Kizzia🦻🏼Tell me, lovely people, what is your favourite folk song? Bonus points for a link to where I can listen to it! #FolkSongs #FolkMusic #FolkSingers #Folklore #FavouriteSong #FavouriteFolkSong
wolf of the wisp@Kizzia fave folk song? friend says Tam Lin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tam_Lin (i can’t decide amongst a handful of others)
@Kizzia Fairport Convention version justly famous but now i see Mediæval Bæbes on the list https://mediaevalbaebes.bandcamp.com/
Folk London magazine@Kizzia So many possible answers, but the first one that springs to mind is Nic Jones's utterly relentless Clyde Water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM5eHS527V8
Nic Jones - Clyde Water
Jonathan Emmesedi@Kizzia
I am fond of Derwentwater's Farewell.
I was led to this by an interest in English Jacobites.
Here's one version; I'll link to another in a reply to this toot.
https://youtu.be/Oq3KNCeIQXs?si=kFvMv5aHWlEHz_Oq
#EnglishFolkSong #DerwentwatersFarewell #Northumberland #FavouriteFolkSong
DERWENTWATERS FAREWELL TRADarrr
For those preferring a more "traditional" rendering:
https://youtu.be/LOJaSUS0RU4?si=fpAD5toXpQifskDl
Derwentwater's Farewell
@Kizzia
In case you are wondering who Derwentwater was:
http://www.northumbrianjacobites.org.uk/pages/detail_page.php?id=69§ion=99
In case you are wondering who Derwentwater was:
http://www.northumbrianjacobites.org.uk/pages/detail_page.php?id=69§ion=99
Malcolm Barr-Hamilton@Kizzia Some consider it ubiquitous, but I have a soft spot for Barbara Allen https://youtu.be/R_ATUPYOBbQ?si=9OOtZnEJqHonnhte
Bob Dylan - Barbara Allen
apfelj@Kizzia I've got 2 for you:
Scottish: Battlefield Band, Shepard lad. Great voice of Karine Polwart's. Nice guitar playing, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgZJfSP1OOE
Danish: Karen og Helene, Skøn Sired
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AttGAE_PbA
Shepherd Lad - Battlefield Band
Griselda@Kizzia so many to choose from but 'Selkie' @MalcolmMacWatt
is sublime
https://open.spotify.com/track/0GDlKUCarGJnN62wIoF3fW?si=cQRRbR_yS6yAnp0QElDSLA
is sublime
https://open.spotify.com/track/0GDlKUCarGJnN62wIoF3fW?si=cQRRbR_yS6yAnp0QElDSLA
