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The Old Songs Podcast explores old songs – traditional, industrial, street ballads – one at a time. Learn where they came from, where they've been, who sung them and who sings them still. Most of the series is available on Mixcloud. Presented by traditional singer, Jon Wilks.
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The Old Songs Podcast explores old songs – traditional, industrial, street ballads – one at a time. Learn where they came from, where they've been, who sung them and who sings them still. Most of the series is available on Mixcloud. Presented by traditional singer, Jon Wilks.
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1 The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep10 – ‘The Bury New Loom', ft. Jennifer Reid 45:17
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45:17Today, I'm talking to broadside ballads singer, Jennifer Reid . Although Jenn has been involved in researching and singing these songs for a decade, I'm ashamed to say that she only turned up on my radar when she appeared as the ballad-singing bar owner, Barb, in the recent BBC adaptation of The Gallows Pole . I've since discovered that she's a force to be reckoned with - one of the most passionate proponents of old songs that I've so far had the good fortune to meet. In this conversation, we discuss her background with broadsides, their history, what a ballad hawker might have been, who might have been singing these songs and why, and how Jenn ended up singing unaccompanied traditional songs to a Pulp audience at the behest of Jarvis cocker. Along the way, we chat a little about one of her favourite ballads, 'The Bury New Loom' [ Roud V9197 ]. Pull your ear goggles on and let's get underway.…
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1 The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep9 – ‘Lord Douglas’, ft. Jim Moray 1:14:28
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1:14:28It’s been a while, hasn’t it? But, like buses, you wait ages for an Old Songs Podcast episode and then two come along in quick succession. Because this edition is the first in a two-part thing. Today, we’re chatting to Jim Moray about passing the two-decade mark as a professional musician, about one of my favourite of his traditional arrangements, the ballad 'Lord Douglas' [ Roud 23 ], about a new album coming soon, and about an upcoming festival in his name. The second part to this podcast is going to be recorded live, in front of an audience - possibly even you, dear listener - at the Jim Moray festival on Jun 17th at Cecil Sharp House in Camden, North London, where we’ll be joined by Jim, Nick Hart and a number of other guests. I’ll stick the tickets link on the page accompanying this episode. We’re focusing this episode loosely around the song, 'Lord Douglas', which Jim originally released 10 years ago, winning Best Traditional Track at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in the process. We’re also using it as an opportunity to talk to Jim about his career so far. Listen out for tales about the time Amy Winehouse mistook him for a photographer’s assistant, his relationship with folk music and gadgetry, and his theories on how arranging traditional ballads is like writing a week’s worth of Eastenders . And, as an extra special treat, listen out for the final track in the podcast - usually an unaccompanied ballad, but this time an exclusive - a recording of 'Lord Douglas' from the Abbey Road sessions that make up his new album. Once again, our thanks to the English Folk Dance and Song Society for their ongoing support, and we hope to see some of you at JimFest on June 17th. Tickets for the Jim Moray Festival are available now from this link . The Old Songs Podcast is supported by the English Folk Dance and Song Society . ‘Lord Douglas’ podcast notes This article is accompanied by a partial transcript of the sections that discuss Jim’s career. You can find that in our Jim Moray interview . Links The English Folk Dance and Song Society The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library The Jim Moray Festival Track listing ‘Lord Douglas’, Jim Moray, taken from the album Skulk (2012) ‘Lucy Wan’, Frankie Archer , taken from the single Lucy Wan (2022) ‘Earl Brand’, Gigspanner, taken from the album Natural Invention (2020) ‘The Douglas Tragedy’, Ewan MacColl, taken from the album The English & Scottish Popular Ballads (The Child Ballads) Vol.5 (1956) ‘Lord Douglas’, Moonaroon, taken from the EP Seeds<…
