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Brattleboro Words Trail PodcastMargaret MacArthur, Marlboro Folk Music LegendThis episode was written, narrated and produced by Nora Rodes. Editing was by Dave Snyder, Daniel Murphy and Alec Pombriant. Mastering was by Guilford Sound. Musical selections were chosen by Rodes and are listed below. Photo credit is Megan Littlehales. A historic marker for Margaret is at the Marlboro Historical Society. Haughton House – Make the Wildwood Ring CD (Front Hall Records, 1981) (0.59)(Front Hall, NY label, founded 1973, published 21 CDs, including a # for Tony Barrand/John Roberts/Nowell Sing We Clear) InstrumentalFrog Went A Courtin’ – Odis Bird (Max Hunter Collection) (1.04 0r .30)The Max Hunter Folk Song...2024-11-1336 min
Muse MentorsTony Barrand: Sing Me A Story/Dance Me A SongIn this encore episode from Christmas eve 2020, we celebrate the life and legacy of Tony Barrand who died on January 29, 2022. Tony Barrand was born in England in 1945 but has lived most of his life in southern Vermont in the vibrant town of Brattleboro—a place that shines all the more brightly because of him. This Cornell PHD and Professor Emeritus of Boston University is not just an academic, but also a singer, dancer, and story-teller. What first grabs you is his way with words—he can give them weight, or make them sparkle depending on the point he is tryi...2023-12-211h 11
Fire Draw NearBonus Episode - The Maid On The ShoreThis episode looks at the ballad The Maid on the Shore.
Tracklist:
A.L. Lloyd – The Maid on the Shore
Peggy Seeger – The Fair Maid by the Shore
Isla Cameron – The Maid on the Shore
Tom Kines and Jean Price – The Maid on the Shore
Frankie Armstrsong – The Maid on the Shore
John Lyons – The Maid on the Shore
Hedy West and Bill Clifton – The Maid on the Shore
John Roberts and Tony Barrand – The Maid on the Shore
John Kirkpatrick – The Maid on the Shore
Niamh Parsons – The Maid on the Shore
Eliza Carthy – The Maid on the Shore
https://campsite.bio/f2023-11-0857 min
Fire Draw NearThe CrabfishThis episode looks at the ballad the Crabfish aka the Codfish aka the Crayfish the Lobster aka Tommy Doddler.
Tracklist
Nora Cleary – The Codfish
Mickey Connors – The Crabfish
Barry Gleeson – Mr. Crabfish
Harry Cox – The Catfish
Charlotte Renals – The Crabfish
Cecil Sharp Centenary Collective – The Crabfish
Tony Barrand and John Roberts - Crayfish
Ron and the Rude Boys – The Lobster
David Sear and Oscar Brand – The Codfish song
Salty Dick – The Crabfish
Dan and Bonnie Milner – The Crabfish
Lomax the Hound of Music and Tom Chapin – The Crabfish
Wren of Iniquity – The Old She Crab
https://campsite.bio/firedrawnear2023-07-1043 min
The NERFA PodcastWisdom of the Elders Episode 4: Featuring David Jones, John Roberts, and Heather WoodWisdom of the Elders, is a monthly series where our host, Sonny Ochs, along with co-host, Ron Olesko, invite distinguished members of the Folk community to share stories, advice and the occasional song! This series will be a mix of conversations that were recorded starting at the 2010 NERFA Conference as well as new discussions that are exclusive to our podcast.
This month - a brand new episode featuring three distinguished ex-pats who have spent their career sharing traditional folk song from Great Britain. Hosts Sonny Ochs and Ron Olesko sit down with David Jones, John Roberts and H...2022-10-201h 13
Folklife TodayCaught My Eye, Caught My Ear, Staff Edition, Including Tributes to Tony Barrand and Mick MoloneyIn this episode, hosts John Fenn and Stephen Winick talk with Jennifer Cutting about items that caught their eyes and ears. Cutting discusses commercial recordings of tunes collected by Cecil Sharp, and Winick tells stories of the recording sessions, which Sharp personally supervised and described in his diaries. Cutting discusses her friend, the late Tony Barrand, an important collector of morris dances. John Fenn discusses the Nagra IV portable tape deck, and Winick discusses a picture of the late Mick Moloney using the Nagra in 1977. Winick discusses Moloney, and they play music recorded by Moloney on the Nagra, including...2022-09-2031 min
Muse MentorsTony Barrand: Sing Me A Story/Dance Me A SongTony Barrand was born in England in 1945 but has lived most of his life in southern Vermont in the vibrant town of Brattleboro—a place that shines all the more brightly because of him. This Cornell PHD and Professor Emeritus of Boston University is not just an academic, but also a singer, dancer, and story-teller. What first grabs you is his way with words—he can give them weight, or make them sparkle depending on the point he is trying to make, but he uses words to greatest effect when he sings. His handsome tenor voice really shines when joine...2021-12-211h 12
VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTERPlaces: Music at HomeIntro - 0:00Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris SmithPart I, Missouri - 01:00Song called Jesse James by Woody Guthrie (vocals & guitar)“Miss McLeod’s Reel” from Ride with the Devil - 11:38Howard Marshall fiddle contest - 18:07Part II, Maritime New England - 21:31Along the Pier / The Dreadnaught | Tony Barrand (vocal), Louis Killen (concertina), Cliff Haslam (vocal), Jeff Warner, Gerret Warner and Tony Saletan (choral vocal)Acres of Clams | Spider John Koerner with the Rag T...2021-03-2238 min
Muse MentorsTony Barrand: Sing Me A Story/Dance Me A SongTony Barrand was born in England in 1945 but has lived most of his life in southern Vermont in the vibrant town of Brattleboro—a place that shines all the more brightly because of him. This Cornell PHD and Professor Emeritus of Boston University is not just an academic, but also a singer, dancer, and story-teller. What first grabs you is his way with words—he can give them weight, make them sparkle, or swirl depending on the point he is trying to make, but he uses words to greatest effect when he sings. His handsome I-cannot-get-enough-of-it tenor voice really shin...2020-12-241h 10
VT UntappedEpisode 10: Pub Sing!A guy walks into a bar and…starts singing? If that bar is Brattleboro’s McNeill’s Brewery and it’s the third Saturday of the month between 3-5 pm then the chances of this happening are pretty high.
