Hi David, Wow! This is also very helpful. Thank you so much. I already had your "Colours of Lichen" on my list, but your other suggestions are new to me. Your work is wonderful, by the way.
Could you possibly send me a copy of the new lyrics? That would be just great. Best, Ellen David Francis wrote: > No one else has mentioned it so far, so I thought I'd better! > > Mairi Campbell and I made a song a few years back called 'The Piper and the > Maker' (music by Mairi, words by me) which seems to go down well whenever we > perform it. We recorded it on our album 'Colours of Lichen' under our nom > de stage of The Cast (Culburnie CUL109). There are one or two lines in the > recorded version that have been improved, and I could pass these on to you, > Ellen, if you want to take it any further. > > You might want to check out a recent album by Ashley Hutchings on Topic > Records where he has attempted to re-present ballad story-lines in modern > contexts. (Guest performers include Dick Gaughan) Opinions vary on the > success of this, but I think it's an interesting road to explore. > > Otherwise I'd certainly second the suggestions made so far: other stuff > worth looking out for is some of the work of John Tams, Pete Morton, Stan > Rogers and Davy Steele (esp. the latter's The Ballad of Jimmy Steele, and > the Heroes of St Valery). > > Best wishes > David Francis > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To >subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
