English Roots Music

English Roots Music

Track Listings

1. Cannily Cannily

2. Banks of the Sweet Primrose

3. Unquite Grave

4. Blacksmith

5. Blacksmith (Dub)

6. Strange Duet

7. They Came With a Swagger

8. Press Ganged

9. Sovay

10. Bykerhill

11. Trance of the Willow

12. Cannily Cannily (Reprise) - Jah Wobble

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Artist - Jah Wobble & The Invaders Of The Heart. Another great release from the highly prolific Jah Wobble. On this release Wobble & long time collaborator Jean-Pierre Rasle explore their own interpretations of traditional English folk music styles. 30 Hertz Records. 2003.

Tracks:

The Roots Of Heaven
The Indian Queen
A Trip To Italy
Colonel Thornton's Strathspey
The Perthshire Hunt - Reel
Loch Earn - Reel
Carleton House
Miss Ann Carnegie's Hornpipe
An Impression On A Windy Day
The Glass Slipper
The Coloured Counties
The Barber Of Seville Goes To The Devil - Overture
Tarn Hows - A Cumbrian Rhapsody
Two Worlds - Overture
The Bird's Lament
The Window Bird
The Ladybird
Glow-Worms
The Lark
Joie De Vivre - Overture

Tracks:

I. Prelude
II. Siciliano
III. Rondo
The River
I. Newcastle And Navvie
II. Irish
III. Del Caro's
IV. Oak Hill
V. Fisher's
VI. Billy Bones
Rossini On Ilkla Moor - Overture
I. Shepherd's Dance
II. Lute Book Lullaby
III. Christmas Jig
IV. Wexford Bells
The Path Across The Moors
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Andantino
III. Molto Vivace
An English Overture
Wheatley Processional
Constant Billy
Brighton Camp
Jockie To The Fair
Ladies Of Pleasure
Princess Royal

Tracks:

Hrh The Duke Of The Cambridge March, Op.60a - BBC Concert Orchestra
Preambule - BBC Concert Orchestra
Marche - BBC Concert Orchestra
Barcarolle - BBC Concert Orchestra
Provencale - BBC Concert Orchestra
Elegiac Blues - BBC Concert Orchestra
Round Dance - BBC Concert Orchestra
Pas De Deux - BBC Concert Orchestra
Hornpipe - BBC Concert Orchestra
Overture For Farnham - BBC Concert Orchestra
Entracte - BBC Concert Orchestra
Sinfonia - BBC Concert Orchestra
Alla Maria - BBC Concert Orchestra
Toccata - BBC Concert Orchestra
Musette - BBC Concert Orchestra
Burlesca - BBC Concert Orchestra
Adagietto - BBC Concert Orchestra
Finale - BBC Concert Orchestra
Promenade - BBC Concert Orchestra
Prologue - BBC Concert Orchestra
Waltz - BBC Concert Orchestra
March - BBC Concert Orchestra
Doll's Dance - BBC Concert Orchestra
Round Dance - BBC Concert Orchestra

Tracks:

Vivace
Aria (Lento)
Finale
A l'ombre D'un Buissonet
Triste Est Le Ciel
Allons Gay
The Padstow Lifeboat
Fantasy On Dover Castle
Walk Up, Walk Up
Boat On The Lake
The Little Merry-Go-Round
Distorting Mirrors
Child Asleep
Miniature Railway
Allegro Commodo
Andante Con Moto
Andante Con Moto, Molto Vigoroso
Andante Sostenuto
Allegro Molto
Allegro Moderato
Andante
Minuet
Gigue

Tracks:

Caramba
Overture To A Costume Comedy
Overture And Beginners
Tanitivy Towers
Boy Wizard
Festive Overture
Overture To An Unwritten Comedy
The Arcadians
A Spa Overture
Concert Overture
Sussex Symphony Overture

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Rough Guide: English Roots Music
Various Artists
Manufacturer: World Music Network
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music

Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music

Rough Guide to Irish Folk
Rough Guide: The Music of Brazil
Rough Guide: The Music of Eastern Europe
The Rough Guide to the Music of Zimbabwe
Rough Guide: Tex-Mex

ASIN: B000009Q7I
Release Date: 1998-08-25

Tracks:

