Bob Webb - Sea Shanties, Cape Horn

If you plan to be anywhere near Portsmouth, New Hampshire during the last weekend of September, do not fail to miss the Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival. It is one of the most engaging and enjoyable sea-music festivals anywhere in the country, and this 2010 edition promises to outdo itself with wonderful events, concerts, pub-sings and open-air programs around the main square of this ancient seaport town. I'll be there, along with Jeff Warner, Celeste Bernardo, Emery Hutchins, Ken Schatz and many more. The dates are September 25-26 this year. Check out the roster at http://www.newenglandfolknetwork.org/pmff/performers.html.

I’m pleased to announce the sixth CD from Richmond Webb Associates. Sounds Like Old Times features duet vocals and instrumental music by Dave Peloquin and me. These are banjo, guitar and mandolin songs from the 1920s through 1940s that provided music for good times and hard times. We’ve called up some of the great proto-country-music hits of these decades, including songs by Woody Guthrie, Alton and Rabon Delmore (the Delmore Brothers), and Jimmie Rodgers. To their greatest hits, we’ve added some traditional tunes on banjo and guitars, and a more recent composition by our friend Billy Edd Wheeler. Fifteen tunes in all.

Sounds Like Old Times is now available by clicking on our "Recordings" page; or you can order direct from cdBaby at http://cdbaby.com/new/27.

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