A Chrestomathy
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| Compilation album by Dave Van Ronk | ||||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1960-1991 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Label | Gazell | |||
| Producer | Dave Van Ronk | |||
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A Chrestomathy is a retrospective two-CD compilation of songs by Dave Van Ronk released in 1992.
Van Ronk recorded for many record labels. This compilation was released by Gazell Records.
Writing for Allmusic, critic William Ruhlman wrote of the album "his affection for the pop music of his childhood ("Two Sleepy People," sung with Christine Lavin, "Swinging on a Star"), makes for a more varied chrestomathy than those who think of Dave Van Ronk simply as a folksinger might expect. It's hard to summarize more than three decades in the career of a steadily working musician in less than two hours, even one who recorded in as piecemeal a fashion as this one, but this compilation does a good job."
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