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I’ve
already done lockdown specials this year on European folk, early country blues
and West African women but this one’s from right at home. Everybody who made
the music I’m playing – from archive traditional greats to modern adventurers – lives/lived (though not necessarily was born or stayed) in
England. And a fair bit – but by no means all – of the music has English
traditional roots and influences. Anyway, I made the rules!
So… the
first track, recorded way back in 1962, is quintessentially English country
dance music. Except… it’s a polka,
which didn’t originate from here, and it’s played on melodeon and hammered
dulcimer, which came from somewhere else as well. And its title, Jenny Lind, is the name of a Swedish
opera singer. But all those things have long since become naturalised, like
lots of our culture – it’s a proper job mongrel.
This
programme is called No Voices because
– apart from the odd cackle – it’s entirely instrumental. I was involved in a
little concert series in London in 2016 with that title and in spite of
doubters saying nobody would want to sit through whole evenings of instrumental
music, it was a great success, a sell out, and is likely to be repeated if
concert halls ever re-open. Anyway, most of the musicians who appeared in it
are included in this programme. Light bulb moment credit for that was due to
David Agnew of Manchester Folk Festival who, earlier, mounted a double
bill of Spiro and Leveret which turned out to be one of the most exhilarating
evenings in the event.
Anyway,
as the tune title says, “off she goes”!
1. (Sig intro) English Country Blues Band : The
Italian Job from the CD Unruly
(Weekend Beatnik) ghostsfromthebasement.bandcamp.com
2. Billy
Cooper, Walter & Daisy Bulwer, Reg Hall & Mervyn Plunkett : Jenny Lind / The Girl I Left Behind Me
from the CD English Country Music (Topic)
topicrecords.co.uk
3. Leveret
: Molly Apple Pye from the CD Diversions (Rootbeat)
leveretband.com
4. Eliza
Carthy Band : No Man's Jig / Hanoverian
Dance / Three Jolly Sheepskins from the CD Anglicana (Topic) topicrecords.co.uk
5. Martin
Simpson : Down In The Valley To Pray
/ Continue To Roll from the CD A
Closer Walk With Thee (Fledg'ling - out of print) martinsimpson.com
6. Ben
Walker : A Day At The Races / The Fox
On The Downs from the CD The Fox On
The Downs EP (Folk Room) folkroom.co.uk/
7. Three
Cane Whale : Cruc from the CD 303 (Three Cane Whale)
threecanewhale.com
8. Arlet
: Aidan's from the CD Clearing (Smugglers) (and fRoots 46) smugglersrecords.com
9. BJ
Cole & Emily Burridge : Gnossienne
No.1 from the CD Into The Blue
(BJEM) emilyburridge.com
10. Ben
Mandelson : The Streets Of Delhi
from the CD fRoots 21 (fRoots - out
of print) Email
11. Rod
Stradling : The Sportsman's Hornpipe
from the CD Treacle & Bread
(Ghosts From The Basement)
12. Banter
: Plane Tree from the CD Yes (Mrs Casey Music) (and fRoots 58) banter.band
13. Percy
Brown : Step Dance Medley from
the CD Heel & Toe (Veteran)
veteran.co.uk
14. William
Kimber : The Blue-Eyed Stranger
from the CD The Music Of William Kimber
(EFDSS) efdss.org
15. Jim
Eldon : Goathland Speed The Plough
from the CD Songs And Fiddle Tunes
(Stick) veteran.co.uk
16. John
Kirkpatrick : Glorishears from
the CD Plain Capers (Topic)
topicrecords.co.uk
17. The
Old Swan Band : Moss-Trooper's Polka
/ Billy Ballantine's Reel from the CD Fortyfived
(Wild Goose) wildgoose.co.uk
18. Spiro
: The Copper Suite from the DL single
(Real World) realworldrecords.com
19. Neal
Heppleston : Spencer The Rover
from the CD Folk Songs For Double Bass
(Preserved Sound) preservedsound.com
20. Annie
Whitehead & Alistair Anderson : Crazy
Midnight: II. Twelve Midnight from the CD Northern Lights / Airplay (Provocateur)
alistairanderson.com
21. Kathryn
Tickell & The Side : Penguin
Notes from the CD Kathryn Tickell
& The Side (Resilient) kathryntickell.com
22. Penguin
Café : Ghost In The Pond from the
CD A Matter Of Life... (Penguin Café)
penguincafe.com
23. Boka
Halat : Small Coals from the CD The Drummer (TAPS) (and fRoots 24) tradarts.org/boka.htm
24. Brass
Monkey : Tip-Top Hornpipe / Primrose
Polka from the CD The Complete Brass
Monkey (Topic) topicrecords.co.uk
25. Bellowhead
: Rochdale Coconut Dance from the CD E.P.Onymous (Bellowhead)
bellowhead.co.uk/music
26. Al
Jones : Most Chickens Are Mild And
Friendly Or Would Like To Be from the CD Jonesville + (Ghosts From The Basement)
ghostsfromthebasement.bandcamp.com
27. Dave
Evans : Insanity Rag from the CD The Words In Between (Earth) earthvinyl.com
28. Ian
A Anderson : Goblets & Elms
from the CD Onwards! (Ghosts From The
Basement) ghostsfromthebasement.bandcamp.com
29. The
Rheingans Sisters : Dancing In The
Cow Shed from the CD Already Home
(Rootbeat) rheinganssisters.co.uk
30. Methera
: Rising Sun from the CD Vortex (Methera) (also on fRoots 61) methera.co.uk
31. Collectress
: Pumphouse from the CD Mondegreen (Collectress) (also on fRoots 49) collectress.co.uk
32. Andrew
Cronshaw : To A Smiling Shore
from the CD Zithers (Cloud Valley)
andrewcronshaw.com
33.
Effra : Musicophilia from the CD Below Ground (Effra) (also on fRoots 68) effra.bandcamp.com
34. Duck
Soup : The Radstock Jig from the
CD Duck Soup (Hebe Music) (also on fRoots 26) ducksoup.bandcamp.com
35. Pigeon
Swing : Reel Joseph/ Reel des
Accordeonistes from their unreleased demo thepigeonswing.co.uk
36. C.
Joynes : Pollard The Limes from
the CD Congo (Bo Weavil)
boweavilrecordings.com
37. Davy
Graham & Alexis Korner : 3/4 A.D.
from the EP 3/4 AD (Topic)
topicrecords.co.uk
38. PolkaWorks
: The Whetstone / Tekili from the CD Borrowed Shoes (G&T Music)
polkaworks.co.uk
39. Davey
& Dyer : An Lanow / Cornish Girls
from the CD Dynamite Quay (Dalla) (also on
fRoots 71) dalla.co.uk/daveydyerduo
40. The
Imagined Village (Gloworms v. Tiger Moth) : Kit Whites I & II / Sloe On The Uptake from the CD The Imagined Village (Real World)
realworldrecords.com
41. (Outro): The Folk Dance Band : Sellenger's
Round from the CD Listen To The Band
(EFDSS) efdss.org
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