Ballads and Narratives
On April 8, 2017, we offered some ballads: Child ballads, Swedish ballads, and a few modern stories.
First hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Tibetréa | Herr Mannelig | Peregrinabundi (BSC Music) |
| Garmarna | Herr Olaf | Garmarna (NorthSide) |
| Garmarna | Vänner och Fränder (Friends and Kin) | Guds Spelemän (God’s Musicians) (Omnium) |
| Triakel | Barnamörderskan (The Cruel Mother) | Songs from 63° N (NorthSide) |
| New Set | ||
| Erik Marchand | Une Jeune Fillette | Ukronia (Innacor) |
| Janam | Lady Gay | The Space Between (Lovesick Babel) |
| Music Under Announcements | ||
| Steve Tilston | The Wind That Shakes the Barley / The Ladies’s Pantelettes; The Monaghan Jig | Swans at Coole (Run River) |
| Damh the Bard | The Crow Man; Twa Corbies | Tales from the Crow Man (Caer Bryn Music) |
| Maddy Prior | Dacre’s Gone to the War | Fyre & Sworde (Fellside) |
| June Tabor | Bonnie James Campbell | An Echo of Hooves (Topic) |
| Andrew Calhoun | Flodden Field | Rhymer’s Tower: Ballads of the Anglo-Scottish Border (Waterbug) |
| John MacDonald | The Dewie Dens of Yarrow | O’er His Grave the Grass Grew Green (The Voice of the People 3, Topic) |
Second hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Janam | Into the Night | The Space Between (Lovesick Babel) |
| The Owner’s Daughter (Steve Baughman and Valerie Price) | Blackenstone | The Owner’s Daughter (CeltoBeat) |
| Andrew Calhoun | Thomas the Rhymer | Rhymer’s Tower: Ballads of the Anglo-Scottish Border (Waterbug) |
| New Set | ||
| Natalie Merchant | Crazy Man Michael | The House Carpenter’s Daughter (Myth America) |
| Alasdair Roberts | The Cruel Mother | No Earthly Man (Drag City) |
| Sharron Kraus | Gallows Song / Gallows Hill | Songs of Love and Loss (Camera Obscura) |
| New Set | ||
| Steve Tilston | One Night as I Lay on My Bed | Of Many Hands (Ada) |
| Jasper Smith | Down in the Meadow | My Father’s the King of the Gypsies (The Voice of the People 11, Topic) |
| Rusalnaia | Rusalnaia | Rusalnaia (Camera Obscura) |
| New Set | ||
| Susan McKeown | Lord Baker | Lowlands (Green Linnet) |
| Tibetréa | König Brian Boru (faded under outro) | Mimirmeidr (BSM) |