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The Cuckoo (song), the Glossary

"The Cuckoo" (Roud 413) is a traditional English folk song, also sung in the United States, Canada, Scotland and Ireland.^[1]

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A Song Will Rise

A Song Will Rise is the fourth studio album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in 1965.

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Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax (January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music of the 20th century.

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Alfred George Deller, CBE (31 May 1912 – 16 July 1979), was an English singer and one of the main figures in popularising the return of the countertenor voice in Renaissance and Baroque music during the 20th century.

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Anne Briggs

Anne Patricia Briggs (born 29 September 1944) is an English folk singer.

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Anne Briggs (album)

Anne Briggs is a folk album released in 1971 by Anne Briggs.

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Anthology of American Folk Music

Anthology of American Folk Music is a three-album compilation, released in 1952 by Folkways Records, of eighty-four recordings of American folk, blues and country music made and issued from 1926 to 1933 by a variety of performers.

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Appalachian music

Appalachian music is the music of the region of Appalachia in the Eastern United States.

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Artie Traum

Arthur Roy Traum (April 3, 1943 – July 20, 2008) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer.

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Basket of Light

Basket of Light is a 1969 album by the folk rock group Pentangle.

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Beat Cafe

Beat Cafe is the 23rd studio album, and 28th album overall, from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan.

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Big Brother & the Holding Company (album)

Big Brother & the Holding Company is the debut album by American rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, with Janis Joplin, their lead singer.

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Big Brother and the Holding Company

Big Brother and the Holding Company are an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the same psychedelic music scene that produced the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Jefferson Airplane.

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Billy Strings

Billy Strings (born William Lee Apostol, October 3, 1992) is an American guitarist and bluegrass musician.

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Blue Horse (album)

Blue Horse is the debut album by the Be Good Tanyas.

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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.

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Bodleian Library

The Bodleian Library is the main research library of the University of Oxford.

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Broadside ballad

A broadside (also known as a broadsheet) is a single sheet of inexpensive paper printed on one side, often with a ballad, rhyme, news and sometimes with woodcut illustrations.

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Buck 65

Richard Terfry (born March 4, 1972), better known by his stage name Buck 65, is a Canadian alternative hip hop rapper.

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Bunclody

Bunclody, formerly Newtownbarry (until 1950), is a small town on the River Slaney in Wexford, Ireland.

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Burr Tillstrom

Franklin Burr Tillstrom (October 13, 1917 – December 6, 1985) was a puppeteer and the creator of Kukla, Fran and Ollie.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Clarence Ashley

Clarence "Tom" Ashley (born Clarence Earl McCurry; September 29, 1895 – June 2, 1967) was an American musician and singer, who played the clawhammer banjo and the guitar.

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Cold Mountain (soundtrack)

Cold Mountain is the soundtrack for the Civil War film Cold Mountain (2003) starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renée Zellweger.

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Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies

"Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies" ("Tiny Sparrow" or "Little Sparrow") (Roud #451) is an American folk music ballad, originating from the Appalachian region. The Cuckoo (song) and Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies are bob Dylan songs, Jean Ritchie songs, songwriter unknown and year of song unknown.

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Common cuckoo

The cuckoo, common cuckoo, European cuckoo or Eurasian cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals.

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Cosmo Sheldrake

Cosmo Christopher Sheldrake is an English musician, composer, and producer.

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County Wexford

County Wexford (Contae Loch Garman) is a county in Ireland.

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Cuckoo

Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes.

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Dave Alvin

David Albert Alvin (born November 11, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer.

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David Eugene Edwards

David Eugene Edwards (born February 24, 1968) is an American musician.

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Doc Watson

Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923 – May 29, 2012) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music.

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Donovan

Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter and record producer.

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Dry Branch Fire Squad

The Dry Branch Fire Squad is an American traditional-style bluegrass band from Virginia, which is fronted by Ron Thomason.

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E. L. Doctorow

Edgar Lawrence Doctorow (January 6, 1931 – July 21, 2015) was an American novelist, editor, and professor, best known for his works of historical fiction.

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Edie Brickell

Edie Arlisa Brickell (born March 10, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter widely known for 1988's Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, the debut album by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, which went to No.

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Eliza Carthy

Eliza Amy Forbes Carthy, MBE (born 23 August 1975) is an English folk musician known for both singing and playing the fiddle.

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English Folk Dance and Song Society

The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS, or pronounced 'EFF-diss') is an organisation that promotes English folk music and folk dance.

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English people

The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language, a West Germanic language, and share a common ancestry, history, and culture.

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Erik Darling

Erik Darling (September 25, 1933 – August 3, 2008) was an American singer-songwriter and a folk music artist.

