Songs of Trial and Triumph PUGCD 007
Songs
of Trial and Triumph PUGCD 007
| Brian’s
long-awaited CD devoted entirely to the glories of the ‘Child Ballad’
collection published by Harvard Professor F. J. Child in the late 19th century.
Most of the ballads are unique versions drawn from Brian’s own research
and reconstruction; Sir Aldingar has never been recorded previously in English.
Settings vary from unaccompanied voice to arrangements for solo guitar or
squeezebox, English or Appalachian band and, in the case of Three Ravens,
what The Living Tradition described as “a squall of sonic terrorism”.
Supporting cast includes Nancy Kerr, Gordon Tyrrall, Bonz, Loraine Baker
and Margaret Peters. Click on each title a for sound sample; full lyrics and notes on sources will be posted soon. |
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