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Program #2318
Ballads and laments "Drop, drop slow tears" on this edition of New Sounds, with an updated take on classic folksong tradition from the British Isles. Hear Steeleye Span rendering "When I Was On Horseback," Fairport Convention's version of The Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood, and Andrew Cronshaw doing "The Ship In Distress." Also, England’s The House Band plays "Bonnie Light Horseman," the song of a woman whose man has been killed in retreat during the Boer War in South Africa. And Joan Baez sings "All in Green Went My Love Riding", as arranged and produced by Peter Schickele.
PROGRAM # Musical stories from the British folk tradition (First aired on Sept. 8, 2004)
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RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
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Fairport Convention |
Over The Next Hill |
Canny Capers, excerpt [1:30] |
Compass #4391** www.compassrecords.com * |
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The House Band |
Live, WNYC, 11/1987 |
My Bonnie Light Horseman [4:00] |
Appears on the House Band CD “Word of Mouth,” Green Linnet #3045. Available at Amazon.com* |
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Andrew Cronshaw |
The Great Dark Water |
The Ship In Distress [6:30] |
Topic Record #447. www.topicrecords.co.uk |
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Steeleye Span |
Ten Man Mop or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again |
When I Was On Horseback [5:30] |
Shanachie #79049. www.shanachie.com * |
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Joan Baez/Peter Schickele |
Baptism |
All In Green Went My Love Riding [3:30] |
Vanguard #VSD 79275. Available at Amazon.com* |
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Sandy Denny |
Who Knows Where The Time Goes |
The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood [5:00] |
Hannibal #5301.** www.rykodisc.com * |
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Orealis |
Celtic Music/Musique Celtique |
Spencer the Rover [4:30] |
Green Linnet #1106. www.greenlinnet.com * |
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Various artists |
A Week or Two In the Real World |
Jam Nation: She Moved Through The Fair [7:00] |
Real World #2346. www.realworld.co.uk |
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Various artists |
The Acoustic Folk Box |
Eliza Carthy: 10,000 Miles [3:30] |
Topic (4cds) #4001. www.topicrecords.co.uk |
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Traffic |
John Barleycorn Must Die |
John Barleycorn [6:00] |
Island Records, now reissued on CD and available in stores and online. Available at Amazon.com* |
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