Fast Folk Musical Magazine - Fast Folk Musical Magazine (2) New Inte 1 / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Fast Folk Musical Magazine began it's second year with a first anniversary celebration of song. This collection of 12 tracks features new songs by veteran folk singer Tom Paxton (Little Bitty Gun), emerging singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega (The Queen and the Soldier), and singer and The CooP editor Jack Hardy performing his protest song Porto Limon. Also on this collection is Tom Russell singing his composition St Olav's Gate, which was later popularized by Nanci Griffith, and Say It Ain't So Sam by Left Field?as politically relevant today as it was in 1983. Songs of love gone wrong (A Year Ago by Janet Macklin and Careless Hearts by Ray Lambiase) are also featured. A 24-page edition of the CooP is included with this recording. Album Tracks 1. Porto Lim?N 2. Beggarman's Pearl 3. Little Bitty Gun 4. Queen and the Soldier 5. Say It Ain't So Sam 6. Tenement Stairs 7. Better Every Day 8. St. Olav's Gate 9. Jive Town 10. Careless Hearts 11. A Year Ago 12. The Strong in Spirit

Fast Folk Musical Magazine continued it's second year of publication with a collection of another dozen songs, this one focusing on traditional Folk songs and songs written in traditional Folk music styles. The pieces range from tales of lost love to tales of soldiers and sailors and include two guitar instrumentals The Celtic Si Bheag, Si Mhor, performed by guitarist Mike Agranoff, and Return from Fingal by Ken Perlman. Others contributing performances are Chris Smither (Another Way to Find You), John Roberts performing the Scottish song Enlist, Bonnie Laddie, French folk singer Gabriel Yacoub singing Bon An, Mal An, English Folk singer Richard Fewtrell (Love Is Kind), and the female quintet a Soldier's Fancy (Wondrous Love). a 21-page edition of The CooPis included with the collection. Album Tracks 1. The Lambs on the Green Hills 2. Enlist, Bonnie Laddie 3. Do You Love An Apple 4. Another Way to Find You 5. Return from Fingal 6. Bon An, Mai An 7. Four Silver Rings 8. Wondrous Love 9. S? Bheag, S? MH?R 10. The Wings of a Gull 11. Elegy Early on 12. Love Is Kind 13. I Have This Love

Album Tracks 1. Folk Rap 2. Ellie's Blues 3. Petey's Blues 4. Emma Sutter 5. Only Street People Know 6. Portland Rain 7. Full Moon Laughing 8. Sleepwalker 9. Know It By Heart 10. Down in Toledo 11. Moonchild 12. Requiem 13. Spirit Sensing Danger