Saydisc presents this double album of traditional songs from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The tracks have been curated from Saydisc's extensive catalog, and only the very best have been included. Native and traditional musicians are featured on this release, offering up an authentic experience, with artists such as The McPeake Family Trio, Ray Fisher, Margaret Barry, Siwsann George, Thomas Hardy, and others performing. Lyrics to all of these songs are included in the liner notes, as well as translations for songs performed in traditional Welsh and Gaelic languages.
Guthrie enjoyed one of his most prolific periods in '41, writing about a song a day for a month. Not only does this CD collect his best-loved songs from that time, but also 11 versions of the songs recorded in '41 that were never released! His indelible classics Pastures of Plenty, Hard Travelin', and Ramblin' Round join Grand Coulee Dam; Oregon Trail; End of My Line, and more.
“This is a unique corpus of recordings, issued for the first time, made by the man who placed Quebec on the cultural map of the French-speaking world. The avowed paragon of Georges Brassens and Jacques Brel. Indeed Felix Leclerc overturned song in an incredible manner. Apart from his poetic elegance, he is the exemplifying trustee of the chansonnier, the song-writer who plays his own music. In 1950, only Charles Trenet and the Roche-Aznavour duo could boast as such.” Claude Colombini-Fremeaux
He is the epitome of the modern bluegrass musician with his effortless mastery of melding the music's traditional elements with a contemporary flare. McCoury's extraordinary first solo album runs the gamut from country weepers to storming bluegrass barnburners to jazzier fare, always in control and never at a loss for musical ideas.
