5060041530589

Constant Companion

Cunning Folk

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Format: CD

Cat No: DHARMACD31

Release Date:  07 December 2018

Label:  Dharma

Packaging Type:  EcoPak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5060041530589

Genres:  Folk  English Folk  

  • Description

    A Constant Companion



    I have been a working musician for over 20 years now. Music from the British folk tradition has been a constant companion. I grew up in a small market town in East Dorset called Wimborne Minster which has a well established folk festival, a calendar event which started when I was a child. Folk music was part of the everyday experience.



    As a young adult I would listen to Fairport Convention, Trees, Mellow Candle & The Pogues alongside Bowie, Nirvana, Neu & Aphex Twin. Catholic tastes.



    It has always been normal for me to enjoy music inspired by, or from the tradition alongside music from other genres.

    I have run a monthly folklore society in the upstairs room of a pub in Borough for 7 or 8 years & through the talks I have heard or given I have gained a deep love of the lore of the land which in turn has deepened my relationship with the music from the tradition.

    This recording is a collection of songs from the British repertoire which I have heard in clubs or on records or found in song collections. These songs found there way into my life & keep me company.

    Thank you to Ian Carter for producing, engineering & mixing these live recordings of voice & guitar.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Seeds Of Love
      • 2. Lovely Joan
      • 3. Bruton Town
      • 4. Matty Groves
      • 5. Dick Turpin
      • 6. Death And The Lady
      • 7. Constant Billy
      • 8. The Cruel Mother
      • 9. Robin Hood And The Pedlar
      • 10. Souling Song
      • 11. The Wanton Seed
      • 12. The True Enlightenment
      • 13. Ratcliffe Highway
      • 14. The Astrologer
      • 15. Dirty Old Town
      • 16. Shepton Beacham Wassail
      • 17. Poison And A Glass Of Wine
      • 18. Soft Estate
      • 19. Willie O Winsbury