| Description | Final version of the eleventh programme in 'The Song Carriers' series, featuring songs mainly by folk revival singers
Track 1: silence 0.08 mins Track 2: programme introduction and extract from John Reavey of Gateshead playing the tin whistle singing 'The Good Old Mountain Dew' at the Birtley Folksong Club, Co. Durham 0.58 mins Track 3: discussion by John Watt, of Dunfermline and Brian Pearson of St Albans about becoming interested in folk music and more general discussion about the tradition of folk singing and the themes of folk song 3.45 mins Track 4: Brian Pearson of St Albans sings' Ye Mariners All' 2.06 mins Track 5: discussion of the singing and feeling in the previous song 0.49 mins Track 6: Norman Kennedy of Aberdeen sings 'Sleepy Toon' 2.23 mins Track 7: discussion of tone and irony in Scottish bothy songs and the delivery of the singer of the next song 0.57 mins Track 8: Luke Kelly of Dublin sings 'Galway Races' 2.08 mins Track 9: discussion of recordings made for BBC Folk Archive, including the next song 0.14 mins Track 10: Cecilia Costello of Birmingham sings 'The Grey Cock' 0.29 mins Track 11: discussion of folk revival singers version of this song 0.10 mins Track 12: Sandra Kerr of East London sings 'The Grey Cock' 4.24 mins Track 13: discussion of the interpretation of songs 1.20 mins Track 14: Gordon McCullogh of Glasgow sings 'Queen Eleanor's Confession' 3.22 mins Track 15: discussion of the sense of irony and feeling in songs sung by folk revival singers Track: 16: Frankie Armstrong of Hertfordshire sings 'Higher Germany' 1.43 mins Track 17: discussion of the style of the next singer, assimilated from Irish traditional ideas 0.29 mins Track 18: Tim Lyons of London with an Irish background sings 'My Lagan Love' 2.09 mins Track 19: discussion of lilting, with an example of this by the next singer 0.10 mins Track 20: Tim Lyons sings 'The Rakes of Paddy' 0.41 mins Track 21: programme credits 1.02 mins
Total: 30.23 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF573E0645380 |