Traditional Folk Music
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The True Story of "The Old 97"
How is it that a simple mail train wreck becomes the basis for one of America's most famous folk songs? Here is the true story of "The wreck of the old 97"
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The True Story of The Big Rock Candy Mountain
The Big Rock Candy Mountain is not all that it appears to be. Read on for the true story of the big rock candy mountain
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The Best Folk Songs for Thanksgiving
Suite101 presents the greatest songs about Thanksgiving to ever go from mouth to ear. Enjoy them with or without cranberries.
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The Great Railroad Tragedies In Song
Two of the greatest songs in American Folk Music were born out of gruesome disasters. Suite101 investigates "The Wreck of the Old 97" and "The Ballad of Casey Jones.
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Trains in American Folk Music
Suite101 takes ride along with the trains of America, and the songs inspired by them.
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The True Story of the Cocaine Blues
The use of cocaine by workers along the Mississippi River leads to its inclusion in Delta culture and in its music. Read on for the history of Cocaine in American Music.
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Fifteen Facts About Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger is one of the great patriarchs of American Music. Celebrate his 90th birthday and learn about the man and his legacy.
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Irish Songs of Outlaws and Highwaymen
Suite101 sings soft and low of the gypsies, tramps, and thieves of Ireland, examining three of the most popular songs of the rogue.
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Irish Folk Songs of War and Martyrdom
With harp and fiddle, the Irish sing of battles won and lives lost. Below are the stories behind four of the most popular: The Patriot Game, Mrs. McGrath, and others.
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Traditional Irish Folk Songs Not from Ireland
Not every great Irish song is from Ireland. In fact, some of the most famous were not written in Ireland at all. Read on for their stories.
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Ten Facts About Leadbelly
He was a hard-living man with a bad temper and a 12 string guitar, but he shaped the music of the 20th century. Meet Leadbelly, "King of the 12-string Guitar."
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The True Story of John Barleycorn
Suite101 answers the question that has plagued folk singers for centuries: who is John Barleycorn, and why must he die?
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Francis James Child and the Child Ballads
Francis James Child's work, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, was the first major attempt to collect the Folk tradition of Western Europe.
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The True Story of Tom Dooley
It is a song everyone knows, but the story behind the song remains shrouded in mystery.
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What is a Ballad Anyway?
The term "ballad" has been come a misnomer in modern times representing slow, dramatic rock songs instead of actual stories. Read on for the truth behind the ballad.
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