Mastodawn

Assoc for Scottish Literature Jul 17, 2025

A Kick Up the Arts podcast

Nicola Meighan discusses SMALL TOWN JOY: from Glam Rock to Hyperpop: How Queer Music Changed the Sound of Scotland with musician & writer Carrie Marshall, & is joined by musician & composer Laura Jane Wilkie, whose album VENT is centred around waulking songs – women’s work songs from the Highlands and Islands.

https://www.akickupthearts.org/blog-3-1/carrie-marshall-amp-laura-jane-wilkie

#Scottish #literature #music #popmusic #queer #queermusic #Highland #worksongs #podcast

Carrie Marshall & Laura Jane Wilkie: Small Town Joy(s) — A Kick Up The Arts

We’re at Glasgow Women’s Library - yes, heaven *is a place on earth - celebrating Carrie Marshall’s new book, Small Town Joy and Laura Jane Wilkie’s latest album, Vent, and all manner of wonders and safe spaces in between…

A Kick Up The Arts

Loren Lepton Jun 19, 2025

Prison Worksongs
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One of the most beautifully haunting things I’ve listened to!
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Songs recorded in the 1930s when the railways were being built, to wood being chopped to machining licence plates. It was a time where many were imprisoned, a lot of which for the complete wrong & horrendous reasons & then put to work in awful conditions
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It was not just POC that were imprisoned, but also parts of the Asian & Irish community in the USA.
This was recorded in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly known as Angola Prison
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Way back when I was 15/16 in college. I wrote a massive paper on the Blues & slavery & how the latter was the ignition & birth to what would become modern day music, even to this day.
I received a double distinction & then 2year later saw BB King with Gary Moore supporting.
Truly special!
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#prisonworksongs #angola #arhoolierecords #prison #worksongs #abolishprisons #saynotoslavery #vinyl #vinylcollector #music #vinylcommunity #whatimlisteningto #supportartists #supportindependentbusiness #supportthearts #musiclover #vinylrecords #musiccommunity

Gig-Blog Feb 15, 2024

Ohrwurm gefällig? Wir verlosen 2 x 2 Tickets für das Konzert von THE LONGEST JOHNS am 19.02. in #Stuttgart. Das sind die Herren, die 2018 den Shanty „The Wellerman“ wieder entdeckt haben.

https://www.gig-blog.net/2024/02/14/verlosung-2-x-2-tickets-fuer-the-longest-johns-am-19-02-2024-im-wizemann/
#Konzert #Tickets #Verlosung #Shanty #WorkSongs #TheLongestJohns

Verlosung: 2 x 2 Tickets für THE LONGEST JOHNS am 19.02.2024 im Wizemann | gig-blog

Shantys und Folksongs mit The Longest Johns am 19.02.2024 im Wizemann. Wir verlosen 2 x 2 Tickets.

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The Longest Johns Nov 2, 2023

How's your work/life balance looking? Feeling suitably respected and valued? How about some inspiring music to take into your next meeting with management!

https://youtu.be/oPxBc8U1kMQ

#TheLongestJohns #MiningForGold #ChemicalWorkersSong #FolkMusic #WorkSongs

Mining for Gold / Chemical Workers Song | The Longest Johns

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Cassana Aug 5, 2023

#Music share, day 5: #Kuwait 🇰🇼
Before oil became the major export of the #MiddleEast, pearls were a very important source of income for many families. Pearl divers of the Eastern Gulf states, mainly Kuwait and #Bahrein 🇧🇭, have their own repertoire of #WorkSongs, a vocal music named الفجيري (fidjeri, fjiri). This involves a lead singer (نهام; nahham), chorus, clapping, and drumming. The two kind of drums used are the المرواس (mirwās), a small double-headed drum, and the الجاهلة (jāhlah), a clay pot. Most of the songs talk about the hardships of the sea, and free-diving in particular, which was dangerous due to pressure, currents, and (although they wore protective clothing) jellyfish stings, but also to serve as encouragement.
This is a #performance by the Mayouf Bahri band, presenting the repertoire in order of the activities involved with a pearling expedition. #ethnomusicology #WorldMusic #IntangibleHeritage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83Zg3OUiPAo

Kuwaiti Heritage: The Mayouf Bahri Band

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jetsilver May 5, 2023

Those familiar with African-American folklore will be very familiar with John Henry, the "steel-drivin' man" who battled a steam-powered drill and won, then died.

John Henry was considered a mythical figure until historian Scott Nelson discovered that he was a real person, a convict who had been put to work on the C&O Railroad. The link contains a video of a lecture by Professor Nelson.

#FolkloreThursday #AfricanAmericanFolklore #JohnHenry #LaborHistory #WorkSongs

https://virginiahistory.org/learn/historical-media/steel-drivin-man-john-henry-untold-story-american-legend

Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry, the Untold Story of an American Legend | Virginia Museum of History & Culture

According to the ballad that made him famous, John Henry did battle with a steam-powered drill, beat the machine, and died. Folklorists have long thought John Henry to be mythical, but historian Scott Nelson has discovered that he was a real person—a nineteen-year-old from New Jersey who was convicted of theft in a Virginia court in 1866, sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary, and put to work building the C&O Railroad. There, at the Lewis Tunnel, Henry and other prisoners worked alongside steam-powered drills.

Virginia Museum of History & Culture

MidsouthMouth.OctaviaKeats Jan 12, 2023

Full body US work songs

https://www.loc.gov/collections/songs-of-america/articles-and-essays/musical-styles/traditional-and-ethnic/traditional-work-songs/

#WorkSongs

MidsouthMouth.OctaviaKeats Jan 6, 2023

Here's a quick vid reframing Atlantic Ocean pirates + sea shanties

https://youtu.be/9atKAxYbHdA

#AgeofSail
#Songwriting
#diversity
#PopularMusic
#Work
#Navy
#WorkSongs
#Ballads
#BlackAtlantic
#Rhythm
#PBSOrigins
#RogueHistory
#OurFlagMeansDeath
#History
#outlaws
#Histodon
#CallAndResponse
#Pirates
#Musicology
#OralTradition
#Folklorists
#kidnapping
#media
#antiphony
#sailors
#SeaShanties #Shanties
#European #African #Cargo #Collabs #GoingViral
#Multicultural
#EnglishSpeakers

Did Pirates Really Sing Sea Shanties? It’s Complicated

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Frédéric Sarter (Peredovitch)Dec 9, 2022

#Kyiv-born, #France-based #pianist Dimitri Naïditch moves freely between the worlds of #classicalmusic, #contemporarymusic & #jazz; with his new & timely #album "#Ukraine, #chansons sans voix", he set to explore the exceptionnally rich heritage of #traditional #Ukrainian #songs, #worksongs or #lullabies (about 800,000 have been collected!), arranging them for #piano from his classical & jazz background like one would cut a rough diamond and bring to light its many facets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMAmtqJqh50