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sometimesmylifeissoeerie
Fourth Love
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 Posted - 23/02/2012 : 22:05:16
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Just finished this 600+ page book on England's visionary musicians in the folk idiom, and would recommend it to anyone interested in the English folk and folk-rock of the 60s.
It covers virtually every aspect of English folk song you can imagine, and then goes into detail about the back-to-nature leanings of Vashti Bunyan, Incredible String Band, Fairport Convention, Traffic, Pentangle, John Martyn, Nick Drake, Steeleye Span, and many other less known English musicians.
I found out about Shirley Collins and Martin Carthy(Paul Simon completely ripped off his guitar accompaniment for Scarborough Fair), and many other folk musicians I wasn't aware of before.
It ends with a chapter on some of the musicians of today, who carry on this "visionary" tradition, like Talk Talk (whose lead vocalist bore a bit of a resemblance to AL vocally)and David Sylvian.
The only mention of Love was a note on the similarity of Nick Drake's instrumental "Sunday" (from "Bryter Lyter") to "Orange Skies". |
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John9
Old Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 24/02/2012 : 01:30:10
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I shall certainly search this out. I've just purchased John Renbourn's Maid of Bedlam and Enchanted Garden. Both are magical excursions into the heritage of early music. |
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sometimesmylifeissoeerie
Fourth Love
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Posted - 24/02/2012 : 03:53:32
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Both Renbourn's and Jansch's careers are gone into in great detail, along with Ashley Hutchings, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, and everyone else on the scene back then including comparitive unknowns like Bill Fay.
He also goes into great detail about composers who used folk song, like Vaughnn Williams, Robert Morean, Peter Warlock, Gustave Holst, and a tiny bit about my fave- Arnold Bax. |
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John9
Old Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 25/02/2012 : 00:58:45
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| Thanks, Sometimes...I'll definitely check it out in that case. Of course, we sadly lost Bert Jansch last year....but John Renbourn still seems to be mining that rich seam of medieval and renaissance music. |
Edited by - John9 on 25/02/2012 00:59:15 |
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"Electric Eden" by Rob Young
