Folk-Legacy Records is an independent recording company with over 50 years of experience in traditional and contemporary folk music of the English-speaking world.
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Rolling Stone took an in depth look at Smithsonian Folkways Recordings' preservation of Folk-Legacy:
The label sets the bar for archiving standards while acquiring niche collections and releasing new music that broadens the definition of “folk”
Some fantastic news about the future of Folk-Legacy's catalog:
We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of Folk-Legacy Records, major players in the flourishing 60s folk revival.
As musicians themselves, Folk-Legacy’s founders sought out “people’s music”: passed from generation to generation within a community, as a means of connection, entertainment, honest expression of personal values, and a source of solace and resilience through social and political struggles. These 140+ albums range widely in traditions, from gospel and hymns of Appalachia and the Ozarks to sea shanties of the British Isles; from dance tunes of New Brunswick to Southwestern American folktales, story-songs, and children’s music.
To celebrate Folk-Legacy becoming a part of our label family, today we're releasing "A Living Tradition: Selections from Folk-Legacy Records," with iconic songs by old-time banjo player Frank Proffitt, singer-songwriter Gordon Bok, folk revivalist Hedy West, and more.
Thanks, Gordon.
Our hearts and deepest sympathy go out to the Paton family for the passing of Caroline Paton, co-founder and manager of the legendary Folk-Legacy Records. Without Sandy and Caroline pioneering perhaps the only recording company devoted solely to folk music we wouldn't have the rich repertoire of folk artists today. Sandy passed away many years ago; we lost Caroline just a few days ago. Hundreds of folk musicians, including Gordon Bok, are deeply grateful for the Patons and their lifetime love of folk music.
Thanks to Divya Symmers for her wonderful write-up in The Lakeville Journal about the Folk-Legacy Weekend held at the Silver Lake Conference Center last month.
https://www.tricornernews.com/node/56933
SHARON — Last month, 75 devoted aficionados of traditional folk music — singers and musicians, professionals and amateurs alike — gathered at Sharon’s Silver Lake Conference Center to mark 58 years of Folk-Legacy Records, the legendary independent folk-music label run by longtime Sharon res...
Thank you to Hearts of the Dulcimer for this wonderful podcast discussing Folk-Legacy's popular Golden Ring recording from 1964. I just had the pleasure of seeing Sarah Grey, Harry Tuft, Cathy Barton, and Dave Para at TradMad Week at Pinewoods. It's exciting to see hear about how much this recording changed people's lives. Here's to many more years of making music! - Linnea
Hearts of the Dulcimer Podcast # 37: Golden Ring: A Gathering of Friends for Making Music is now available!
http://dulcimuse.com/podcast/resource/037.html
The 1964 LP Golden Ring: A Gathering of Friends for Making Music became one of the most popular recordings of the early folk music revival. In this episode, find out why Golden Ring was a groundbreaking album for the mountain dulcimer.
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Folk-Legacy fans and friends, many of you have known Caroline Paton, co-founder of Folk-Legacy Records, for decades through your connections to folk music. To celebrate her 86th birthday and Folk-Legacy's 55+ years of traditional folk music, we are gathering for a weekend of singing and music at Silver Lake Conference Center in Sharon, CT on the weekend of September 15th. The gathering is open-invitation. Please feel free to share this invite with anyone you think would like to come.
Event details and registration are available on the Folk-Legacy Weekend website: https://folklegacyweekend.com/
We truly hope that many of you will be able to join us for this special occasion.
A Celebration of Traditional Music
The Folk-Legacy Song
Written by David Paton for Sandy & Caroline Paton's 50th wedding anniversary
There once was a young man who played the guitar
He traveled and sang both near and far
And he met a young woman who sang harmony
And this is their legacy..
Chorus:
Fifty long years, half a century
They took great delight in their good company
And always found time for their family
And this is their legacy
In England and Scotland they traveled around
Collecting good ballads wherever they're found
Then back to New England where they settled down
And this is their legacy...
Now as older they're growing and time goes along
Good friends and grandchildren around them throng
And still they find time for to sing them a song
And this is their legacy...
This is their folk-legacy.
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Please join us in celebrating Caroline's 86th birthday and 58 years of traditional folk music and song from Folk-Legacy at the Folk-Legacy Weekend September 14th, 15th, and 16th in Sharon, CT.
A Celebration of Traditional Music
Rose Sheehan and John Hicks
Next Sunday!
Gordon Bok
Many of you local folks are aware that every November I host an afternoon we call Working on the Water. This year will be our ninth gathering of mariners. If you haven't been, please consider coming to the Sail, Power, and Steam Museum Nov 10 at 1:00 pm to hear sea stories, maybe some poetry, and a song or two from people who've made their living on working on the water. We're still assembling our participants, so if any of you are interested in sharing your experiences please give Kathy a call or send her an email at the Timberhead office. It's a fun time, for both participants and audience, and you get a lovely tour of the museum too.
See you at Old Songs Folk Festival this weekend near Albany, NY.
Oldtone Roots Music Festival
Back by popular demand! One of our very favorite bands traveling and performing today, the great Tuba Skinny!! 3rd year in a row at Oldtone Roots Music Festival!
Get your limited Earlybird tickets now to save big buckaroos!
Cool Whisper Farm Jim Wright Beth Carlson Matt A Downing #oldtonemusicfestival #tubaskinny #rootsmusic #neworleansjazz #louisarmstrong #bixbeiderbecke #keepitlonesome
WildCat Creek Band
WILD CAT CREEK Contra Dance in Falls Village, CT this Friday! Join us for the first ever dance at the Center on Main. Home of the Falls Village Children's Theater, the Center is a beautiful venue with a hardwood floor and great sound system. Our good friend Eric Hollman will be calling. Hope to see you there!!!
Excited to see both Dan Schatz's "The Promise of the Sowing" and Larry Kaplan's "Songs for an August Moon" on Wanda Adams Fischer's favorites list. So much great music.
This was a very difficult year to make a selection of so-called “favorites.” I had to narrow this list down several times, and it wasn’t easy! This list is
Thank you for a wonderful NEFFA 2018 - New England Folk Festival weekend.
What a surprise to discover this lovely article from a few years ago about Betty Smith.
Betty Smith is one of Western North Carolina’s cherished mountain music legends
Thank you to the T-Shirt Farm in Millerton, New York for making these for us on short notice. We'll be at New England Folk Festival Association (NEFFA) this weekend in style! We will have lots of canvas tote bags for sale. Proceeds will go to helping support Caroline Paton.
Thanks to the generous support and assistance of so many people, Caroline was able to make it down to the Bull's Bridge Inn for the traditional music session her son David leads every Tuesday night where she was able to visit with some Folk-Legacy friends. Thanks to one of our family members for catching this lovely video of Caroline singing "It's a Pleasure to Know You" at the session last night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=273&v=wdm9ySkeFto
Caroline Paton @ Bulls Bridge Inn South Kent, Ct
Thank you Sally Rogers for organizing this for Caroline.
-Linnea Paton
As most of you know, for over half a century Caroline Paton, along with her late husband, Sandy, has brought music and joy to thousands through performances, special gatherings and sales of traditional and contemporary folk recordings on Folk Legacy Records. Now Caroline, at age 86, is facing...
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#ThrowbackThursday "In looking ahead to the next 20 years, the Patons are optimistic. They title their current catalogue ''A Musical Survival Kit for the 1980's.'' Much of their market, said Mr. Paton, consists of people who ''are looking to us to provide material they can learn and do themselves''; a fortunate circumstance, he noted, at a time when the economy is forcing more people to create their own entertainment at home.
Mrs. Paton said she hopes there continue to be people who ''look upon us as an essential in their life, not a frill. We want to keep on doing what we're doing - we love it.''
SHARON WHEN the Library of Congress started doing documentary field recordings of traditional folk singers in the Depression years of the 1930's, Sandy and Caroline Paton were children. While growing up, those records were ''great sources of songs and knowledge about the tradition for us,'' said Mr....
Here's a just published review of my new CD, "True Enough." For more information check my website at Larrykaplanmusic.com
http://nodepression.com/album-review/folk-music-preserve-protect-and-remember-0
LARRY KAPLAN True enough Larry Kaplan’s new release, True enough, is an exceptional recording and a fine example of what ‘folk music’ can be – an art form with the power to preserve and protect our culture and traditions. More than just entertainment, it’s a force that rivals the muscular,...
Happy to announce the release of my newest CD "TRUE ENOUGH." It contains 15 original and traditional tunes and I was assisted by wonderful musicians including Cindy Kallet, Grey Larsen,Eric Kilburn, Tom White,Sonny Barbato, Anna Huckabee Tull, Valerie Thompson, and Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki. Visit my website at Larrykaplanmusic.com for further details and for samples of all the songs.
An Album release concert with Dave Paton and Tom White will be at the Sounding Board in West Hartford, CT on Saturday, March 3rd at 7:30pm. For details on that visit www.soundingboardcoffeehouse.org.
Caroline's granddaughters Shannon and Linnea Paton enjoyed sharing the #LoveTheLifeYouLive round at the People's Music Network 2017 summer gathering.
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If you've been trying to reach Caroline or Folk Legacy this week and have had trouble getting through, do not worry! The phone is back up and running today.
And a good song!
The American Travelling Morrice practice a tradition that might reach back to pagan times.
Tradmad Camp
TradMaD Camp will take place at Pinewoods Camp in Plymouth, MA, from Aug 26 to Sept 1, 2017.
From Dan Schatz: "What an honor to wake up this morning to the news that my Folk-Legacy CD, The Promise of the Sowing, is on radio legend Bob Sherman's top ten favorites list for the second year running! And in some very good company, too, may I say!"
A great review of Larry Kaplan's new Folk Legacy album, "Furthermore," in No Depression: "This is living, breathing folk music from the heart to the hearts of the listener, shared as it was meant to be shared. The songs here are thoughtfully crafted, performed skillfully and with honest feeling by Larry and his immensely talented friends. There is history and humanity and depth here just waiting to be heard."
We each hear old sayings throughout our lives from previous generations. Too often we shrug them off without giving them a second thought, but as we age ourselves – and, hopefully, grow somewhat wiser, we recognize the truth in them. Two of these sayings that come immediately to mind when I think…
Maine Humorist: ‘We Don’t Use the Punchline’
Kendall Morse has written a new book of Maine humor called “Father Fell Down the Well.” He has been storytelling in Maine since the early 1970s. It’s been
Come hear som great music with Larry Kaplan with David Paton and Tom White at The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts & Cultural Center in Middletown, CT tonight.
“Songs from the Old and New Traditions” with Larry Kaplan, Tom White, David Paton. This is a special show to benefit The Buttonwood Tree.
We are thrilled to announce the release of "Furthermore," a new Folk Legacy album by Larry Kaplan with Cindy Kallet, Grey Larsen, Greg Artzner, Terry Leonino, Abby Newton,Tom Goux and Brian McNeill. Upcoming performances are detailed on Larry's website: http://www.larrykaplanmusic.com/.
Old Songs Folk Festival
Want a preview of what to expect in June? Want to relive memories of past summers? Here is a link to all the Old Songs Festival videos Bill Spence has uploaded over the years!
Hello Folk Legacy artists!
If you have upcoming performances or news, we'd love for you to share it here. Please reach out to me (Linnea) and I'll make you a 'Contributor' to the page so you can make posts. I'm also happy to give tutorials on page posting.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Linnea and Caroline.
Sorry we won't make it to NEFFA 2016 - New England Folk Festival this year. Hope to see you at Old Songs Folk Festival in the summer!
Caroline Paton and son David Paton will be singing at this memorial concert for Jean Ritchie in the West Village in NYC on Friday. We hope you can join us!
If you are anywhere near New York this Friday, you won't want to miss this concert. Details and advance tickets at www.jeanritchie.bpt.me.
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