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Archival processing of the Barbara Dane Collection was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Size | 5 items |
Abstract | The Barbara Dane Collection consists of sound recordings of American folk songs sung by Barbara Dane (formerly Barbara Cahn) and Rolf Cahn. Recordings are on instantaneous disc. The collection also includes a hand-decorated album that originally housed the sound recordings. |
Creator | Dane, Barbara. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Anne Wells, December 2017
Encoded by: Anne Wells, December 2017
Archival processing of the Barbara Dane Collection was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Back to TopBarbara Dane (b. 1927) is an activist and American folk, blues, and jazz singer. In the 1940's, she moved from her hometown of Detroit, Mich. to the Bay Area with her first husband, folk musician, Rolf Cahn (1924-1994). By 1951 she was divorced from Cahn and adopted the surname Dane. After briefly joining the folk music group, Gateway Singers, Dane performed as a solo singer, singing blues material as well as social-protest songs, sometimes with jazz accompaniment. Dane is known for her activism in the labor union and civil rights movement, and in 1969 founded Paredon Records with her second husband, Sing Out! editor, Irwin Silber, to release social-protest and political music.
Back to TopThe Barbara Dane Collection consists of sound recordings of American folk songs sung by Barbara Dane (formerly Barbara Cahn) and Rolf Cahn. Recordings are on instantaneous disc. The collection also includes a hand-decorated album that originally housed the sound recordings.
Back to TopArrangement: In order as received.
Processing information: Titles compiled from original labels and annotated album.
Oversize Box OB-20412/1 |
"American Folk Songs Sung by Barbara and Rolf Cahn" album |
Instantaneous Disc FD-20412/1219 |
Barbara Cahn and Rolf Cahn, "Merry Christmas", "Lullaby", "Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet"; Barbara Cahn, "Lullaby"10" Instantaneous Disc |
Instantaneous Disc FD-20412/1220 |
Rolf Cahn, "Spanish Is a Loving Tongue"; Barbara Cahn, "Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier", "Wanderin'"10" Instantaneous Disc |
Instantaneous Disc FD-20412/1221 |
Barbara Cahn, "Greensleeves", "The Old Woman", "Lord Randall", 194610" Instantaneous Disc |
Instantaneous Disc FD-20412/1222 |
Barbara Cahn, "Careless Love", "Go Away From My Window", "Miss Bailey", "That's Why", 194610" Instantaneous Disc |