Jazz Articles about Daniel Mandrychenko

American Beauty: Musical Treasures on Tompkins Square

by Jakob Baekgaard
February 21, 2020

Back in 1952, Folkways Records released its groundbreaking Anthology of American Folk Music. It was a collection that gathered some of the best slices of American music, including gospel, blues and old-time music. It has since been followed by countless other compilations, but the ambition and the scope of the collection is still relevant. Tradition should be preserved, but it has to renew itself as well. Tompkins Square Records would be a fine candidate for compiling a ...