tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post203672250523281584..comments2024-03-17T11:05:22.464+00:00Comments on The Life And Opinions of Andrew Rilstone: SaturdayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-2359130056297697732019-08-11T18:26:34.494+01:002019-08-11T18:26:34.494+01:00Thank you, this seems like exactly the kind of thi...Thank you, this seems like exactly the kind of thing I was hoping for. I really like they way to do the songs (at least, based on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjsBKugxP7Y )Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-51105541578281822402019-08-11T09:44:29.176+01:002019-08-11T09:44:29.176+01:00One good place to start might be Anais Mitchell an...One good place to start might be Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer's "Child Ballads".<br /><br />"Willie of Winsbury" (Child 100) <br />"Willie's Lady" (Child 6)<br />"Sir Patrick Spens" (Child 58) <br />"Riddles Wisely Expounded" (Child 1) <br />"Clyde Water" (Child 216) <br />"Geordie" (Child 209) <br />"Tam Lin" (Child 39) <br /><br />(James Child was a nineteenth century academic who compiled the standard collection of ballads. You probably knew that.) Andrew Rilstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05786623930392936889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-33024721238645992212019-08-10T00:04:10.372+01:002019-08-10T00:04:10.372+01:00Well, Andrew, every time I read one of the blog-po...Well, Andrew, every time I read one of the blog-posts and see statements like <i>They did an astonishing things combining two versions of the Cruel Mother [...] I have probably heard the Flying Cloud as many times as I need to, though [...] All the usual suspects appear — there will be a Bruton Town and a Fair Flower of Northumberland</i>, I am forcibly reminded that there is a recognised repertoire of "proper folk" (as opposed to the sort of Joni Mitchell/Paul Simon/Beatles stuff I do in folk clubs) and that I don't know any of it. I don't suppose you could recommend a compilation album that would introduce me to most of the standards?Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.com