Western Folklife Center Deep West Recordings - CDs
Red Rock Rondo: Zion Canyon
Song Cycle
(2008) Steamboat Mountain
Records - 18.99
Red Rock Rondo is Charlotte Bell
(oboe, English horn), Phillip
Bimstein (vocals, guitar,
composer), Hal Cannon ( vocals,
mandolin, mandocello, banjo,
harmonica, accordion, jaw harp),
Harold Carr (upright bass, spoken
word), and Flavia Cerviño-Wood
(violin), Kate MacLeod (vocals,
violin, guitar).
Visit ghosts in Grafton, stolen quilts in Rockville and moonlight sonatas in Springdale, Utah in
this new Americana song cycle by Phillip Bimstein. Includes 16 studio-recorded songs:
Marvelous Flood * Back and Forth (A Ghost Story) * When President Harding Came to Zion *
Carnelia * Big Rock * The Boy Who Never Saw a Train * Rocks on Fire * Pretty Quilts Out on
the Line * Nicholas Plays the Moonlight Sonata * Hay-Colored leaves * Edgewalker * Driving
Back to Hurricane * My Little Town * When the Rooster Crows (Company's Coming) * Moving
Waters * The Don Falvey Waltz
This Zion Canyon Song Cycle, celebrating the history and contemporary life of Zion National
Park and its neighboring communities, was commissioned by the American Composers Forum,
and recorded with the support of the Zion Natural History Association and the Utah Arts
Council. It was a signature project of Zion National Park's 2009 Centennial, "A Century of
Sanctuary."
The CD is a companion to our Red Rock Rondo DVD, a musical documentary film that was
recorded and filmed LIVE in and around Zion National Park.
Songs of Yellowstone and the
Tetons
Deep West Records - $15.00
Based on a simple premise that
America’s greatest places should
be accompanied by great songs,
the Western Folklife Center held
a songwriting contest in
2007. Produced by Hal Cannon
and Taki Telonidis.
Our CD features the winning songs from the Yellowstone and Teton song contest and more!
Artists included are: Jon Chandler (People's Choice in Songwriting contest), Lyle Lovett, Bar J
Wranglers/Harry Stephens/Girls of the Golden West/Skip Gorman, Connie Dover (Winner of
Songwriting contest), Dan Thomasma, The Growling Old Men, Tim O'Brien, Stuart Weber,
Chuck Pyle, Greg Keeler, Beth McIntosh, Jay Begaye, Jerry Douglas, Ray Doyle (Winner, 2nd
Place in Songwriting contest) and Terri Taylor.
Snake River Outlaws
Deep West Records- $15.00
A tribute to one of the hottest
honky-tonk bands in the
Northwest during the early
1950s. Live every Saturday
night from the Sunshine Bar on
the corner of Woody and Alder
in Missoula, Montana, the Snake
River Outlaws were heard over
KXLL radio.
This CD includes rare digitally-remastered live radio broadcasts that create a sound capsule of a
time when cowboys, railroaders, college students, society ladies and vagabonds all hoisted mugs
of beer to fine music and western sociability. Executive Directors: Charlie Seemann and Wylie
Gustafson. Producers: Scot Wilburn, Hal Cannon and Taki Telonidis.
Songs from Why the Cowboy
Sings
Deep West Records - $15.00
The musical companion to our
classic video documentary,
"Why the Cowboy Sings."
This wonderful CD premiered at
the 2007 National Cowboy
Poetry Gathering. A recording
of the extraordinary songs from
the high definition production,
Why the Cowboy Sings
(available in our DVD section).
Included are songs by Tom
Russell, Ian Tyson, Buck
Ramsey, Stephanie Davis,
Sourdough Slim and others.
Songs and Stories from Grand
Canyon
Smithsonian Folkways Records
- $15.00
Featuring the "real folks" who
call this extraordinary place their
home. A mosaic of local songs
and stories by local people—an
Indian tribe sings of its birth out
of the canyon in ancient times;
mulepackers tell tales of their
daily descents; boatmen brave
the Colorado’s rapids—this is an
insider’s soundtrack to the
Grand Canyon. Includes a
never-before-released track by
Roy Rogers. Extensive notes
and photographs are included
with the CD; 58 minutes.
VERY LOW INVENTORY!
Stories From Native America
Deep West Records – $20.00
These stories are contemporary
and are all about warriors,
visionaries and true humanists,
people who put it all on the line
to make life better through the
traditions and history of their
tribes. The forces fighting
against their efforts, both within
their tribes and outside, are
immense. The heart of this CD
comes from stories produced by
the Western Folklife Center for
National Public Radio.
Narrated by Hal Cannon and Henry Real Bird, the CD includes: Introduction, Little Big Horn Crow, Soldier Boy - Shoshone/Paiute, Private Vincent Craig - Navajo, Zuni Running - Zuni,
Healing the Wounds of Wounded Knee - Lakota Sioux, Horses I Will Ride - Crow, Alaska
Totem - Haida, This Red Canyon - Havasupai, When Storytellers Became Beggars - Zuni, and
Henry Real Bird's Ride - Crow.
OUT OF PRINT
Songs and Stories from
Sheepherding
Deep West Records - $15.00
This CD is a groundbreaking
glimpse at the music and poetry
of the "other" ranching tradition.
Hear the songs, verse and stories
of shepherds who came to the
United States to pursue the
American dream, including
Scots, Scandinavians, Basques,
Greeks, Irish, Mexicans and
Peruvians. Includes extensive
notes, photos and translations to
the songs and poems.