Various Artists
The Ultimate Guide to English Folk (2CD)

EUCD2671

Compiled by Jon Boden, this double album presents a gorgeous and very enjoyable collection of English folk songs; arrangements of traditional songs only, that are at least a hundred years old and that are generally of unknown or collective authorship. 28 pages of extensive info about English folk music and each of the songs and musicians.
Playing Time: 144:26 mins.

Track listing:

Eliza Carthy: Worcester City - 4:44
The Copper Family: Come Write Me Down / Ye Powers Above - 2:49
Jim Moray: Early One Morning - 3:53
Steeleye Span: The Weaver and the Factory Maid - 5:41
The Watersons: The Plains of Mexico - 1:48
Nancy Kerr & James Fagan: Dance to your Daddy / The Flaming Drones - 3:43
Dr Faustus: May Reel No.1 / Bacca Pipes Jig - 5:51
Martin Carthy: Scarborough Fair - 3:25
Oysterband: Bold Riley - 4:12
Anne Briggs: My Bonny Boy - 2:48
Brass Monkey: Waterman's Hornpipe - 3:24
Martin Simpson: The Bramble Briar - 4:52
John Spiers & Jon Boden: Prickle-eye Bush - 4:32
Silly Sisters: The Old Miner - 6:12
Nic Jones: Canadee-I-O - 5:54
Leveret: Northern Lass/The Kings’ Barrows - 5:37
Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party: Green Gravel - 2:26
CD2:
Bellowhead: Rigs of the Time - 3:54
Waterson:Carthy: The Light Dragoon - 5:09
The Full English: Stand by your Guns - 3:31
Kate Rusby & Kathryn Roberts: The Recruited Collier - 3:16
Blowzabella: The New Road to Alston & Lottie’s Hornpipe - 5:49
Sam Lee & Friends: Bonny Bunch of Roses - 4:10
Roger Wilson: Ramble Away - 4:49
The Unthanks: Trimdon Grange Explosion - 6:11
John Kirkpatrick: Speed the Plough - 2:18
James Findlay: The Cuckoo - 3:17
Jackie Oates: Lavenders Blue - 3:13
Peter Bellamy: Barbaree - 3:24
June Tabor & Martin Simpson: Heather Down the Moor - 2:51
The Demon Barbers: Harry's Hornpipe - 3:57
Chris Wood & Andy Cutting: While Gamekeepers Lie Sleeping - 4:57
Show of Hands: The Blue Cockade - 6:05
Magpie Lane: May Song - 3:03
Joseph Taylor: Murder of Maria Marten - 0:43

Published: 2016

Genre: Europe
Label: Arc Music