That’s when the Brattleboro Pub Sing meets.
And in this episode of VT Untapped you get to come along!
The pub-sing or pub-session tradition originates in the British Isles. “The Pub” being a place where people gather as much to socialize with friends and family as to enjoy a local brew, the addition of music seems...2019-12-1927 min
Code Connection - Medieval Chants and Celtic Music With Katy TaylorJesse interviews Katy Taylor - who performs original and medieval chant and song that weaves celtic ornamentation with haunting, mystical invocations and prayers.Katy started with school talent shows and singing in chorus, school musicals, and church choirs. During a study-abroad opportunity in Austria in her undergrad years, she acquired a taste for medieval music by singing with Vienna's St. Augustine Church Choir. While living in Vermont in the 90’s, Katy toured with the group Northern Harmony in the United States, Canada, England, and Europe, performing traditional music of all kinds and singing with Peter and Mary Alice Amidon and Tony...2016-04-291h 59
The Mike Harding Folk ShowMike Harding Folk Show 172PODCAST: 10 Apr 2016 01 William Taylor - Jim Moray - In Modern History02 A Cut In Pay - Rory McLeod - Brave Faces03 The House At Rosehill - Claire Hastings - Between River And Railway04 Le Petit Soldat De Bois - Fásta - Rewind05 Proud Maisrie - Rachel Newton - Here's My Heart Come Take It06 Female Smuggler - Jo Freya - Female Smuggler07 Jackie Munro - John Roberts & Tony Barrand - A Present From The Gentlemen2016-04-101h 29
The Mike Harding Folk ShowMike Harding Folk Show 144PODCAST: 27 Sep 2015 01 Diggin’ My Potatoes - Lonnie Donegan - This Record Is Not To Be Broadcast02 Cold Blow and The Rainy Night - Planxty - Cold Blow and The Rainy Night03 Eggs In Her Basket - Susan McKeown - Sweet Liberty04 While Cruising Round Yarmouth - Ewan MacColl and A L Lloyd - Blow Boys Blow05 Yarmouth Town - Nic Jones - Nic Jones Unearthed06 The End Of My Old Cigar - Roy Hudd - Those Music Hall Days07 The Troop...2015-09-271h 16
The Mike Harding Folk ShowMike Harding Folk Show 137PODCAST: 09 Aug 2015 01 Just As The Tide Was A Flowing - 10,000 Maniacs - The Wishing Chair02 The Broadside Man - The McCalmans - Side By Side By Side03 The Dark Eyed Sailor - North Cregg - The Roseland Barndance04 As I Roved Out - Doonan Family Band - Manna From Hebburn05 Spencer The Rover - Fiona Kelleher - My Love Lies06 The Derby Ram - Barry Dransfield - Be Your Own Man07 Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye - Phi...2015-08-091h 17
The Mike Harding Folk ShowMike Harding Folk Show 117PODCAST: 22 Mar 201501 The Demon Lover - Pauline Scanlon - Hush 02 Alison Cross - Malinky - Last Leaves 03 Burning Times - Christy Moore - Burning Times04 Blue Devil Blues - Old Southern Jug Blowers - Jug Band Special05 Reynardine - An Tua - Six Of One Five Of The Other 06 The Devil and The Bailiff - Michael Gallaher - Good People Take Warning07 The Laily Worm - Craig, Morgan, Robson - Songs Of Witchcraft and Magic2015-03-221h 25
Listen to Popular Titles Audiobooks in Classics, British LiteratureSweeney Todd and the String of Pearls Audiobook by Yuri RasovskyVisit https://hotaudiobook.cοm to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.
Title: Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls
Subtitle: An Audio Melodrama in Three Despicable Acts (Dramatized)
Author: Yuri Rasovsky
Narrator: uncredited
Format: Original Recording
Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-06-07
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 58 votes
Genres: Classics, British Literature
Publisher's Summary:
The story first appeared in 1846 as a best-selling "penny dreadful", a sensational thriller published in installments. Before the final chapters even had a chance to hit the stands, the first stage version was packing them in a...2007-08-062h 19