The loud of it: Early British folk rock. The soft of it: A genuine love of the human voice a cappella. I intertwined the two in one show, while trying to make a few educational and comparative folk music points as well. The only new album is a marvelous offering from the Johnson Girls.
- Artist, "Title", Album, Label
- Steeleye Span, “A Calling On Song”, “The Blacksmith”, Hark! The Village Wait, Island
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- The Copper Family, “The Claudy Banks”, Come Write Me Down, Topic
- Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band, “Claudy Banks”, No Roses, Castle
- Steeleye Span, “Horkstow Grange”, Horkstow Grange, Park
- Coope Boyes & Simpson, “Horkstow Grange”, Rough Guide To CBS, World Music Network
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- Fairport Convention, “Come All Ye”, “Matty Groves”, Liege & Lief, A&M
- Ashley Hutchings et al, “Staines Morris”, The All New Electric Muse, Universal
- Albion Country Band, “New St. George/La Rotta”, The All New Electric Muse, Universal
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- The Wailin’ Jennys, “Bright Morning Stars”, Bright Morning Stars, Red House
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- The Copper Family, “Warlike Seamen”, Come Write Me Down, Topic
- The Wilsons, “18th Day Of June”, Voices, Musica Pangaea (Fellside)
- Fotheringay, “Banks Of The Nile”, Fotheringay, Island
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- Brian Perkins, “Shipping Forecast”, Guide Cats For The Blind, Osmosys
- Johnson Girls, “Mama Liza Jane”, On Deck & Below, Folk-Legacy
- Finest Kind, “A Sailor’s Life”, Heart’s Delight, Fallen Angle Music
- Coope Boyes & Simpson, “The Sea Must Have An Ending”, Rough Guide To CBS, World Music Network
- Johnson Girls, “Riley”, On Deck & Below, Folk-Legacy
- Dialo Dialo & Sissokho, “Rowing Song/Part 1”, Square Roots, fRoots Magazine
- Albion Country Band, “Morris Dance Tunes”, Morris On, Island
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