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Billy Bragg & Joe Henry: Shine A Light: Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad - COMPACT DISCSTitle: Shine A Light: Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad Artist: Billy Bragg & Joe Henry Label: Cooking Vinyl Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 711297512328 Genre: Folk Release Date: 2016 09 23 Number of Discs: 1 Additional Details: DIGIPACK PACKAGING In March 2016, acclaimed singers Billy Bragg and Joe Henry, guitars in hand, boarded a Los Angeles bound train at Chicago's Union Station with the hope of reconnecting with the culture of
Title: Shine A Light: Field Recordings From The Great American RailroadArtist: Billy Bragg & Joe Henry
Label: Cooking Vinyl
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 711297512328
Genre: Folk
Release Date: 2016-09-23
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: DIGIPACK PACKAGING
In March 2016, acclaimed singers Billy Bragg and Joe Henry, guitars in hand, boarded a Los Angeles bound train at Chicago's Union Station with the hope of reconnecting with the culture of American railroad travel and the songs it inspired. Winding along 2,728 miles of track, the pair recorded songs while the train paused to pick up passengers. In waiting rooms and at the track side in St. Louis, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Alpine, El Paso and Tucson, they set up their recording equipment, performing classic railroad songs while keeping one eye on the train, bounding back aboard just before pulling out for the next town. After four days crossing the country, they pulled into Los Angeles at 4:30am, recording their final song in Union Station at dawn, just as the first birds began to sing. The resulting album Shine A Light: Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad takes listeners along on that journey and will be released September 2016 on Cooking Vinyl Records. The album features the perfectly matched voices of Bragg & Henry and captures the varied atmospheres and environments in which they recorded - from the close proximity of soft furnished sleeping cars to cathedral-like ambience of waiting halls built to hold thousands of passengers. Containing thirteen-songs originally recorded by legendary singers such as Lead Belly, Hank Williams, Jimmie Rodgers and more, Shine A Light reveals an often forgotten but integral part of America's musical heritage.
Tracks:
1.1 Rock Island Line
1.2 The L;N Don't Stop Here Anymore
1.3 The Midnight Special
1.4 Railroad Bill
1.5 Lonesome Whistle
1.6 KC Moan
1.7 Waiting for a Train
1.8 In the Pines
1.9 Gentle on My Mind
1.10 Hobo's Lullaby
1.11 Railroading on the Great Divide
1.12 John Henry
1.13 Early Morning Rain
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★★★★★ 5
Concise, well researched and objective; a great homeschool resource
This is a great read; sufficiently detailed to be worth the time spent, but not so bogged down in minutia that you find yourself wondering how long the chapter is going to go on and glancing ahead to see if it ends with a quiz. Particularly notable is the prose: flowing, easy to read, a comfortable narrative. You get a sense of the author relaxed in an easy chair, his audience gathered about, attentive ears regaled with true tales of valor, intrigue, and conquest. But you will find no glorification of war between these covers; rather a well-balanced rendering of man at his best within his worst.
“Great Battles” is well researched, factual, and untainted with retroactive speculation and subjective parochialism that pervade some of today’s ‘historical’ accounts. In short, a valuable addition to any homeschool or military historian’s library; highly recommended.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2014
★★★★★ 5
FINALLY!
Format: Paperback
I was pleased to finally find an historical series written for young boys that neither "cartoonizes" war nor adopts a satirical, demeaning tone. Rather, these books depict the true sacrifices of the men involved in these conflicts. The facts are the facts. There is no politically correct hogwash clouding the child's view of the event. These are more mature historical articles about pivotal events no longer discussed in our public school! These books glorify the ideals scrapped by post-modernists -- bravery, chivalry, and heroism -- ideals that once defined masculinity and limited its so-called "toxicity." As a mother raising masculine gentlemen, I will continue purchasing these fine books! Thanks, Mr. Giorello! Keep writing!
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Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2019
★★★★★ 5
Very useful
Format: Paperback
My grandson likes history. This book has proven to be a good starting point for him to then delve deeper into the various wars and battles.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2025
★★★★★ 5
I like it!
Format: Paperback
My 12 yr. old son loved this series.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Perfect choice for 9yr old
Format: Paperback
Grand daughter, 9 yrs,asked for this book. She really likes this author.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2026