The Beautiful Folk Music Of England 🏴
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2023
- English culture is beautiful and the world of English folk is a forgotten culture that has been heavily neglected, join me in the revival of this lost world.
All credits to the artists.
Magpie Lane: / @magpielaneuk
Mat Williams: / mat williams - topic
Martin Carthy: / martin carthy - topic
FULL TRACKLIST
1. Mat Williams - Oak and the Ash
2. Mat Williams - John Barleycorn
3. Mat Williams - John Peel
4. Mat Williams - King Henry
5. Magpie Lane - O Good Ale
6. Mat Williams - The Derby Ram
7. Mat Williams - Scarborough Fair
8. Magpie Lane - Banks Of The Lea
9. Magpie Lane - The Reading Summer Dance
10. Mat Williams - Two Magicians
11. Magpie Lane - Kempshott Hunt/Death Of The Fox
12. Martin Carthy - Dominion Of The Sword
13. Mat Williams - The Lincolnshire Poacher
14. Magpie Lane - In Sheffield Park
15. Magpie Lane - Bushes and Briars - Hudba
This is a compilation of beautiful but sadly forgotten English folk music a full tracklist can be found in the description, all copyright goes to the respective owners. Its one of my goals in life to revive this music, pubs up and down this country should be playing this.
For anyone interested all these photographs in the video are mine and you can see more on my Instagram @edward_brack_photo
Ashley Hutchins, originally of Fairport Convention, made a lot of folk and folk dance records in the 70's often using the original instruments. Such folk greats as Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick and John Kirkpatrick often being involved especially with Steeleye Span and Fairport Convention. These artists seemed to bring back an interest in British folk music but it seems to be dying out again. The young seem to have no interest but then, unlike in my day, primary schools no longer do country dancing nor have Mayday celebrations around the Maypole.
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Actually, there are a lot of young musicians who are carrying forward the tradition.
Take a look at the excellent 'Tradfolk' web site for proof.
And the Oxford band 'Magpie Lane' who can be heard in the video have produced a series of wonderful albums which include many lesser known songs and tunes - a very English sound.
I worked in schools when they brought in the multicultural policies. Songs, dance and folk stories of the British Isles were put aside in favour of Indian, African, Caribbean or Chinese food and culture. A teacher who taught singing, English country dance and used simple British tunes on the recorder was laid off. An English specialist across several schools was shocked when I pointed out the total absence of British culture in literature and music, as diversity didn't include learning about indigenous culture! At the time, the Arts Council had an "inclusive" diversity policy, yet would only fund a regional day of dance and music i.e. English Morris and step dance, if "ethnic"dance i.e. from other countries, was included. English dance was not counted as "ethnic"! When I challenged the regional body, they admitted a) they had no definition of ethnic or diverse but had a bias towards not funding English folk dance culture as it wasn't "professional". I kid you not (Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland fared better). Dance, as a school topic, was taken over not as creative and art, but as part of the sport and fitness policy. I spoke to a policy report author. She was an hockey player. But we haven't lost folk at all - lots of festivals around, albeit with dominantly older audiences - but not performers. Many musicians and singers are young and wonderful and are keeping it going and live. It's never died!
Thankyou for highliting this glorious heritage that I descend from
A superb selection of real people's music! It has reawakened my love of folk music which has been partially asleep for some years (a bit like me!) but it was sparked into being during the early 60s in Manchester. In those days you could see and listen to the likes of Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger singing live in a convivial pub. Long live your site.
I’m Ukrainian and i am absolutely in love with English folk songs. Their vibe is so incredible and reminds me a lot of the Ukrainian folk songs 🥰
Hope you're doing alright with the war going on mate, everyone in England is supporting you 💙💛🇺🇦🏴
@@meislouis1381thank you very much❤️🤍 I'm from Donbas, and we used to have a lot of British people here. Some cities were founded by the British😅 the most famous example is Donetsk, the capital of Donbas was founded by a Welsh gentleman😊
@@studiotamara5787 thank you, hope you’re also great😊
@@marnoslvДалбаебы , сидят друг друга поддерживают находясь в одной стране , Тамара для начала немного мозг свой включила бы , заходишь музыку послушать , а по итогу хрюканье и плач , пошли нахуй отсюда.
not surprised, i am 73 & from Bradford & as a kid in school a lot of 2nd generation Ukrainian kids in my class felt the same as we gig when we watched them perform their ethnic folk dances
Not forgotten 🏴
Greetings from Montana. I grew up with folk music played at home in the mid70s began to learn to play all I could, on guitar and Celtic harp. Fond memories of singing with an English woman at several San Francisco pubs. Later married a Scotsman who wondered how id learned such music. There was country dancing in San Francisco, Marin county and all the way up the coast to Nanaimo, Saltese island, and Vancouver BC. It is so sad not to hear more folk music but there has been a fascinating development of Celtic music intertwined with global music come about. Folk music may wax & wane in popularity, but it will never die, as it is from the life blood of the people. Last week we had a Music on rhe River performance in the woods , courtesy of dear friends. Mixed in between American country & Blues music, I played some of my favorite old Irish, Scots and English ballads on my harp. About 40 people there, counting the neighbors. Come to Butte MT and you'll find the music never went away. We must encourage every new generation. Thanks for this music memory you've given us.