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1 The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep8 – ‘Princess Royal’, ft. John Spiers 58:27
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58:27Episode 8 of the second series of The Old Songs Podcast , supported, so very kindly, by the English Folk Dance and Song Society, is an unusual one as it focuses on an old tune rather than an old song. Prepare yourself to delve into the background of one of the most well-known Morris dancing tunes, 'Princess Royal'. Joining Jon Wilks to discuss the tune is one of the country’s finest melodeon players, John Spiers, or "Squeezy" as he’s fondly known as on the English folk scene. Many of you will know Squeezy as a founding member of Bellowhead , not to mention a myriad of other bands he steps in and out of when the road calls. Over the course of an hour or so, the pair look at the history of 'Princess Royal' tune. Did it start life as an accompaniment to English Morris dancing, or does it stretch further back and over greater distances than that? Squeezy tells us a bit about growing up, somewhat hesitantly, in the Morris tradition, and talks about the difference between being a musician performing this tune on stage and a musician playing for a Morris side. He explains what a jig is, what a reel might be, how to recognise a slow, and who’s wearing the trunkles in this relationship? Squeezy mentions video clips and different versions throughout, which we have listed and embedded below. Links Over the course of the episode, John Spiers and Jon Wilks mention the following things: The English Folk Dance and Song Society The story of Cecil Sharp and Headington Quarry Morris Mat Green ( Magpie Lane ) playing and dancing 'Princess Royal' on Youtube Track listing John Spiers playing the Abingdon version on the Spiers and Boden album, Bellow , 2003 Spiers & Boden playing the Bampton version on their album, Vagabond , 2008 Magpie Lane playing 'Princess Royal' on their 2006 album, The Oxford Ramble Clannad playing 'Mrs McDermott' on their 1973 album, Clannad Mat Green of Bampton Lane, performing the tune while dancing a jig (see above) The Unthanks singing 'The Scarecrow Knows' from the soundtrack to the TV series, Worzel Gummidge , released in December 2022 Jim Moray singing ‘Gypsies’ from his 2003 album, Sweet England 'Princess Royal' from Morris On , released in 1972 A snippet of Eliza Carthy and Nancy Kerr performing the B part on their 1995 album, The Shape of Scrape John Spiers performing an exclusive version of the North Leigh version, spoken about in an earlier part of the conversation For more info on John Spiers, head to johnspiers.co.uk .…
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1 The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep7 – ‘The Gloucestershire Wassail / The Wassailing Song’, ft. Jon Wilks 45:41
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45:41This Christmassy episode of the Old Songs Podcast turns the tables slightly, as Nick Hart interviews Jon Wilks about a traditional folk song of wintery note, 'The Gloucestershire Wassail' [ Roud 209 ]. The pair chat about the history of the song, where it was collected, where it travelled to, what the lyrics might refer to, the definition of wassailing , and its connection to Britpop (or all things). Everything you ever wanted to know about 'The Wassailing Song' is right here in this episode, so strap your ear-goggles on and summon your wassailing bowl. ‘The Gloucestershire Wassail’ podcast notes Links Over the course of the episode, Nick Hart and Jon Wilks mention the following things: The English Folk Dance and Song Society 'The Gloucestershire Wassail' on the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library website Nick Hart's yellow handkerchiefs Gwilym Davies online collection The Prince Albert Carol Consort, Stroud Notes on Blur's version of 'The Wassailing Song' Nick Hart's photo in 'A Christmas Carol' Track listing ‘The Wassailing Song', performed by The Grizzly Folk 'The Gloucestershire Wassail', performed by Magpie Lane 'The Kentucky Wassail', performed by John Jacob Niles 'The Wassailing Song', performed by Blur 'Wassail', arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams 'The Halsway Carol', performed by Jackie Oates 'The Gloucestershire Wassail', performed exclusively by Jon Wilks For more info on Jon Wilks, head to jonwilks.online .…
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1 The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep6 – ‘When I was on Horseback/ The Unfortunate Rake’, ft. Debbie Armour (Burd Ellen) 53:57
