Appalachian Music
565works
1,642pressings
1910first year
Works per year
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Format by decade
| Format | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinyl | 13% | 92% | 98% | 96% | 61% | 3% | 5% | 25% | 50% |
| CD | · | · | · | · | 5% | 64% | 73% | 38% | 24% |
| Cassette | · | · | · | 3% | 29% | 31% | 2% | 4% | 6% |
| File | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 24% | 14% |
| CDr | · | · | · | · | · | 2% | 14% | 3% | 5% |
Sounds like
BluegrassFolkHillbillyProgressive BluegrassCountryCountry BluesField RecordingAcousticGospelCelticReligiousFolk RockCountry RockHoliday
Most-pressed works
| Title | Artist | Year | Pressings |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Original And Great Carter Family | The Carter Family | 1961 | 24 |
| The Watson Family | The Doc Watson Family | 1963 | 20 |
| Jean Ritchie And Doc Watson At Folk City | Jean Ritchie | 1963 | 19 |
| Instrumental Music Of The Southern Appalachians | Various | 1957 | 15 |
| Dock Boggs | Dock Boggs | 1964 | 12 |
| Appalachian Journey | Yo-Yo Ma | 2000 | 12 |
| Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend) | Burl Ives | 1949 | 11 |
| The Carter Family Album | The Carter Family | 1962 | 10 |
| A Night At The Grand Ole Opry Volume 1 | Various | 1966 | 10 |
| Remembrance Of Things To Come | The New Lost City Ramblers | 1967 | 10 |
| Whiskey Before Breakfast | Norman Blake (2) | 1976 | 10 |
| Leavin' This Holler | 49 Winchester | 2024 | 10 |
| Old Time Music At Clarence Ashley's - Part 2 | Various | 1962 | 9 |
| Smoky Mountain Christmas | Cumberland Gap Reunion | 1991 | 9 |
| Kentucky Mountain Songs | Jean Ritchie | 1954 | 8 |
| British Traditional Ballads In The Southern Mountains Volume 2 | Jean Ritchie | 1961 | 8 |
| FOTM (Friends Of Old Time Music) | Various | 1964 | 8 |
| A Time For Singing | Jean Ritchie | 1965 | 8 |
| Old Time Country Music | Clark Kessinger | 1966 | 8 |
| Then And Now | Doc & Merle Watson | 1973 | 8 |
| III | 49 Winchester | 2020 | 8 |
| Among Other Things | Bella White | 2023 | 8 |
| Bowling Green And Other Folk Songs From The Southern Mountains | The Kossoy Sisters | 1956 | 7 |
| Folk Festival At Newport Vol. 2 | Various | 1959 | 7 |
| Old Time Country Music | Mike Seeger | 1962 | 7 |
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Built from the Discogs monthly data dumps (CC0), snapshot 2026-09-01. Counts are of catalogued works and pressings, not of listening.