A CURIOUS MIX OF BRITISH FOLK MUSIC AND AMERICAN POLITICS
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Sam Lee and forty members of London’s Roundhouse Choir perform a capella at the Folk Awards 2016 in London.
lyrics
I once was a ploughboy, but a soldier I’m now,
I courted wee lovely Molly, as I followed the plough;
I courted wee lovely Molly, at the age of sixteen,
But now I must leave her, for to serve James, my king.
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Nic Jones has been hailed as the greatest talent the British folk scene has ever produced. An expert, idiosyncratic guitarist and songwriter, his 1980 album Penguin Eggs is way a high-water mark for British folk music. And it proved to be the last record Nic Jones would ever make.
On the way home from a folk club booking in 1982, Nic’s car crashed head-on into a fully loaded lorry. His guitar was the one thing that remained unbroken in the crash. In the years that followed the prospect of Nic Jones performing on stage again seems very remote indeed.
Xavier de Rosnay & Gaspard Augé from French production duo Justice pick the Party Playlist with Annie Mac.
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Director general to outline plans to deliver audio content such as The Archers and Moral Maze around the world.
Source: BBC radio to be offered outside UK in ‘Netflix of the spoken word’ | Media | The Guardian