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53:57Roud 2 goes under so many titles, it might be easier just to stick with 'Roud 2' and be done with it. Whether you know it as 'When I was on Horseback' or 'The Unfortunate Rake', or any of the other titles you may find, it's a grizzly old song with a fascinating history. And who better to discuss it with than Debbie Armour of Burd Ellen , always a fun person to chat with, not to mention an absolute font of folk knowledge. Debbie discusses the fact that it appears to be more than one song, the golf course approach to traditional song, as well as the ways she went about interpreting it... and the ways in which her daughter responded. It's a funny conversation, in spite of the misery that the song brings. Dig in, why don't you? Over the course of the episode, Debbie Armour and Jon Wilks mention the following things: The English Folk Dance and Song Society 'When I was on Horseback / The Unfortunate Rake ' on the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library website 'The Unfortunate Rake: A Study in the Evolution of a Ballad' album (Folkways FS 3805) St James Infirmary, San Francisco Ian Lynch, Fire Draw Near podcast 'Lucy Wan', as discussed by Nick Hart Track listing ‘When I was on Horseback', performed by Mary Doran 'When I was on Horseback', performed by Steeleye Span 'Katie Cruel', performed by Bert Jansch, Beth Orton & Devendra Banhart 'St James Hospital', performed by Martin Simpson 'The Girl who was Poorly Clad', performed by Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones 'St James Infirmary Blues', performed by Louis Armstrong 'Adieu Adieu', performed by The Watersons 'The Chariot', performed by Burd Ellen 'When I was on Horseback', performed by Susan McKeown 'The Trooper Cut Down in his Prime', performed by Laura Smyth & Ted Kemp 'When I was on Horseback', performed exclusively for the Old Songs Podcast by Debbie Armour For more info on Debbie Armour and Burd Ellen, including the new album, head to burdellen.bandcamp.com .…
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1 The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep5 – ‘The Trees They Do Grow High’, ft. Emily Portman and Rob Harbron 54:39
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54:39Emily Portman , Rob Harbron and Jon Wilks discuss the traditional ballad, ‘The Trees They Do Grow High’ [ Roud 31 ], a song that Emily and Rob have recorded for their new album, Time Was Away . Subjects covered include the duo’s first encounter with traditional folk music, their work with the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Emily’s interpretations of the song’s themes, its history, the source singer that Emily learned the song from, the modes and the melody, and how Rob goes about creating accompaniments for traditional songs. They also chat about the album itself and the forthcoming tour to support it. The Old Songs Podcast can be found on all decent streaming platforms. The Old Songs Podcast is supported by the English Folk Dance and Song Society . ‘The Trees The Do Grow High’ podcast notes Links Over the course of the episode, Emily Portman, Rob Harbron and Jon Wilks mention the following things: The English Folk Dance and Song Society ‘The Trees They Do Grow High’ [Roud 31] on the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library website FolkWorks Monday Folk Singers Online The Vaughan William Memorial Library archive Find Emily Portman and Rob Harbron gigs on the Tradfolk Events Calendar The initial songs released from Time Was Away on Spotify Track listing ‘The Trees They Do Grow High’, as performed by Martin Carthy ‘Long-A-Growing’, as performed by Steeleye Span ‘Growing (The Trees They Do Grow High)’, as performed by Eliza Carthy & Nancy Kerr ‘Long A-Growing’, as performed by Mary Ann Haynes ‘Long a-Growing’, as performed by Emily Portman and Rob Harbron ‘Long a-Growing’, as performed by Emily Portman exclusively for The Old Songs Podcast Photo Credit: Camilla Greenwell…
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1 The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep4 – ‘Shallow Brown’, ft. Angeline Morrison 39:46