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Faro Annie

Faro Annie is the 1971 solo album by British folk musician John Renbourn.

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Folk music

Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.

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Ghost Dance (The Pine Hill Haints album)

Ghost Dance is the third studio album by The Pine Hill Haints.

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Hamish Henderson

(James) Hamish Scott Henderson (11 November 1919 – 9 March 2002) was a Scottish poet, songwriter, communist, intellectual and soldier.

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Hamish Imlach

Hamish Imlach (10 February 1940 – 1 January 1996) was a Scottish folk singer.

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Heartaches and Harmonies

Heartaches and Harmonies is a compilation box-set CD by the rock and roll duo The Everly Brothers, released in 1994.

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Hem

A hem in sewing is a garment finishing method, where the edge of a piece of cloth is folded and sewn to prevent unravelling of the fabric and to adjust the length of the piece in garments, such as at the end of the sleeve or the bottom of the garment.

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Hips and Makers

Hips and Makers is the debut solo album by Kristin Hersh, best known as the primary singer and songwriter of the band Throwing Muses.

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Hobart Smith

Hobart Smith (May 10, 1897—January 11, 1965) was an American old-time musician.

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Incredible! Kaleidoscope

Incredible! Kaleidoscope is Kaleidoscope's third album.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Jack of Diamonds (song)

Jack of Diamonds (a.k.a. Jack o' Diamonds and Jack of Diamonds (Is a Hard Card to Play)) is a traditional folk song. The Cuckoo (song) and Jack of Diamonds (song) are American folk songs and year of song unknown.

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Jean Ritchie

Jean Ruth Ritchie (December 8, 1922 – June 1, 2015) was an American folk singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player, called by some the "Mother of Folk".

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Joan Baez

Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist.

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John Renbourn

John Renbourn (8 August 1944 – 26 March 2015) was an English guitarist and songwriter.

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Jonathan Foster (musician)

Jonathan Foster (born 1978 or 1979) is a singer-songwriter from Cranberry Lake, New York, located in the foothills of the Adirondack Park, and who currently resides in Redding, California.

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Kaleidoscope (American band)

Kaleidoscope (originally the Kaleidoscope) was an American psychedelic folk group who recorded four albums and several singles for Epic Records between 1966 and 1970.

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Kelly Harrell

Kelly Harrell (September 13, 1889 – July 9, 1942) was an American country music singer in the 1920s.

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Kristin Hersh

Martha Kristin Hersh (born August 7, 1966) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter known for her solo work and with her rock bands Throwing Muses and 50FootWave.

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Laura Veirs

Laura Pauline Veirs (born October 24, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter based in Portland, Oregon.

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Leylines

Leylines is the sixth studio album by American Appalachian band Rising Appalachia.

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Live at Newport (Joan Baez album)

Live at Newport is a live album by American singer and musician Joan Baez, released in 1996.

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Live at The Gaslight 1962

Live at The Gaslight 1962 is a live album including ten songs from early Bob Dylan performances recorded in October 1962 at The Gaslight Cafe in New York City's Greenwich Village.

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Luke Kelly

Luke Kelly (17 November 1940 – 30 January 1984) was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor from Dublin, Ireland.

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Martin Simpson

Martin Stewart Simpson (born 5 May 1953) is an English folk singer, guitarist and songwriter.

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Music from The American Epic Sessions: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Music from The American Epic Sessions: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the official 2017 soundtrack album of the award-winning film The American Epic Sessions.

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New Lost City Ramblers

The New Lost City Ramblers, or NLCR, was an American contemporary old-time string band that formed in New York City in 1958 during the folk revival.

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On Top of Old Smoky

"On Top of Old Smoky" (often spelled "Smokey") is a traditional folk song of the United States. The Cuckoo (song) and on Top of Old Smoky are American folk songs, songwriter unknown and year of song unknown.

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Original Folkways Recordings: 1960–1962

Original Folkways Recordings: 1960–1962 is the title of a recording by Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley, released in 1994.

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Osborne Brothers

The Osborne Brothers, Sonny (October 29, 1937 – October 24, 2021) and Bobby (December 7, 1931 – June 27, 2023), were an influential and popular bluegrass act during the 1960s and 1970s and until Sonny retired in 2005.

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Pentangle (band)

Pentangle are a British folk band, formed in London in 1967.

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Peter Tork

Peter Halsten Thorkelson (February 13, 1942 – February 21, 2019), better known by his stage name Peter Tork, was an American musician and actor.

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Peter, Paul and Mary

Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961 during the American folk music revival phenomenon.

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Rabbit Songs

Rabbit Songs is the debut album by Hem.

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Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Ramblin' Jack Elliott (born Elliott Charles Adnopoz; August 1, 1931) is an American folk singer and songwriter and musician.

