Historian, musicologist, performance artist - Starting in the 1920"s, Niles was one of the first American folk artists to take traditional material and completely make it his own, years before a young Bob Dylan started channeling Woody Guthrie. He is the composer of the folk standards "Black is the Color of My True Love"s Hair" and "Go Way From My Window" (both included on this release). Recorded in the late 1950"s. Newly remastered.