Fast Folk: A Community of Singers & Songwriters
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In February 2002, twenty years after the original publication of the magazine Fast Folk
, Smithsonian Folkways
released a two-CD compilation album
of 36 tracks selected from the magazine's fifteen year history titled Fast Folk: A Community of Singers & Songwriters.
Disc 2:
Fast Folk
Fast Folk Musical Magazine , was a combination magazine and record album published from February 1982 to 1997...
, Smithsonian Folkways
Smithsonian Folkways
Smithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution. It is a part of the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, located at Capital Gallery in downtown Washington, D.C. The label was founded in 1987 after the family of Moses Asch, founder of Folkways...
released a two-CD compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
of 36 tracks selected from the magazine's fifteen year history titled Fast Folk: A Community of Singers & Songwriters.
Track listing
Disc 1:- "American Jerusalem" (Rod MacDonaldRod MacDonaldRod MacDonald is an American folk singer/songwriter. He was a "big part of the 1980s folk revival in Greenwich Village clubs," performing at the Speakeasy, The Bottom Line, Folk City, and the Songwriter's Exchange at the Cornelia Street Cafe for many years. He co-founded the Greenwich Village...
) – 5:58 - "What's Wrong With the Man Upstairs" (David MassengillDavid MassengillDavid Massengill is an American folk singer/songwriter, guitar and appalachian dulcimer player. His best-known songs include "On The Road to Fairfax County," recorded by The Roches and by Joan Baez, "The Great American Dream," and "My Name Joe," about an illegal immigrant restaurant worker...
) – 4:38 - "Old Factory Town" (Gerry Devine) – 5:12
- "Just Need a Home (Spotlight)" (Lucy KaplanskyLucy KaplanskyLucy Kaplansky is an American folk musician based in New York City. Kaplansky also has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University.-Biography:...
) – 3:38 - "Another Time and Place" (Dave Van RonkDave Van RonkDave Van Ronk was an American folk singer, born in Brooklyn, New York, who settled in Greenwich Village, New York, and was eventually nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street" ....
) – 4:31 - "I Don't Know Why" (Shawn ColvinShawn ColvinShawn Colvin is an American singer-songwriter and musician.-Childhood and early career:Colvin was born in Vermillion, South Dakota. Her formative years were spent in the town of Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She learned to play guitar at the age...
) – 3:45 - "Geza's Wailing Ways" (John GorkaJohn GorkaJohn Gorka is a contemporary American folk musician. In 1991, Rolling Stone magazine called him "the preeminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the New Folk Movement."-Biography:...
) – 3:53 - "Ragman!" (David Indian) – 4:03
- "High Times" (Tom IntondiTom IntondiTom Intondi was an American singer-songwriter first based in Greenwich Village and later in the Northwest. Intondi recorded three solo albums, and toured and recorded with a collaboration called The Song Project that also included Lucy Kaplansky, Frank Christian, and Martha Hogen.Intondi died of...
) – 4:36 - "Don't Ever Call Your Sweetheart by His Name" (Christine LavinChristine LavinChristine Lavin is a New York City-based singer-songwriter and promoter of contemporary folk music. She has recorded numerous solo albums, and has also recorded with other female folk artists under the name Four Bitchin' Babes...
) – 2:21 - "Where Were You Last Night?" (Frank ChristianFrank Christian (singer-songwriter)Frank Christian is a Greenwich Village-based singer-songwriter and guitarist. His best known song, "Three Flights Up" was recorded by Nanci Griffith for her Grammy award-winning 1992 release Other Voices, Other Rooms....
) – 4:19 - "Introduction to Corpo Gracile" (Germana Pucci) – :28
- "Corpo Gracile" (Germana Pucci) – 5:13
- "Kilkelly, Ireland" (Laura Burns, Roger Rosen) – 5:58
- "Introduction to the Viking Rag" (Erik Frandsen) – 1:32
- "The Viking Rag" (Erik Frandsen) – 2:37
- "Forget-Me-Not" (Jack HardyJack Hardy (singer-songwriter)John Studebaker "Jack" Hardy was an American lyrical singer-songwriter and playwright based in Greenwich Village, who was influential as a writer, performer, and mentor in the North American and European folk music scenes for decades...
) – 4:20 - "Vacation" (Bill Bachmann) – 2:41
Disc 2:
- "Gypsy" (Suzanne VegaSuzanne VegaSuzanne Nadine Vega is an American songwriter and singer known for her eclectic folk-inspired music.Two of Vega's songs reached the top 10 of various international chart listings: "Luka" and "Tom's Diner"...
) – 4:16 - "Thirty Thousand Men" (Steve ForbertSteve ForbertSteve Forbert is an American pop music singer-songwriter. He is best known for his song "Romeo's Tune", which reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1980....
) – 4:31 - "Margaret" (Frank Tedesso) – 4:04
- "Share the Failure" (Elaine Silver) – 2:55
- "Bourbon as a Second Language" (Patrick John Brayer) – 3:47
- "King of Hearts" (Paul Kaplan) – 4:10
- "Heart on Ice" (Judith Zweiman) – 5:04
- "The Courier" (Richard ShindellRichard ShindellRichard Shindell is an American folk songwriter. Shindell grew up in Port Washington, New York. He currently lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with his wife, a university professor, and their children....
) – 5:00 - "By Your Eyes" (Wendy Beckerman) – 3:22
- "Danton" (Lillie Palmer) – 4:27
- "Long Black Wall" (Michael Jerling) – 4:27
- "Railroad Bill" (Andy BreckmanAndy BreckmanAndy Breckman is a television and film writer and a radio personality. He is the co-creator and executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning television series Monk on the USA Network, and is co-host of WFMU radio's long-running conceptual comedy program Seven Second Delay...
) – 3:32 - "Gravedigger" (Richard Julian) – 3:18
- "January Cold" (Richard MeyerRichard Meyer (folk music)Richard Meyer is an American folk singer-songwriter, writer, painter, and set designer. Meyer was active in the Greenwich Village folk music scene of the 1980s and '90s and did much to promote other artists. As one of the leaders of a musicians cooperative in the Village he handled booking at the...
) – 5:11 - "Disenchanted" (Eric WoodEric Wood-Buffalo Bills:Wood was selected with the 28th pick of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills. Counted on to start at right guard, Wood joined a completely retooled offensive line that was expected to feature two rookie starters—him, and second round pick Andy Levitre at left guard—and no players...
) – 4:37 - "Raphael" (Hugh BlumenfeldHugh BlumenfeldHugh Blumenfeld is an American folk musician and singer-songwriter from Connecticut. He was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, graduated with degrees in Biology and Humanities from M.I.T. in 1980, and got a Masters in English Literature from the University of Chicago in 1981...
) – 3:35 - "Your Face" (Louise TaylorLouise TaylorLouise Taylor is an American folk singer-songwriter from Brattleboro, Vermont. An older brother gave her a guitar when she was twelve and at age 15 she left home, hitchhiking and busking her way around the United States...
) – 3:18 - "Crazy Horse" (Josh Joffen & Late for Dinner) – 3:18
External links
- [ Fast Folk: A Community of Singers and Songwriters] album entry at Allmusic