Various Artists - Folk Song Tradition / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

'Come On Up To The House Women Sing Waits' is a unique compilation full of fresh interpretations of songs by the legendary Tom Waits. Aimee Mann, Joseph, Patty Griffin, Rosanne Cash, Phoebe Bridgers, Corinne Bailey Rae, Angie McMahon, Courtney Marie Andrews, and more each put their own unique spin on the gravel-voiced songwriter's work. Inch... to hear it all through these women's voices for me, this is where the whole thing was delivered. I didn't just want to go to church, I wanted to go to their church. In much the way Burt Bacharach songs often seem most fully themselves in the hands of Dionne Warwick, or Dusty Springfield, or Jackie DeShannon, The Shirelles, Aretha, or Karen Carpenter. Or the way standards feel so fully standard in Ella Fitzgerald's rendering of the material. The Waits songs I was hearing through these women were breathing differently and deeply. In just the way Dylan cuts the definitive version but never stakes out the song's territory in a way that leaves no room for majestic covers, the recordings I was gathering were showing me the remarkable strength, the resonance of Waits' stuff. No one took ownership of the material, it was all on loan, still belonged to Tom Waits. But what a series of loans! And that's how it is with the very, very best songs. It all brought me back to the Tom Waits I'd begun to see an outline of as a young man, back to the Waits my mother brought into the family dining room. That strange and beautiful character who seemed to belong to no one. Who I now believe belongs to us all.Inch - Warren Zanes, producer InchTom is a true original as a songwriter, singer and arranger. There just is no one like him. Beneath some of the layers of sound and his truly unique vocal phrasing, are some of the most beautiful and heartfelt songs I've ever heard. After some great creative discussions many years back with an old publishing co

The perfect introduction to Topic Records the worlds oldest surviving independent record tag, a 2 CD set featuring 28 specially selected tracks from the labels vast catalogue. The story of Topic is synonymous with the growth of folk as a musical and social movement in Britain and these recordings demonstrate the bridge between modern music and a traditional art form. On this 2 CD set you will find some of the most remarkable singers, songs and tunes - either drawn directly from the tradition or inspired by it. Tracks featured include John Tam's, Unity, Steve Ashley's, Ships of Shame, Dick Gaughan's, Both Sides the Tweed and Ewan MacColl's, Dirty Old Town. Many of the tracks deal with social issues of the time and there are also re-workings of great traditional story songs like - Anne Briggs' Blackwater Side, Mike Watersons' Tamlyn, Nic Jones' Canadee-i-o and the majestic performances by Martin Simpson, Shirley Collins, Davy Graham, Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy and The Watersons. Topic also offers up June Tabor and Oysterband cover version of Joy Divisions classic Love Will Tear Us Apart. Pentangle, Andrew Cronshaw, Brass Monkey, Vin Garbutt, Johnny Handle, Bill Caddick, The Cheviot Ranters, Cilla Fisher and Artie Tresize, Silly Sisters, Tim Van Eyken, Peter Bellamy and Oak - the list goes on - a fulfilling and haunting introduction to the great legacy of the folk tradition and Topic RecordsCD1Dick Gaughan - Both Sides The Tweed /Nic Jones - Canadee -i-o / Davy Graham - Angi / Shirley Collins - The Sweet Primeroses / Martin Simpson - Never Any Good /Andrew Cronshaw - Wasps In The Woodpile / Pentangle - The Time Has Come / Anne Briggs - Blackwater Side / Martin Carthy - Scarborough Fair / Eliza Carthy - Worcester City / Ewan MacColl - Dirty Old Town. / The Watersons - Pace-Egging Song / Silly Sisters - Hedger And Ditcher / John Tams - Unity. (Raise Your Banners High)CD 2

W. Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, the Weavers, Odetta, Leadbelly, Burl Ives, the Kingston Trio, Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs +, full length CD w. 72 page illustrated book. Album Tracks 1. Red Jacket - SW 2. Humlan - Ale Mr 3. Blind Mattisleken 4. X2000 - Harv 5. Sparve Lilla - Groupa 6. Pning/Howdah/Jojk - Enteli 7. Otypiska Polskan/Fantguten 8. Vals 9. Klappvalsen - Groupa 10. T Om I Kund Beskriva - Lena Willemark 11. Annas Brudvals 12. Konvulsionsln 13. Njag Kommer Hem - Kjell Westling 14. Fast- Groupa 15. Sven Scanevit - Lena Willemark 16. Istanbul 17. Kullavrgen 18. Gammal Och Ung 19. Vilhonung - Groupa 20. Alarna 21. Robert - SW