Shanties and foc'sle (forecastle) songs lightened the burden of work aboard ship and provided entertainment to off-duty sailors. This recording features Massachusetts singer Paul Clayton and the... more

This folklorist-turned-folksinger (and early companion of Bob Dylan) collected these songs on his travels through the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky and Virginia. He sings the stories of Floyd... more

Paul Clayton plays a three-string southern mountain dulcimer and sings songs that largely originated in North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. About this album, Clayton says "I have tried... more

Massachusetts native Paul Clayton spent his college years at the University of Virginia collecting songs and writing a thesis about Child ballads found in the state. Clayton selected these songs from... more