Love English folk music
It has absolutely been neglected and forgotten, which is a shame. However, glad that it's becoming more accessible on CZcams!
No it's not! It's very much alive and kicking and looking after itself. One of the reasons it's hiding in clear view is that the UK government, unlike most world governments, has refused to sign up to the United Nations Intangible Cultural Heritage scheme which would protect heritage crafts and folk arts (in the way that World Heritage status protects structures and landscapes). It is a big failure and denies recognition of all our heritage arts.
Great versions of my favourite songs - and no ads!! Thanks a million!
Absolutely love this. I decided a few weeks ago to find traditional English folk music, this is exactly what I was looking for ❤
Thank you for this lovely English folk music. Delightful
We sang “Do you Ken John Peel?” when I was a school girl back in the 50s! Such a fun tune! We probably had a modified version.
Cool, you don't get people in school learning these songs anymore it's a shame.
Guessing you must have been brought up in either Cumbria or Northumberland - I sang it at school too
I learnt "Do you Ken John Peel?" at primary school in the late 70s, possibly 80 in the Home counties, I also remember learning Greensleaves, Barbara Allen and Richmond Hill...and theres probably a few more lurking in my brain that I know when I hear them.
There was a standard song book, Singing Together, which most schools used which included a whole range of songs from the British Isles (and some from the colonies, if I remember right). It linked up with a BBC schools radio programme, I think. We all sang London's Burning, Hearts of Oak, Men of Harlech and John Peel! I shared a raft of (tidied up) folk songs with my cousins from 200 miles away. 😊
Proper folk music!
Wow, very thanks.... nach wenigen Minuten begann sich meine Stimmung zu verbessern, I like Folk . Liebe Grüsse aus Germany. Roland
Vielen Dank, ich freue mich, dass es dir gefällt. Ich bin auch ein Fan deutscher Volksmusik.
Absolutely beautiful! Thankyou for uploading.
Home, my home. These folk songs are what keep me alive. Though I was born in India, a land beyond my circumstances, England is my true home.
My mother Britannia, my patience is wearing thin. Yet, I strive to endure for your sake. I live and sustain myself just for you, so that one day, I may return.
My heart longs to come back to the land where my soul belongs.
Thank you for your compilation ,very good work ! i love English folk music, it makes me nostalgic...All the folks music in europe are dying ! sorry to say that : since the "american invasion" in 1945 ! we have lost our culture and our soul ! I am from Corsica , in my youth my parents sent me several time to England in Kent, Hertfordshire and London, the landscapes were different .Good Luck and keep hoping.
I understand what you mean. But it isn't American culture we need to worry about in England.
English folk songs that were largely forgotten were preserved among my people in Appalachia. You know, the American invasion.
@melodytannerclark Yes,it's brilliant that the folk traditions gone over to Appallacia are still alive.❤
Fun folksy songs. Sound like something that could be sung in the Shire.
This is very nice.
Beautiful and evocative. Thank you!
Thank you.
I like all folk songs from the British Isles. It is nice to hear the earlier and predominately English songs with acoustic instruments.
(My fav. is the "Ash Grove" Although "Scarbrough Fair" is great!)
I would like English Heritage (the right agency? -- I am not a Brit) to make a compilation of English sea chanties, with the
instruments used in the day. As well as video of the sailors doing the chores that the songs were sung to coordinate the work --
Maybe even with lyrics on the screen and explanations (a booklet, etc.) In addition to the Royal Navy, the English Merchant
sailors contributed to the empire and the wealth of the UK (Cargo, Whaling - oil and baleen -- before kerosene and steel stays)
Try EFFSS - the English Folk Dance & Song Society, based in London. They have a shop and resources, including a library of collected and archive material. If they haven't got a book for sale they could tell you where one could be found. (English Heritage is buildings and landscape).
Or recordings. Try Fisherman's Friend recordings - there is a film out about them. Local fisher folk and friends from Cornwall who got together to sing shanties in their community.
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I love these old songs, thank you for posting. I will be going through them all as I'm looking for a particular song that I heard on the radio once many years ago. I fell in love with the song and was able to find it on youtube after searching the lyrics, but unfortunately lost it and now it has been so long that I cant remember the name of the song or artist or even the lyrics but it still haunts me as it was SO beautiful.. I only hope I will know it again when I hear it.. the only thing I know is it was a Irish man singing with his guitar 🤞🥰❤
Bushes and briars?
Our Lady of Knock, pray for us! Our Lady of Walsingham, have mercy on us! ✝️
Amen!
Not forgotten at all!
Disagree ask any English person on the street and almost none of them know this music exists no one learns these songs anymore in school the boomers were probably the last people to learn them and also no where really plays these in the pubs anymore either except for some random places here or there. I mean most English people didn't even know it was saint George's day yesterday almost all the people I interacted with yesterday had no clue nor didn't care either sadly.
@@EdwardBrackstoneFilms Yes, that's fair enough. I suppose I meant that I hadn't forgotten them.
Who is singing this? Peter Livingstone?
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This music is magical, love it 🏴