Korsen

WORK: Ich Bin Ein Gast Auf Erden

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0ia7MiVqRc



ARTIST: Ireland Sacred Harp Convention

WORK: Wayfaring Stranger

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dL4AVKA6tM



ARTIST: The United Shape Note Singers of West Georgia and the Associated Note Singers of Atlanta

WORK: What a Happy Time

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUwHIEb19Ug



ARTIST: Texas Sacred Harp Singers

WORK: What Wondrous Love

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRpV9H9ZpB0



ARTIST: ARRR!!!

WORK: The Ballad of Captain Kidd

SOURCE: Let’s Get Kraken: https://arrr-pirates.bandcamp.com/album/lets-get-kraken



ARTIST: Rhiannon Giddens

WORK: Wayfaring Stranger

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1Z4PAZX9Bs



ARTIST: Ewan McColl

WORK: Dowie Dens of Yarrow

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NfTplWa0mg



ARTIST: Second Wind

WORK: Wayfaring Stranger

SOURCE: Deco Lounge, April 6 2024