Folk Music & Beyond Thank-You Gifts

KALW Spring Fundraising Drive

Contribute this Saturday (April 12) between 2:00 and 4:00 P.M. (Go on-line or call the pledge line, 800-525-9917) and choose either of these fabulous gifts as our way of thanking you for your support!

For $60—

The Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens, American Railroad

A multi-cultural collection of songs celebrating the contributions of Chinese, African-American, Irish, and other immigrants who built the Transcontinental Railroad. The music was recorded live, featuring artistic director Rhiannon Giddens and fellow Silkroad musicians Wu Man, Haruka Fujii, Maeve Gilchrist, Sandeep Das, Pura Fé, Niwei Tsumbu, and Kaoru Watanabe.

1. Invocation (featuring Pura Fé)
2. Swannanoa Tunnel / Steel-Driving Man
3. Rainy Day (featuring Wu Man)
4. Far Down Far
5. Tamping Song (featuring Haruka Fujii)
6. Rela (featuring Sandeep Das)
7. Wíhablapi Mázachaku
8. Have You Seen My Man?
9. Swannanoa Strings
10. Milimo (featuring Niwel Tsumbu)
11. Fugaku Sanjurokkei (featuring Kaoru Watanabe)
12. Mahk Jchi (featuring Pura Fé)
13. O Shout! (featuring Mazz Swift)

For $60—

Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson, What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow?

Hot off the presses! A brand new collection of songs by Giddens and Robinson, both members of The Carolina Chocolate Drops. The album features Giddens on banjo and Robinson on fiddle, playing eighteen of their favorite North Carolina tunes. Many were learned from their late mentor, legendary North Carolina Piedmont musician Joe Thompson.

1. Rain Crow
2. Brown’s Dream
3. Hook and Line
4. Pumpkin Pie
5. Duck’s Eyeball
6. Ryestraw
7. Little Brown Jug
8. Going to Raleigh
9. Country Waltz
10. Molly Put the Kettle On
11. Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
12. John Henry
13. Love Somebody
14. Ebenezer
15. Old Joe Clark
16. Old Molly Hare
17. Marching Jaybird
18. Walkin’ in the Parlor

Special Offer: Both CDs for $100