This episode of Folk Files traces the roots of popular sea shanties to Black work songs and African folk traditions.
Full list of referenced works: https://jmp.sh/gcOBH83N
To jump into the Black origins of country music, start here:
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/10/black-country-music-legacy/671818/
https://time.com/5673476/ken-burns-country-music-black-artists/
Host: Olivia Harding
Special thanks to Cherie and Michael Albert
Musical excerpts:
ARTIST: Paul Clayton and the Fo’c’sle Singers
WORK: Haul Away Joe
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x73TAgmZYAM
ARTIST: The Longest Johns
WORK: Spanish Ladies
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3wzlHYzsg8
ARTIST: Ed Lewis and Prisoners from Parchman, Mississippi
WORK: I Be So Glad When the Sun Goes Down
SOURCE: https://youtu.be/C-zlSq4mWiE?si=fnGu-f8ZgGbMmv0-
ARTIST: Music the Gathering
WORK: Sundown Below
SOURCE: LVL 1
ARTIST: Assassin’s Creed: Rogue
WORK: Donkey Riding
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgfLP3gMh0Y
ARTIST: David Coffin
WORK: Roll the Old Chariot
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJtgjG0x9Mw
ARTIST: Planxty
WORK: Sally Brown
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Bq4-fCH0c
ARTIST: Sam Lee
WORK: Knock a Man Down
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NoUAQhY-g8
ARTIST: Bernard Wrigley et. al.
WORK: Haul Away for Rosie
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1DugYkOOd0
ARTIST: Coon Creek Girls
WORK: Jim Along Josie
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztG-7-P_G-w
ARTIST: Lead Belly
WORK: Haul Away Joe
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEoHm1GBQtU
ARTIST: The Barroualie Whalers
WORK: Tinnego
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwL5lpVt1Mk
ARTIST: The Menhaden Chanteymen
WORK: [Title Unknown]
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geAJI6he75I