VA--Migrating_Bird_The_Songs_Of_Lal_Waterson-2007-i8

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2008-04-23

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      a r t i s t : VA
        t i t l e : Migrating Bird: The Songs Of Lal Waterson
          d a t e : 2007
        l a b e l : Honest Jons (HJRCD31)
        g e n r e : Folk
  r l s.  d a t e : Apr/2008
      t r a c k s : 19
    b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
          s i z e : 64,3 MB

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     Lal Waterson is hardly the best known of folk singers, but her
     work has proved some of the most influential in the scene.
     Starting very young she formed a band in the early 1960s with
     her sister Norma and brother Mike and under the name the
     Watersons proceeded to put her hand to some of the most
     influential early folk records of the era. It's said that
     these early recordings set a precedent for acts such as
     Steelye Span and Fairport Convention, but their best was yet
     to come. The band disbanded in the late 60s thanks to
     excessive touring, but when they reformed in 1972 they managed
     to put together a record that would re-define the scene.
     Entitled 'Bright Phoebus' it featured a whole host of now
     legendary names; Richard Thompson, Maddy Prior, Anne Brigs,
     Martin Carthy and more and still today is revered by folk
     fanatics across the world. This compilation is a celebration
     of Lal Waterson's many songs (she continued to write up until
     her death in 1998) and fittingly takes cult names from the new
     wave of British folk music, as well as dropping in a couple of
     classics.

     http://www.boomkat.com


     Keeps alive the thoughtful, rebellious, radical Englishness
     found in the best folk music... Nineteen different voices from
     different decades, countries, traditions and concerns, but the
     solitary, alienated quality of Waterson's bleak, fearless
     songs ensures a mesmerising consistency. Buy this as your folk
     album of the year, not least because the music seems so
     contemporary and timeless that it could easily get away with
     not being called folk. (The Observer).

     http://www.honestjons.com/shop.php?pid=31513

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      01-King Creosote - Fine Horsemen                          [03:26]
      02-Nancy Elizabeth - Cornfield                            [02:51]
      03-James Yorkston - At First She Starts                   [03:22]
      04-Victoria Williams - Red Wine Promises                  [03:24]
      05-Lavinia Blackwall and Alex Neilson - So Strange Is Man [02:41]
      06-Alasdair Roberts - The Bird                            [02:42]
      07-Michael Hurley - How Can I Leave?                      [02:47]
      08-Danny & The Champions Of The World - Wilson's Arms     [04:01]
      09-Charlotte Greig - Her White Gown                       [02:41]
      10-Jeb Loy Nichols - Stumbling On                         [02:49]
      11-Adrian Crowley - Never The Same                        [02:51]
      12-Richard James - Memories                               [03:11]
      13-Willard Grant Conspiracy - Phoebe                      [03:10]
      14-Sabbath Folk - Dazed                                   [04:19]
      15-Lindsey Woolsey - Song For Thirza                      [03:42]
      16-Richard Youngs - The Welcome Sailor                    [03:14]
      17-The Memory Band - To Make You Stay                     [04:53]
      18-Mark Olson - John Ball                                 [03:13]
      19-Vashti Bunyan - Migrating Bird                         [01:41]
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                                                                 60:58 min

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