E.C. & Orna Ball, Two Folk Music Pioneers

If you like the folk style music of the Appalachians with a bit of gospel thrown in then this new E. C. Ball tribute album, “Face A Frowning World” is a must.  Nathan Salsburg devoted a good chuck of time to arrange this beauty.  It features Bonnie Prince Billy, The Handsome Family, Michael Hurley, Jollie Holland and others.

Royalties from the sale of this album will be donated to the Blue Ridge Institute, which documents, preserves, and promotes the folkways of the people living in and around the Blue Ridge Mountains.

More info on the album can be found on Nathan’s blog, Root Hog or Die.