In the wake of the recent passing of Mike Waterson, we’ll explore a whole treasure trove of music by various generations of “folk revivalists” with bleak ballads, poetic lyrics and close harmonies, including some brushes with other “folk royalty.” Plus, we’ll sample from various folk traditions, new arrangements of well-known folk tunes, extensions of folk traditions, and more.
PROGRAM #3221, New Folk Revivalists (First aired on 7/5/11)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Ian King |
Looking For A New England |
Four Loom Weaver, excerpt [1:30] |
fRoots ACE 1 L4ANE/5 |
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Lal & Mike Waterson |
Bright Phoebus |
Bright Phoebus [2:52] |
Trailer Records 2076 Out of print. |
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The House Band |
WNYC, 1987 |
Bonnie Light Horseman [8:42] |
This performance not commercially available. |
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The Unthanks |
Looking For A New England |
At First She Starts [3:37] |
See above. |
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Jam Nation: Electra Strings |
Sampler Weltmusik: A week or two in the Real World |
She Moved Through the Fair [7:00] |
Real World / Carol 2346 |
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Shirley Collins & Davey Graham |
Folk Roots, New Routes |
Pretty Saro [4:14] |
Righteous#GDC-001, reissued in 1999 on Topic records #820, available at Amazon.com* |
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Bill Frisell |
The Best Of - Folk Songs Vol.1 |
Wildwood Flower [6:30] |
Nonesuch 516092 |
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Turtleboy |
Smart Matter |
Northwest passage [5:51] |
SGL 1590 |
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Ian King |
Looking For A New England |
Four Loom Weaver [3:45] |
fRoots ACE 1 L4ANE/5 |
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Various Artists: The Village Band |
Imagined Village |
Pilsdon Pen [5:18] |
Real World Records 884108-0142 |
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Various : Shooglenifty |
Folk 'n' Hell: Fiery New Music from Scotland |
The Pipe Tunes, excerpt [2:00] |
Metro Blue 53344 |
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