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1.Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase – Norman Blake 02:53
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2.Banjo Picking Girl – Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens 03:06
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3.Old Corn Liquor – Joe Thompson 03:25
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4.Rain and Snow – Suzanne Thomas, Dry Branch Fire Squad 02:15
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5.The Orphan Child – Jody Stecher, Kate Brislin, Jody Stetcher 04:04
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6.Working on a Building – The Johnson Mountain Boys, The Johnston Mountain Boys 03:18
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7.You Better Mind – Bessie Jones 02:50
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8.Dry Bones – The Persuasions 02:17
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9.Did You Hear John Hurt? – Dave Van Ronk 03:15
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10.One-Dime Blues – Etta Baker 02:34
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11.All the Way From East St. Louis – Mississippi Fred McDowell 03:08
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12.Juke Medley – Carey Bell, Robert Nighthawk 01:38
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13.Black's Ball – J.B. Hutto & the Hawks 02:57
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14.Just a Little While to Stay Here – Rebirth Brass Band 06:17
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15.Iko, Iko – Theodore "Bo" Dollis, The Wild Magnolias 03:42
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16.Mai Kai No Kauai – The Tau Moe Family 02:46
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17.Texas Cowboy – Glen Ohrlin 03:20
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18.Streets of Laredo – Brownie Ford 04:27
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19.Lacassine Special – The Balfa Brothers 03:13
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20.Ti Galop pour Mamou – D.L. Menard 02:39
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21.Dimanche Apres-Midi – Chris Ardoin & Double Clutchin' 03:23
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22.Père et Garçon Zydeco – Geno Delafose, John Delafose, John & Geno Delafose 04:58
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23.Oh Bye Mon Neg – Boozoo Chavis 03:44
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24.Zulema Waltz – Santiago Jimenez, Jr. 02:21
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25.Ahualulco – Los Pregoneros del Puerto 03:54
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26.Ven (Come to Me) – Los Cachorros 02:59
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27.Reels: Catherine McEvoy's/Arkle Mountain – Liz Carroll, James Keane Jr. 02:24
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28.Silver Star Hornpipe/Karen's Reel/Temperance Reel – Joe Warren Cormier 03:30
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29.Long Journey Home – J.D. Crowe & the New South 03:04
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30.Leavin' – James King 03:01
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31.Old Folks at Home – Vern Williams 04:11
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32.Nobody's Business – The Freight Hoppers 03:36
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33.All Around the World – James Booker 03:27
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34.Frankie and Johnny – Tuts Washington 02:21
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35.Yancey's Bugle Call – Preacher Jack 03:05
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36.Bottle Up and Go – Sleepy LaBeef 02:36
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37.Friend of the Devil – Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen, Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pederson 03:16
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38.Every Time You Say Goodbye – Union Station, Alison Krauss 03:17
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39.Man of Constant Sorrow – Tim O'Brien, Tony Furtado 04:11
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40.Crossfire – Béla Fleck 03:26
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41.You're in My Heart – Rhonda Vincent 02:24
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42.Second Wind – Claire Lynch 03:05
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43.Black Dog – Ray Wylie Hubbard 03:15
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44.Don't Kneel at My Graveside – Stevens Sisters 03:37
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45.Oh Death – Tarbox Ramblers 03:23
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46.You Can't Hold on to a Love That's Gone – The Holmes Brothers 03:47
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47.This Time I'm Gone for Good – Johnny Adams 04:37
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48.Down the Road – Marcia Ball 03:59
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49.Think It Over One More Time – Buckwheat Zydeco 03:33
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50.Just One Kiss – Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers 04:39
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51.Danse de Mardi Gras – Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys 03:54
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52.Chez Seychelles – Beausoleil 03:19
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53.Frosty – Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 03:48
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54.Funkyard – Walter "Wolfman" Washington 05:01
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55.Doyne/Freylekhs – Klezmer Conservatory Band 04:34
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56.Somos Boricuas (We Are Puerto Rican) – Los Pleneros de La 21 03:33
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57.Hey Little Love – Tish Hinojosa 02:54
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58.Año Viejo – The Blazers 04:25
