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| Released | December 9, 2012 | |||
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| Genre | Appalachian folk, world, soul | |||
| Label | Independent | |||
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Filthy Dirty South is the fourth studio album by American Appalachian band Rising Appalachia. It was recorded at Echo Mountain Recording [1] in Asheville, North Carolina, and released on December 9, 2012.
In 2011, the band started a crowd funding request on the website Kickstarter to facilitate the creation of the album. They raised a total of $11,180.00 within one month and released the album in 2012. [2]
Steve Wildsmith of The Daily News reported on the forthcoming album and associated tour. [2] The album was reviewed in the January 2013 issue of INsite Atlanta. [3] Thandiwe Ogbonna, writing for No Depression , said "Filthy Dirty South is an overall outstanding work of clever musicianship. A tour of world sounds that could be scattered and disjointed is very skilfully executed with a pleasant flow." [4]
Dan Levenson reviewed the album, along with the band's two previous studio albums, in the January 2015 issue of Banjo Newsletter , taking great interest in Leah Song's distinctive "clawhammer" banjo style. [5] Bob Stepno reviewed the album, along with the band's first album, Leah and Chloe , in the Spring 2015 issue of the Journal of Appalachian Studies , specifically addressing the band's ability to (quoting from the lyrics of "Occupy") "occupy Appalachia." [6]
Rising Appalachia (2012). Filthy Dirty South (CD). Independent.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Mississippi Song" | 2:34 | |
| 2. | "Filthy Dirty South" | 5:46 | |
| 3. | "Remember What You Told Me" | Traditional | 5:01 |
| 4. | "Pretty Lil' Foot / Trouble in Mind" | Traditional / Richard M. Jones | 3:30 |
| 5. | "Closer to the Edge" | 3:17 | |
| 6. | "The Long Haul" | 3:59 | |
| 7. | "I'll Fly Away" | Traditional | 5:00 |
| 8. | "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" | Traditional | 4:10 |
| 9. | "Your Sweet Loving" | Sam Cooke | 4:28 |
| 10. | "Cumberland Gap" | Traditional | 4:20 |
| 11. | "Take Me Downtown" | 5:14 | |
| 12. | "Zavedi Me Lalino" | The Bisserov Sisters [7] | 2:50 |
| 13. | "Calling Me Home/ Ye Ye Bongye" | Alice Gerrard / Traditional (Congolese) | 5:37 |
| 14. | "Occupy" | 4:34 | |
| 15. | "Cluck Ol' Hen" | Traditional | 7:51 |
| 16. | "[Untitled]" | 1:30 |
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