Lucky Break - Hank Dogs
Trip - Eliza Carthy & The Kings Of Calicutt
Sail On By - Oysterband
Claudy Banks - Waterson/Carthy
Be My Rambling Woman - Rory McLeod
Gypsy's Lullaby/The Hawk/Memories/Coates Hall - Billy Pigg
The Begging Song - Martin Carthy/Dave Swarbrick
A Lord Of Steam And Iron - John Kirkpatrick
Falling Slowly - Coope, Boyes & Simpson
Hopping Down In Kent - Louise Fuller
Country Life - The Watersons
Byker Hill - Barely Works
Brilliant Pebbles - Edward II
Yellow Dress - Albion Band
Red Wing Polka - Walter Bulwer/Billy Cooper/Daisy Bulwer/Reg Hall/Mervin Plunkett/Russell Wortley
Bold Fisherman - Harry Cox
The Baker - Savourna Stevenson/June Tabor/Danny Thompson
A New England - Billy Bragg

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The best Spanish-language reggae album out there

Sentmonos

Manufacturer: Gomba Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAGXAY
Release Date: 2003-06-24

Tracks:

Intro- Anhelo
Tribute
Afrika
Jah Jah Protege
Dubwiser
POlitical Wave
Sentemonos
One Drop
Escape
Jah Listen
Racist
Vengo Buscando
Para Entender
Murderah
secret

Customer Reviews:

The best Spanish-language reggae album out there.......2006-01-25

If you like reggae, this is a fantastic album. If you like Spanish-language reggae, this is damn near your personal Mecca.

No joke.

Coming with a heavy roots style that they make all their own, Puerto Rico's Gomba Jahbari combine conscious lyrics, rocksteady beats and psychedelic sound effects to create a unique sound palette.

There is very little filler to be found here. Even the intro, which looks overlong at 6+ minutes, is appealing and mystifying, in a way. Since I don't completely understand Spanish, I may be missing some of the words I don't know, but lead vocalist Carmelo Romero's use of his voice as an occasional instrument only adds to the intrigue.

There are also dubs aplenty, not the least of which is the aptly-titled "Dubwiser." Other songs like the title track are straight-ahead rocksteady jams, and of course, there are 'nuff herb references to keep the "Big Blunts" crowd happy.

I saw these guys in northern Delaware a couple summers ago, and they just KILLED it. Stole the show (and Culture was performing that night!) without a doubt, at least for me.

Pick this up; you won't be disappointed.

New Britain: The Roots of American Folksong

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Charming, simple & striking. Full of delightful surprises!
Tour de Force of American Musical Roots!
Astonishing

New Britain: The Roots of American Folksong

Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Chansons | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000005E75
Release Date: 1991-06-25

Tracks:

Judicii Signum -- The Great Day
Calenda Maia - Cuando por el oriente
Rossignolet du bois joli - Rossignolet del bos jolin
Das Paris y-at-un'barbiere - Allons-nous faire faire la barbe
Mon pere m'a mariee - Mon pere m'a mariee
Gabriel Nazareth - Une nymphe jolie
C'est en passant par Varennes - Margo labours les vignes
Bransles de village - Il etait une Cendrillon
C'est dans la ville de Bytowm
Il est venu le petit oysillon - An jenem Tag, nach Davids sag - Barbara Allen - Heavenly Dove
Chevy Chase -The Kinges hunt is upp - The English hunt's up
My Love Gave Me A Cherry - I Gave My Love A Cherry
Hey, Ho, Nobody At Home
There Were Three Crows - There Were Three Ravens
Lady Cassilles Lilt - Gipsy Davy
The Jolly Beggar
Billy Boy - Billy Boy
Ricerada premera - Betty Anne
Singing School
Thomas-Town
New Britain (Amazing Grace)
Parting Friends
Hallelujah

Amazon.com

Exploring the connections between early music and what we know as folksong, Joel Cohen and his very adventurous and competent band of musicians not only show us where many familiar tunes come from, they also give us fresh and illuminating renditions of songs from the 10th century to the middle of the 20th century. Besides the recording's obvious educational value, its primary purpose, according to Cohen, is "to give pleasure." That it does, often in amusing ways, as when a song with religious origins is transformed into a ribald descendant. It's also fun to see how widespread some songs are, with different versions common to many countries. Cohen demonstrates how songs that came from Renaissance forms were preserved by common folk long after the "elite" classes abandoned them. The songs are enhanced by excellent instrumental playing and well-conceived arrangements. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

