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#Englishmusic

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Jonathan Emmesedi

Fairport Convention -- Liege And Lief
youtu.be/MPuAOF3TiLk?si=96FZKO

urusai.social/@gnitro has just mentioned listening to this album but finding it was not his cup of tea.

I rediscovered this album about a year ago. Like @gnitro, I'm a Kpop fan, so one might expect my reation to be similar to his, since the sound of British folk rock of the late sixties is far indeed from the polished studio production of today's Seoul .

Yet I do respond to that "Come All Ye". I don't think it's just nostalgia on my part; there's something about the rediscovery of traditional English music and its re-expression in a more modern idiom that stirs me, albeit in a fashion without flags, Faragism, or any other kind of fascistic nonsense.

YouTubeCome All YeBy Fairport Convention - Topic
#FairportConvention#LiegeAndLief#BritishFolkRock
Alan Lewis

THE STAVES
"WAITING FOR THE JOY"
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Waiting for the Joy
by The Staves

thestaves.bandcamp.com/track/w

This vocal group is new to me in 2024, though Bandcamp does show 2022 releases. It seems to me I have bought every track offered except for maybe one. My best guess is that 2024 offerings are bringing The Staves more airplay here in the United States and a growing following. So far, this has seemed to be a Five Star vocal group.

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#2020smusic #2020svocalgroups #bandcamp #britishmusic #englishmusic #musicnews #singersongwriter #staves #thestaves #ukmusic #vocalgroups #waitingforthejoy

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The StavesWaiting for the Joy, by The Staves track by The Staves
Alan Lewis

THE MONALISA TWINS
"FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH"

For What It's Worth
from MonaLisa Twins play Beatles & more by MonaLisa Twins

monalisatwins.bandcamp.com/tra

My music collection includes several versions - usually faithful covers - of Buffalo Springfield's classic "For What It's Worth." This performance by the MonaLisa Twins is my favorite of them. The Twins are REALLY good at what they do.

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#1960smusic #britishbands #britishmusic #britishrock #buffalospringfield #englishbands #englishmusic #englishrock #forwhatitsworth #monalisatwins #musicnews #singersongwriter #ukbands #ukmusic #ukrock

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MonaLisa TwinsFor What It's Worth, by MonaLisa Twins from the album MonaLisa Twins play Beatles & more
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Alan Lewis

THE RICHARD THOMPSON ACOUSTIC TRIO
"(I WANT TO SEE) THE BRIGHT LIGHTS TONIGHT"

(I Want To See) The Bright Lights Tonight
from Live From Honolulu by Richard Thompson

richardthompson.bandcamp.com/t

-- Or --

richardthompson.bandcamp.com/a

Track 10

I searched Bandcamp for this great song by Richard and Linda Thompson and found this recording instead. It is quite good.

Three word review: I bought it.

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#bandcamp #britishmusic #englishmusic #folkmusic #iwanttoseethebrightlightstonight #lindathompson #musicnews #richardandlindathompson #richardthompson #singersongwriter #ukmusic

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Richard Thompson(I Want To See) The Bright Lights Tonight, by Richard Thompson from the album Live From Honolulu
Alan Lewis

ALISTAIR ANDERSON
"PEACOCK BLUE AND ISSAC'S CUT"

Peacock Blue & Issac's Cut
from Hethpool Linn by Alistair Anderson

alistairanderson.bandcamp.com/

-- Or --

alistairanderson.bandcamp.com/

Hover over Track 1 and then click on Buy Track.

When Alistair Anderson played the Chelsea House in West Brattleboro, Vermont, in the 1970s, during a performance of a Scott Joplin composition there came a crack of lightning. Anderson made a crack of his own, something to the effect of it being a warning for playing a Joplin rag on an English concertina. That concert was terrific. I bought this track as the best available way to reminisce.

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#alistairanderson #brattleboro #britishmusic #chelseahouse #chelseahousewestbrattleboro #concertina #englishconcertina #englishmusic #hethpoollinn #issacscut #peacockblue #scottjoplin #ukmusic #westbrattleboro

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Alistair AndersonPeacock Blue & Issac's Cut, by Alistair Anderson from the album Hethpool Linn
Alan Lewis

MONALISA TWINS
"GOD ONLY KNOWS"

God Only Knows
from MonaLisa Twins play Beatles & more by MonaLisa Twins

monalisatwins.bandcamp.com/tra

-- Or --

monalisatwins.bandcamp.com/alb

Hover over Track 11 and click Buy Track.

The Beach Boys did this with five voices and as many and diverse instruments as they wanted, while the MonaLisa Twins performed the same arrangement with two voices and two guitars. I admire the MLTs big time for pulling this off so well.

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#bandcamp #beachboys #beatles #britishbands #britishmusic #englishbands #englishmusic #godonlyknows #liverpoolmusic #monalisatwins #monalisatwinsplaybeatlesandmore #playbeatlesandmore #singersongwriter #ukbands #ukmusic

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MonaLisa TwinsGod Only Knows, by MonaLisa Twins from the album MonaLisa Twins play Beatles & more
Alan Lewis

NICK LOWE
"WHEN I WRITE THE BOOK"

When I Write the Book
from Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets: Live At Haw River Ballroom by Nick Lowe

nicklowe.bandcamp.com/track/wh

-- Or --

nicklowe.bandcamp.com/album/ni

Hover over Track 25 and then click Buy Track.

"When I Write the Book" is one of Nick Lowe's best known songs. Personally, I like this late live version better than the original by Rockpile.

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#bandcamp #britishmusic #englishmusic #losstraightjackets #nicklowe #rockpile #singersongwriter #ukmusic #wheniwritethebook

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Nick LoweWhen I Write the Book, by Nick Lowe from the album Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets: Live At Haw River Ballroom
Tamsin Lewis

Apparently it is #NationalStrawberryDay today.
This seems like the wrong time of year (and I wonder if #turnips might not be more appropriate at the moment), but I'll jump on the bandwagon with a #video of Strawberries and Cream (or Ginnie Pug) from Playford's Dancing Master, 1670.

Eleanor Cramer: bass #viol
Christopher Goodwin: #lute
Alison Kinder: #recorder
Tamsin Lewis: #violin

youtube.com/watch?v=yTxak2qVf2

#earlymusic #youtube #youtubemusic #youtubevideo #youtubechannel #earlymodern #strawberries #strawberry #strawberriesandcream #violinist #violadagamba #recordingartist #countrydance #dance #classicalmusic #folkmusic #englishmusic #turnip #otd #onthisday
@earlymodern @histodons @earlymusic @histodon #histodon #histodons

YouTubePlayford's Dancing Master: Strawberries and cream or Ginnie PugBy Passamezzo
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