A Rose from the Bush: Martyn Wyndham-Read (1984) [Inglaterra]

The music propose here is from a cassette tape I digitalized. I apologize for some offset noise in the end of the songs but I noticed it only after uploading.

Martyn Wyndham-Read (born 23rd August 1942 in Sussex) is an English folk singer, notable as a collector and singer of Australian folk songs. He lived and worked in Australia from 1960 to 1967 and has been a regular visitor to the country since then.
In 1960 he moved from Sussex to Australia where he worked on Emu Springs sheep station in South Australia. It was while he was there that he heard, first hand, the old songs sung by some of the station hands at Emu Springs and he became captivated by these songs and the need to know more of them and where they came from grew. He moved to Melbourne and became part of the folk song revival there and throughout Australia during the early 1960s.
He describes his Australian experience here:
http://www.folkmusic.net/htmfiles/inart366.htm


In the early 1970’s Martyn started the ‘Maypoles to Mistletoe’ concerts which portray the seasons of the year through song, music, dance and verse. This show has been performed for the last 37 years and has in itself become a tradition at Christmas time in and around the Sussex area.

He has produced over 40 albums and appeared at folk festivals in Australia, and around the world.

http://www.folkmusic.net/htmfiles/inart366.htm



Musicians

Martyn Wyndham-Read, vocals [7-8], acoustic guitar [8, 1, 13, 4];
Martin Carthy, vocals [8, 9], acoustic guitar [8, 7];
John Kirkpatrick, vocals [8, 3], concertina [8, 10, 3, 5], melodeon [8, 11, 7];
Phil Beer, fiddle [8, 11, 4, 7]

Tracks
1 . The Year of the Drum (4.18)
2 . On the Road with Liddy (2.00)
3 . Reedy Lagoon (4.43)
4 . Cock of the North (2.53)
5 . Sussex Drinking Song (3.00)
6 . The Cullers Lament (2.18)
7 . The Queensland Shed's Begun (3.14)
8 . The Opal Beds of Australia (4.38)
9 . Bag of Nails (1.36)
10 . Otago (5.10)
11 . The Old Bark Hut (4.19)
12 . Flowers of England (2.44)
13 . The Rose (3.40)



A Rose from the Bush: Martyn Wyndham-Read
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