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The" band of the University of North Carolina, all 19 year olds, led by Hal Kemp in the 1920's. A booking on a transatlantic ocean cruise led them to make their recording bow in London (where visiting American bands were a hot commodity, even then). The cruise itself was as much a lark as a professional stepping stone for the student band, whose members all figured to be doing something else professionally. But then fate played a hand: on the return trip, they were lucky enough to have the Prince of Wales (later the abdicated Edward VIII) as a fellow...

Walter "Kid" Smith recorded for Columbia in New York City around 1930 with a group called the Carolina Buddies. There was another session the very next day for another label, ARC, who also recorded Smith as a member of another group, Radio's Popular Wild West Entertainers, fronted by Patt Patterson and Lois Dexter. Smith was credited as Kid Williams, and it is presumed that Smith (Williams) does the harmonica solos, his first appearance on record with this instrument. A week later, some of these same musicians re-cut some of the same material for Victor, using aliases (with Walter dodging as...

The Carolina Tar Heels was an American old time string band. It originally consisted of Dock Walsh (July 23, 1901 – May 28, 1967) on banjo and Gwen Foster on harmonica. Later Clarence Ashley (September 29, 1895 – June 2, 1967) joined on guitar and Garley Foster (January 10, 1905 – October 5, 1968) would replace Gwen on harmonica. Despite sharing a surname Gwen and Garley were not related. The Carolina Tar Heels were active in the 1920s, and disbanded in 1932. .

Carolina Soares was born in october 14, 1979 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Beautiful vocals and dedication to the history and culture of Capoeira have made Carolina Soares a rising star throughout Brazil’s Capoeira community—she’s become a frequent guest performer at a variety of demos and batizados. This two disc set features traditional Capoeira music and songs sung by Carolina, including samba de roda, puxada de rede, and the well known corrido, paranauê, remixed with the latest rhythms in Brazilian hip hop. .