Folk & Various - Folk & Roots of

This collection explores the most important artists of the first folk revival which began in the early 1940's in the United States and reached it's peak in the early 1960's. All aspects of the scene are covered, from the early recordings of pioneers Leadbelly, Josh White and Woody Guthrie to the pre-1960's folk revivalists Tom Paley, Mike Seeger and Jean Ritchie