| Description | Final version of the second programme in 'The Song Carriers' series
Track 1: silence 0.11 mins
Track 2: introduction to the second programme, with extract from 'waulking song' 1.14 mins
Track 3: discussion of 'waulking song' sung by women from the island of Barra in the Hebrides 1.22 mins
Track 4: song 'Ahir Dance' from the Nagpur region of India, with discussion and comparisons with Hebridean song 1.20 mins
Track 5: Copper family from Sussex sing 'The banks of sweet primroses' 2.05 mins
Track 6: discussion of singing 0.20 mins
Track 7: Ned Adams from Sussex sings 'The bold princess royal' 2.48 mins
Track 8: discussion of folk revival singers and what they can learn from old singers 0.20 mins
Track 9: Maggie McFee, traveller from Banffshire sings 'The back O'Bennachie' 1.18 mins
Track 10: discussion of delivery of words 0.22 mins
Track 11: Sam Larner sings 'Butter & Cheese & all' 3.02 mins
Track 12: discussion of Sam Larner's performance 0.45 mins
Track 13: Caroline Hughes, a traveller from Poole, Dorset, sings 'The Cuckoo' 2.28 mins
Track 14: discussion of the song 'The Cuckoo' sung by different singers in America 0.21 mins
Track 15: Clarence Ashley, banjo picker of Ash County, Tennessee sings 'The Cuckoo Bird' 2.04 mins
Track 16: discussion of singing style and nasal tone, introduces 'The Cuckoo' sung by revival singer 1.14 mins
Track 17: Peggy Seeger sings 'The Cuckoo Bird' 1.59 mins
Track 18: discussion of style of traditional singers 0.24 mins
Track 19: Joe Heaney of Carna in Co. Galway discusses what he listens to in other singers, and question of style and decoration 1.36 mins
Track 20: Joe Heaney sings 'My bonne laddie's long a growing' 4.54 mins
Total: 30.10 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0022380 |