Jay Ungar and Molly Mason: Midnight on the Water / Bonaparte’s Retreat

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Jay Ungar and Molly Mason performing the tune “Bonaparte’s Retreat” from a field recording of fiddler W.M. Stepp in Salyersville, Kentucky in 1937 (“Bonaparte’s Retreat” is played following the waltz “Midnight on the Water” by the late Texas fiddler Benny Thomasson). Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection, AFC 1937/001: AFS 01568 A02). The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress challenged musical artists to interpret material from its unparalleled archive of ethnographic recordings of traditional folk music. Artists were asked to put their own spin on these archival treasures, and to perform them at a special showcase during the Folk Alliance International conference in New Orleans, Louisiana in 2020. The showcase was recorded for this webcast.

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Library of Congress, in Library of Congress: talks and concerts

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Rights statement at the Library of Congress, as the Library of Congress states it.

Credit

Library of Congress

Language

English

Country

United States

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