Charming, simple & striking. Full of delightful surprises!.......2002-11-29

Many early music groups these days explain cross-cultural musical influences in their program notes, and proceed to play their selections accordingly. Joel Cohen and the Boston Camerata take it the logical step further by actually performing the "root" pieces side by side with the later music that reflects their particular influence. The result is inspired, thought-provoking groupings of related tunes and texts that span not only centuries but continents. The Boston Camerata is primarily a vocal ensemble, with a sound that is spare, pure and direct. Some of their renditions are performed a cappella, while others are accompanied by light, period instrumentation. If you've ever heard this group live in concert, you may recall the surreal effect of sitting in a theater that is pin-drop quiet, waiting for one or two musicians at a time to step forward and break the silence with a clarity and presence that holds the entire audience spellbound from first note to last. The effect of listening to this recording is much the same. My favorites on this release are the groupings of different versions of the same ballad--"Three Ravens", "Gypsy Davy", and "Barbara Allen", for example. The pairing of the Appalacian song "Betty Anne" with its exact harmonic match--a 16th century ricercada for viols by Diego Ortiz--is also quite striking, and I also enjoyed the "shape-note" and "Fa-sol-la" singing-school selections representative of early American music. In the insert, director Joel Cohen explains: "This unorthodox recording, an intentionally provocative mix of early art song and modern folksong, is meant first of all to give pleasure - but it is also a meditation on history, on archetypes, and on the transmission of human culture." The Boston Camerata succeeds admirably here on both counts!

Tour de Force of American Musical Roots!.......2001-01-05

Prepare to go on an amazing, haunting musical tour when you put this disc on your player. Joel Cohen (bless him) has once again assembled a group of musicians and singers who are up to the task of taking themselves, and you the listener, back through the mists of musical time. This disc contains songs that span hundreds of years, many of which actually originate in other lands. Yet, these songs would find their way into the early diverse fabric of colonial America, and go on to inspire much of emerging folk music in this country. Some of these songs are secular, but others have a distinctly religious flavor (as in the first piece on Judgment Day and the "stars falling"). Others are merry, dance-like tunes, and remind one of what might have been performed in medieval courts in Europe. Some are sung in english, others in different languages. The range of musical style and vocal interpretation is incredible. This wonderful diversity reminds the listener that America always had diverse roots, and even in colonial times, we were a nation that drew its strength and inspiration from many cultural sources. I like to listen to this disc during the bleak nights of winter, but it is wonderful music for any occasion. If you really are intrigued by the historical development of American music -- or any music -- then this disc is a "must" for your collection. Also recommended: "The World Turned Upside Down" (Barry Philips), "A Land of Pure Delight" (His Majestie's Clerkes), and "Simple Gifts: Shaker Cbants and Spirituals" (Joel Cohen and Boston Camerata).

Astonishing.......2000-03-25

The album is astonishing. It is rare to find a continuous line of musical thought from the turn of the previous millenium to its end. This album demonstrates the evolution of music over about a thousand year period and includes some very early versions of what we would call modern songs.

It is worth the price of the CD several times over and is one of my favorites in my CD collection.

Winter in the Wood
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Winter in the Wood
Holdstock & Macleod
Manufacturer: Holdstock & Macleod
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAG1CO
Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

Old Peculiar
Jock Stewart
Marching Through Rochester
Generations of Change
Flash Company
Bonnie Light Horseman
Napoleon's Fare Well to Paris
Hard Hard Times
Sweet Thyme
Ragland Road
Punch and Judy
Farewell Indiana
Turning Steel
Lancashire Wedding Song
Rose of Allandale
Silver in the Stubble
Medway Flows Softly
Daughters and Sons

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From Heaven into Hell
Revelling Crooks
Manufacturer: Weltwunder
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Jewish & Yiddish Music | Folk | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00029CXHC
Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

S-O Mz Giskhe Goose
Back Jack Davey
Winter Days/Hora
Dream With Horses
Gypsy Girl
Verdict
Musical Preist
Chassidic Lidele
Bubamara
Countess
Seventy-Six
Rats Are Leaving
Jiddish/Maseltov
Di Grine Kuzine (The Green Cousin)
L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore
Sitting on a Stone
From Heaven into Hell

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Among Wobble's best
Deffinately a departure.
be afraid be very afraid

English Roots Music
Jah Wobble & the Invaders of the Heart
Manufacturer: Azra Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Tracks:

Cannily Cannily
Banks Of The Sweet Primrose
Unquite Grave
Blacksmith
Blacksmith Dub
Strange Duet
They Came With A Swagger
Press Ganged
Sovay
Bykerhill
Trance Of The Willow
English Reprise

Customer Reviews:

Among Wobble's best.......2006-09-18

Yes, very weird, but totally idiosyncratic, overlapping with the droney neo-psych folk revival, hearkening back to Flowers of Romance.

