A CD compilation of two albums Pete Seeger recorded under the same title in the late '50s, Folk Music of the World sounds like Seeger's response to Theodore Bikel's big-selling series of albums devoted to the local folk music of various countries. There's little attempt to be "faithful" in any literal sense, as Seeger performs all of the songs in pretty much the exact same way: upbeat singalongs with banjo or acoustic guitar accompaniment, so that the Hebrew-sung Israeli folk tune "Road to Eilat" sounds more or less ...
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A CD compilation of two albums Pete Seeger recorded under the same title in the late '50s, Folk Music of the World sounds like Seeger's response to Theodore Bikel's big-selling series of albums devoted to the local folk music of various countries. There's little attempt to be "faithful" in any literal sense, as Seeger performs all of the songs in pretty much the exact same way: upbeat singalongs with banjo or acoustic guitar accompaniment, so that the Hebrew-sung Israeli folk tune "Road to Eilat" sounds more or less identical to the cowboy song of the American West "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine." (Which, incidentally, Seeger performs in the familiar pop version popularized by Jimmie Rodgers and the Weavers, not in one of the older variant forms.) Seeger would no doubt argue that this was intentional, an attempt to show the commonality of music from the world over. There's something to be said for this argument, to be sure, but in execution, Folk Music of the World sounds like dumbed-down "folk lite" for those late-'50s college students who thought that the Kingston Trio had the folky equivalent of street cred. ~ Stewart Mason, Rovi
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