The American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress has announced the availability of this new American Memory collection of recorded music. Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier features more than 180 original sound recordings of traditional fiddle tunes performed by Henry Reed of Virginia. The recordings are accompanied by field notes taken in 1966-67 by folklorist Alan Jabbour, a glossary of musical terms, 69 musical transcriptions, as well as photographs, and a biographical sketch of Reed's life.