Wayfaring Stranger is the featured song in this episode of Folk Files, which explores the history of Appalachia, shape note tradition, and the difficulties of tracing the origins of early American folk music.
Host: Olivia Harding
Special thanks to: Aaron J. Morton, Jo Morton, Lucas "Whiskey Richards" Husted, and Mary White-Harding
Musical excerpts:
ARTIST: Jack White
WORK: Wayfaring Stranger
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25P08So3rfI
ARTIST: Cherokee National Youth Choir
WORK: North Wind
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_7j3qx-Qrs
ARTIST: Detlef Korsen
WORK: Ich Bin Ein Gast Auf Erden
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0ia7MiVqRc
ARTIST: Ireland Sacred Harp Convention
WORK: Wayfaring Stranger
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dL4AVKA6tM
ARTIST: The United Shape Note Singers of West Georgia and the Associated Note Singers of Atlanta
WORK: What a Happy Time
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUwHIEb19Ug
ARTIST: Texas Sacred Harp Singers
WORK: What Wondrous Love
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRpV9H9ZpB0
ARTIST: ARRR!!!
WORK: The Ballad of Captain Kidd
SOURCE: Let’s Get Kraken: https://arrr-pirates.bandcamp.com/album/lets-get-kraken
ARTIST: Rhiannon Giddens
WORK: Wayfaring Stranger
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1Z4PAZX9Bs
ARTIST: Ewan McColl
WORK: Dowie Dens of Yarrow
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NfTplWa0mg
ARTIST: Second Wind
WORK: Wayfaring Stranger
SOURCE: Deco Lounge, April 6 2024
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