TSCD488 WATERSON:CARTHY ~ COMMON TONGUE
‘This is deliberately an album of English music,’ writes Martin Carthy in his notes. ‘It is neither possible nor desirable to set up musical border checkpoints anywhere. However, there is that elusive and ever changing thing called identity.’ Assisted by members of Eliza Carthy’s band and the voices of other members of the family, Waterson:Carthy sing and play such timeless English anthems as Claudy Banks and Hares in the Old Plantation, ending with a stirring performance of the hymn Stars in My Crown, dedicated to the English playwright Dennis Potter.
Norma Waterson vocals
Martin Carthy vocals, guitar, mandolin
Eliza Carthy vocals, fiddle
Saul Rose melodeon
Maclaine Colston hammered dulcimer
Barnaby Stradling bass
Lal Waterson, Maria Gilhooley, Mike Waterson, Eleanor Waterson vocals
1Â Rambleaway / Valentine Waltz
2Â Claudy Banks
3Â Rackabello
4Â Lowlands of Holland
5Â Grand March in the Battle of Prague / Liverpool Hornpipe / Wellington Hornpipe
6Â Meeting is a Pleasure
7Â Hares in the Old Plantation
8Â Flash Company
9Â Maid Lamenting
10Â American Stranger
11Â French Stroller
12Â Polly’s Love
13Â Stars in My Crown
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