Odetta

The album is a collection of recordings of Odetta and Larry Mohr from 1953–54; it was partially recorded live at San Francisco's Tin Angel nightclub, but was not called "The Tin Angel" on any 1950s releases. Like much of Odetta's early work, "The Tin Angel" combines traditional songs (e.g. spirituals) with blues covers. It is often only credited as an Odetta solo album, perhaps because she went on to have the more successful career.

The tribute concert at the Hollywood Bowl in 1970, a fundraiser for the California Chapter of the Committee to Combat Huntington's Disease, now known as the Hereditary Disease Foundation, celebrates the work of folk singer and songwriter, Woody Guthrie, and has never been seen before.

In the span of just 40 songs, Birthright offers an expansive overview of American Black roots music – from old-time banjo and traditional jazz to Mississippi hill country blues – demonstrating the pervasive influence of these styles on popular culture from country to hip hop. This rollicking ride through the joyful landscape of African American musical invention includes essays from musician/scholars Dom Flemons and Corey Harris.