"Folk Playground" from Putumayo

Brand: Putumayo
"Years ago, before the advances of modern technology gave us MP3 players and video phones, people used to get together with family and friends to make music. Gathered around the fireplace or sitting on the front porch, people of all ages would pull out instruments and sing traditional songs that had been passed down from previous generations. This is the very essence of folk music, and its legacy continues on Folk Playground, the new family recording from Putumayo Kids.In the 1950s and 60s, many songs that had survived the passing of time found renewed life and meaning for a new generation of performers and audiences. Singers like Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Odetta and others were part of this popular revival and many of the people who sing on Folk Playground grew up listening to their songs. As adults, these musicians have continued the folk music tradition by performing their own versions of classic songs or by writing new ones inspired by those songs.To help ensure that the folk legacy continues for many generations to come, Putumayo is donating a portion of the proceeds from the sale of Folk Playground to the Fund for Folk Culture, in support of their dedication to the dynamic practice and conservation of folk and traditional arts and culture in the United States.Artist•Song SampleVictor Johnson•This Old ManZoe Lewis•SheepJon Gailmor•Just KiddingMichelle Shocked•Got No StringsBrady Rymer•It's All How You Look At ItDan Zanes•Hop Up LadiesLaurie Berkner•Froggie Went a CourtinTrout Fishing in America•Fill It UpJustin Roberts•Roller in the CoasterLeon Redbone•Polly Wolly DoddleElizabeth Mitchell•CrawdadEric Bibb feat. Michael Jerome Browne•Just Look Up"

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