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Ramblin' Jack Elliott (album)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott is an album by American folk musician Ramblin' Jack Elliott, released in February 1962 on the Prestige International label.

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Richard Thompson (musician)

Richard Thompson (born 3 April 1949) is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

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Righteousness and Humidity

Righteousness And Humidity is a 2003 album recorded by the English guitarist Martin Simpson and released on the Topic Records label.

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Riley Baugus

Riley Baugus is an American old-time guitarist, banjo player, fiddler, singer and instrument builder from North Carolina.

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Rising Appalachia

Rising Appalachia is an American Appalachian folk music group, led by multi-instrumentalist sisters Leah Song and Chloe Smith.

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Roadsongs (Townes van Zandt album)

Roadsongs is a live album of cover songs released by folk/country singer–songwriter Townes Van Zandt in 1994.

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Rory Gallagher

William Rory Gallagher (2 March 1948 – 14 June 1995) was an Irish musician and songwriter.

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Roud Folk Song Index

The Roud Folk Song Index is a database of around 250,000 references to nearly 25,000 songs collected from oral tradition in the English language from all over the world.

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Saltville, Virginia

Saltville is a town in Smyth and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Shirley Collins

Shirley Elizabeth Collins MBE (born 5 July 1935) is an English folk singer who was a significant contributor to the English Folk Revival of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Steve Martin

Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and musician.

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Taj Mahal (musician)

Henry St.

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The Be Good Tanyas

The Be Good Tanyas are a Canadian folk music group formed in Vancouver in 1999.

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The Dubliners

The Dubliners were an Irish folk band founded in Dublin in 1962 as The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group, named after its founding member; they subsequently renamed themselves The Dubliners.

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The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers were an American rock duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing.

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The Holy Modal Rounders

The Holy Modal Rounders was an American folk music group, originally the duo of Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber, who formed in 1963 on the Lower East Side of New York City.

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The Holy Modal Rounders (album)

The Holy Modal Rounders is the debut album of the folk duo the Holy Modal Rounders, released in 1964 through Prestige Records, and produced by Sam Charters.

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The March (novel)

The March: A Novel is a 2005 historical fiction novel by E. L. Doctorow.

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The Natch'l Blues

The Natch'l Blues is the second studio album by American blues artist Taj Mahal, released in 1968.

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The News & Observer

The News & Observer is an American regional daily newspaper that serves the greater Triangle area based in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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The Pine Hill Haints

The Pine Hill Haints are an American traditional bluegrass/folk/honky tonk/country band from Alabama, though the band members themselves describe their unique southern roots music as "Alabama Ghost Music." The Haints are composed of Jamie Barrier on guitar and vocals, Katie "Kat" Barrier on mandolin, singing saw, and washboard, Stevie LaBlanc on washtub bass, Justin Ward on accordion and trombone, and Brian "Zero" Borden on snare drum.

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Tim Eriksen

Tim Eriksen is an American musician, musicologist, and professor.

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Tobar an Dualchais – Kist o Riches

Tobar an Dualchais – Kist o Riches is a project which aims to preserve and digitize material gathered in Scottish Gaelic, Scots and English by the School of Scottish Studies (of the University of Edinburgh), BBC Scotland and the Canna Collection of the National Trust for Scotland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo_(song)

, Jack of Diamonds (song), Jean Ritchie, Joan Baez, John Renbourn, Jonathan Foster (musician), Kaleidoscope (American band), Kelly Harrell, Kristin Hersh, Laura Veirs, Leylines, Live at Newport (Joan Baez album), Live at The Gaslight 1962, Luke Kelly, Martin Simpson, Music from The American Epic Sessions: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, New Lost City Ramblers, On Top of Old Smoky, Original Folkways Recordings: 1960–1962, Osborne Brothers, Pentangle (band), Peter Tork, Peter, Paul and Mary, Rabbit Songs, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Ramblin' Jack Elliott (album), Richard Thompson (musician), Righteousness and Humidity, Riley Baugus, Rising Appalachia, Roadsongs (Townes van Zandt album), Rory Gallagher, Roud Folk Song Index, Saltville, Virginia, Scotland, Shirley Collins, Steve Martin, Taj Mahal (musician), The Be Good Tanyas, The Dubliners, The Everly Brothers, The Holy Modal Rounders, The Holy Modal Rounders (album), The March (novel), The Natch'l Blues, The News & Observer, The Pine Hill Haints, Tim Eriksen, Tobar an Dualchais – Kist o Riches, Tom Rush, Townes Van Zandt, Two Beers Veirs, United States, Victor Talking Machine Company, Wheels Within Wheels, Willie Watson (musician).

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