Thursday, August 31, 2023

Throwback Thursday Musical Showcase: Folksinger Oscar Brand Sings Tumbalalaika in 1962

It's another Throwback Thursday and today we're turning back the clock to 1962 when Canadian-born American folk singer-songwriter, radio host, and author sang Tumbalalaika on stage in New York.

In his career, spanning 70 years, he composed at least 300 songs and released nearly 100 albums, among them Canadian and American patriotic songs. Brand's music ran the gamut from novelty songs to serious social commentary and spanned a number of genres. d Mongers: Rise of the American Folk Song, Songs Of '76: A Folksinger's History Of The Revolution and Bawdy Songs & Backroom Ballads, the latter comprising four volumes.

Born to a Jewish family in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1920, Brand played alongside such legends of folk music as Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Josh White, Jean Ritchie, the Weavers and Pete Seeger. He wrote various books on the folk song and folk song collections, including The Balla

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