Leadbelly Photo: Supplied Smithsonian
Episode 214 features an interview about the life and music of the hugely influential singer and songwriter Huddie Leadbetter aka Lead Belly. He came from poverty and went on to forge a global legacy as one of the most enduring American blues and folk artists. Songs like Goodnight Irene, Midnight Special, Cotton Fields and In The Pines continue to influence contemporary music more than a century later. The interview is conducted with Jeff Place who curated this retrospective collection called Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection released in 2015.
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Jadid Ensemble
Ayat
Sharpe. Jadid Ensemble
Sigh of the Moor
Glenn M Sharp
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Ahouye Vahshi
Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
Jardins migrateurs
Ma Case
Lead Belly
"Midnight Special" (With The Golden Gate Quartet)
Traditional
The Midnight Special and Other Southern Prison Songs
RCA
Ray Lema and Oumou Sangare
Ami
Ray Lema and Oumou Sangare
7”single
No Format
Anoushka Shankar & Pepe Habichuela
Boy Meets Girl
Shankar & Pepe Habichuela
Traveller
Deutche Grammaphon
Abou Diarra
Djarabi (feat. Toumani Diabaté)
Abou Diarra
Koya
Mix et Metise
AfroCubism
Al Viavén de Mi Carreta
Afrocubism
Afrocubism
World Circuit
Lead Belly
In The Pines
trad arranged by Huddie Ledbetter
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Lead Belly
Blind Lemon
Huddie Ledbetter
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Lead Belly
Fannin Street
Huddie Ledbetter
Bourgeois Blues
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Lead Belly
Governor Pat Neff
Huddie Ledbetter
Shout On
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Lead Belly
Take This Hammer
arranged by Huddie Ledbetter
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Lead Belly
If It Wasn't For Dicky
Sam Kennedy – arranged Huddie Ledbetter
Alabama Bound Vol 1
Supreme Media
Lead Belly
Irene
Ledbetter , Lomax, Lomax
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Lead Belly
Bourgeois Blues
Huddie Ledbetter
:Bourgeois Blues
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Lead Belly
Moanin'
Huddie Ledbetter
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Lead Belly
Cotton Fields
Huddie Ledbetter
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Lead Belly
Midnight Special
arranged Huddie Ledbetter
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Lead Belly
Gallis Pole
Huddie Ledbetter
Bourgeois Blues
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Natalia Mann
GüL ÇAyı
Natalia Mann
Pasif.Ist
Rattle Records
