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MIGRATING BIRD: THE SONGS OF LAL WATERSON
- Ref. MQ4532
- HONEST JON'S RECORDS, 2007.
"Lal Waterson is hardly the best known of folk singers, but her work has proved influential in the scene. (...) This compilation is a celebration of Lal Waterson's many songs (she continued to write up until her death in 1998) and fittingly takes cult names from the new wave of British folk music, as well as dropping in a couple of classics. We've got Richard Youngs, James Yorkston, King Creosote, The Memory Band, Alasdair Roberts, Nancy Elizabeth and loads more putting their unique spin on Waterson's haunting songs and each one manages to take them into another place altogether. It surprises me in fact how varied the album is, from Leaf signee Nancy Elizabeth's straightforward loveliness to Lavinia Blackwall and Alex Neilson's bizarre dip into the avant garde and The Memory Band's subtle electronically aided sing-along. Even the traditional folk of Richard James and Sabbath Folk manage to add something deeply enjoyable to the lineup and you get the feeling that these tracks have been managed and pieced together with the utmost care and consideration. By the time the album comes to a close on Vashti Bunyan's cover of 'Migrating Bird' (a real highlight) you're left with no doubt that Lal Waterson was a serious forgotten talent and should (if there'sany justice in the world) be rediscovered by a host of new listeners. Excellent stuff." (www.boomkat.com)
Interprètes
- Lal WATERSON : Auteur
- KING CREOSOTE : Voix
- Nancy ELIZABETH : Voix
- James YORKSTON : Guitare, Voix
- Victoria WILLIAMS : Voix
- Lavinia BLACKWALL : Voix
- Alex NEILSON : Voix
- Alasdair ROBERTS : Voix
- Michael HURLEY : Voix
- DANNY & THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD : Voix
- Charlotte GREIG : Voix
- Jeb Loy NICHOLS : Voix
- Adrian CROWLEY : Voix
- Richard JAMES : Voix
- WILLARD GRANT CONSPIRACY : Voix
- SABBATH FOLK : Voix
- Lindsey WOOLSEY : Voix
- Richard YOUNGS : Voix
- THE MEMORY BAND
- Mark OLSON : Voix
- Vashti BUNYAN : Voix
- Jon THORNE : Basse
- Emma SMITH : Piano, Violon
- Michele GAZICH : Violon
- Kornbred GREENBRIAR : Accordéon
- Kevin MURPHY : Violoncelle
- Elle OSBORNE : Voix
- Stephen CRACKNELL : Guitare, Percussion
- Jennymay LOGAN : Violon
- Simon LORD : Banjo
- Rob SPRIGGS : Viola
- Nancy WALLACE : Voix, Guitare
- Ingunn RINGVOLD : Voix
Pistes
- 1 Fine horseman
- 2 Cornfield
- 3 At first she starts
- 4 Red wine promises
- 5 So strange is man
- 6 The bird
- 7 How can I leave?
- 8 Wilson's arms
- 9 Her white gown
- 10 Stumbling on
- 11 Never the same
- 12 Memories
- 13 Phoebe
- 14 Dazed
- 15 Song for Thirza
- 16 The welcome sailor
- 17 To make you stay
- 18 John Ball
- 19 Migrating bird