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Thirteen Years
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A waltz with words
ballads contemporary folk performance poetry poetical fusion folk
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poetical fusion folk - ballads and poems twisted, reshaped, strung out, sung
Mixing the traditional folk song-story structure of the ballad with musical traditions from east and west, Halfwise describe their music as cello, glockenspiel, tabla, trombone, guitar and startling vocal harmony
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #75
Peak in subgenre #21
Author
Halfwise
Rights
cc Halfwise 2005
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November 10, 2005
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MP3 3.4 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
The song is based on the diary of a 13 year old Romani girl who was seeking asylum in Britain. It relates how she and her family were seized in the middle of the night and sent to a series of detention centres, only to be finally put on a train back home - to Newcastle. It was written for the film 'Visit Dungavel, Monster of the Glen' which explores issues around detention of people seeking asylum in Britain today. The film is available from www.camcorderguerillas.net
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