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When David met Sally When David met Sally
A combination of an Israeli song about King David and a traditional English song, 'Sally Free and Easy'.
10/26/2007 Dub
Captain Coulston Captain Coulston
A quasi-dance version of a traditional immigrants/pirates song.
10/21/2007 World General
Famous flower of serving men Famous flower of serving men
A high energy version of this Scottish song which has been recorded by Martin Carthy twice, but is probably better known as the second half of the original version of 'Matty Groves' by Fairport Convention.
10/16/2007 World Fusion
The blacksmith meets the fireman The blacksmith meets the fireman
What would Vaughan Williams think?
10/4/2007 Traditional European
The lark in the morning The lark in the morning
Learnt from Steeleye Span's version. This begins in a stately 9/8 before moving to a jocular 4/4.
10/9/2007 Traditional Celtic
A sailor's life A sailor's life
An offbeat (literally) version of the song which started the folk-rock revolution of 1969.
10/4/2007 World Fusion
Flowers of the forest Flowers of the forest
This traditional Scottish lament is given the 'folktronix' treatment. I approached this in the manner of a jazz standard: once around the 'head', once improvising over the chord changes, and once repeating the head.
9/16/2007 World Fusion
Medley: Sheriff's Ride/Princess Royal Medley: Sheriff's Ride/Princess Royal
An iconoclastic and irreverent romp through two English Morris tunes ( 'Sheriff's Ride' and 'Princess Royal'), featuring violent syncopation and mode changes.
9/12/2007 World General
The Mist Covered Mountain (late Oct mix) The Mist Covered Mountain (late Oct mix)
A traditional Scottish tune given a non-traditional arrangement. Check out the soundtrack to the film, 'Local Hero', for another version. This is a newly mixed version of the track.
10/30/2007 Traditional Celtic
Killarney Boys of Pleasure Killarney Boys of Pleasure
9/1/2007 Traditional Irish
The water is wide The water is wide
The first version I heard of this song was instrumental, so I assumed that it was indeed a tune without any words. I was very surprised when I heard a street singer in Covent Garden sing it with words!
8/31/2007 Traditional Celtic
