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The Norfolk Broads – I love that name – are Eleanor Dale, Daisy Johnson, Anna Cornish and Helen Cherry from East Anglia; I’m not going to spell it out for you. Yonder Green Grove is their second album of traditional songs. Essentially they perform unaccompanied in harmony but they employ minimal accompaniments from Nick Hart and Tom Moore on five of the nine tracks.

The stories all feature a female protagonist, naturally enough, and most of the titles are familiar but I wish we had some indication of the sources. Take the opening song, ‘Fennario’, for example. It’s origins lie in a long Scottish ballad but it has frequently been Americanised. From the twelve verses of the Scots song, Joan Baez got through the story in five and Bob Dylan rewrote the ending. The text used here is none of these but is an amalgam of many. It sounds more American than British and Dylan gives up his final verse for the cause. ‘Fennario’ is related by one of the captain’s men but the heroine is undoubtedly pretty Peggy-o.

Tracks:  
01 - Fennario
02 - Slieve Gallon Braes
03 - Geordie
04 - Bay of Biscay
05 - Fear a Bhata
06 - Lovely Johnny
07 - Young Girl
08 - Dingle Puck Goat
09 - Rambling Woman

Staat er compleet op, 10% pars mee gepost. Met zeer veel dank aan de originele poster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WPLtsRIjdY