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59.All Just to Get You – Joe Ely 04:13
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60.One Endless Night – Jimmie Dale Gilmore 03:48
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61.Nebraska – The Cash Brothers 03:47
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62.Uniform Grey – Sarah Harmer 03:44
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63.Broke Down – Slaid Cleaves 03:12
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64.Birches – Bill Morrissey 03:23
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65.More Than a Paycheck – Sweet Honey in the Rock 03:55
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66.Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – IIIrd Tyme Out 03:17
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67.Flamenco Fling – Natalie MacMaster 03:46
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68.Ashokan Farewell – Fiddle Fever 04:07
Over the course of their 30-year career, Boston's Rounder Records has amassed an amazing catalog of recordings drawing on just about every American musical tradition you can think of. Known primarily as a bluegrass and folk label, Rounder has also released (both under their own imprint and through subsidiary labels like Heartbeat, Bullseye Blues, and Philo) numerous albums by Cajun, old-time, reggae, contemporary folk, zydeco, and blues artists. Roots Music is culled from the catalog of the Rounder imprint itself, and its four discs veer wildly from the hardcore fiddle tunes of Norman Blake and the old-timey singing of Suzanne Thomas to the raucous Cajun two-steps of the Balfa Brothers and D.L. Menard, and from there to the elegant conjunto stylings of Los Pregoneros del Puerto and the Texas country-rock of Jimmie Dale Gilmore. It's a pretty unusual compilation that has the old-time string band the Freight Hoppers rubbing right up against legendary New Orleans pianist James Booker, but then, that's the kind of label Rounder has always been. Roots Music is a fitting and aptly titled tribute to this American treasure. Rick Anderson, All Music Guide
- Genre: World, Rock, Latin, Country, Folk, Religious
- Subgenre: CCM/Contemporary Gospel, Alternative Country, Cajun, Contemporary Country, Contemporary Folk, Folk/Country Rock, Mexican, Rock & Roll/Roots, Traditional Country, Traditional Folk, Traditional Gospel
- Category Traditional Country, Contemporary Bluegrass, Traditional Folk, Contemporary Country, Black Gospel, Traditional Cajun, Traditional Bluegrass, Tex-Mex, Singer/Songwriter
- Release Date: October 23, 2001
- Artist: Roots Music: An American Journey
- Additional Artist: Theodore "Bo" Dollis (Vocals), Ray Deaton (Vocals), Don Rigsby (Vocals), Darrin Vincent (Vocals), Sean Ardoin (Vocals), Peter Cash (Vocals), Beth Stevens (Vocals), Johnny Kenton (Vocals), Paul Brewster (Vocals), Juan Jose Gutierrez-Rodriguez (Vocals), Jose Rivera (Vocals), Miguel "Menique" Barcasnegras (Vocals), Tammy Ledet (Vocals), Johnny Sciascia (Vocals), Nellie Tanco (Vocals), Sarah Harmer (Vocals), Hector "Tito" Matos (Vocals), Frank Lee (Vocals), Marcia Ball (Vocals), Russell Moore (Vocals), Cary Fridley (Vocals), Jose Gutierrez (Vocals), The Holmes Brothers (Performer), Walter "Wolfman" Washington (Performer), Norman Blake (Performer), Dry Branch Fire Squad (Performer), The Balfa Brothers (Performer), Beausoleil (Performer), Buckwheat Zydeco (Performer), Sweet Honey in the Rock (Performer), The Persuasions (Performer), Rebirth Brass Band (Performer), Mississippi Fred McDowell (Performer), Los Pleneros de La 21 (Performer), Los Pregoneros del Puerto (Performer), Alison Krauss & Union Station (Performer), Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers (Performer), Chris Ardoin & Double Clutchin' (Performer), J.D. Crowe & the New South (Performer), Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin (Performer), Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys (Performer), The Freight Hoppers (Performer), Los Cachorros (Performer), Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard (Performer), The Cash Brothers (Performer), Traditional (Performer), Rice Rice Hillman & Pedersen (Performer), Stevens Sisters (Performer), Various artists collection, Alison Krauss (Vocals), Rhonda Vincent (Vocals), John Delafose (Vocals), Brownie Ford (Vocals), Jimmie Dale Gilmore (Vocals), Emmylou Harris (Vocals), Tish Hinojosa (Vocals), Hazel Dickens (Vocals), Bill Morrissey (Vocals), Joe Ely (Vocals), Sleepy LaBeef (Vocals), Tuts Washington (Vocals), James Booker (Vocals), Andrew Cash (Vocals), James King (Vocals), Bernice Johnson Reagon (Vocals), Glen Ohrlin (Vocals), Larry Rice (Vocals), Vern Williams (Vocals), Bessie Jones (Vocals), Dave Van Ronk (Vocals), Tau Moe (Vocals), Ray Wylie Hubbard (Vocals), Yasmeen (Vocals), Slaid Cleaves (Vocals), Beau Jocque (Vocals), Claire Lynch (Vocals), Johnny Adams (Vocals), Richard Bennett (Vocals), Ron Block (Vocals), Boozoo Chavis (Vocals), Kate Brislin (Vocals), Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (Vocals), Steve "Skeeta" Charlot (Vocals), Dudley Connell (Vocals), J.D. Crowe (Vocals), Steve Dilling (Vocals), Popsy Dixon (Vocals), Stanley Dural (Vocals), Blackie Forestier (Vocals), Alice Gerrard (Vocals), Manuel Gonzales (Vocals), David Greely (Vocals), Ruben Guaderamma (Vocals), Larry Hanks (Vocals), Evelyn Harris (Vocals), Mike Hartgrove (Vocals), Jimmy Hayes (Vocals), Sherman Holmes (Vocals), Wendell Holmes (Vocals), J.B. Hutto (Vocals), B.J. Jones (Vocals), Aisha Kahlil (Vocals), Oliverio Lara (Vocals), Jerry Lawson (Vocals), Keith Little (Vocals), Gurf Morlix (Vocals), Aris Martinez (Vocals), Gonzalo Mata (Vocals), David McLaughlin (Vocals), D.L. Menard (Vocals), Doran Moe (Vocals), Lani Moe (Vocals), Rose Moe (Vocals), Bill Nowlin (Vocals), Valente Reyes (Vocals), Joe Russell (Vocals), Peter Schwarz (Vocals), Jody Stecher (Vocals), Lee Stuart (Vocals), Eddie Stubbs (Vocals), Suzanne Thomas (Vocals), Joe Thompson (Vocals), Jayotis Washington (Vocals), Marshall Wilborn (Vocals), Delbert Williams (Vocals), Wayne Benson (Vocals), Sam Chammas (Vocals), J.B. Hutto & the Hawks (Performer)