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39:46'Shallow Brown' [Roud 2621] is a much-loved and rather mysterious traditional folk song. Collected on both coasts of the United States, as well as the South coast of England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Canada, the most common versions of this mesmerising sea shanty hint at heart-breaking experiences of the transatlantic slave trade. In this, the fourth episode of the second series of The Old Songs Podcast, folk singers Angeline Morrison and Jon Wilks discuss the song's known history, the singers and collectors involved with it, and their own experiences of first hearing and performing the song. Links Over the course of the episode, Angeline Morrison and Jon Wilks mention the following links: The English Folk Dance and Song Society ‘Shallow Brown’ [Roud 2621] on the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library website The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois Shanties from the Seven Seas by Stan Hugill Track listing ‘Shallow Brown’, performed by Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith 'Shallow Brown', performed by Norma Waterson , Eliza Carthy & the Gift Band 'Shallow Brown', performed by John Francis Flynn 'Shallow Brown', performed by June Tabor 'Shallow Brown', performed by Sting 'Shallow Brown', performed by Angeline Morrison exclusively for The Old Songs Podcast For more info on Angeline Morrison, head to angelinemorrisonmusic.bandcamp.com…
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1 The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep3 – ‘The Brisk Lad’, ft. Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith 56:01
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56:01'The Brisk Lad' [ Roud 1667 ] was collected from Edith Sartin by the Hammond brothers in 1906 in Corscombe, Dorset. Also known as 'The Sheepstealer' and 'All I Have is My Own', it has been performed and recorded by many traditional folk singers over the ensuing century (and a bit). Jimmy Aldridge and Sid Goldsmith chose to speak about the song here for its political content, and will be singing it at their Cecil Sharp House gig on October 5th ( tickets are available here ). Jimmy and Sid chat here to Jon Wilks about the history of the song, where they first heard it, and what it means to them as modern interpreters of traditional songs. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Paul Sartin .…
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1 The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep2 – ‘Sweet Lemany’, ft. Hannah Martin 47:23
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47:23'Sweet Lemany' [ Roud 193 ] is a traditional folk song that has entranced countless singers, not least Hannah Martin of Edgelarks, SykesMartin, Gigspanner and Saltlines. The song is an aubade (a piece of music for the morning) and features mystical lyrics that may (or may not) refer to a druidic figure and the magic of early summer. Ahead of her performance with SykesMartin at Cecil Sharp House on September 29th, 2022 , Hannah joins Jon Wilks on the Old Songs Podcast, supported by the English Folk Dance and Song Society, to chat about the history of the song, where she first heard it, and what caught her attention in the first place. Make sure you stick around to the end of the podcast to hear a truly gorgeous, unaccompanied performance of the song by Hannah Martin herself. 'Sweet Lemany' podcast notes Links Over the course of the hour, Hannah Martin and Jon Wilks mention the following links: The English Folk Dance and Song Society The Cecil Sharp's People website 'Sweet Lemany' [Roud 193] on the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library website Paul Sartin discusses Marina Russell on the Old Songs Podcast Billy Bragg discusses the Copper Family on the Old Songs Podcast Pre-order the Saltlines album Visit the SykesMartin page on the Edgelarks website Book tickets to see SykesMartin at Cecil Sharp House The Tradfolk Instagram channel Track listing 'Sweet Lemany', performed by Burd Ellen 'Sweet Lemeney', performed by Peter Bellamy 'Lemany', performed by Nick Hart 'Sweet Lemany', performed by Jarlarth Henderson 'Sweet Lemany', performed by the Askew Sisters 'Sweet Lemany', performed exclusively for the Old Songs Podcast by Hannah Martin For more info on Hannah Martin, head to Edgelarks.co.uk .…
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1 The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep1 – ‘Lucy Wan’, ft. Nick Hart 55:45
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55:45Everything you ever wanted to know about the traditional ballad, ‘Lucy Wan’ [ Roud 234 ] can be found in the first episode of the second series of The Old Songs Post, featuring the English traditional ballad singer, Nick Hart . On this page you’ll find all the notes, links, track listings, etc, mentioned in the podcast itself. It can be heard by clicking the player below, or on the majority of podcast platforms, from Apple to Spotify to Mixcloud . The Old Songs Podcast is supported by the English Folk Dance and Song Society . ‘Lucy Wan’ podcast notes Links Over the course of the hour, Nick Hart and Jon Wilks mention the following links: The English Folk Dance and Song Society Nick Hart's work on the Cambridge folk songs at Cecil Sharp House The Helen Harness Flanders Collection at Middlebury College, Vemont Nick Hart’s gig at Cecil Sharp House on September 28th, 2022 The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library at Cecil Sharp House Mary Humphrey’s article on Charlotte Dann and Ella Bull The Lucy Broadwood Collection Southern Harvest , Frank Purslow/ Steve Gardham Tim Chipping’s article on Kate Bush and traditional music from fRoots magazine Track listing ‘Lucy Wan’, performed by Frankie Archer ‘Fair Lucy’, performed by Elmer George ‘Lucy Wan’, performed by Nick Hart ‘Lucy Wan’, performed by Spiers & Boden ‘Lucy Wan’, performed by Martin Carthy ‘Sheath and Knife’, performed by Ewan MacColl ‘Lucy Wan’, performed by Jim Moray ft. Bubbz ‘Lucy Wan’, performed exclusively for the Old Songs Podcast by Nick Hart For more info on Nick Hart, head to nickhartmusic.com .…
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1 Ep13: The Old Songs Podcast - 'The Cruel Mother' ft. Rosie Hood 1:32:07
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1:32:07The voice you hear at the beginning of this episode is the voice of the late, great traditional singer, Cecilia Costello, one of Birmingham’s finest, explaining how her father would present this week’s song back in her childhood in Victorian England. ‘The Cruel Mother’ is a huge song, and even that’s an understatement, but it’s also a song that really underlines exactly how an old song can remain relevant to a modern audience. It’s one of my favourite songs, so I was delighted when my guest, Rosie Hood, chose it as her subject song for this episode. We had a really amazing conversation, taking in one of the darker songs in the traditional cannon, its origins and the various interpretations that it has been given, not to mention the sense of responsibility that one feels as a performer taking it on. Rosie Hood was one of the first singers I got to know when I became interested in traditional music. Born in Wiltshire, she has been singing folk songs since her childhood, and continued singing them through her university days in Glasgow. She now lives in Sheffield where she sung, until very recently, with the Dovetail Trio. Her solo album, The Beautiful and the Actual , is one of my favourites of the last few years, featuring a beautiful duet of ‘The Cruel Mother’, sung with Emily Portman . It’s a peculiar twist of fate that this song has cropped up on our schedule around Halloween, and while the song is undoubtedly dark and eerie, it’s also incredibly poignant and unbelievably sad. I hope our conversation does not come across as too flippant. It’s a hefty tale we’re here to tell, and we wanted very much to do it justice. During the conversation, we look at how these old songs can inspire new responses and interpretations, specifically through gorgeous music by one of the aforementioned Emily Portman, one of my favourite songwriters. Rosie also talks about the difference between covering a modern song and interpreting a folk song, and why a song might come and stay with you for a while before going and living with someone else. As we’ve already heard, we explore the background of one of the song’s source singers, Cecelia Costello, but also the collecting work of Alfred Williams of the Upper Thames region. I knew very little about him before meeting Rosie. If you’ve never heard of a folk singing competition in which a singer might for 16 hours straight, then this is the podcast for you. In short, to use the wrong word, this is a long episode. You may want to split it into two. However you approach it, I hope it touches you on some level, as I hope all of the episodes from this first series have done. This is the last episode I’ll be recording for a while, but it has been an absolute pleasure chatting to the singers who have taken part, and a real delight introducing these songs to old-songs listeners old and new.…
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1 Ep12: The Old Songs Podcast - 'Banks of Green Willow' ft. Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne 1:08:10
