Review of The Warner Collection, Vol. 1: Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still

For over 2 decades musicologists Anne and Frank Warner traveled the back roads of America and made field recordings of local folk songs. They found everything from old English & Irish ballads, to sea chanteys, to Appalachian ditties and creepy shivery songs. Some of these offerings are a bit out of tune and the recordings are scratchy, but show-stopping gems like "Skin and Bones" make it worth the trouble.