Ball of Wax Volume 26: A Tribute to the Anthology of American Folk Music

"Ball of Wax Volume 26: A Tribute to the Anthology of American Folk Music" is a collection of new interpretations of songs released on Harry Smith's legendarily influential Anthology of American Folk Music. It was released on November 25th from Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly, founded in 2005 by Levi Fuller, a Seattle-based songwriter/performer himself. This series of compilation CDs, featuring new music from Seattle and beyond, is issued every three months. Purchase/Stream through the Ball of Wax bandcamp, HERE.



'King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O' is also covered by Laura Veirs on her first childrens muisic album "Tumble Bee" (2011, Raven Marching Band / Bella Union).

by Drew Christie

Some Crazy Magic: Meeting Harry Smith

My New animation based around a story told to me by John Cohen when I interviewed him with Greg Vandy. From wikipedia: Harry Everett Smith (May 29 , 1923, Portland, Oregon – November 27, 1991, New York City) was an American archivist, ethnomusicologist, student of anthropology, record collector, experimental filmmaker, artist, bohemian and mystic. People who know his work as a filmmaker are often unfamiliar with his 1952 Anthology of American Folk Music, while folk music enthusiasts often do not know he was acclaimed as being "the greatest living magician" according to filmmaker, Kenneth Anger. ---Drew Christie