Historical Releases
Some of the label’s other releases were intended to keep important traditional music alive, such as Kim and Reggie Harris’s Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad and Get On Board: Underground Railroad & Civil Rights Freedom Songs, Vol. 2, which have been used as teaching tools by various black history museums and schools. In 2000, Appleseed released two discs of “field recordings” of traditional American folk songs collected by Anne and Frank Warner on trips down the Eastern Seaboard starting in 1938, Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still and Nothing Seems Better to Me: The Music of Frank Proffitt and North Carolina. Their recordings included authentic, unvarnished versions of songs such as “Tom Dooley,” “Whiskey in the Jar,” and “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands,” which became folk staples through Frank Warner’s performances and songbooks decades before these historic recordings were finally released through Appleseed. Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War is another multi-artist compilation released by Appleseed and features an international cast of musicians, including Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger, Mexico’s Lila Downs, Nicaragua’s Guardabarranco duo, and Ireland’s Aoife Clancy and Shay Black.
To celebrate its ten-year anniversary in 2007, Appleseed issued Sowing the Seeds – The 10th Anniversary, a two-CD sampler of catalogue highlights that also included exclusive new recordings by Pete Seeger & Bruce Springsteen (a second historic second collaboration), Donovan, Ani DiFranco, Kim and Reggie Harris, and several more new Pete tracks.
In early 2009, Appleseed won its first Grammy – for “Best Traditional Folk Recording” for Pete Seeger’s 2008 At 89 release.
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