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Old Town School Recordings

Old Town School recordings are released in collaboration with Chicago's own Bloodshot Records.

Old Town School Songbook: Volume 4

Old Town School Songbook: Volume 4

The final installment in an epic series from Old Town School Recordings and Bloodshot Records!

Sneak a look at a video of one of the songs on the Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook, Volume 4. It's Old Town School instructor Mike Blackburn nailing "Travellin' Man" with the able help of Chris Walz and Nick Macri.

Another sneak peek at Songbook Volume 4 - this time Bill Brickey and Sue Demel swing "The Welcome Table"

One last video from the Volume 4 recording sessions - Charles Kim's band, The Astronomer, and their take on "Done Laid Around."

Old Town School Songbook: Volumes 2 and 3

Old Town School Songbook: Volumes 2 & 3

Let the Folk-a-bration continue! Hot on the heels of 2006's Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook, Volume One, comes Volumes Two and Three of a four volume series. In a specially priced 2 CD set, 42 folk music classics are given a good going over. And as testament to the durability of these tunes, they stand up to wide variety of genre-busting experiments and instrumental and vocal chicanery.

Old Town School Songbook: Volume 1

Old Town School Songbook: Volume 1

The Songbook contains 23 archetypal songs performed by a wide range of artists. Some are nationally known like Jon Langford (Mekons, Pine Valley Cosmonauts, Waco Bros), Dan Zanes, John Stirrat (Wilco), Janet Bean (Freakwater, Eleventh Dream Day), Alice Peacock, Robbie Fulks, and Danny Barnes (Bad Livers), and some are instructors from the School---performers themselves with decades of teaching experience. Included is a hefty booklet written by folklorist Paul Tyler that gives a detailed history of each song.

Wiggleworms Love You

Wiggleworms Love You

Forty-two traditional and unique-to-Wiggleworms childrens songs, including Oh Susanna, You Are My Sunshine, What Shall We Do and Bling Blang. Wiggleworms Love You lets Wiggleworms students enjoy their favorite songs--sung by their favorite teachers--virtually anywhere, and allows kids outside of Chicago to experience music the Wiggleworms way.

Also available from the Old Town School at the Different Strummer

Hands On

Hands On

Hands On is an instructional CD that is designed to connect your ears with your hands. If you are a fiddle, banjo or mandolin student looking for tunes that you can learn by ear, this CD is for you. Hands On is eight tunes played fast, medium and slow by a band of expert teachers.

Songs for Wiggleworms

Songs for Wiggleworms

Truly an album for the whole family, this Parent's Choice recommended CD features fresh, fun, folky renditions of childhood favorites performed by some of Chicago's best acoustic artists, including Ralph Covert (Ralph's World).