Deffinately a departure. .......2004-07-21

Ok, if you're looking for a straight recent Wobble release this isn't it (if there is such thing anyways). Its a far cry from the exploratory Deep Space discs and even further away from the more catchy "ethno-techno" sorts of stuff. Its really more parallel universe type music - if England was Asia and someone showed up saying, "hey, I like these songs but I think that we should make them more global/palatable". Not that these really are more global or palatable to the general public - but they do infuse an entirely foreign body of sound on "English roots music", much like Wob did on "Molam Dub" to the Molam tradition.
All that being said, it definitely takes some getting used to - at first I was slightly aghast at "Banks of the sweet Primrose," for so long I'd listened to the various Fairport renditions and thought this was terribly bland compared to those. After a couple more listening I've really come to enjoy this version and the album in general. I certainly could envision some different paths these songs could have taken but I am ultimately pleased with the one that was followed.

be afraid be very afraid.......2004-07-16

this is not tipical wobble release. Like the ablum cover portrays its not to far of on this one. The music its self isnt the worst think ever but no tipical neo wobble release. It is filled with wobbles voice throught, and not the take me to god deep throaty mello stuff this is extreem high pitch anoying sound. Even the blackemith dub has some vocals in it listen but be carefull.

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Shot Down
The Barn Burners
Manufacturer: Atomic Twang
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAH5K6
Release Date: 2005-04-05

Tracks:

Shot Down
Throwin' Your Life Away
Everything Was Crooked
Yesterday's Clothes
When I Had Your Love
Why I Run
Cheatin' to Lose
Rockin' with Viola (At the Laundromat)
Mud in My Eyes
Said the 7 to the 11
Moanin' the Blues

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Live8 was just the beginning!
Superbe !
M-A-L-A-D-E !!!!!

Soley
DobaCaracol
Manufacturer: Indica
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Africa | International | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music

International | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0007PCDNA
Release Date: 2007-01-08

Tracks:

Baiser Sal
range
Anda
Droit Devant
Fie
Maca E
Pris de Vertige
Nakil
Brume
Rouge
Amazone
Love

Customer Reviews:

Live8 was just the beginning!.......2005-07-28

While we do not speak much French here in Ohio, US, we do speak good, original music. DobaCaracol I saw on Live8 Canada. They were fantastic! Very talented, great voices, very creative. Buy this CD for a great musical experience.

Superbe !.......2005-06-19

Du "world music" québécois de la plus haute qualité !! Les textes et les accords se fondent un dans l'autre... Du vrai bonbon. Hautement recommandé !!!

M-A-L-A-D-E !!!!!.......2005-04-06

le disque est vraiment bon ! etrange est la version qui passe a musique plus elle ne ressemble pas tout a cette chansons mais ce base sur le meme style !

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Melodic, innovative, haunting

English Roots Music
Jah Wobble & the Invaders of the Heart
Manufacturer: 30 Hertz Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0000DD94N
Release Date: 2003-10-20

Tracks:

Cannily Cannily
Banks of the Sweet Primrose
Unquite Grave
Blacksmith
Blacksmith (Dub)
Strange Duet
They Came With a Swagger
Press Ganged
Sovay
Bykerhill
Trance of the Willow
Cannily Cannily (Reprise) - Jah Wobble

Album Description

Artist - Jah Wobble & The Invaders Of The Heart. Another great release from the highly prolific Jah Wobble. On this release Wobble & long time collaborator Jean-Pierre Rasle explore their own interpretations of traditional English folk music styles. 30 Hertz Records. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Melodic, innovative, haunting.......2004-02-09

If you've listenened to Jah Wobble over the years you've probably come to expect excellence--and surprises. Both are delivered here, in a collection of tunes from England's traditional songbooks. Jah Wobble and collaborators make facile transitions from a noisy techno-sounding interpretations back to traditional strings-and voice takes.

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