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1:08:10Episode 12 of The Old Songs Podcast opens with the earliest known recording of this week’s Old Song, The Banks of Green Willow [ Roud 172 ]. It’s the sound of David Clements, singing in either 1906 or 1909 – we’ll come to that later – recorded on wax cylinder by either Charles Gamblin and George Gardiner, or the legendary composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams at Basingstoke Workhouse. The origins of the recording are fittingly obscure, given that the origins of the song itself throw up plenty of similar confusion. Banks of Green Willow was chosen by this week’s guest, Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne , who – if you stick around to the end of the podcast – also gives us his very own unaccompanied rendition. I won’t say too much about Cohen or the song, as he does a fine job of introducing both over the course of the hour-long episode. Suffice it to say that his solo album, Outway Songster , was a permanent fixture in my earphones about three years ago, and I’ve since taken the opportunity to see him at whichever festival we’ve both turned up at. He’s an amazing musician, and he’s long had the tradfolk bug as badly as the rest of us. It’s an extraordinary song that leads us off down multiple rabbit holes, so make sure you’re sitting comfortably. This episode features recordings of Banks of Green Willow by Jackie Oates, Granny’s Attic, Tony Rose, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Fred Jordan (Watery Grave). Check out his work with Granny’s Attic , and look out for his forthcoming second solo album, as well as the book he mentioned here, Southern Songster . The next episode, all being well, will feature Rosie Hood discussing the huge ballad, The Cruel Mother, so listen out for that.…
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1 Ep11: The Old Songs Podcast - 'Lord Gregory' ft. Burd Ellen 1:19:57
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1:19:57In the last episode, number 10, we chatted with Jim Moray, so I thought for a bit of consistency I’d use his version of this episode’s song to kick us off. That’s off his album The Outlander, and that’s the wonderful Josienne Clarke – who we must get on this podcast one day – singing with him. So, the song is Lord Gregory, and my guest this week is Debbie Armour, one half of the Scottish drone folk outfit, Burd Ellen . There’s a reason why I’ve not kicked off this episode with her version, and you’ll see why if you keep listening. Quite simply, it’s epic , and really deserves some time and space of its own. You’ll see. Of course, Lord Gregory has its numbers. Roud 49 (we’ve spoken a lot about what a Roud number is in previous episodes), and Child 76. Possibly. I’ll let Debbie explain. Better that way. We’ve spoken about Child a lot in the past, too, but this time we also bring up Bertrand Harris Bronson. If you’re not sure who he was, his chief role in traditional music was in collecting together all the tunes he could find to accompany the texts that Child had published. The book you want to go and find is called The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads , which was published in four volumes between 1959 and 1972. So, Debbie chose to chat about Lord Gregory (or The Lass of Roch Royal, or Annie of Lochroyan, or the Maid of Ochram, or perhaps even Who’s Going to Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot – so many titles) for a whole bunch of reasons, which will soon be revealed. One thing I’ll say first, though: it’s rare to meet someone who has clearly spent so much time and energy thinking about a ballad as Debbie has with this one. It was a real privilege to hear what she had to say, and to basically sit on the sidelines as she held forth. What a great way to spend a Sunday morning. So get yourself very comfortable and open your mind to the wonders of this amazing song. You’ll learn about Bess Cronin, free-form singing, the Rule Of Three, and why Debbie thinks a traditional ballad is like a round of golf. Oh, and there’s stronger language in this episode than usual, not because Debbie brings out the foul mouth in me, but because Lord Gregory deserves a real tongue lashing. And that’s what he gets.…
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1 Ep10: The Old Songs Podcast - 'The Leaving of Liverpool' ft. Jim Moray 1:30:58
