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Monday Music Selection - Strange Folk
Back to Albion for some weird folk stuff -this music is timeless, ethereal, and strange.
The Young Tradition with Shirley and Dolly Collins -The Boars Head Carol
The carol has been sung at Queen's College, Oxford, with the boar's head in procession for around 500 years. Legend has it, back then, a student rambling through the surrounding forest was attacked by a wild boar. He overcame it by ramming a volume of Aristotle (possibly Historia Animalium Major ?) down it's throat, and the beast became a celebratory dinner. the wild boar had become extinct in England by the end of the 16th century.
Shirley & Dolly Collins - Pleasant & Delightful
The Watersons - The Old Church Yard.
Norma Waterson - Death and the Lady
Song, in its many forms, surrounds us - and may have been a feature of life since the very beginnings of human history. It is practiced in every society in the world, its importance undiminished in modern times. The tracks on this album focus on English Folk singing, the traditions behind the songs, and the stories behind the traditions. Performances from folk singer Norma Waterson complete the fascinating journey through English folk heritage. This material is drawn from the Open University course AA317 Words and Music. I remember those days -studying with the O.U.
The Copper Family - Babes In The Wood
Traditional folk song as recorded by The Copper Family of Rottingdean, East Sussex. Later generations of the family still keep up the old singing traditions.
June Tabor - Sudden Waves
June Tabor - No Man's Land/Flowers of the Forest
I know i have posted this one before - what a great piece of folk rock music!
Trees - Murdoch
and finally - the track from that rock sampler from 1971 - these were cheap intros to bands you may not have heard of before back then.,
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Trees - Fool
For a really good on depth look at the history of English folk music i highly recommend this book fromone of the staff writers at Wire Magazine.
Enjoy.
The Young Tradition with Shirley and Dolly Collins -The Boars Head Carol
The carol has been sung at Queen's College, Oxford, with the boar's head in procession for around 500 years. Legend has it, back then, a student rambling through the surrounding forest was attacked by a wild boar. He overcame it by ramming a volume of Aristotle (possibly Historia Animalium Major ?) down it's throat, and the beast became a celebratory dinner. the wild boar had become extinct in England by the end of the 16th century.
Shirley & Dolly Collins - Pleasant & Delightful
The Watersons - The Old Church Yard.
Norma Waterson - Death and the Lady
Song, in its many forms, surrounds us - and may have been a feature of life since the very beginnings of human history. It is practiced in every society in the world, its importance undiminished in modern times. The tracks on this album focus on English Folk singing, the traditions behind the songs, and the stories behind the traditions. Performances from folk singer Norma Waterson complete the fascinating journey through English folk heritage. This material is drawn from the Open University course AA317 Words and Music. I remember those days -studying with the O.U.
The Copper Family - Babes In The Wood
Traditional folk song as recorded by The Copper Family of Rottingdean, East Sussex. Later generations of the family still keep up the old singing traditions.
June Tabor - Sudden Waves
June Tabor - No Man's Land/Flowers of the Forest
I know i have posted this one before - what a great piece of folk rock music!
Trees - Murdoch
and finally - the track from that rock sampler from 1971 - these were cheap intros to bands you may not have heard of before back then.,
Trees - Fool
For a really good on depth look at the history of English folk music i highly recommend this book fromone of the staff writers at Wire Magazine.
Enjoy.