Label: Death Is Not The End

カセットフォーマットのみのリリース。主に人間の声に焦点を当てた作品制作を行い、また民俗学者、研究者として様々な希少録音のアーカイヴ化を行うサウンドアーティストDerek Piotr。本作はノースカロライナの山間の町エルク・パークに伝わるフォークソングを調査しコレクション音源を制作。既に同レーベルからの[Ever Since We've Known It: More North Carolina Mountain Singing]で特集された女性の歌い手Lena Bare Turbyfillにフォーカスした作品であり、なんと1939年の古い音源に加え2020年の新録を収録！！アメリカ議会図書館に保管されていたという希少物件。とてつもない審美眼で世界中から埋もれた名演を発掘しまくる最強レーベル[Death Is Not The End]からのリリース。









Folklorist Derek Piotr pulls together mountain songs from North Carolina crossing nearly a century. Child ballads and local murder songs sit alongside dulcimer & close harmony singing. The star of the compilation, Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill, could have been another Texas Gladden in her own right, but dozens of recordings of herself and her family made in 1939 remained on a shelf in The Library of Congress, until they were unearthed by Derek and presented on this collection. Mrs. Turbyfill's daughter Nicky also makes a notable appearance here.

Track 1 recorded by Derek Piotr in Elk Park, North Carolina, July 13, 2020.
Tracks 2, 3, 7, 8, 11 and 16 recorded by Herbert Halpert in Elk Park, North Carolina, April 12, 1939.
Tracks 4 and 12 recorded by Herbert Halpert near Morganton, North Carolina, April 19, 1939.
Track 5 recorded by Frank Clyde Brown in Sugar Grove, North Carolina, July 24, 1939.
Tracks 6, 9 and 13 recorded by Derek Piotr in Banner Elk, North Carolina, July 14, 2020.
Track 10 recorded by Derek Piotr in Elk Park, North Carolina, February 8, 2021.
Tracks 14 and 15 recorded by Marshall Ward in Banner Elk, ca. 1979, transferred from analogue tape by Derek Piotr.