Stephen Foster’s place in American music history is both influential and deeply complicated. 🎶

His songs shaped popular music, sentiment, commercial songwriting, and national memory while carrying the racial burdens of minstrelsy and white nostalgia.

#Brewminate #MusicHistory #AmericanHistory #StephenFoster

https://brewminate.com/stephen-foster-american-popular-music/

Nothing says civic pride like adopting a song about flying the coop, moonshine, or being mocked by the British. Check it out at https://tnocs.com/us-state-songs-explained-the-surprising-stories-behind-americas-official-anthems/

#statesongs #woodyguthrie #springsteen #stephenfoster #johndenver

#HashtagGames
#FamousBiographyASong

I Dream of Janine Shapiro
#StephenFoster

While writing Bandcamp notes for album 11 "The Serfville Monad and the Pluperfect People," I gave a listen to the beautiful old-timey “Hard Times Come Again No More”. Performed by the “Anonymous 4” and Bruce Molsky. It's from the album “1865: Songs of Hope and Home from the American Civil War (Bonus Track Version)”

#Folk #FolkMusic #OldTimey (it seems this tag is rarely or never used. That's a shame.) #BruceMolsky #TheAnonymous4
#StephenFoster

When the pandemic first hit, live in-person music was out of the question. After my friend #BarryGray posted a YouTube of this great old #StephenFoster tune, I got the idea of adding a steel track. Then it occurred to us to add more contributors, each recorded at our respective homes. Ultimately we’d do over 20 such “remote” projects, helping us stay sane through Hard Times.

https://youtu.be/NUwnUkDpBEY

#mastomusic #acoustic #folkmusic #americana