The folk music players in the UK have a much more liberal outlook on arrangements than we’ve had in the US. They enjoy shaking things up a bit while we tend to view traditional music with more reverence, staying close to the original renditions. On Pt.1 this week, we’ll hear arrangements of folk music from the UK, some of which have been radically rearranged to more modern tastes. We’ll hear The Young Tradition, The Furrow Collective, Fairport Convention and others. Listen for some of your favorites … this week on The Sing Out Radio Magazine.

LISTEN:

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways
The Ashley Hutchings Big Beat Combo / “Spinnin’ Jenny-Soldier’s Spree” / Twangin’ “N” A-Traddin’ Revisited / Talking Elephant
The Young Tradition / “Knight William and the Shepherd’s Daughter” / Oberlin 1968 / Wing & A Prayer
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick / “Byker Hill” / Life & Limb / Topic

Walter Bulwer et. al. / “Jenny Lind-The Girl I Left Behind Me” / English Country Music / Topic
Alasdair Roberts / “Sweet William’s Ghost” / Strange Folk / Albion
Davy Graham / “Anji” / The Guitar Player / Sanctuary
The Ashley Hutchings Big Beat Combo / “The Sherwood Hand-Jive” / Twangin’ “N” A-Traddin’ Revisited / Talking Elephant

The Furrow Collective / “The Cruel Grave” / Fathoms / Hudson
Fairport Convention / “A Sailor’s Life” / Unhalfbricking / Carthage
Offa Rex / “The Blackleg Miner” / The Queen of Hearts / Nonesuch
Lankum / “Salonika” / Cold Old Fire / Self-produced
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways