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Sonya Cohen Cramer You've Been a Friend to Me SFW40259 CD
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FormatAudio CD
Ordering NumberSFW40259
Barcode093074025925
labelSmithsonian Folkways
Release date14/06/2024
salesrank772
Players/ContributorsMusicians Guest musician
  • Abby Newton: cello, backing vocals (Track Nr 4)
  • Bill Ruyle: hammer dulcimer, harmonium, piano, snare drum, bass drum, tambourine (Tracks Nr 4, 5, 7)
  • Bill Vanaver: autoharp (Track Nr 8)
  • Carolyn Dutton: violin (Track Nr 5)
  • Daniel Littleton: acoustic guitar, vocals (Tracks Nr 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
  • Dick Connette: spinet, piano, banjo (Tracks Nr 4, 5, 6, 7)
  • Elizabeth Mitchell: vocals, guitar, harmonium (Tracks Nr 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
  • Erik Friedlander: cello (Tracks Nr 4, 5, 7)
  • Jacob Silver: bass (Track Nr 14)
  • James O’Connor: trumpet (Track Nr 5)
  • Jay Ungar: fiddle (Track Nr 12)
  • Jeff Berman: lap dulcimer (Track Nr 6)
  • Kevin Kuhn: 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars, mandolin (Tracks Nr 6, 7)
  • Lee Falco: drums (Tracks Nr 11, 13)
  • Marco Benevento: piano (Track Nr 13)
  • Marshall Coid: violin (Tracks Nr 6, 7)
  • Molly Mason: bass (Tracks Nr 9, 11, 13)
  • Peggy Seeger: Piano (Track Nr 2)
  • Penny Seeger Cohen: Vocals (Track Nr 1)
  • Pete Seeger: Guitar (Track Nr 3)
  • Ruthy Ungar: harmony vocals (Tracks Nr 9, 10)
  • Steve Elson: piccolo (Track Nr 6)
  • Tania Elizabeth: fiddle (Tracks Nr 9, 10, 11, 14)

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      Sonya Cohen Cramer (1965–2015) was raised in a family committed to revitalizing the oldest songs of the American musical canon. Like her father John Cohen of The New Lost City Ramblers, Sonya shared a belief in the transformative qualities of folk songs and traditional ballads. You’ve Been a Friend to Me is the first collection featuring Sonya’s singing, and it reveals the full arc of her musical life through collaborations with her aunt Peggy Seeger, uncle Pete Seeger, Elizabeth Mitchell, Daniel Littleton, and the folk-fusion group Last Forever. While shaped by the roots of her family tree, the radiating and clear sound of Sonya’s voice is distinctly her own.

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      CD 1
      • 1.Oh, Blue02:04
      • 2.A Squirrel Is A Pretty Thing01:38
      • 3.When I Was Most Beautiful02:56
      • 4.Hide And Seek03:24
      • 5.In The Pines02:35
      • 6.Louis Collins_Spike Driver Blues03:50
      • 7.All For You05:45
      • 8.You'Ve Been A Friend To Me03:24
      • 9.Black Jack Davey05:23
      • 10.No Place To Fall03:06
      • 11.Oh The Wind And Rain03:32
      • 12.The Blacksmith03:15
      • 13.Singing My Troubles Away02:57
      • 14.Lowlands05:04
      • 15.The Blackest Crow02:16
      • 16.Sidewalk Wildflower04:46
      • 17.A Life That’s Good (Home Recording)03:08
      • Total:59:03