Mac Benford Discography of CDs

Mac Benford discography Mac Benford & The Woodshed All-Stars: Mac Benford (vocals, banjo); John Rossbach (vocals, guitar); Marie Burns (vocals, mandolin); John Kirk, Pete Sutherland (vocals, fiddle); Doug Henrie (bass). Recorded at Electric Wilburland Studios, Ithaca, New York and Little Castle Studios, Bristol, Vermont. Includes liner notes by Jon Hartley Fox and The Woodshed All-Stars. Personnel: Mac Benford (vocals, banjo, background vocals); John Rossbach (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Marie Burns (vocals, mandolin, background vocals); John ...

Mac Benford music CDs The New Lost City Ramblers were instrumental in bridging the gap between the young urban folk musicians of the early '60s, who embraced the form and feel of old-time American music, and the last of the great rural singers and players who had actually grown up with the music in its original incarnation. This wonderful set combines two earlier collections, THE EARLY YEARS: 1958-1962 (featuring the original trio) and OUT ...

Mac Benford CD discography The rotating cast of characters who have done time in musician and folklorist Mick Maloney's Green Fields of America since the ensemble's conception in 1978 include Irish folk heavyweights like Liz Carroll, Karan Casey, Seamus Egan, Eileen Ivers, and Tommy Sands, as well as a host of talented dancers including the Lord of the Dance himself, Michael Flatley. Formed primarily for the stage and festival circuit, the Green Fields of ...

Mac Benford albums It's About Time features John Hoffmann and Mac Benford, two powerful musicians in their first recording together. On 22 tracks, John and Mac demonstrate their versatility, with fiddle-banjo duets, banjo-guitar duets, twin banjo tunes, ballads and hot old-time fiddle tunes. Joining Mac and John on three tracks is Randi Beckmann. This trio forms the hot dance band UpSouth. Another trio configuration featured on this album is The Haywire Gang, which ...

Mac Benford discography The Monks of Nam Gyal Monastery: Ven Khen Sur Rinpoche, Ven Tenzin Legden, Ven Trinley, Ven Tenzin Ihawang. The Burns Sisters (Jeannie, Annie and Marie) have always made light, ethereal and transcendent music with little more than light musical backing framing their exquisite vocals. This time the ladies take on ten tunes, both old and new, in the holiday tradition. Kicking off with Marie's "Songs We Love" -- a song filled ...

Mac Benford songs Liner Note Author: John Rossbach. Recording information: Aircom Studios, Syracuse, NY (05/1994-12/1994). Illustrator: Dave Kiphuth. Photographer: Laurice Milton Shea. Arranger: John Rossbach. Personnel: John Rossbach (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Marie Burns (vocals, baritone); Mary Burns, The Burns Sisters (vocals); Karl Lauber (tenor, baritone, guitar, banjo); Doug Yaehrling (tenor, guitar, banjo); Charles Sawtelle (tenor, guitar); Dave Kiphuth (baritone, guitar, banjo); Mac Benford (banjo, claw hammer banjo); Bill Keith (banjo); John Kirk , Pete Sutherland (violin, fiddle); Doug ...

Mac Benford CD discography This great revivalist band's earlier Rounder albums boiled down to a lone CD for a new generation of hungry old-timey fans. The band's free, adventurous spirit reflects its early 70s heyday but sounds as timeless as the tunes they play. Lively performances and unique dual fiddle arrangements make even the most familiar selections -- "Fire On the Mountain" and "Way Down the Old Plank Road" among them ...