HOLCOMB, ROSCOE - THE HIGH LONESOME SOUND (USA)
LP (12"/10" Album)
Label: FOLKWAYS
Release date: 18/08/2009
Barcode: 0646315036817
Catalog no.: FWLP0002368
Item ID: 330266
Originally released in 1965, this is his 1st full album for Folkways. Appalachian folk music both beautiful & harsh,
harrowing & tender.
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