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Child of Grace (Denson 1991) 77t

I've posted a Sacred Harp song, "Child of Grace" to ezFolk and will post it here as well. It's played melody-drone on a Rockwell YAM strung with...
@Flint Hill started 17 years ago - replies: 11

Faithful Soldier, Southern Harmony #122

We used to sing this one in West Georgia in the 1950s, and I still love it. It's from William Walker's Southern Harmony , a shape-note songbook...
@Flint Hill started 17 years ago - replies: 12

What's a Noter-Drone dulcimer?....

A member wrote to me and asked this question:What's a Noter-Drone dulcimer?I thought rather than them getting an answer from only one person, it...
@Strumelia started 17 years ago - replies: 33

I Wonder As I Wander...

I Wonder as I Wander by John Jacob Niles"I Wonder as I Wander" has its origins in a song fragment collected on July 16, 1933 by folklorist and...
@Rod Westerfield started 17 years ago - replies: 2

The beginning of the end, circa 1978

Happened to run across an interesting article by one JC Rockwell that suggests he was a pioneer -- maybe even the pioneer -- of the chord-playing...
@razyn started 17 years ago - replies: 38

Anyone want to start a modern/chording style players group?

I started a group for old style noter/drone players this past week and it has become very popular.I just wanted to mention here on the forum that...
@Strumelia started 17 years ago - replies: 3

Preparing for a gig

This topic interests me because, since setting my goal of just putting myself out there at sessions in 2009 I have had some bookings (paid and...
@Foggers started 17 years ago - replies: 7

The worst sort of gig

I just think it could be amusing, in a horrible way, to see how low we sometimes have to stoop in the name of music. Or maybe some other name, but...
@razyn started 17 years ago - replies: 10

The Friendly Beasts

Ok ... I figured to start our sharing hymn, we would start with a Christmas song... so here we go..."The Friendly Beasts" is a traditional...
@Rod Westerfield started 17 years ago - replies: 9

What are your top 5 hymns or worship songs

My top 5...5 - Oh How I Love Jesus4 - Nothing But the Blood3 - Lily of the Valley2 - He Touched Me1 - There's Something About that Name
@Rod Westerfield started 17 years ago - replies: 18