5017116700521

Various

Ceremonies & Rituals Seasons

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Format: CD

Cat No: FTSR5

Release Date:  19 November 2002

Label:  Fellside

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5017116700521

Genres:  Folk  English Folk  

  • Description

    This collection of songs traces a year through its seasons, some of the ceremonies, some of the traditions and some of the attendant rituals. They are largely pre-industrial and in some cases, their roots lie in pre-christian rituals. Essentialy they are songs and customs that have been carried on by ordinary people who are attuned to the year's cycle and the need for a good crop: many of the "gusing" rituals are concerned with death and resurrection but in connection to the old year and new one rather than in a biblical sense.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. The Moon Shines Bright - Ram's Bottom
      • 2. The Oxplough Song - Johnny Collins
      • 3. Gloucestershire Wassail - Ian Woods
      • 4. Trunkles - Laurence Platt
      • 5. Jack in the Green - White Hart
      • 6. April Song - Jolly Jack
      • 7. The Jolly Boys Song - Preston Isle Metal Band
      • 8. The Buffoon - Laurence Platt
      • 9. Midgley Pace Egg Song - Derek & Dorothy Elliott
      • 10. Jennifer Gentle - Martin Carter
      • 11. Bedfordshire May Song - White Hart
      • 12. The Five Wells - The Ripley Wayfarers
      • 13. Brimbledon Fair - John Rennard
      • 14. Gee Cross Fair/How Do You Do - Tom Shepley's Band
      • 15. Long Meg & Her Daughters - Linda Adams
      • 16. Bonny Hawthorn - Johnny Collins
      • 17. Country Gardens - Laurence Platt
      • 18. Mottram Wakes - Tom Shepley's Band
      • 19. Harvest Song - Johnny Collins
      • 20. Souling Song - Paul Adams
      • 21. The Tupper's Song - Notts Alliance
      • 22. All You That Are Good Fellows - Graham & Sheila Nelmes
      • 23. Shepherds Arise - White Hart
      • 24. The Boar's Head Carol - Teeside Fettlers
      • 25. Four Seasons - Bob Diehl
      • 26. Nowell Nowell - Ram's Bottom
      • 27. The Turning Of The Year - Farmstead