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Sonya Cohen Cramer: You’ve Been a Friend to Me

You’ve Been a Friend to Me Sonya Cohen Cramer (1965-2015) Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40259 (CD, USA, 17 May 2024)

Produced by Reid Cramer, Dick Connette, Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton;
Tracks 1-7 ℗ 1992, 1997, 2000, 2008 owned by licensors, under license to Smithsonian Folkways Recordings;
Track 3 recorded at the Library of Congress in 2007;
Tracks 8-17 ℗ & © 2024 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings;
Mastered by Oscar Zambrano at Zampol Productions, NYC;
Liner notes edited by Carla Borden;
Design by Visual Dialogue

Tracks

Sonya Cohen Cramer featuring Penny Seeger Cohen

1. Oh, Blue (Roud 4313) (2.04)

Sonya Cohen Cramer featuring Peggy Seeger

2. A Squirrel Is a Pretty Thing (Roud 3621) (1.38)
   both are from Animal Folk Songs for Children (Rounder CD 8023/24, 1992)

Sonya Cohen Cramer featuring Pete Seeger

3. When I Was Most Beautiful (2.55)

Sonya Cohen Cramer, Last Forever

4. Hide and Seek (Roud 12493) (3.23)
5. In the Pines (Roud 3421) (2.35)
6. Louis Collins / Spike Driver Blues (3.50)
7. All for You (Roud 11700) (5.45)

Sonya Cohen Cramer featuring Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton

8. You’ve Been a Friend to Me (Roud 17260) (3.24)
9. Black Jack Davey (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278; Henry H124) (Roud 1) (5.23)
10. No Place to Fall (3.06)
11. Oh the Wind and Rain (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (Roud 8) (3.32)
12. The Blacksmith (Roud 816) (Roud 816) (3.15)
13. Singing My Troubles Away (2.57)
14. Lowlands (Roud 681; Henry H469) (Roud 681) (5.04)
15. The Blackest Crow (Roud 422) (2.16)

Sonya Cohen Cramer

16. Sidewalk Wildflower (4.46)
    Wesleyan Women’s Singer/Songwriter Collective, 1986
17. A Life That’s Good (3.08)
    2015 home recording

Track 3 Original words in Japanese by Noriko Ibaragi, music by Pete Seeger;
Tracks 4, 7 Dick Connette;
Track 6 Mississippi John Hurt;
Track 8 William S. Hays;
Track 10 Townes Van Zandt;
Track 13 Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore ;
Track 16 Sonya Cohen Cramer;
Track 17 Ashley Monroe, Sara Siskind

Video

This crankie of Sonya Cohen Cramer singing Oh the Wind and Rain was produced by her daughter, illustrator, graphic designer, and printmaker Dio Cramer: