Folk
Various Artists
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- The Basics
"I ain't never heard no horse sing", quipped roots pioneer Lead Belly when he was asked to explain folk music. Which is another way of saying that folk is the music of the people, handed down from one generation to the next, by word of mouth. These 25 tracks provide an overview of the folk song tradition, past and present.
£18.98 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 The Times They Are A-Changin' Bob Dylan 3:12 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Blowin' in the Wind Peter, Paul & Mary 2:56 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) Pete Seeger 3:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Streets of London Ralph McTell 4:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Away We Go Again The Chieftains 6:22 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 Scarborough Fair Martin Carthy with Dave Swarbrick 3:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Blues Run the Game (Remastered) Jackson C. Frank 3:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Tam Lin Fairport Convention 7:13 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Angie Bert Jansch 3:15 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 A Heart Needs a Home Richard Thompson 4:07 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 I Ain't Marching Anymore Phil Ochs 2:33 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Chelsea Morning Judy Collins 3:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Blooming Heather Kate Rusby 4:51 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Light Flight (Theme from Take Three Girls) Pentangle 3:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 If I Were a Carpenter Tim Hardin 2:41 £0.99 View In iTunes 16 Northern Sky Nick Drake 3:43 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 Ramblin' Boy Tom Paxton 3:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Spencer the Rover John Martyn 4:09 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 The Outlandish Knight Bellowhead 7:03 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Here's the Tender Coming The Unthanks 5:23 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 Ride On Christy Moore 4:05 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 A Blacksmith Courted Me Shirley Collins 2:45 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 22 Songs - Next Steps
Folk music can be hundreds of years old, or have been written last week. New or old, it's music that brings the past into the present, via superb singers, songwriters and instrumental virtuosos creating songs like the next 25.
£18.97 Next StepsName Artist Time Price 1 Song for Ireland Dick Gaughan 5:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Joan Baez 4:09 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Canadee - I - O Nic Jones 6:00 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Listen, Listen Sandy Denny 3:57 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Batchelors Hall Martin Simpson 4:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Shoot Out the Lights Richard & Linda Thompson 5:24 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 The Prickly Bush Spiers & Boden 4:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 The Falmouth Packet / Haul Away Show of Hands 5:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 Lowlands of Holland Waterson:Carthy 4:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Cold Days of February The Incredible String Band 5:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Lord Mayo / Lord Inchiquin Davey Graham 4:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Gaudete Steeleye Span 2:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 13 King & Country Seth Lakeman 4:26 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 High Flyin' Bird Richie Havens 3:37 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Spitfires Chris Wood 3:52 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Angel from Montgomery John Prine 3:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Banks of the Nile Fotheringay 8:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Pretty Ploughboy Eliza Carthy 5:21 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Talking New Bob Dylan Loudon Wainwright III 3:35 £0.99 View In iTunes 20 Whiskey In the Jar The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem 2:07 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Dirty Old Town The Dubliners 2:53 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Blackwater Side Anne Briggs 3:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 The Island Paul Brady 5:10 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 23 Songs - Deep Cuts
Whether it's a 500-year-old ballad about a tragic love affair, or a brand-new protest against war or poverty, folk music speaks straight from the heart with a voice that defies time. Stop the clock with these 25 often overlooked gems.
£18.18 Deep CutsName Artist Time Price 1 The Circle Game Joni Mitchell 4:52 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 The Good Old Way The Watersons 3:27 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Peggy Seeger 3:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Poor Old Horse The Albion Band 6:18 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 On the Banks of Red Roses Alasdair Roberts 4:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Buachaill an Éirne Clannad 3:10 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 False Knight On the Road Maddy Prior & Tim Hart 3:01 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Pete Seeger 1:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 My Father Had an Acre of Land (Bob & Jim) The Copper Family 1:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 I'll Go List for a Sailor Jim Moray 3:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Green Grow the Rushes Altan 3:58 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Gallow Hill Lau 6:06 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Bodaich Odhar Hoghaigearraidh Julie Fowlis 2:48 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 If I Had a Hammer Peter, Paul & Mary 2:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 The Rose of Allendale Corries 3:22 £0.99 View In iTunes 16 The Row Between the Cages Bob Fox 3:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Amelia John Tams 4:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 We Shall Overcome Pete Seeger 4:40 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Follow the Heron Karine Polwart 3:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Both Sides the Tweed Capercaillie 5:00 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 She's Like a Swallow Barry Dransfield 2:41 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye Karan Casey 4:23 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 22 Songs - Complete Set
"I ain't never heard no horse sing", quipped roots pioneer Lead Belly when he was asked to explain folk music. Which is another way of saying that folk is the music of the people, handed down from one generation to the next, by word of mouth or — in the 21st century — by downloading these 75 classic tunes.
£56.13 Complete SetName Artist Time Price 1 The Times They Are A-Changin' Bob Dylan 3:12 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Blowin' in the Wind Peter, Paul & Mary 2:56 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) Pete Seeger 3:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Streets of London Ralph McTell 4:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Away We Go Again The Chieftains 6:22 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 Scarborough Fair Martin Carthy with Dave Swarbrick 3:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Blues Run the Game (Remastered) Jackson C. Frank 3:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Tam Lin Fairport Convention 7:13 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Angie Bert Jansch 3:15 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 A Heart Needs a Home Richard Thompson 4:07 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 I Ain't Marching Anymore Phil Ochs 2:33 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Chelsea Morning Judy Collins 3:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Blooming Heather Kate Rusby 4:51 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Light Flight (Theme from Take Three Girls) Pentangle 3:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 If I Were a Carpenter Tim Hardin 2:41 £0.99 View In iTunes 16 Northern Sky Nick Drake 3:43 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 Ramblin' Boy Tom Paxton 3:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Spencer the Rover John Martyn 4:09 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 The Outlandish Knight Bellowhead 7:03 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Here's the Tender Coming The Unthanks 5:23 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 Ride On Christy Moore 4:05 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 A Blacksmith Courted Me Shirley Collins 2:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Song for Ireland Dick Gaughan 5:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Joan Baez 4:09 £0.99 View In iTunes 25 Canadee - I - O Nic Jones 6:00 £0.79 View In iTunes 26 Listen, Listen Sandy Denny 3:57 £0.79 View In iTunes 27 Batchelors Hall Martin Simpson 4:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 28 Shoot Out the Lights Richard & Linda Thompson 5:24 £0.79 View In iTunes 29 The Prickly Bush Spiers & Boden 4:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 30 The Falmouth Packet / Haul Away Show of Hands 5:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 31 Lowlands of Holland Waterson:Carthy 4:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 32 Cold Days of February The Incredible String Band 5:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 33 Lord Mayo / Lord Inchiquin Davey Graham 4:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 34 Gaudete Steeleye Span 2:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 35 King & Country Seth Lakeman 4:26 £0.79 View In iTunes 36 High Flyin' Bird Richie Havens 3:37 £0.79 View In iTunes 37 Spitfires Chris Wood 3:52 £0.79 View In iTunes 38 Angel from Montgomery John Prine 3:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 39 Banks of the Nile Fotheringay 8:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 40 Pretty Ploughboy Eliza Carthy 5:21 £0.79 View In iTunes 41 Talking New Bob Dylan Loudon Wainwright III 3:35 £0.99 View In iTunes 42 Whiskey In the Jar The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem 2:07 £0.79 View In iTunes 43 Dirty Old Town The Dubliners 2:53 £0.99 View In iTunes 44 Blackwater Side Anne Briggs 3:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 45 The Island Paul Brady 5:10 £0.79 View In iTunes 46 The Circle Game Joni Mitchell 4:52 £0.79 View In iTunes 47 The Good Old Way The Watersons 3:27 £0.79 View In iTunes 48 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Peggy Seeger 3:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 49 Poor Old Horse The Albion Band 6:18 £0.99 View In iTunes 50 On the Banks of Red Roses Alasdair Roberts 4:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 51 Buachaill an Éirne Clannad 3:10 £0.99 View In iTunes 52 False Knight On the Road Maddy Prior & Tim Hart 3:01 £0.79 View In iTunes 53 Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Pete Seeger 1:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 54 My Father Had an Acre of Land (Bob & Jim) The Copper Family 1:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 55 I'll Go List for a Sailor Jim Moray 3:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 56 Green Grow the Rushes Altan 3:58 £0.99 View In iTunes 57 Gallow Hill Lau 6:06 £0.79 View In iTunes 58 Bodaich Odhar Hoghaigearraidh Julie Fowlis 2:48 £0.79 View In iTunes 59 If I Had a Hammer Peter, Paul & Mary 2:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 60 The Rose of Allendale Corries 3:22 £0.99 View In iTunes 61 The Row Between the Cages Bob Fox 3:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 62 Amelia John Tams 4:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 63 We Shall Overcome Pete Seeger 4:40 £0.79 View In iTunes 64 Follow the Heron Karine Polwart 3:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 65 Both Sides the Tweed Capercaillie 5:00 £0.79 View In iTunes 66 She's Like a Swallow Barry Dransfield 2:41 £0.79 View In iTunes 67 Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye Karan Casey 4:23 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 67 Songs
Customer Reviews
I agree
I agree totally, I love this collection of music too but why is it cheaper to buy the songs individually than it is to buy them all as one? surely it should be the other way round?
Too expensive
I love this collection, but why oh why does it cost over £20? Someone is having a laugh!
Too expensive
Great collection but as already noted, the album price just doesn't make sense.
