Disc 3
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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. Joshua Fit De Battle - Fisk Jubilee Singers ~ Various Artists |  |
| 2. Precious Lord Take My Hand - Thomas A. Dorsey ~ Various Artists | |
| 3. Blind Barnabus - Golden Gate Quartet ~ Various Artists | |
| 4. Down By The Riverside - Sister Rosetta Tharpe ~ Various Artists | |
| 5. Move On Up A Little Higher - Mahalia Jackson ~ Various Artists | |
| 6. Sit Down Servant - The Staple Singers ~ Various Artists | |
| 7. Oh Happy Day - Edwin Hawkins ~ Various Artists | |
| 8. This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie ~ Various Artists | |
| 9. Goodnight Irene - Leadbelly ~ Various Artists | |
| 10. So Long It's Been Good To Know You - The Weavers ~ Various Artists | |
| 11. Soldier And The Lady, The - New Lost City Ramblers ~ Various Artists | |
| 12. John Henry - Mississippi John Hurt ~ Various Artists | |
| 13. If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song) - Peter, Paul & Mary ~ Various Artists | |
| 14. We Shall Overcome - The SNCC Freedom Singers/Pete Seeger ~ Various Artists | |
| 15. Times They Are a Changin', The - Bob Dylan ~ Various Artists | | Disc 4
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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. Allons A Lafayette - Joe Falcon/Cleoma Breaux ~ Various Artists | |
| 2. Madame Atchen - Amede Ardoin/Dennis McGee ~ Various Artists | |
| 3. Port Arthur Blues - Dewey Balfa ~ Various Artists | |
| 4. I'm A Hog For You - Clifton Chenier ~ Various Artists | |
| 5. Dans La Louisianne - Marc & Ann Savoy (new recording) ~ Various Artists | |
| 6. Ossun Two Step - Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys (new recording) ~ Various Artists | |
| 7. Mal Hombre - Lydia Mendoza ~ Various Artists | |
| 8. Muchacha Bonita - Narcisco Martinez ~ Various Artists | |
| 9. Rosalito - Valerio Longoria (new recording) ~ Various Artists | |
| 10. Las Nubes - Little Joe & La Familia (new recording) ~ Various Artists | |
| 11. Ring Of Fire - Mingo Saldivar (new recording) ~ Various Artists | |
| 12. Sorry Boy - Flaco Jimenez (new recording) ~ Various Artists | |
| 13. Yeibichei Song - Unidentified Performers ~ Various Artists | |
| 14. Traditional Powwow - Renzel Last Horse & Kiyaksa (new recording) ~ Various Artists | |
| 15. Jesus Loves Me - Everette Red Bear/Sandor Iron Rope (new recording) ~ Various Artists | |
| 16. Wounded Knee - Floyd Westerman (new recording) ~ Various Artists | |
| 17. Enchantment Song - R. Carlos Nakai (new recording) ~ Various Artists | |
| 18. Dance, The - Robert Mirabal ~ Various Artists | |
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| Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Several performances have been newly recorded for the AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC series. Also includes a 56-page booklet with photos, an American Roots Music "timeline" as well as extensive track-by-track annotation. | | Compilation producers: Jim Brown, Sarah Cullen, Jeff Rosen, Richard Bauer. | | Includes liner notes by Robert Santelli plus song annotations by Robert Santelli, Charles Wolfe, Holly George-Warren, Alwxander Ewen, Manuel Pena and John Swenson. | | Digitally remastered by Alan Silverman (Arf Digital). |
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| Technical Info |
| Release Date : 09/01/2004 | | Original Release Date : 2001 | | Catalog ID : 2075 | | Label : Palm | | Number of Discs : 4 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Mixed | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00660200207526 |
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| Professional Reviews |
| Entertainment Weekly (11/16/01, p.136)
- "...A stripped-to-the-bone, primer to some of the most vital music of the 20th century..." - Rating: BDown Beat (May 2002, p.58)
- 4 out of 5 stars - "...An impressive collection, telling America's story quite accurately via context and song..." Mojo (Publisher)
(7/02, p.117)
- "...Features most of the genres key players and seminal songs...plus some archival rarities and some new traditionalist songs..." |
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