Winter Mixtapes #2
Part two in our series of popular Seasonal Mixtapes that have featured on KLOF Mag over the years. This one includes a guest mix from Michael Tanner.
Yesterday, we kicked off with a short series of posts highlighting some of our most popular seasonal mixtapes. This latest offering includes one of my own and a guest mix from Michael Tanner of Plinth, United Bible Studies, The A. Lords.
Folk Show: Episode 89 (A Winter Mix)
Dick Gaughan – Battlin’ Roarin’ Willie ; The Friar’s Britches
Stephanie Hladowski – Willy O’Winsbury
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick – Prince Heathen
Ian Campbell Folk Group – Cutty Wren
A Hawk And A Hacksaw – Mana Thelo Enan Andra
John Kirkpatrick – Wassail
Richard Thompson – Poor Ditching Boy
Symondsbury Mummer – Excerpt
Martin Carthy – The January Man
Alasdair Roberts, Neil McDermott & Tartine de clous – Year Waxing, Year Waning
The Young Tradition – Lyke Wake Dirge (Live)
Stephanie Hladowski/C. Joynes – The Dark-Eyed Sailor
Sam Amidon – Rain And Snow
Alasdair Roberts – Sheath And Knife
Ian Manuel – Lowlands Of Holland
Vashti Bunyan – Winter Is Blue
Archie Fisher – Blackbirds And Thrushes
Dick Gaughan – The Fair Flower of Northumberland
Pumajaw – Mother & The Two Trees (Featuring Alasdair Roberts)
Sproatly Smith – Wassail
Bob & Ron Copper – Shepherds Arise
Lady Maisery and Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith – Night Came Early
Maggie Boyle – Wexford Carol
The Watersons – Apple Tree Wassail
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A Winter Solstice Mix by Michael Tanner
This is another collection of hymns, carols, folk standards and field-recordings from the past 800 years…why do so few artists manage to evoke winter particularly well? In my opinion, these are the select few that stand up to scrutiny. Whether it’s the pointed, bird-like quality of Jean Ritchie’s bare-branch voice or the hollow, reverent filigree of Dolly Collins's portative organ, something about their use of minimalism perfectly captures the stark landscape, stripped of colour and commotion. A place which, when fortified and protected, is not an unpleasant place to be.
1. Maurice Jarre – Carpe Diem
2. Shirley Collins – I Sing Of A Maid That Is Makeless
3. Jean Ritchie – Wintergrace/Mourning Tears
4. Dick Gaughan – The Snow They Melt The Soonest
5. John Fleagle – Blow Northerne Wynd
6. Anonymous 4 – Videntes Stellam (The Star)
7. John Renbourn – The Moon Shines Bright
8. The Martin Best Ensemble – Miri It Is
9. Sourdeline – La Reine Blanche (The White Queen)
10. Luciano Berio – I Wonder As I Wander
11. Martin Carthy – Cold Haily Windy Night
12. Mike Waterson – The Black And Bitter Night
There will be another post in this series, but before that, we’ll send out our weekly Monday Morning Brew playlist to our Premium Newsletter Subscribers.