"I learned “Whoa Back Buck” from Bob Gibson. Lead Belly also did a version of this song. It has a lot of nonsense verses that are interchangeable with those of other folk songs." http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/?p=7286
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The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn Works To Preserve Folk Music : NPR
Singer-guitarist Roger McGuinn, best known as leader of The Byrds, is a folk-rock pioneer. Since the group disbanded, McGuinn has pursued a solo career, and also created the Folk Den Project, an online database of traditional songs he records.
https://www.npr.org/2012/04/18/150890766/the-byrds-roger-mcguinn-works-to-preserve-folk?ft=1&f=5
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McGuinn’s Folk Den - Rolling Down to Old Maui
"This is a Pacific whaling song. Most whaling songs I know are Atlantic based, sailing to Iceland and Greenland whale fisheries. This is the story of a ship based in Maui that sailed to the Kamchatka_Peninsula where there were many types of whales in the 1800s."
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The Beat Magistral (Con Anima)
A massive deep dark flowing mix by Dj Heisa. A beautiful trip through abstract hip hop, jazz, classical and folk music. This man makes classical, jazz and folk music sounds like hip hop. Tracklist at http://bit.ly/1NmgzU