Track Listing

1. Innocent Hare - Amber Quartet
2. Hal And Tow/Shropshire Lass - Amber Quartet
3. John Barleycorn - Amber Quartet
4. Rusty Gully/Dance To Your Daddy/My Cat Has Kitted/Three Northern Hornpipes - Dr. Faustus
5. How Pleasant And Delightful - Giles, Ian
6. Drink Old England Dry - Giles, Ian & Jon Spiers
7. Searching For Lambs - Giles, Ian
8. Lemmy Brazil's Hornpipe No 2/Wonder Hornpipe - Spiers, John
9. Merry Little Doffer - Page, Ian
10. Poor Loom Weaver - Page, Ian
11. Bury New Loom - Page, Ian
12. Astley's Ride/The Old John Peel - Amber Quartet
13. Lincolnshire Poacher/Dr Fausters' Tumbler - Dr. Faustus
14. Harvest Song - Dr. Faustus
15. Seeds Of Love - Giles, Ian
16. Webley/Old Man's Dance/Queen's Delight - Dragonsfire
17. John Barleycorn's A Hero Bold - Giles, Ian
18. White Cockade - Giles, Ian
19. Barleymow - Dragonsfire

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #66543 in Music
• Released on: 2008-09-01
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
This Album presents some of Englands finest folk musicians performing a selection of songs and instrumental music. These recordings have the air of spontaneous, impromptu performance, a coming together to make music, which is one of the hallmarks of the folk music scene. It is as is the recording engineers were allowed to eves drop on the music making – and captured frozen improvisations. The variety of sound on this album is remarkable and the number of instruments and voices involved produces some remarkable programmes. But don’t be fooled by the apparent ease – these musicians work hard, rehearsing and arranging behind the scenes (or discreetly working and honing their style during a jam session in a quiet town or country pub). The result is a carefully crafted music, which honours the past but which, like all living things, moves on and develops. Next time they play and sing the results will be different. The old folk melodies of England are honoured and respected are treated as raw material for high quality music making.

From the Artist
Folk Music from England presents songs from throughout the country. Local songs from Lancashire (tracks 9-11) rub shoulders with the Lincolnshire Poacher. Morris tunes mix with sailors' hornpipes, drinking songs and songs of harvest and hunting as the recording celebrates the mixture of seafaring and country living which has marked the development of England over the centuries

Customer Reviews

Astonishing!
I usually don't expect much from anthologies, and the fact that this one comes from "The Gift of Music" was not promising. However, I was astounded at the great music and wonderful performances. I plan to try to find other recordings by some of these musicians.