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Karine Polwart: Artist of the Month | Folk Radio UK
Karine Polwart is our Artist of the Month for November 2017. Her new album, A Pocket of Wind Resistance, is released via Hudson Records on 17 November 2017. | Read More: Karine Polwart: Artist of the Month | Folk Radio UK
Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band: I Wish the Wars Were All Over
Watch Eliza Carthy and The Wayward Band perform I Wish That The Wars Were All Over ft. Damien Dempsey.
Ten thousand of bluebells now welcome the spring
Oh when will the church bells of this victory ring
When do our soldiers return, when do we rejoice
And when do I wed to the love of my choice
How I wish that the wars were all over
I wish that the wars were all done.
Source: Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band: Live video + Tour News & Giveaway
Halloween: England’s strange and ancient winter ritualsÂ
There is more to the “dark season” than Halloween, as these traditional English rituals show.
There are men who carry flaming barrels of tar through a Devon village, folk who pour cider over apple tree roots and cross-dressing troupes who perform something called Soul Caking to ward off evil spirits.
There is also a village in Somerset called Hinton St George which has a tradition of pumpkin carving and night-time walks that sounds remarkably similar to the Halloween rituals we all know. [ . . . ]
Read More at: Halloween: England’s strange and ancient winter rituals – BBC News
