Compiled in 2007 by Mississippi Records, this is a collection of folk songs written and performed by American immigrants of various origins between 1927 and 1948. Here's one of those tunes
...And here's another.
Cruelly limited to 800 copies and unfairly out of print but definitely still find-able. A very moving compilation, the voices are powerful and at moments things get downright minimal and haunting. Not to be missed.
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