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1:30:58OK then. This one’s an epic. In this episode, Jim Moray and Jon Wilks discuss the traditional song, “The Leaving Of Liverpool” [Roud 9435], where it came from, and the fascinating journey it went on to become one of the best-known songs in the cannon. Along the way they touch on the history of sea shanties, the idea that songs can have a nationality, the concept of “composition in performance”, how ballad singers remember all the words, how traditional songs can alter even while in one person’s repertoire, the importance of the singer to the song, how a singer works as an editor for traditional songs, and why Jim is drawn to compare this song to “Don’t Look Back in Anger”. Phew! This week’s Old Songs Podcast is waterlogged with nostalgia. Roud number 9435 is better known as “The Leaving Of Liverpool”, and it’s one of those folk songs that have, at various points in its history, managed to weigh anchor and ship into a larger consciousness. The story behind this song of longing and homesickness is a journey in itself – full of twists and turns – made all the more fascinating by the fact that it was only ever collected twice, both times within the same harbour. And yet it’s a song that has been sung by many thousands of people across the English-speaking world. Unusually for the Old Songs Podcast, this is a song I chose to speak about, rather than asking an interviewee singer to choose it. And I knew exactly who I wanted to chat to about it. As we’re about to hear, it’s a song that was once ubiquitous, but seems to have been somewhat neglected in recent years, perhaps until Jim Moray recorded a version on his 2019 album, The Outlander. When Jim came to the Whitchurch Folk Club and performed ‘The Leaving Of Liverpool’ in October last year, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house, and it has been stuck in my head ever since. Perhaps it’s because the world feels so off-kilter these days that I wanted to get stuck into a song that tugs and the heartstrings and almost weighs you down with yearning. Whatever the reasons, it was a delight to chat to Jim about this gorgeous piece of music and perhaps reintroduce it to the listeners of The Old Songs Podcast once again. So, batten down the hatches and hoist the mainsail. We’re heading for the wide ocean.…
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1 Ep9: The Old Songs Podcast – 'Myn Mair' ft. Cynefin 1:11:32
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1:11:32“Every song needs an address.” So quotes Owen Shiers of Cynefin later on this in podcast – a sentence, I think, that sums up so much of what The Old Songs Podcast is all about. I lived for several years in North Wales, and perhaps I was too young and too busy being a young person to develop any serious interest in Welsh culture – something I’ve regretted as I’ve got older – but I’ve realised in recent years that I was there long enough to develop an ear for the language, much as you might do with a kind of music. I can’t pretend to understand it, and I certainly wouldn’t do it the disservice of saying I can speak or even pronounce any of it, but I adore Welsh music largely for the chance to bask in the sound of the language. When I started the Old Songs Podcast, I knew very quickly that I wanted to find someone who could come and talk in depth and with passion and enthusiasm about Welsh traditional songs. When a Twitter friend of mine, Rob Kingsbury-Barker, recommended Cynefin earlier this year, I dropped the artist, Owen Shiers, a line to find out more. Very quickly I realised I’d found that person. Cynefin’s album, Dilyn Afon , is a sumptuous, gorgeous collection of songs, collected from Owen’s home region, Ceredigion. It’s the musical summation of a journey, both personal and physical, of a young man trying to put his finger on where he comes from and what it means to be from that neck of the woods. It’s an album well worth ordering ( here’s the link ), and also a great leaping-off-point for an all-too-brief exploration of traditional Welsh music. In this episode, we’ve loosely based the conversation around the song, Myn Mair, but it’s as much about trying to poke our way around the edges of what is clearly a huge genre in its own right. I should point out that the opening track you’ll hear to is not Owen Shiers and Cynefin, but a version of our subject song, Myn Mair, as performed by Lleuwen , recommended to me by Owen. I wanted to show you that just so you can really start to see what is possible with these old songs – the raw material that they represent, from which so much can be done. Later on we’ll hear Owen’s own piano version, plus versions from 9-Bach and even a church choir.…
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