The New Lost City Ramblers
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The New Lost City Ramblers were an influential American string band formed in the late 1950s, known for their authentic revival and preservation of early 20th-century rural Southern folk and old-time music.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American string band
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folk music group → old-time music group → |
| activeYearsStart |
1958
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| approach |
learning directly from source musicians
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scholarly and historically informed performance → |
| associatedAct |
John Cohen
NERFINISHED
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Mike Seeger NERFINISHED → Tom Paley NERFINISHED → Tracy Schwarz NERFINISHED → |
| associatedMovement |
American folk music revival
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| culturalImpact |
contributed to preservation of early country and string band repertoire
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helped popularize old-time music among urban audiences → |
| focus |
rural Southern string band music of the 1920s and 1930s
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| formedIn |
late 1950s
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| genre |
American folk music
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old-time music → string band music → |
| influencedGenre |
American folk revival
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old-time revival movement → |
| knownFor |
authentic performance of old-time music
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preservation of traditional Appalachian music → revival of early 20th-century rural Southern folk music → |
| languageOfLyrics |
English
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| laterMember |
Tracy Schwarz
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| member |
John Cohen
NERFINISHED
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Mike Seeger NERFINISHED → Tom Paley NERFINISHED → Tracy Schwarz NERFINISHED → |
| notableAlbum |
On the Great Divide
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Rural Delivery No. 1 NERFINISHED → Songs from the Depression NERFINISHED → The New Lost City Ramblers (1958 album) NERFINISHED → |
| notableFor |
field recordings and documentation of traditional musicians
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influencing later folk and old-time musicians → |
| originalMember |
John Cohen
NERFINISHED
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Mike Seeger NERFINISHED → Tom Paley NERFINISHED → |
| performancePractice |
close adherence to original 78 rpm recordings
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use of traditional acoustic instruments → |
| performedInstrument |
autoharp
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banjo → fiddle → guitar → mandolin → |
| recordLabel |
Folkways Records
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Smithsonian Folkways NERFINISHED → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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American folk music revival
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