HCTLG Feat Keith Harkin - Leadbelly
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This is a link to Keith Harkin playing his song entitled "Lead Belly."
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
The Man in Black and The Rock Island Line
"The Rock Island Line" is a song written by Lead Belly in the 1930s. It is about the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad. The song was originally sang a Capella. Here is a great clip of a cover by Johnny Cash. The evolution of the song is evident through the big band arrangement.
Billy Bragg redefines Lead Belly's Classic "Bourgeois Blues".
Lead Belly originally wrote one of his most famous songs after encountering racism in Washington D.C. His experience is expressed in the song which later became a Library of congress recording. In 2006, England's "folk-punk-poet-bard" Billy Bragg decided, after dissaproval with the current U.S. Government under the George W. Bush Administration, to put his own spin to the song. "Bush War Blues" exhibits the heavy influence of Lead Belly and allows the classic song to remain timeless.
A link to the song can be found here: Billy Bragg "Bush War Blues"
-Jake Kennelly, The Lead Belly Foundation
Monday, June 1, 2009
NW Folklife Festival Tribute To Lead Belly 2009
This year the Northwest Folklife Festival in conjuction with the Lead Belly Foundation hosted a Tribute to Lead Belly concert in Seattle, WA on Memorial Day.
The festival was a sold out audience and many people could not get in due to a long line outside the concert's venue. Alvin Singh hosted the event and spoke about his work as curator for the Lead Belly Archives. " I think this concert was a great introduction to the many things to come in the Seattle area" said Singh. " My great uncle would have been proud to know so many fans turned out to hear his music even 60 years after his passing" Singh later explained.
A photo slideshow was presented and the audience even got a chance to watch Lead Belly perform in one of the three rare video footage's of him singing. The bands featured were from all different genres of music from Hawaiian blues, folk, rock and a jazz band that sang the final song once sung by Lead Belly before he closed his performances "Goodnight Irene".
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